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or of small fruits as in almost any other line of endeavor that we 

 are following. It is the most common thing for us now to receive 

 an inquiry concerning the methods of making an old orchard pro- 

 ductive. It is a very common thing to receive inquiries concerning 

 methods for starting new orchards. Almost with the day comes 

 an inquiry concerning some phase of horticultural work from some 

 farmer. It seems to me we are simply at the dawn of the develop- 

 ment of horticultural work from the standpoint of the farm, and 

 the farm home in the state of Kentucky. There is hardly a time 

 when an individual from the college or experiment station gets away 

 from here that he is not deluged with questions relative to the com- 

 mercial capacity of orcharding in the state of Kentucky. Outside 

 of the state of Kentucky nurserymen are looking towards this as a 

 veritable field for furnishing plants and small fruits and fruit trees 

 and are making a great effort to "get in on the ground floor." I 

 am constantly thinking of what the future will mean to the people 

 who are following that line of horticultural work in the state' of 

 Kentucky, and largely the success of the work in this state will 

 depend upon the kind of material that these people can supply. 



In certain sections of the country there is much discussion 

 concerning the best methods of handling orchards, and our ex- 

 tension horticulturist has almost been worn out in answering the 

 calls for such work in the various districts of the state, and we have 

 had two or three men out at one time working with the farmers, 

 trying to handle their small fruit crops. In some sections of the 

 state there is beginning to be an interest in the matter of grading 

 and packing fruit, and I refer in that respect not only to com- 

 mercial centers that are pretty well known where they have large 

 co-operative societies, but in the districts where fruit has always 

 been poor heretofore. 



In Pulaski County this year, where large quantities have been 

 grown, the people began to think about putting up that fruit in such 

 a way that it would attract the attention of the folks in other 

 markets, and that phase of our work in the state is beginning to de- 

 velop in a way that is really encouraging. 



I want to say that from a number of sections in the state — at 

 least three I have in mind — there are being put on foot organizations 

 of the farmers for co-operatively marketing the small fruits, all of 

 which means a very great deal to the state, and especially to those 

 sections where these are being encouraged and developed, because 

 of the fact that in the mountainous regions of Kentucky, where fruit 

 grows so well and where the people do not have the income that 

 comes from the more common general crops that are grown in the 

 state, such organizations are needed. The eyes of that section of 

 the country are turned toward us for production of some of the 



