Complimentary Banquet to Luther Burbank 



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and snow, and to the manner of the approaching gales of 

 wind. These warnings are given from twenty- four to forty- 

 eight hours in advance on our Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific 

 coasts, and have saved millions of dollars to those engaged in 

 maritime affairs. 



Through the encouragement and assistance of this de- 

 partment we now produce nearly all of our sugar beet seed, 

 which formerly was imported from Europe. California 

 produced last year fifty thousand pounds of sugar beet seed. 

 American seed has proven better than the imported; beets 

 testing as high as twenty-four per cent of sugar have been 

 obtained from American beet seed, while the average was fif- 

 teen and eight-tenths, and that of foreign-grown seed did not 

 exceed twelve per cent. 



Irrigation and instructions in relation to the distribution 

 of water and the amount needed to obtain the best results 

 from different soils, has been derived from actual experience 

 from irrigated districts. There is now in the United States 

 an area of ten million acres of land under irrigation, and over 

 five million more acres tributary to canals in process of con- 

 struction. 



The work of our distinguished guest in his field of agri- 

 cultural development is an additional incentive to our Gov- 

 ernment to profit by his experience and discoveries in the evo- 

 lution of plant lifes He is doing more to instruct, interest, 

 and make popular the work in the garden than any man of his 

 generation. California is proud of his achievements and de- 

 lights to class him as one of her most honored citizens. 



The State Board of Trade esteems it a great privilege to 

 extend to him this complimentary banquet, although, know- 

 ing his modesty and retiring disposition, we realize that he 

 would rather have remained at his home in the City of Roses, 



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