CONTENTS. 



Proceedings. page 



President's Opening Address i 



Secretary's Report 5 



Treasurer's Report 10 



Report of Committee on Legislation 12 



'■ " Injurious Insects 15 



"' " Fungous Diseases of 1903 19 



How to Secure Clear-Skinned Fruit. E. M. Ives 28 



Utilizing Rough Lands for Orchard Purposes. J. H. Hale 32 



Planting and Care of the Trees. H. W. Collingwood 36 



The Making of Bordeaux Mixture 46 



Prof. Greene's Address 48 



What is the Future Outlook for the Peach Growing Industrj- 



of Connecticut ? N. S. Piatt 55 



Reports from Growers on the Condition of the Peach Buds 58 



Remarks by Visiting Delegates 61 



The Fruit Garden in its Relation to the Suburban and Farm 



Home. Prof. F. A. Waugh 63 



The Advantages of a Map or Plan for Farms and Gardens and 



how to Make it. G. A. Parker 69 



Fighting the S^n Jose Scale-Insect. The Latest and Most 



Effective Sprays. Prof. W. E. Britton 83 



Experiments in Spraying for the Scale — -Work in the Hale 



Orchards. E. R. Bennett 92 



Costs and Results of the Work. J. Norris Barnes loi 



Cooperation and Cost of Production as Factors in Meeting 



Competition in Fruit Growing. Edwin Hoyt 107 



Resolutions adopted 113-116-136 



Election of Officers 115 



How I Grow Strawberries for Profit. R. H. Race 116 



Field Culture of Raspberries and Blackberries. J. T. Molumphy. 128 



Report of Committee on Implement Exhibit 137 



Report of Committee on Fruit Exhibit 138 



Condensed Report of Field Meetings, Institutes, etc., held in 



1903. 



Outing at Branford Point 142 



Field Day at Higganum 144 



Field Meeting at J. H. Hale's 147 



Field Meeting at Andovcr 150 



Meeting at Wethersfield 152 



Record of Institutes 154 



Sixth Annual Fruit Exhibition 156 



List of Members, 1904 160 



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