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  through 
  we 
  would 
  not 
  have 
  accomplished 
  anything. 
  I 
  want 
  to 
  

   take 
  you 
  back 
  to 
  the 
  point 
  from 
  which 
  we 
  started 
  this, 
  in 
  order 
  

   to 
  know 
  what 
  we 
  are 
  talking 
  about.- 
  To 
  illustrate 
  what 
  I 
  want 
  

   to 
  say 
  to 
  you, 
  we 
  can 
  take 
  the 
  root 
  pasture 
  of 
  a 
  tree 
  and 
  analyze 
  

   it 
  in 
  every 
  possible 
  way 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  bring 
  to 
  bear 
  upon 
  it 
  the 
  best 
  

   judgment 
  we 
  have 
  from 
  all 
  sources. 
  The 
  tree 
  grown 
  upon 
  a 
  hill- 
  

   side 
  has 
  a 
  root 
  pasture 
  which 
  is 
  entirely 
  different 
  in 
  many 
  ways 
  

   from 
  the 
  root 
  pasture 
  in 
  the 
  river 
  bottoms. 
  If 
  we 
  have 
  a 
  tree 
  

   growing 
  on 
  a 
  hillside 
  in 
  a 
  soil 
  that 
  easily 
  transmits 
  moisture 
  and 
  it 
  

   gives 
  that 
  tree 
  constantly 
  a 
  stream 
  of 
  pure 
  water 
  going 
  through 
  

   its 
  root 
  system, 
  and 
  there 
  happens 
  to 
  be 
  enough 
  fertility 
  in 
  that 
  

   vicinity, 
  that 
  moisture 
  is 
  impregnated 
  with 
  plant 
  food, 
  and 
  the 
  tree 
  

   will 
  get 
  all 
  it 
  wants. 
  You 
  can't 
  speak 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  breath 
  of 
  the 
  

   tree 
  growing 
  in 
  the 
  river 
  bottoms 
  whose 
  entire 
  root 
  pasture 
  is 
  

   entirely 
  different. 
  The 
  root 
  pasture 
  may 
  'become 
  contaminated 
  

   by 
  various 
  things 
  which 
  may 
  cause, 
  so 
  to 
  speak, 
  ptomaine 
  poison. 
  

   Therefore 
  I 
  say 
  that 
  every 
  locality, 
  every 
  soil, 
  every 
  climatic 
  

   condition, 
  every 
  variety 
  of 
  tree 
  must 
  be 
  taken 
  as 
  individual. 
  What 
  

   would 
  be 
  good 
  for 
  an 
  apple 
  orchard 
  in 
  Virginia 
  might 
  be 
  fatal 
  to 
  an 
  

   apple 
  orchard 
  immediately 
  south 
  of 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  in 
  Ohio. 
  The 
  use 
  

   of 
  commercial 
  fertilizer 
  that 
  would 
  be 
  good 
  in 
  one 
  locality 
  would 
  

   be 
  bad 
  in 
  another. 
  Therefore 
  I 
  disapprove 
  of 
  this 
  kind 
  of 
  a 
  discus- 
  

   sion, 
  because 
  we 
  are 
  not 
  speaking 
  to 
  a 
  definite 
  point. 
  I 
  want 
  to 
  

   bring 
  your 
  minds 
  to 
  this 
  point, 
  that 
  every 
  individual 
  tree 
  and 
  its 
  

   locality, 
  and 
  the 
  man 
  that 
  is 
  responsible 
  for 
  its 
  welfare, 
  must 
  be 
  

   analyzed 
  before 
  you 
  can 
  speak 
  intelligently 
  about 
  what 
  must 
  be 
  

   done. 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  going 
  to 
  tell 
  you 
  the 
  same 
  story 
  I 
  told 
  the 
  societies 
  at 
  

   Pharoa, 
  Alabama. 
  They 
  wanted 
  me 
  to 
  talk 
  on 
  this 
  subject 
  and 
  I 
  

   said, 
  "You 
  remind 
  me 
  of 
  a 
  backwoods 
  character 
  I 
  have 
  come 
  in 
  

   contact 
  with 
  in 
  the 
  woods 
  of 
  Florida 
  who 
  is 
  ill 
  and 
  doesn't 
  know 
  

   what 
  is 
  the 
  matter 
  with 
  him. 
  He 
  knows 
  he 
  needs 
  medicine 
  and 
  

   he 
  goes 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  general 
  store 
  and 
  buys 
  a 
  bottle 
  of 
  patent 
  

   medicine 
  recommended 
  by 
  the 
  groceryman 
  and 
  he 
  takes 
  it 
  and 
  

   maybe 
  it 
  helps 
  him 
  and 
  maybe 
  it 
  don't, 
  but 
  if 
  he 
  don't 
  get 
  better 
  he 
  

   goes 
  and 
  gets 
  advice 
  from 
  some 
  other 
  man 
  like 
  the 
  grocer." 
  I 
  said, 
  

   "That 
  is 
  the 
  way 
  you 
  are 
  demonstrating 
  fertilizer." 
  The 
  first 
  

   thing 
  I 
  would 
  advise 
  would 
  be 
  this: 
  to 
  analyze 
  the 
  individual 
  pas- 
  

   ture 
  of 
  the 
  individual 
  tree 
  and 
  take 
  everything 
  that 
  enters 
  into 
  the 
  

   history 
  of 
  that 
  tree 
  and 
  everything 
  that 
  bears 
  upon 
  it. 
  All 
  the 
  accu- 
  

   mulated 
  wisdom 
  of 
  others 
  won't 
  help 
  us 
  very 
  much. 
  We 
  have 
  to 
  

   use 
  common 
  horse 
  sense. 
  We 
  can't 
  talk 
  about 
  these 
  things 
  gen- 
  

  

  