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the groves or fields are certain to be un¬ 
der the normal circumstances, with the 
exception of the conditions of the experi¬ 
ment. In other words the grove in case 
of disease experiments will receive the 
normal and usual cultivation and fertiliz¬ 
ation just as though the experiments were 
not being carried on. We are certain, 
therefore, that if any difference occurs on 
the experiment plot, it due entirely to> the 
test that is being made. The advantages 
to the grower are that he comes immedi¬ 
ately in contact with the most advanced in¬ 
formation that results from the experi¬ 
ments. We find in every case that where 
these co-operative experiments have been 
conducted there is established at once a 
Horticultural Society composed of at 
least one in the audience and a speaker 
who discusses all sorts of questions in 
connection with the work in hand. 
farmers' institutes. 
This work is not properly experiment 
station work, but from the nature of the 
case our experiment station workers are 
well prepared to discuss most of the prob¬ 
lems connected with agricultural and hor¬ 
ticultural work. It is quite probable that 
this is the reason why the Institutes con¬ 
tinue to call so frequently for workers 
from the experiment station. During the 
biennium from July i, 1907, to the pres¬ 
ent time, 91 sessions of Farmers’ In¬ 
stitutes have been held. The total atten¬ 
dance on these institutes is 9,301, making 
the average attendance a little more than 
100. In this connection I might be allowed 
to state that the institutes are being called 
for more frequently in northern and wes¬ 
tern Florida, than in eastern, central and 
southern Florida. As both our time and 
funds are limited, we have been unable to 
hold all the institutes requested. Under 
the circumstances, we are not able to 
work up institutes in sections where they 
are not called for. 
CONCLUSION. 
Those of the Horticultural society who 
have been earnestly interested in the ex¬ 
periments made by the experiment sta¬ 
tion will have discovered that our most 
important work and our most lasting 
work is such as has required a consider¬ 
able time for perfecting. We might say 
in a general way that the surface and easy 
problems have to a large extent been 
worked out, and have passed from the ex¬ 
perimental stage to the demonstration 
stage. From time to time as we secure 
valuable results in our experimental 
work, publications are issued setting forth 
our discoveries. We have two lines of 
publications. First, the regular bulletin 
which discusses certain problems and 
gives the information in a full and con¬ 
cise way. These are distributed to the 
people of the State. The press bulletins 
are short essays discussing certain phases 
of problems and announcing discoveries 
in our research work. These press bul¬ 
letins, as their name indicates, are sent to 
all the newspapers of the State with the 
request that they publish them. 
