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TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THIRD DAY. 

 Mopning Session— page. 



RESOLUTION RELATIVE TO POST-CHECK CURREXCY 1.36 



IMPROVEMENTS IN METHODS OF BENCH-GRAFTING. By Prof. E. H. 



Twight 136 



FRIENDLY INSECTS. By Alexander Craw 142 



INSECTS OF THE YEAR. By Edward M. Ehrhorn 149 



SCALE INSECTS. By Prof. A. J. Cook 153 



NEW OBSERVATIONS ON THE CODLING-MOTH. By Prof. C. W. Wood- 

 worth 159 



SPRAYING OPERATIONS IN THE PAJARO VALLEY. By Prof. Warren T. 



Clarke 166 



RESOLUTIONS RELATIVE TO WORMY APPLES 172 



Afternoon Session— 



ORGANIZATION. By Mrs. Emma Shafter-Howard 173 



TRAINING CHILDREN IN THE RURAL IMPROVEMENT IDEA. By Mrs. 



Amos Harris 176 



FLOWER GARDENING. By Mrs. Frank Cook 178 



THE COUNTRY CEMETERY. By Mrs. May S. McNulty 181 



RANCH LABOR— FIELD AND HOUSE. By Mrs. G. W. Akin 184 



GOOD ROADS. By Mrs. Laura Rhea 187 



EXPERIENCES OF THREE WOMEN IN RUNNING A POULTRY RANCH. 



By Gertrude Wilson 191 



PROCEEDINGS OF FOURTH DAY. 



Morning Session— 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS 195 



Resolution of Thanks to the University of California 195 



Resolutions Indorsing Work of the Labor Committee 195 



Resolution of Thanks to the Electric Railroad. Ladies' Parlor Lecture 



Club, and People of Fresno 195 



Resolution ON the Isthmian Canal 196 



Other Resolutions 196 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON EXHIBITS 196 



RESOLUTIONS RELATIVE TO THE DEATH OE MRS. E. SHIELDS AND 



MR. B. N. ROWLEY 197 



REMARKS BY GENERAL N. P. CHIPMAN 198 



NEEDED HORTICULTURAL LEGISLATION. By Hon. A. M. Drew 201 



FUTURE OF THE FIG INDUSTRY. By George C. Roeding 205 



THE WALNUT AND ITS COMMERCIAL PROSPECTS. By Frank E. Kellogg 211 

 CITRUS FRUITS IN THE NORTHERN COUNTIES. By Major C. J. Berry.. 215 

 REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON LABOR . 217 



Afternoon Session— 



THE GROWERS' CO-OPERATIVE AGENCY. By G. S. Thurman 222 



ADVANTAGES OF ADVERTISING IN FRUIT-GROWING. By J. D. Barnhill 226 

 HOW CAN WE PRESERVE THE FERTILITY OF OUR ORCHARDS ? By 



A. D. Bishop .\ 229 



FERTILIZATION. By S. M. Woodbridge 232 



DISCUSSION ON OVERPRODUCTION OF FRUIT PRODUCTS 236 



DISCUSSION ON TRANSPORTATION 241 



THE THANKS OF THE CONVENTION 242 



RESOLUTION RELATIVE TO THE FRUIT-GROWING INDUSTRY OF 



CALIFORNIA 243 



