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tural College, to eradicate the diseases Lake County there are a great many nat- 
and insects of the fruit trees and diseases 
of the regular farm crops and vegeta¬ 
bles. With a man giving his entire time 
to this work it is plainly to be seen that 
he has the advantage over a farmer who 
is busy with his other work and duties, 
and the Adviser can be of a great deal 
of assistance to him. I have the pleasure 
to state that already this year I have been 
able to divert on a ten-acre farm the 
thrip worm that had started. Most of 
you know something of its capacity for 
damage. This farmer had lost his fruit 
for several years. It is an easy matter 
to remedy; it did not require much skill, 
but if it had not been known the man’s 
ignorance would have caused him to lose 
his entire crop this year. 
We find that we have been a great deal 
of help to farmers along other lines. In 
ural advantages. We are doing work 
along the lines of building better roads. 
I want to add to this, better schools. We 
find there is some advice we can give on 
this point; in fact, it takes a pretty good, 
all-around man to be an agricultural ad¬ 
viser. It is beyond the capacity of any 
ordinary man, and I could not have un¬ 
dertaken the duties except with the prom¬ 
ise that the College and Experiment Sta¬ 
tion would assist me. 
I am sure other counties which go in¬ 
to this work will have the assistance of 
the National Grain Exchange, the De¬ 
partment of Agriculture at Washington, 
and the agricultural forces of this State. 
They are trying through their advance 
agent, as I am pleased -to call myself, to 
do a great deal to better the conditions in 
the State of Florida. 
