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Th n r att f l lu nrrluiriU of llio
ICuKtic rlvi-r nlliy now rcarlit' lh
lurK" loiiil of ultiiiml ,!'.' OOli nrri
Wlmit It In ronioinlirroil Hint ilir'
ii ro on mi niirKo of ?o poar wv
mill do uiilo Iri-tm ianliil ut nrr
olio nmy imull ronllto tlio rnnriiioim
iiiimln'r o Iri'on Which iiiiini Ih rultl-
Viiii'd, priiiipil ninl Hirn)'il cnrh yrnr.
1'iirlln'riiKirii. In onlnr tlmt nil iIicho
tp' vliull Ihi kiit In Perfect lirnllli.
or. In "tlior woriU, KiL frr from
tlldtMM'H niul liin'rt hhHh, they muni
Ihi riiri'fnlly lnir!i'il Thin Idhiu-o-IIiiii
In uiiilur tin itlrnclloii of nn of
flrf which Iiiin hci'ii iIiiIiIInIiiI for
.Inokmui roiinly, mill tvlilch l the only
oKliV of lu kind In Iho t'nltml
Htnloit. Tlio work of thin offlcr, whlcli
U known an thn offlco of I lit l'ntliolo
KM mnl KntonuiloRlitt for Hokh"
rlvnr vallt-y, tin Ih'coiiic no oll
known In iliffurunl nrta of tlio
t'nlli'il Hlutca niul ovtn In Knropo.
Hint It will bi only n ahort (lino witn
office of n llki nhnrnrtitr Mill hit cm
IhIiIImIiviI iilmiwlirro It U n rnmt of
"tin- ninn on tlio groiiml" hclng nlilo
to ilu mory for tlio public tlinii ono
ul u iIIhIiiiico.
I'lift Duly
Tlio flral ilnty of Iho offlo lit to
rnrry out n ulrlct Impcctlou of nil
orrlinnli, iu wull na nurHory alovk.
whlrli nmy ho nrowii within the din
1 1 lnl or which limy ho hrour.lil Into
It from outMlilu ill.HlotH. With tlio
hirgc nron plmitoil, tOKothor with
iiiiiiii'roua oihur ilntlim, thn olflror lu
rhnrgo, I'rofeesor . J. O'Onra, coulil
not poMlhly atldinl to tlnito (IiiIIom
without tho iiHuUliilii'o of lunrlorH
lOul offlco luilp. In onlor that lu
mihi'IIihi may ho iiroporly ciiirlcil
out. apnolnlly Irnlucil men tiro no-
li'cicil mnl pliict'd lu tholr icMpci'ilvi'
ilUlilctH. 'I'luiro uro. four or flvo In
Npi'i'tora ntlnolii'il to tho offlco ilur
Iiik llio oiitlro ymir. mnl from uiiioiik
llll'HI' I1KMI OIIO l ellOSOII II H HlO I'llloT
InMpi'cfnr. 'Ilicrio men uro In tlm
llulil iIiii'Iuk tho cntlro your, winter
mnl Hiiimuor, for It tnuat ho nimeiu
lioiiiil that tho ItOKim rlvor vnlloy ox
tomlrt over a voiy lurKo uroa. Tho
orchil nl illHtrlc.tH roach iiIiiiohI from
(ho ('allfornlnlluo on tlio Kouth t"
Iho noi'thoru houiulary of tho conn
ty; ami from I'roHpcct, n illHtnueo of
n mlloH up tho Itomio from Moilfonl
to tlio Applcmdo vnlloy on tho went,
Of cnuiHii, (IiIh oullro aroa la not
' covered hy orclmnln, bill, lie vert lie
Icbh, iircliaiilrt, old ami youiiK, ar
found everywhere within thin men.
KepullcH i:uiifoytMl
AIIIioukIi tho Una) of luHpcctorH
inlKht bo coiiHldercd a lai'Ko ono for
a wliiHle county, If II wtro not for
tho lilp Klvon by tho deputy horti
cultural coiumlHHloiierH, It would ho
almiiHt IuiiokhIio to iuieiiuuoly cov
, or Iho dlHtrk'ti In no other county
Iiuh mi arrmiKomoiit boon inado
whereby a force of mora than fifty
deputy coiumUalouoi'H' U oinplojoil
tho your round. Thoflo fifty moil, or
nuiro, mo Hur.vlnu tho offlco without
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River Valley Greatest of
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pay. mid are arlliiK In tho ra partly
of Ht'itri hrlco nKuta They aro
dlntributcd ovor tho utlru rouuty
lu llio Mirluiu dlnlrlrla and nclulibor
hooilit uliero (irclinrd fruit tni'a aro
rown. Tlmy linvo tho full power lo
onforro tho borllcultural lawn jiui an
have tho liiHpecloni. However, their
tunlii value Men lu tho fact that they
Keep tho central offlro In roiiMaut
touch wllh tho vnrlniiH district hy ro
porllnR tho rondltloim exactly a
Ihoy find them. In till way, tho of.
fico hu firm hand Information con
roruliiK tlio health of every orchard,
and if tho vorct norvlro men roport
any dolluitulury on tho part of a
fruit ttrowor. hi cane l Immcdlittely
taken enro of. Vory often tho secret
nervlce man hlninelf notlfle the Krow
or that certain trre In hi orchard
need attention, and In tilth way
iuvcn tho offlro n great deal of time.
