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TWENTY-EIGHTH FRUIT-GROWERS' CONVENTION. 



MR. GRIFFITH. There are two ranchers at Azusa who have figures, 

 for I think five years, on the actual cost of production, including all of 

 the cost of picking, hauling, packing, and selling, including interest at 

 six per cent on the value of $1,000 per acre on full bearing trees, and 

 the cost of water — the output of money and the income of money bal- 

 anced one as against the other. These are the Slauson ranch and the 

 Spaulding & Powell ranch. They keep books. I saw the figures myself, 

 but didn't examine them. We discussed what it cost before they went 

 on the witness stand. The result is the average cost. You will under- 

 stand that one year it costs more than another. Taking the average for 

 five years, Mr. Slauson figured 87-J cents, Mr. Powell 90 cents, and 

 others on the witness stand figured $1. One man was asked to 

 guess, and he guessed $1.25. That included everything upon a ranch 

 of several hundred acres. 



At this time a recess was taken until 2 o'clock this afternoon. 



AFTERNOON SESSION-FIRST DAY. 



Tuesday, May 5. 1903. 



The Convention was called to order at 2 o'clock. 



President Cooper announced the following committees: 



On Resolutions of Thanhs to the Honorable Senator T. R. Bard for his 

 persistent efforts in opposing the reciprocity treaty with Cuba — A. P. 

 Griffith, Azusa; C. R. Paine, Redlands; B. N. Rowley, San Francisco. . 



On Resolutions — John S. Dore, Fresno; Edward Berwick, Pacific Grove; 

 Mr. Stone, Los Angeles. 



On Memorial to President Roosevelt — Ell wood Cooper, chairman; H. C. 

 Allen, Pasadena; Professor A. J. Cook, Claremont; L. M. Holt, Los 

 Angeles; B. N. Rowley, San Francisco; E. M. Ehrhorn, Mountain View; 

 Mr. Hutchinson, Fresno; A. D. Bishop. Orange; C. R. Paine, Redlands; 

 Edward Berwick, Pacific Grove; J. H. Reed, Riverside. 



IRRIGATION AND CULTIVATION. 



By JOHN HOFMAN, of Cucamokga. 



The topic assigned me is one which, in its broadest sense, would 

 require a paper so long that but little time would be left for other 

 matters. This, however, being a fruit-growers' convention, I presume 

 the handling of soil here discussed will relate to the orchard, but even 

 then we are confronted by a task of considerable magnitude, if every 

 kind of soil is considered fully. Let us, then, in order to condense as 



