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THIRTY-FOURTH FRUIT-GROWERS ' CONVENTION. 



erpfiturcs. AV(' luive not souf>ht our ri<iht.s. We are the voters, and if 

 \\(^ ask to l)e heard we will j>"et protection. Wo fKnnl it. and we should 

 go after it. 



The Chairman here announced the evening session, which was to be 

 devoted to an illustrated description of the white tiy campaign, and the 

 session adjonrned. 



EVENING SESSION-THIRD DAY. 



Thnrsdax' evening was devoted to a lecture on the work done against 

 the white tiy ( Ah ijrodes citri) at Marysville. Oroville. and Bakersfield, 

 This was i]]iistrat,(^d with a long series of stereopticon views, showing 

 the necessMiy dcst ruction of the citrus trees and other food plants of 

 the whit(^ tiy iti the affected districts. These views were described by 

 Mr. E. Iv. ( "jii'iK^s. under whose direction the work was done. There was 

 a very hn uc att<Midance present, and the \Tews impressed upon the 

 oraiiLii^ m()\\('rs of the State, more than any words could have done, the 

 sacrifices w hich li;ive been made by the people of the affected sections to 

 preserve the gicjit m nimc industry of the State from destruction. 



Upon conclusion of the lecture a number of questions bearing on the 

 subject were asked, after which an adjournment was taken until Friday, 

 May 1. 1908, at 9 : 30 o'clock a. m. 



