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But, Mr, President, there are a great many other things neces- 

 sary to success in "Farming combined with Fruit Growing." 

 Good tools are essential; also a proper place to keep them, (the 

 latter I am sorry to say I have not got) ; more than an average 

 amount of good temper, (I am doubtful about that, also) ; and, 

 above all, a large amount of faith in that Providence who I 

 think does just about what is right. If the individual man would 

 do the same, success would be certain. Added to all this, I think 

 that it is necessary for a person engaged in fruit growing to have 

 a fair amount of brains, and at the same time know how to use 

 them. 



Though it is my impression, that under ordinary circumstances 

 "Farming combined with Fruit Growing" may be made both 

 successful and profitable, I do not expect it to be understood 

 that I have been uniformly successful. If I had the necessary 

 qualifications to write an amusing article on this subject, I know 

 nothing that would be more suitable for the purpose 

 than my own mistakes. In fact I know that I have ob- 

 tained more sound information from noticing the mistakes and 

 short-comings of nryself and others, than from any other source. 



In order, Mr. President, to partially explain and bear out the 

 foregoing statements, 1 will, at the risk of being accused of 

 egotism, again state that what I have said before as well as the 

 following, has been proven by practice. I have at present under 

 cultivation fully one hundred and five acres of land in crops 

 about as follows: Thirty-five acres in fruit and vegetables, 

 twenty-nine acres in wheat, five acres in timothy, three acres in 

 rye, to plow under in spring for corn, and ten acres in clover. 

 I had this year upwards of forty acres in corn that I think will 

 average over forty-five bushels to the acre. I had the corn re- 

 moved from a portion of the land and have seeded it to wheat. 

 A part has also been fall plowed preparatory to seeding to oats 

 in the spring. While I do not believe in oats as a paying crop, 

 I think that it is necessary at the present time to proceed in this 

 manner to get a part of the land in proper shape for future 

 crops. The above figures, however, are by no means arbitrary, 

 especially in regard to farm crops, but may be changed as pru- 

 dence or necessity may require. For instance, I do not expect 

 to have at any future time forty acres of corn; as a crop it 

 takes too much labor to attend to it properly, and it is too bulky 

 for the money there is in it. In regard to the amount of hired 

 help that I have found it necessary to employ to take care of 

 this amount of land, I will state that I had three men during the 

 busy season, and I employ one man at present. Two of those 

 men were with me from the 1st of May till the last of Sep- 

 tember. With this help I have been able to keep everything m 

 good order and make some improvements. I do think, how- 

 ever, that I have been so far very fortunate in getting suitable 



