144 PROCEEDINGS OF TWENTY-SIXTH FRUIT-GROWERS' CONVENTION. 



PROCEEDINGS OF FOURTH DAY. 



Friday, December 6, 1901. 

 Convention called to order at 9:30 a. m. President Cooper in the 

 chair. 



This morning had been set aside for discussion of railroad transpor- 

 tation, but Mr. Stephens, chairman of the Committee on Transportation, 

 not being present, the matter was deferred. 



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COUNTY HOETIOULTUEAL BOAEDS, AND WHAT THEY 

 HAVE ACCOMPLISHED. 



By H. p. stabler, of Yuba City. 



The statement has been made that California was the first State to 

 invoke the aid of legal means in waging warfare against insect pests. 

 Whether or not first in this work, California has the reputation of having 

 accomplished better results in the effort to exterminate fruit pests and 

 diseases than any other part of the world. Our methods, and the suc- 

 cessful remedies in use, are copied and applied in every quarter of the 

 earth where horticulture is established. 



Our plan is in advance of the methods in practice elsewhere, and con- 

 sists of a State Board of Horticulture of nme members, with County 

 Boards of Horticulture in twenty-nine of the fruit-growing counties of 

 the State. The Legislature has wisely granted great power to the State 

 Board, and, by appointment as quarantine guardians, this authority is 

 in turn vested in the members of the County Horticultural Boards. 

 Thus the county commissioners become the agents or deputies of the 

 State Board of Horticulture, and are charged with enforcing the State 

 law and the quarantine regulations of the State Board. 



The County Boards with their deputies, known as local inspectors, 

 constitute an energetic, earnest body of men, who are continually work- 

 ing for the suppression of pests and diseases. The work of these officers 

 is characterized by its thoroughness, and the fruit-growers of California 

 have come to look upon the county commissioners as valuable assistants 

 in their industry. 



It is not many years since some nurserymen considered an inspection 

 of their stock an intrusion on the part of the county commissioners, and 



