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his work either improperly done by others or else not done at 

 all, he begins to realize what a joy it is to be able to get up in 

 the morning and to work all day. 



We take more pleasure than we think in saving and working 

 for some desired end. For instance, the farmer wants a new 

 piece of machinery or to paint his buildings, or his wife wants 

 running water in the house, or her kitchen remodeled. If they 

 have to plan and save and work for some time to get such 

 things, they enjoy the working and they better appreciate them 

 when they do get them. 



I think it is a blessing to want a thing a long time and want 

 it badly and work for it until we do get it ; then how we enjoy it. 

 That is a pleasure the rich must miss who can purchase a thing 

 as soon as they feel a desire for it. 



I recently heard our honored past president, Mr. Gilbert, 

 say "There is no limit to the things a farmer's family do want, 

 every year, therefore there is no limit to our pleasure in work- 

 ing for those things." And that is the kind of work which builds 

 character. It engenders patience and thrift and perseverance. 

 Why, I can't imagine heaven as a place where we can have 

 everything we want. I hope we shall keep right on working and 

 studying. 



We need to work to appreciate the object attained. 



We need labor to appreciate rest. 



We need the husk to appreciate the kernel. 



Mr. RiCKER. There seems to be one thought some of us 

 apple-growers might take home from this meeting. We don't 

 give to the apple trees all that the apple trees really demand. 

 Lots of us have our dairy, some of us keep hens and some of 

 us have something else ; but it seems to me after we go home 

 from this meeting, some evening we might sit down and figure 

 out what proportion of the income of the farm comes from the 

 apple trees, and then take the proportion of time that we have 

 to work and set apart one day, or two days, or three days, what- 

 ever the proportion is, in the week to work on the orchard and 

 not let anything else come in. That is the per cent that the 

 orchard really deserves. Let us try that for a year and give 

 to the orchard the per cent of our time that is warranted by the 

 per cent of our income that we can naturally expect to come 

 from the orchard, and see if conditions are not somewhat 

 improved. 



