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something in the Way of establishment, because just as soon as we do 

 establish something the value of the land is bound to be advanced. 



MR. BERWICK. I can understand very fully that a farm conducted 

 on the basis of research would be a non-paying institution. I can not 

 understand Professor Henry's remark about the quantity of milk the 

 students spoil. I should suppose the instructor in charge of the^plant, 

 whether they are making butter or cheese or getting cream, would be the 

 very one to see that there was no milk spoiled. I personally have taken 

 green boys — it was an economic proposition — on my farm and made 

 their work bring something into Berwick's pocket, and I see no reason 

 why the State farm can not be run on that same basis. Our boys are 

 pretty keen observers. If the} r see the thing run at a loss, what is the 

 result? Instead of drawing boys back to the soil, the boy says, "No, 

 sir; not for me. They can't make that farm pay its own expenses; I don't 

 want any farm in mine." And that is the very wrong result that we do 

 not wish to attain by this farm. Why Professor W T ickson scouts the 

 idea of its being a model farm I do not know. 



THE CHAIRMAN. Mr. Stephens is now ready with his "Report of 

 Committee on Transportation." 



MR. STEPHENS. I have handed the report to the Secretary, who 

 will please read it. 



The Secretary read the report, as follows: 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION. 



Mk. Chairman : Your Committee on Transportation beg leave to submit the follow- 

 ing report: 



The Southern Pacific Company, through Mr. H. A. Jones, Traffic Manager at San 

 Francisco, in a communication addressed to this Committee dated November 24, 1906, 

 stated that the company had contracted for the construction of 6,600 refrigerator cars of 

 the latest improved type and that they would all be delivered in time to be put into 

 service to handle California fresh fruit shipments in 1907. Your Committee is pleased 

 to say that the Southern Pacific Company kept this promise in full and that all other 

 initial lines have acted in like manner. The cars are larger and better in all respects 

 than those that had been in use, and we feel that we would be inappreciative and derelict 

 in duty if we did not recommend that the fruit-growers in this Convention adopt reso- 

 lutions commending and thanking the Southern Pacific Company and the other initial 

 lines for their action in this matter. 



We believe that the Southern Pacific Company, the Santa Fe Company, and the San Pedro, 

 Los Angeles, and Salt Lake Company have by this elimination of the private refrigerator car 

 lines done much to promote the fruit industry of California. It is now within easy reach of 

 the transportation companies to more than quadruple our fruit shipments in short time by 

 establishing and maintaining a reasonable fruit-train time schedule. 



Better time is necessary. The time made in the delivery of California fruit shipments 

 at Eastern destinations this year was probably the worst in the history of such ship- 

 ments. It frequently happened that cars were out 12 to 15 days to Chicago, and to 

 points east of Chicago frequently from 16 to 18 days and in some instances 20 to 25 days. 



As usual, the time made at the beginning of the season was better than the time 

 made from about the middle to the close of the season, when the best possible service 

 should be given to insure the arrival of the fruit in good condition at destination. 



