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  community 
  where 
  I 
  was 
  raised, 
  but 
  after 
  I 
  left 
  my 
  native 
  heath 
  

   and 
  went 
  into 
  the 
  practice 
  of 
  law 
  and 
  got 
  into 
  politics, 
  I 
  forgot 
  all 
  

   about 
  the 
  hickory 
  trees 
  until 
  just 
  a 
  few 
  years 
  ago 
  when, 
  by 
  accident, 
  

   I 
  picked 
  up 
  a 
  nut 
  journal. 
  I 
  don't 
  know 
  how 
  it 
  came 
  into 
  my 
  

   possession 
  but 
  I 
  got 
  it 
  and 
  I 
  read 
  some 
  article 
  on 
  the 
  Indiana 
  pecan, 
  

   and 
  I 
  read 
  an 
  article 
  on 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  nut 
  trees 
  in 
  the 
  south, 
  

   and 
  I 
  got 
  interested 
  and 
  commenced 
  studying 
  the 
  subject. 
  I 
  wrote 
  

   to 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  and 
  got 
  some 
  articles 
  on 
  nut 
  

   culture 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Reed 
  and 
  others 
  and 
  became 
  still 
  more 
  interested. 
  

   However, 
  nut 
  culture 
  doesn't 
  mix 
  well 
  with 
  politics 
  or 
  law, 
  and, 
  

   therefore, 
  it 
  is 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  of 
  a 
  side 
  issue 
  with 
  me. 
  I 
  have 
  gone 
  

   into 
  nut 
  culture 
  only 
  on 
  a 
  small 
  scale. 
  On 
  my 
  lot 
  in 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  

   Marion 
  where 
  I 
  live 
  I 
  have 
  set 
  out 
  some 
  pecan 
  trees, 
  and 
  after 
  a 
  

   hard 
  battle 
  in 
  court 
  all 
  day 
  it 
  is 
  quite 
  a 
  pleasure 
  to 
  get 
  home 
  in 
  the 
  

   evening 
  and 
  to 
  pull 
  off 
  my 
  coat 
  and 
  to 
  get 
  on 
  some 
  old 
  clothes 
  and 
  

   go 
  out 
  among 
  my 
  trees. 
  There 
  is 
  nothing 
  better 
  to 
  get 
  one's 
  

   mind 
  off 
  the 
  daily 
  combat 
  of 
  life. 
  

  

  I 
  was 
  very 
  much 
  impressed 
  with 
  Dr. 
  Worsham's 
  address 
  of 
  wel- 
  

   come 
  and 
  also 
  Dr. 
  Morris's 
  response. 
  I 
  believe 
  that 
  this 
  country 
  is 
  

   beginning 
  a 
  new 
  era; 
  we 
  are 
  going 
  to 
  experience 
  a 
  metamorphosis. 
  

   I 
  think 
  we 
  will 
  shed 
  this 
  old 
  shell, 
  take 
  on 
  a 
  new 
  dress 
  and 
  start 
  

   afresh. 
  

  

  I 
  presume 
  it 
  is 
  here 
  as 
  in 
  Illinois 
  where 
  I 
  was 
  raised. 
  Our 
  farmers 
  

   came 
  from 
  the 
  south 
  principally, 
  and 
  about 
  all 
  they 
  knew 
  of 
  farming 
  

   in 
  those 
  early 
  days 
  was 
  to 
  raise 
  corn 
  and 
  some 
  tobacco, 
  but 
  mostly, 
  

   through 
  our 
  section, 
  corn, 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  years 
  they 
  corned 
  the 
  land 
  

   to 
  death. 
  You 
  can 
  go 
  through 
  our 
  country 
  and 
  see 
  old 
  hillsides 
  

   red 
  with 
  clay 
  and 
  farmers 
  barely 
  eking 
  out 
  an 
  existence. 
  Those 
  

   people 
  will 
  never 
  be 
  much 
  better 
  off 
  than 
  they 
  are 
  now, 
  but 
  as 
  they 
  

   pass 
  off 
  and 
  the 
  newer 
  generation 
  comes 
  on, 
  departments 
  of 
  agri- 
  

   culture 
  and 
  horticulture 
  will 
  be 
  organized 
  in 
  the 
  universities, 
  where 
  

   it 
  has 
  not 
  already 
  been 
  done, 
  and 
  the 
  farmers 
  will 
  be 
  a 
  class 
  of 
  

   people 
  right 
  up 
  to 
  date. 
  Modern 
  civilization 
  tends 
  to 
  drive 
  the 
  

   sons 
  back 
  to 
  the 
  farm 
  and 
  that 
  is 
  overdone 
  sometimes. 
  People 
  

   think 
  they 
  want 
  to 
  go 
  to 
  farming 
  when 
  they 
  don't. 
  We 
  ought 
  not 
  

   to 
  take 
  up 
  this 
  idea 
  "back 
  to 
  the 
  farm" 
  too 
  largely 
  at 
  once 
  but 
  

   gradually 
  grow 
  into 
  it. 
  I 
  know 
  what 
  it 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  on 
  the 
  farm 
  and 
  

   work 
  hard 
  day 
  after 
  day; 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  chance 
  for 
  us 
  under 
  the 
  old 
  

   conditions; 
  but 
  in 
  higher 
  forms 
  of 
  agriculture 
  or 
  horticulture 
  the 
  

   American 
  people 
  will 
  find 
  the 
  greatest 
  benefits 
  and 
  pleasures. 
  It 
  

   gets 
  monotonous 
  for 
  a 
  man 
  who 
  has 
  a 
  profession 
  to 
  stick 
  to 
  that 
  all 
  

   the 
  time, 
  day 
  in 
  and 
  day 
  out 
  without 
  change, 
  week 
  in 
  and 
  week 
  

  

  