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ANNUAL REPORT 1920 AND 1921 



other states have made use of the agricultural correspondence courses. Not all 

 of those who start courses finish them, but a large percentage carry them through 

 to completion. We have hopes of making these courses of the greatest possible 

 service to the people of the state. I know that this work has already helped to 

 get a large number of city people on the land. The courses have also helped 

 many farmers and farmers' wives to increase their income. 



When the Avocado Culture course was issued four years ago varieties were 

 recommended that are not recognized now. New facts have been discovered 

 and new varieties have demonstrated their worth; hence it has become necessary 

 to revise the lessons. Some of this work has been too long delayed. The war 

 came on and Dr. Coit was drafted for work in this county and soon after return- 

 ing to Berkeley he resigned from our Faculty. We lost over a fourth of our 

 staff this last year, including Dr. Condit and Mr. Hodgson. For this reason, 

 it is impossible to get the Avocado and other sub-tropical fruit lessons revised 

 by our own experts in Citriculture. I am glad to report, however, that within 

 the past ten days a way has been opened up whereby we can get our Avocado 

 course brought up-to-date and by the first of the year the latest information will 

 be available, in correspondence lesson form. 



Those of you who might be interested in the correspondence course can 

 undertake the Avocado Culture course with the understanding that we are going 

 to give you all the service that can be rendered by the College of Agriculture. 

 We have hopes of so tying up the work of the Department of Agriculture with 

 this Association that we can keep the avocado course up-to-date. I hope that 

 those of you who have taken the course and have found some things that need 

 changing will call them to our attention. 



Although it became necessary, beginning July 1 5 th, to charge a fee of 

 two dollars for each correspondence course to cover the cost of paper, materials, 

 labor, etc., we hope that will be for this fiscal year only. Dean Hunt believes 

 we should give our services to the people of the state. 



Mr. President, I want to assure you that the College of Agriculture, insofar 

 as I may speak for the College, hopes to co-operate with this Association and its 

 members in every possible way. There is no other agency in this state that is 

 capable of promoting the avocado industry or the growing of semi-tropical fruits 

 to a greater extent than this organization. We hope to work with you so that our 

 activities will always be of the greatest possible benefit to your members. 



PRESIDENT SALLMON FOLLOWING PROF. GRIFFIN 



I think on behalf of the association I can assure Professor Griffin of the 

 hearty co-operation of this association, especially in the revision of the course in 

 avocado culture. Some of us have taken that course and found it to be extremely 

 valuable, but we have found also that it is not down to date and now contains 

 some inaccuracies due to the discoveries made in these latter years. We are 

 pledging our full co-operation with Professor Griffin's department to secure a 

 revision of that course at the earliest possible moment. 



The next speaker is a man well known in Califorina with long experience 

 in semi-tropical fruits, a man whose voice was heard at our Los Angeles meetmg 

 with interest when he spoke to us on The Avocado for the Dooryard. I have 

 never been able to get a copy of that address, but I wish that at some time it 

 might be delivered again. There are many of us who never will be orchardists 

 but who ought to grow the avocado at home, and this was the kind of plea made 



