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perience in other states will be of much 
service, it can only be used in the way of 
suggestions. 
THE CORRESPONDENCE COURSE. 
To carry out the ideals of progressive 
educational work, the University has of¬ 
fered a course of agriculture by corre¬ 
spondence. This has proven to be ex¬ 
tremely popular. Last year the regis¬ 
tration in the course was over 400. This 
year the registration is about 600, and 
nine different courses were offered in 
place of the one that was offered last 
year. It is intended to continue to of- 
fer these correspondence courses. 
THE CITRUS SEMINAR. 
As an expression of the fact that the 
institution is attempting to meet the needs 
of the State, we may cite the case of the 
Citrus Seminar. This gathering was 
held, not with a view of giving informa¬ 
tion of an elementary character in con¬ 
nection with citrus culture, but to pre¬ 
sent the latest scientific discoveries in 
connection with this great industry. As 
the name indicates, no attempt was made 
to make this Citrus Seminar in any way 
a formal matter. The lectures were de¬ 
livered in an informal way, and constant 
questions and interruptions were invited. 
The speakers for the most part were from 
the experiment station staff. The citrus 
growers themselves, however, aided very 
greatly in making the effort a thorough 
success, in that certain of them volun¬ 
teered to give short talks on specific sub¬ 
jects about which they knew probably 
more than anyone else. The character of 
the work of the Seminar was such as 
would have made it of little value to one 
who was not thoroughly versed in prac¬ 
tical citrus culture. The average at¬ 
tendance on the meetings was 34.7 per 
session. Twenty-eight persons directly 
interested in citrus growing in Florida at¬ 
tended the meetings. 
CONCLUSION. 
The conditions under which we find 
ourselves existing today are very differ¬ 
ent from those that have been experi¬ 
enced heretofore. We are in the midst 
of a world wide movement,—educational, 
financial, scientific, and political. If its ef¬ 
fects are worldwide, competition is like¬ 
wise worldwide. Our sources of infor¬ 
mation are not limited only by the climate 
in which citrus fruits will grow. We 
must know what is happening in every 
land, not only of the citrus-growing re¬ 
gions, but of the agricultural regions as 
well. We are more and more interde¬ 
pendent than ever before. As our prob¬ 
lems of production are being solved, our 
problems of distribution become more 
severe. Your attention has already been 
called to the fact that the prices received 
for our fruit at the present time are not 
as great as they were fifteen years ago, 
and yet the purchasing power of the dol¬ 
lar which we receive for our fruit has 
fallen very materially. It therefore be¬ 
comes more and more necessary to cur¬ 
tail the expenses of production, to insure 
perfect and prompt delivery, and in every 
manner possible provide for a saving of 
the waste product. Every tree in the 
grove must be made to do its full share 
of work, and all deadbeats ruthlessly de¬ 
stroyed. We must by earnest study learn 
