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TENTH BIENNIAL REPORT 



that special emphasis is placed upon the advisory work diirinj^ this 

 period. Spraying is of importance throughout the early summer 

 months, and at no time is the work along this line allowed to lag. 

 During the summer months other lines of work which are taken up by 

 the inspectors regards irrigation, cover crops, thinning, cultivation 



A mature orchard near Missoula. 



and any questions of orchard management which may from time to time 

 arise. 



During the fall when the harvesting season begins the growers 

 are instructed in the proper methods of picking, packing and storing 

 when according to the inspectors' knowledge such instruction is neces- 

 sary. 



The results secured in doing this work seems well worth any effort 

 and expense that may be required, but naturally work of this sort seems 

 more or less slow, yet in time it is certain to bring about changed 

 conditions in many orchards by causing the growers to use better 

 methods and thus secure larger returns from their orchards in money 

 and better fruit produced, and in the satisfaction of having performed 

 their work in the most economical and up-to-date manner. 



