CONTENTS. 



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REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS — Continued. 



Asking for More Effective Horticultural Quarantine 177 



Favoring Increased Appropriation for the Horticultural Com- 

 mission 178 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS 178 



RESOLUTION OF REGARD FOR HON. ELLWOOD COOPER 179 



VALUE OF COVER CROPS IN PRESERVING THE LIFE OF THE 



SOIL. By James Mills 180 



DISCUSSION ON COVER CROPS 192 



OVERWORKING THE SOIL. By Gerald Geraldson 200 



PROCEEDINGS OF FOURTH DAY. 



Morning Session — 



RESOLUTIONS FAVORING FOREST RESERVES 204 



RESOLUTIONS OF THANKS 204 



RESOLUTIONS FAVORING THE ALASKA-YUKON EXPOSITION.. 205 

 COMMERCIAL VALUE OF ORNAMENTAL TREES. By C. B. 



Messenger 205 



IMPORTANCE OF THE CAREFUL HANDLING OF FRUIT. By J. H., 



Reed 208 



RESOLUTIONS FAVORING WOMAN SUFFRAGE.. 217 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON GOVERNOR'S ADDRESS 217-232 



THE NATIONAL FARMERS' CONGRESS AND ITS WORK. By 



J. A. Filcher 218 



IMPROVEMENT OF INLAND WATERWAYS. By A. R. Sprague.... 222 



NUT CULTURE IN CALIFORNIA. By Leonard Coates 227 



RESOLUTION FAVORING DEVELOPMENT OF INLAND WATER- 

 WAYS 232 



Afternoon Session — 



RESOLUTION FAVORING PARCELS POST 233 



RESOLUTION THANKING LADIES OF MARYSVILLE 233 



RESOLUTIONS OPPOSING THE CONVERSION OF HETCH 



HETCHY VALLEY INTO A RESERVOIR... 234 



RESOLUTION INDORSING THE OFFICERS OF THE CONVENTION 234 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ROADS 235 



DISCUSSION ON ROADS 236 



THE ADAPTABILITY OF GRAPE VINES TO DIFFERENT VINE- 

 YARD SOILS. By Geo. C. Husman 238 



MUSCATEL GRAPES. By Mrs. M. E. Sherman 244 



