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Take the matter of the Citrus Seminar. 
When even so small a number as twelve 
signified their determination to attend 
the Seminar, the work was incurred. 
Should there have been only two or three 
to go up there to do that work, we would 
hardly have been justified in spending the 
time that cost us probably $2,000 or 
$3,000. 
If we see to it that the men are forth¬ 
coming, the course will be prepared, I am 
sure. We will have no difficulty about 
the matter of instruction being given, it 
we can get the class of fifteen, twenty-five 
or thirty young men to take the course. 
Mr. -: How long do you 
suppose it would take, in time, to cover 
this course? 
Dr. Berger: In the paper I suggested 
twelve weeks. It seems that it might be 
inaugurated to cover a period of that 
much time. Of course, a year or two of 
experience would serve to show what can 
be done in that time, and what the further 
requirements would be. 
Mr. Connor: It seems to me that the 
matter of furnishing material for the Ex¬ 
periment Station to work with is practi¬ 
cally up to this Association. I am sure 
that from my immediate neighborhood I 
can safely pledge one student—possibly 
two. I do not think there is a vicinity or 
neighborhood represented here today that 
could not go as far as I would in making 
that pledge, and inasmuch as the propo¬ 
sition means so much to the grower, they 
would have to make it their duty to fur¬ 
nish one bright, intelligent young man 
from their midst, and choose him care¬ 
fully, that they might have an intelligent 
man to put in charge of the most impor¬ 
tant work they have to do in their groves, 
to control insect pests. 
From the vicinity of Orlando, another 
two or three people could be furnished to 
that call. From Winter Haven I am sure 
there will be others from there. From 
Arcadia, Manatee section, all those places 
will send at least one representative 
I recommend that the members of this 
Society take the matter up at once and 
pick out their men and give the assur¬ 
ances to the University that will justify 
their inaugurating such a course. 
Mr. Driscoll: The gentleman who has 
just spoken, mentioned Arcadia. Now I 
want to speak to this Society about our 
Association at Arcadia. It was organized 
by the citrus growers for the express pur¬ 
pose of fighting the whitefly pest. They 
have a young man who has charge of the 
fumigating outfit. The county commis¬ 
sioners have appropriated an amount, and 
this fund is helped out by the citrus grow¬ 
ers themselves. This young man was 
taken under the careful supervision of 
Dr. Cline, who was very much interested 
in citrus fruit culture, and instructed how 
to fumigate. He, in turn, instructed sev¬ 
eral other young men of the neighboiv 
hood, and there is now quite a corps of 
these trained men. The county has be¬ 
come so interested, and has seen such 
good results from it, that the county com¬ 
missioners at their annual meeting, con¬ 
tributed liberally towards the support of 
the movement, and I feel satisfied, if the 
gentlemen from the various counties in 
which the citrus fruit industry predomi¬ 
nates, will use their influence and ask the 
county commissioners for a contribution 
to assist them in educating a young man 
at the University, they will have no 
