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a selfish proposition for me to recommend the planting of almonds if 

 it is likely to overdo the market ? My principal article is almonds, and 

 when I invite yon to produce more of them if that results in overpro- 

 duction. I am inviting trouble for myself, but I think I showed conclu- 

 sively by my paper yesterday that there is no likelihood in generations 

 to come of overdoing the almond question, if we plant where the 

 varieties have been proven out. The late Senator Langford owned a 

 very large acreage of almond which never paid, and the orchard that I 

 now have. He always referred to the Texas Prolific almond as a mus- 

 tang, and he called these paper shells thoroughbreds, and the thorough- 

 breds didn't pay and the mustangs did. and about a year before he 

 died he remarked that if his orchards had only originally been planted 

 to mustangs he would have been a wealthy man. 



The question was put by the President on the adoption of the resolu- 

 tion as reported by the committee, and the motion to adopt prevailed. 



Resolution Commending Precooli.no. 



Resolved, That all experiments and observations have demonstrated the great importance 

 and substantial benefits of cooling fruit as quickly as possible after it has been picked to arrest 

 decay and preserve the same in a sound and healthy condition. Therefore, this thirty-sixth 

 California Fruit Growers' Convention commend any method that will do this work quickly, 

 thoroughly, and uniformly to the center of the fruit, and believe that best results will be 

 obtained by the method of preserving fruits at initial shipping points, and whenever possible 

 before the fruit is loaded in the car. 



Resolution Requesting Supervisors to Act. 



Whereas, Many noxious weeds are appearing as a menace to both orchardists and agricul- 

 turists; and 



Whereas, Under the present horticultural law the county horticultural commissioner is given 

 the authority to exterminate noxious soil pests as well as fruit pests; therefore, be it 



Resolved, That we urgently request the board of supervisors in all counties to speedily 

 establish the commission in their counties, and insist on the extermination of such pests. 



PRESIDENT JEFFREY. This is a State-wide question, gentle- 

 men. Mr. Chase, will you speak just one minute on that point ? 



MR. CHASE. There are so many noxious weeds in the State, in 

 Sacramento County, in Placer County — indeed, all over the State — 

 and I have written letters and I know from the best authority on one 

 particular weed that it is easier to tell where it is not than where it is. 



PRESIDENT JEFFREY. Has there been any land abandoned ? 



MR. CHASE. Yes: there are orchards abandoned in Sacramento 

 County and Placer County and out on the Cosumnes River. There 

 are acres of land for sale. We can't raise a thing. This Johnson grass 

 can be eradicated, without great expense, in three years by the methods 

 adopted by the Bureau of Plant Industry at "Washington. There is 

 another noxious weed I find that is producing a great deal of alarm, 

 and that is one of the lippias. not the Lippia repans, where it has been 

 used as a sod to make an overflow. It has got all over the Cosumnes 

 River, where the dairy business is the ^hief business. It is destroying 

 the alfalfa, 



PRESIDENT JEFFREY. And you think this is a great question? 



MR. CHASE. It is one of the most important questions there is. 



MR. KELLOGG. I want to say this, that it was an eye opener when 

 you stated to me yesterday that the Horticultural Commissioner had 

 power over that. For years I have made a practice of sending men clear 

 to town to clear the noxious weeds, but my neighbor would have a fine 

 patch of them. 



On motion, the resolution was adopted. 



