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FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
dangers that confront us, and the members 
of our Executive Committee thought that 
a moving picture him, shown in different 
parts of Florida, would present this in a 
more forceful manner than could be done 
by writing, or even by speech. 
There is also a constant danger that 
some infections of the canker have been 
missed in the state. The moving picture 
shows, very much enlarged, diseased fruit, 
leaves and twigs, and the photographs 
are so true to nature that we believe any 
citrus grower seeing this him would im¬ 
mediately recognize the disease if he had 
it upon his property. 
THE CROP PEST BILL. 
The so-called “Crop Pest Bill” is a 
measure for which the farm people of the 
state have been asking for several years 
past. The majority of the states in the 
Union are spending considerable sums of 
money in keeping out of their states new 
diseases and insect pests. Florida has 
been doing practically nothing along this 
line. The more progressive growers have 
realised the danger for some time. The 
movement was started in the Horticul¬ 
tural Society. During the past year the 
League has co-operated with the Horti¬ 
cultural Society and its officers in the 
work—first, of arousing public opinion 
to the need of such a bill—second, to the 
drafting of a bill that seems to meet our 
needs, and third, to informing the Legis¬ 
lators of the State of the provisions of 
this bill, and of the great need there is 
to the entire state for such a measure. I 
believe I am safe in saying to you that we 
have not left many stones unturned to 
secure the passage of a Crop Pest Bill that 
will be adequate, and that will have suf- 
ficent finances back of it to have it proper¬ 
ly enforced. 
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APPROPRIATION FOR CITRUS CANKER 
WORK. 
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Another bill that is now pending be¬ 
fore the State Legislature, which has the 
support of the League, is an appropria¬ 
tion bill to carry on the canker eradication 
work. When the whitefly was introduced 
into California, their Protective League 
met the emergency, and was the means 
of financing the work until their Legis¬ 
lature met. When that time came their 
Legislature provided for the further con¬ 
tinuance of the work, and also reimbursed 
the League for the money already spent. 
We do not believe that public sentiment 
is strong enough in Florida to justify us 
in asking for reimbursement for money 
so far expended. We do feel that the 
citrus industry is if such great importance 
to the State of Florida that the state as 
a whole should carry on the further eradi¬ 
cation work, and to that end the League 
has favored an appropriation of $125,000, 
which is to be expended during the next 
two years for this work. 
the grapefruit situation. 
The League is not unmindful of the 
changing situation with regard to the 
grapefruit industry of the state. During 
the past, the supply has not equaled the 
demand, and as a result, the prices have 
been good. An immense acreage has been 
set, however, during recent years, and a 
changed condition has been brought on. 
The fact remains, however, that grape- 