Tho object In ttubllhlUR till
i em wa to (Mint nil pear hllKht'wIilrh
U u iiint aerlotiH Infection dleno
of pear and apple, hut which ha
been most effectively controlled by
Iho patholoKlNt'i offlco lu tho Kokiio
rlvor valley. However, tho eret
xervlce forco alo ntils lu prevent the
Nhlptuont nut of tho valley of any
fruit which inlKht bo Infected or In
fenteil under tho uieauluK of tho law.
AltoKothcr, tho offlro with Ita In
apeclor and nerret Hcrvlco men la a
very effective imiQhliio for tho hand
ling of horticultural lupeutlou and
iiuarnntluo.
As MtutHit above, tho dulled of the
offlco of tho I'atholiiKlxt mid llntoiuo
IokUI aro uuinorou. In tho ft ml
place, Information on nil horticultur
al HiihjuctH rIwii tho public
throiiKh liullelln. clreulara and pap
er, a laro number of which have
been publUhed. Omitting the num
oroiiK Hhort artlnlo which have boon
puhllhhod In Iho local pioah, tho
patholortlHt'ri offlro ha puhlhhod
nine bulletin, two proxa hulletlu,
ono circular mid sixteen paper.
TIioko publication cover aucli Im
portant matter an tho control of
WHAT ONi: Oltni.VltlUST DID IX HHU,
l'rcil II, HopkliiH or tho Huowy llulto orchaid at Central
Point Htatoai
"l''roin II ncroH of peara 1 Kohl In MU'i:
7000 hoxim Winter NoIIh peara at $1.S7 Vli f. o. I. Ccnlrul
Point, net
lOll Iioxoh Nulla pcaiM, lonalBiied,
, M) 0 Iioxoh llartlottH mid Kail llu Iter at $1.'I0 f. o. b. Con-
tral Point '; , 700
Krom hot) booa of Coiulco and Hone, j;rowu on KraflH, net TiilO
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: Total rrom orchard .$H,USri
$ J-'roni ITjicroa barley ho haivoHieil , J 1.K00
On Auk, III, I bought IIR Iioku, for $187. lit), Thoy iivomkciI
HIYi lb, lu wolttht. I hoKiiu feeding them corn kiowii between
tho rowa of fruit tree. On Documbor 1J, I Hold tho Iiokh ut tho
Hitmo prlco per pound, tPj cent, that I had paid. Thoy had In-
creased mi iivoiiiko of HlO Ibu. In weight, I rocolvod IIUI.Uu for
tho Iiorh, 1:107.56 profit ovor what I had imld.
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pear blight 1 1 mo milo'iur and Its
iihch, tho iiroveutlou of front Injury,
towthiK of fuel oil anil Hinudtto pot,
cover crop for orchard, tho codllui;
moth, llordvaux mlxtur, pollination,
plant hrocdliiK, -Hprajing caleiularn.
water corn of apple, vinegar nmUiiK,
etc. AinoiiK tlio inoro lecliulcol pap
era aro those on n new crown K'lH
ileao of alfalfa, a mlto ciiiihIiik
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rusty leaf" of tho poar, tho cherry
fruit saw fly, tho raspberry cane
blight, etc. These bulletins and
pajHTB are distributed without cot
to thojo who call for themar,request
them by mall.
Tho pathologist's office vraa tho
first Institution In tho Pacific north
west to Investigate tho Important
question of orchard heating to pre
vent frost Injury. In connection
with tho experimental work on fuel
aud appliances, tho work of forcat
Iiir fronts was takon up in connection
with the U. S. Weather Iiureau.
Through this offlco, Medford ha
been niado the key station of the
l. S. weather service for Ilogue rlvor
valley. At this time, the entlro val
ley Is covered by a network of co-
j opcratlvo stations under tho dlrec
. Hon of the key station In order to
I study more carefully the cllmatologl
cal conditions of the district. Tho
I central or key station is furnished
with a complote set of meteorological
1 apparatus, and "weather" Is received
nnd reported to tho district offlco at
Portland every day la tho year.
I Cooperates Willi Uncle Sam
, In tho routine of office and field
work, there aro so many things. como
1 up that one man alone could not pos
sibly attend to all of them and glvo
I each Its duo share of attention.
Thero aro many things which demand
a groat deal of tlnio, and belong to
, the peoiallt In that particular Hue.
To glvo tho peoplo of tho Hoguo
river valley the very best service, tho
pathologist's offlco cooperate with
tho varlou bureaus of tho U. S. de
j partment of agriculture at Wushlng-
ton, D. C. For lnstanco, Important
matters relating to special analyses
of soils aro roferred to tho U. S. llu-.
reau of Soils; matters portalntng to
chemistry and requiring special ap
paratus nro referred to tho U. S. Iiu
reau of Chemistry. In other words
through cooperation, tho offlco la
1 able to secure help which tho Indi
vidual could not get. Tho coopera
tion with tho various llurcauu of tho
lT S. Department of Agriculture Is of
tho greatest vatua slnco all matters
referred to thorn recolvo careful at
tention and whatovor recommenda
tions they may make may bo relied
upon.
Library ami Ijultomtory
Tlio pathologist's offlco has. a "li
brary mid laboratory lu connection
with It. Tho library consists o( .
nioro than 1O.Q00 references fully'
catalogued nnd Indexed. As-a mat
ter of fact, there. Is nono better lu
Oregon In tho way of n workings li
brary for tho farmor, fruit growor,
poultryman, or stockman, Tho li
brary receives publications from
flvory oxporlmont utatou In thtv
United. States and Its Island poB
along. It also receives all the pub
lications of tho U. 8. Department of
Agriculture, and the various ether
buroaua connected with tho Fdral
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