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Cove, commissioner for the fifth district; E. W. Allen, 

 secretary, Portland. 



District boundaries First district : Multnomah, Clack- 

 amas, Yamhill, Washington, Columbia, Clatsop, and Tilla- 

 mook Counties. Second district : Marion, Polk, Benton, 

 Linn, and Lane Counties. Third district : Douglas, Jack- 

 son, Josephine, Coos, Curry, and Lake Counties. Fourth 

 district : Morrow, Wasco, Gilliam, Crook, and Sherman 

 Counties. Fifth district : Baker, Wallowa, Malheur, Har- 

 ney, and Grant Counties. 



The biennial reports of this board have been well re- 

 ceived at home and abroad, and are now an acknowledged 

 authority in the horticultural literature of the State. These 

 reports were awarded at the Pan-American Exposition, 

 Buffalo, N. Y., a gold medal ; at the Trans-Mississippi Ex- 

 position, Omaha, in 1898. a gold medal ; at the Interstate 

 and West India Exposition at Charleston, S. C., 1902, a gold 

 medal; at the International Exposition, held at Osaka, 

 Japan, in 1903, a gold medal. Are now used as text-books 

 at the Agricultural Experiment Station at Sapporo Nok- 

 kaido, Japan, and in the horticultural studies at the Agri- 

 cultural College, Stuttgart, Germany. 



The present officers and members of the board are : 

 W. K. Newell, president; James H. Reed, treasurer; Geo. 

 H. Lamberson, secretary, Portland. W. K. Newell, Gaston, 

 commissioner for the State at large ; James H. Reed, Mil- 

 waukie, commissioner for the first district ; Chas. A. Park, 

 Salem, commissioner for the second district; A. H. Carson, 

 Grants Pass, commissioner for the third district ; R. H. 

 Weber, The Dalles, commissioner for the fourth district; 

 Judd Geer, Cove, commissioner for the fifth district. 



