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 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA agricultural Experiment Station 
 
 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE E. J . WlCKSON, Director 
 
 BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA 
 
 CIRCULAR No. 40 
 
 (October, 1908) 
 
 CALIFORNIA 
 
 STATE FARMERS' INSTITUTE 
 
 AT THE 
 
 UNIVERSITY FARM 
 
 DAVIS 
 
 THURSDAY, FRIDAY, AND SATURDAY, 
 OCTOBER 8, 9, AND 10, 1908. 
 
 This Institute is the second to be held at the University Farm at 
 Davis. The first of this series of Institutes, which convened a year 
 ago at the same place, had as its aim and object the extension of 
 popular knowledge concerning the work of the College of Agriculture 
 of the University of California and of the University Farm. The 
 present Institute has much the same object in view. 
 
 The interest of the people of the State in Agricultural education 
 becomes each year more intense and these State Institutes serve the 
 purpose, in a broad way, of allowing a good opportunity for those 
 most interested to see and hear just what is being done in the way 
 of advancing the Agricultural interests of California. 
 
 The schedule of exercises provided for the present Institute, as 
 is shown upon the following pages, allows those in attendance to 
 participate in discussions of great importance to the advancement of 
 the agriculture of the State and the prosperity of those connected 
 therewith. 
 
The Question Box will also be continually open and will afford 
 opportunity for the introduction of other important topics. Free dis- 
 cussion will follow the formal addresses so x far as time will permit. 
 
 Thursday Morning, October 8, 10:00 o'clock. 
 
 Opening of Institute. 
 
 Addresses of Welcome. 
 
 Responses. 
 
 Address. 
 
 For the University Farm, Prof. Leroy 
 Anderson, Superintendent Uni- 
 versity Farm Schools. 
 
 For the town of Davis, Mr. George W. 
 Pierce, Davis. 
 
 Mr. F. H. Babb, Lecturer State 
 Grange, San Jose. 
 
 Hon. J. I. McConnell, Woodland. 
 
 Hon. B. F. Rush, President State 
 
 Board of Agriculture, Suisun. 
 Hon. A. E. Boynton, Oroville. 
 Hon. Ellwood Cooper, Santa Barbara. 
 
 Hon. Marshall Diggs, President Sac- 
 ramento Valley Development As- 
 sociation, Sacramento. 
 
 President Benj. Ide Wheeler, Uni- 
 versity of California, Berkeley. 
 
 Thursday Afternoon, October 8, 1:30 o'clock. 
 
 Addresses. Hon. Peter J. Shields, Superior Judge, 
 
 Sacramento County, Sacramento. 
 
 Director C. F. Curtiss, College of 
 Agriculture, Ames, Iowa. 
 
 Director E. J. Wickson, College of 
 Agriculture, Berkeley. 
 
 Thursday Evening, October 8, 7:30 o'clock. 
 
 Resume of the Work of the 
 State Food and Drug 
 Laboratory. 
 
 The Argentine Ant in Cali- 
 fornia. 
 
 Prof. M. E. Jaffa, Agricultural Experi- 
 ment Station, Berkeley. 
 
 Prof. C. W. Woodworth, Agricultural 
 Experiment Station, Berkeley. 
 
Friday Morning, 
 
 Animal Industry Session. 
 Address. 
 
 Work of the State Dairy 
 Bureau. 
 
 Control and Eradication of 
 Infectious Diseases of 
 Live Stock. 
 
 Address. 
 
 Friday Afternoon, 
 A Talk on Good Roads. 
 
 Dry Land Farming. 
 
 Pedigreed Vines and the 
 Young Vineyard. 
 
 October 9, 9:30 o'clock. 
 
 Prof. E. W. Major, Agricultural Ex- 
 periment Station, Berkeley. 
 
 Mr. W. H. Saylor, Secretary State 
 Dairy Bureau. 
 
 Dr. Charles Keane, State Veterin- 
 arian. 
 
 Director C. F. Curtiss, College of 
 Agriculture, Ames, Iowa. 
 
 October 9, 1:30 o'clock.. 
 
 Hon. J. M. Eddy, Secretary California 
 Good Roads Association. 
 
 Mr. Arthur R. Briggs, President Cali- 
 fornia State Board of Trade, San 
 Francisco. 
 
 Mrs. M. E. Sherman, Minnewawa 
 Vineyard, Fresno. 
 
 Friday Evening, October 9, 7:30 o'clock. 
 
 Cereal Improvements. Mr. A. G. Gaumnitz, Cereal Investi- 
 
 gations, University Farm, Davis. 
 
 The Sugar Beet. Prof. G. W. Shaw, Agricultural Ex- 
 
 periment Station, Berkeley. 
 
 Relation of the University 
 
 Farm to the Horticulture Prof. W. T. Clarke, Agricultural Ex- 
 of the State. periment Station, Berkeley. 
 
 Saturday Morning, October 10, 9:30 o'cloc%. 
 
 The Outlook for the Pear Prof. Ralph E. Smith, Southern Cali- 
 Industry with Reference fornia Pathological Laboratory, 
 
 to Pear Blight. Whittier, Cal. 
 
 Irrigation and the Develop- 
 ment of our Great Val- Prof. S. Fortier, Irrigation Investiga- 
 tes, tions, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 
 
 Forestry Problems. G. B. Lull, State Forester, Sacra- 
 
 mento. 
 
Saturday Afternoon, October 10, 1:30 o'cloc%. 
 
 Reports of Committees. 
 
 Closing Exercises. Prof. W. T. Clarke, College of Agri- 
 
 culture, Berkeley. 
 
 The public is cordially invited to attend these sessions and 
 arrangements have been made so that the personal comfort of 
 visitors will be well looked after. The ladies of Davis will serve 
 lunch on the grounds of the University Farm each day of the 
 Institute. 
 
 Transportation by the Southern Pacific to and from Davis can be 
 secured at one and one-third rates for the round trip on the certificate 
 plan. Take receipt from agent when purchasing ticket. 
 
 W. T. Clarke, 
 
 Superintendent University Extension in Agriculture. 
 
 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, 
 
 Berkeley, September 25, 1908.