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go the world over, it is an accoinpanimeiit of refined wealth, and 

 of the higher attributes of mankind. Tliere is no occasion for 

 jealousies among horticulturists, for, like every other industry, 

 it creates its own market and thrives best where competition 

 runs high. The horticulture of AVisconsin is so linked with our 

 every other industry that it should have not only the sympathy 

 of all, but its chief agent, the State Horticultural Society, should 

 be liberally supported by appropriation of public funds, that it 

 may fullill its work of instruction and example until every part 

 of our great state shall have its own home-grown fruit. 



BEKRIES Foil THE FARMER. 

 I. N. Stone, Fort Atkinson. 



There are farmers who furnish their families with an abun- 

 dance of choice home-grown berries, giving them a succession of 

 fresh fruit during the season of extreme heat, when the human 

 system craves and demands such a diet. But there are many 

 farmers' families deprived of the luxury and benefits of a suc- 

 cession of berries, because the farm help will not bother with 

 " small things." Others do not understand how to manage them 

 and will not experiment. 



Farmers who do not grow a supply of berries may often be 

 heard to say that it is cheaper to bu}' berries than to grow them; 

 but this does not mean an abundance. It means a few quarts 

 now and then for table use, and perhaps about one-half bushel 

 of some favorite kind for cannin<j:. If we fro into our cities and 

 villages we find a good supply of berries in the market, and 

 nearly all classes purchasing freely, except the farmer. He will 

 look upon it with a keen appetite, and very likely, instead of pur- 

 chasing, he will resolve to raise some another year. And why 

 not? He has the land and is successful in growing good crops 

 of grain and grass. Why not berries? 



If we travel in the farming districts of our state, we will 

 scarcely find a farm in cultivation without an orchard consisting 

 of several varieties of apples. These orchards have been cared 



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