TWENTY-NINTH FRUIT-GROWERS' CONVENTION. 



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PROCEEDINGS OF FOURTH DAY. 



Friday. December 11, 1903. 

 The Convention was called to order at 9:30 o'clock a. m. Vice-Presi- 

 dent Mcintosh in the chair. 



VICE-PRESIDENT McINTOSH. Before proceeding to the program 

 I will recognize Mr. Markley, chairman of the Committee on Resolu- 

 tions. ^ 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS. 



MR. MARKLEY. I have here some resolutions passed on by the 

 committee. 



Resolution of Thanks to the University of California. 



Whereas, During the year just past a study of the codling-moth has been carried on 

 under the direction of the Experiment Station of the University of California, working 

 in co-operation with the counties of Monterej' and Santa Cruz; and, 



Whereas, This study and its results are of great value to the apple- and pear-growing 

 interests of the whole State of California ; therefore, be it 



Resolved, That we, the fruit-growers of California, assembled in our twenty-ninth 

 annual convention, do extend to the President and Regents of the University of Cali- 

 fornia our thanks for the active interest they have taken in this work of State-wide 

 importance, and do express our appreciation of this and all other efforts made and 

 being made by the University of California to further the agricultural and horticultural 

 interests of the State of California, and request them, if conditions permit, to extend 

 such most useful researches ; and be it further 



Resolved, That the Secretary of this Convention be instructed to forward a copy of 

 this resolution to the Secretary of the Board of Regents of the University of California. 



Adopted. 



Resolutions Indorsing Work of the Labor Committee. 



Resolved, That this State Convention of Fruit-Growers of California does hereby 

 heartily indorse and approve the efforts of the Labor Committee of this Convention in 

 its efforts, during the past year, in bringing labor to California to work in our vineyards, 

 orchards, and packing-houses. 



Resolved, further, That we recommend that the efforts of the committee in this direc- 

 tion be continued, and that Mr. H. P. Stabler, chairman, and the committee receive the 

 thanks of this Convention for the successful work performed in this direction. 



Adopted. 



Resolution of Thanks to the Electric Railroad, Ladies' Parlor Lecture Club, 

 and People of Fresno. 



Resolved, That we express our most hearty thanks for the hospitable treatment received 

 from the good people of Fresno, for the courtesies extended to us by the Electric Street 



