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can not give him mental training nor teacb bim that store of facts that 

 would be of so much help to bim. He might learn by reading and ex- 

 perience—good methods, but slow, slow. I believe it is my duty, if he 

 wants to farm— and I hope he will— to prepare myself to be the best 

 teacher I can of the best methods and practice. No one else can so ef- 

 fectually arouse his interest, teach him to be so fond of his profession. 

 I hope nature studies will be a part of both the common and high school 

 courses, not only for the store of facts, but it is the subject of all others 

 that teaches most rapidly independent thinlcing. He already knows some- 

 thing of many plants and animals, and will all his life be surrounded by 

 them. It is his right to Ivnow more of them. When he has completed the 

 high school course, if he wishes to studj^ law, or medicine, or theology, 

 I'll help him get special training, that he may have an even chance with 

 men in his profession to succeed. And I will not do the square thing by 

 him, if he wishes to farm, if I do not give him a course in an agricultural 

 college, or help him get it, for he will certainly need the information and 

 mental training as much in farming as any other profession. Pour years 

 in a school Avhere agriculture is honored, associated with earnest, intelli- 

 gent instructors, who have spent their lives solving some of the many 

 problems that must be solved before profits of farming can be large, 

 making the acquaintance of young men and women who will be the lead- 

 ers in the future of agriculture, will help to make him the most intelligent, 

 the most prosperous, the most contented, the happiest man the sun will 

 shine upon. 



MORE'ING SESSIOK 



Wednesday, August 21, 9 A. M. 



MARKET VARIETIES OF APPLES AND PEARS FOR SOUTHERN 



INDIANA. 



BY C. M. HOBBS, BRIDGEPORT. 



We have been shown how necessary it is to successful commercial 

 fruit growing that the man, or the one who is to engag^ in the business, 

 possesses the proper qualifications. 



The next most important thing is the varieties of fruits to be planted. 

 We may have the situation and soil well suited to commercial fruit grow- 

 ing, we may have perfect cultivation and care of the trees, but unless the 

 varieties planted be adapted to the soil and climate, and to the market to 



