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MR. GOODMAN. 
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: The needs of Missouri 
in a horticultural line, [am sure, are so many and so various 
that I could hardly be given time to pass them over in de- 
tail, if indeed I can mention them in the few minutes al- 
lotted me. Missouri’s fields are so broad, so fertile, the 
possibilities of Missouri are so extensive, that we have 
hardly begun to appreciate what we are able to do. In 
fact, asking what she needs seems like a question asked of 
a man who returned from a year’s trip in Europe, where 
he had visited all the renowned cities of the old world. A 
gentleman sat down beside him and asked him to tell him 
all he had seen ! 
We believe in Missouri that we have one of the grandest 
states in the Union for horticulture. All along the Mis- 
souri river, from its mouth to where it enters the State in 
the northwest corner, we have a wonderful field for the de- 
velopment of the fruit interests especially. We havea mag- 
nificent apple orchard scattered along the Missouri river, 
and this is only a portion of what the state can do in the 
apple line. Only of late years have we found that in the 
southern part of Missouri, on the red lands of the Ozark 
range, are wonderful opportunities for fruit culture also. I 
may prophesy just a little and say that within the next ten or 
fifteen years we will see the peach belt of the United States 
along the southern slope of the Ozarks, and I believe [ 
speak the truth. 
The needs of Missouri in this matter can only be meas- 
ured by the possibilities of the state. We have hardly 
reached a one-hundredth part of the development in this 
state which we can accomplish. There are hundreds of 
thousands of acres of land all over our State which ought 
to be and which will be in fruit. Speaking of the develop- 
ment of horticulture, I do not mean only in the fruit line, 
