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believed that too much local responsibility for carrying them 

 out may not be given, while on the other hand, any great show- 

 ing of authority from outside the community will not be brooked. 



If any measure of a compulsory nature in protection of 

 fruit or truck crops are to be entertained by all parties con- 

 cerned in the state, it is believed that the initiative for them 

 should come from local parties. Progressive men in communi- 

 ties devoted to these specialized industries must self-act to the 

 extent of sounding out sentiment, laying out the proposed bound- 

 aries for areas to come under such measures and in making pre- 

 liminary arrangements for getting any plans into execution. 

 The enforcement of measures after they have been initiated and 

 approved by any locality should be left wholly with state or out- 

 side forces. 



It is evident that any compulsory spraying or crop pest con- 

 trol measures along the lines laid down above must be of local 

 application in our state. The following outline has suggested it- 

 self to the writer after conference with many growers and with 

 several departments at University Farm. Much thought has 

 been expended on this plan, but we trust that this meeting will 

 pick the project to pieces and reassemble it as may seem best 

 to them. In fact it is only hoped that this presentation may 

 lead up to agitation that in the course of a few years will get 

 the results suggested in the heading to this paper. 



First: It is believed that any measure of a compulsory 

 nature should not apply unless at least 15 per cent, of the tillable 

 area in any certain district may be shown to be cropped with 

 tree or bush fruits or Some other specialized crop warranting 

 such action. 



Second : 25 per cent, of the acreage in such specialized crop 

 or crops should be represented in a petition for a hearing signed 

 by the owners of this acreage. 



Third: Such petition should describe and define the area 

 in which it is proposed to have a compulsory spraying measure, 

 and after the signatures of the owners indicated above have been 

 appended it should be filed with the Director of the State Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station along with a request for a prelimi- 

 nary survey for the district in question and a public hearing in 

 the matter within two months from the date of the petition. 



Fourth : After the above procedure has been complied with 

 the director of the Agricultural Experiment Station shall direct 

 the state nursery inspector to conduct a public hearing on a 



