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 mitted to go to his home once more. The home he would die for, the 

 home he would light for, and better than all the home he would live for 

 as long as life and strongth i-oiinitted. My friends, one of these men was 

 living on the drudgery side of life, and tlie other man was living on the 

 spiritual side of it. 



When j'ou plant a tree in the ground it is not a dead stick 

 of wood with no life in it. What grows from the little sticlc whicli you 

 put into tlie ground? "The labor of my hands sliall fultil my Lord's 

 commands," and I hope that the fruit of this orchard will in a measure 

 repay the hands that planted the orchard. Now I am ready for questions. 



A Member: What is the difference in effect of nitrate and sulphate 

 of potash? 



Mr. Collingwood: The first difference in effect is on the pocketboolc 

 If you buy the nitrate of potash you will have four or five dollars left. 

 The nitrate has a salty, acid etfect on the soil, and this effect is injurious 

 to a great many fruits. I have known this to lie used on strawberries, 

 but the crop was very poor. Some people use the sulphate to improve 

 the quality of the berry. The salt in the nitrate is what prevents the 

 improvement. Common salt is more soluble than cliloride of potash, but 

 it is not always washed out of the soil. 



A Member: Do you always practice fall planting? 



Mr. Collingwood: I always practice it for apples, but not for peaches. 

 I plant them in the spring. They will not do so well when planted in 

 the fall, but I certainly do like to plant apple trees in the fall. I like 

 fall planting best. 



A Member: What breed of hogs do you raise? 



Mr. Collingwood: Well, I keep the Berkshire, the Yorkshire, and the 

 Chester Wliites. They have good points. I have kept the Poland Cliina; 

 but I like the others liest. I think they are the most intelligent hog, if 

 intelligence is worth any tiling in a hog. They will run about; I will not 

 say they will stand on their hind legs and play baseball with an apple, 

 l)Ut they are a quicli and active hog. You can buy a pig close to New 

 York for $3, and feed him $2 worth of grain, and let him run in the 

 orchard and eat the falling apples and in the fall sell him for $11. You 

 can't take four or five dollars in Wall Street and make that amount of 

 money on it. Therefore I am glad to say to you, my friends, that the 

 Berkshire hog is a winner. 



A Member: What grade of hogs do you keep in your orchard? 



Mr. Collingwood: I keep the Berkshire hog, for they will run about 



