C!ecretary's (^ori^er. 



Come to the State Fair. — If for no other reason, come to see the new 

 Agricultural Building where horticulture is making a regal spread. 



A Light Apple Crop. — Too much fruit last year and very dry conditions 

 this season are making the apple crop of 1901 a very light one. There are^ 

 however, exceptional orchards that are bearing well from local rains or from 

 light bearing last year. Can't you arrange to give your thirsty trees a good 

 drink another year when the weather is hot and dry and so keep the fruit on 

 the trees as well as give it size ? 



The Chief of the Division of Forestry — Mr. Gifford Pinchot, the 

 present occupant of this office visited the northwest in the interest of the work 

 intrusted to his charge the last week in July, and the writer had an opportunity 

 to shake hands with him Friday of that week. He had much to say of the 

 practical work in the way of protection of the forests and reforestation now 

 under way and is full of faith in the largeness of results. 



The San Jose Scale in Pennsylvania. — A law has just been passed by 

 the legislature of Pennsylvania, becoming operative August 1st, requiring 

 among the other usual regulations in similar laws directed against this pernicious 

 insect that all nursery stock coming into the state shall be accompanied by a 

 certificate from the proper officer stating its freedom therefrom. A large pro- 

 portion of the northern states now have such inspection laws in force. 



Is Your Apple Crop a Good One?— A correspondent says: " I picked 

 off lots of apples last year and am getting my pay this year." That tells the 

 whole story. Did you thin your trees last year, when apples were fifty cents a 

 bushel and so get a good crop this year, when they are worth three times as 

 much? — and some have sold in this market at wholesale as high as $1.85 per 

 bushel. Next year will be a big apple year in all probability, and of course 

 you will then thin out your over-bearing Wealthy trees and get your pay the 

 next year. 



Minnesota Fruit at the Pan-American Exposition. — With the lim- 

 ited means at their disposal the Minnesota Commissioners are trying to make 

 a creditable showing of fall fruits at the Buffalo Exposition, and some fruit has 

 already been engaged for this purpose. Perhaps the reader may have' an op- 

 portunity in a practical way to assist in this effort. The very light apple crop 

 this year makes the undertaking an especially difficult one, as we can readily 

 judge from our experience in connection with a similar exhibit at our state 

 fair. 



