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  talk 
  about 
  something 
  I 
  am 
  interested 
  in." 
  I 
  went 
  on 
  to 
  advocate 
  

   this 
  principle, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  principle 
  I 
  wish 
  every 
  man 
  or 
  woman 
  in 
  

   America 
  would 
  grasp 
  and 
  retain 
  and 
  put 
  in 
  execution 
  today; 
  that 
  

   is 
  that 
  the 
  calling 
  of 
  agriculture 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  honorable 
  calling 
  a 
  man 
  

   can 
  follow, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  up 
  to 
  us 
  to 
  inspire 
  in 
  the 
  children 
  of 
  America 
  

   the 
  thought 
  that 
  such 
  is 
  the 
  case, 
  and 
  help 
  them 
  in 
  every 
  way 
  to 
  go 
  

   out 
  into 
  the 
  field 
  of 
  agriculture 
  and 
  be' 
  successful 
  farmers. 
  That 
  is 
  

   what 
  I 
  want 
  to 
  say. 
  I 
  have 
  no 
  patience 
  with 
  the 
  men 
  who 
  farm 
  

   and 
  are 
  not 
  successful 
  business 
  men, 
  because 
  they 
  are 
  the 
  people 
  

   that 
  make 
  life 
  in 
  the 
  rural 
  districts 
  objectionable 
  to 
  the 
  children, 
  

   and 
  are 
  responsible 
  for 
  the 
  children 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  blood 
  in 
  the 
  country 
  

   going 
  into 
  the 
  turmoil 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  largely 
  lost. 
  You 
  have 
  

   to 
  pay 
  interest 
  on 
  the 
  land 
  you 
  use, 
  and 
  you 
  have 
  got 
  to 
  pay 
  your- 
  

   self 
  a 
  fair 
  compensation 
  for 
  the 
  brains 
  and 
  energy 
  you 
  use 
  on 
  it. 
  I 
  

   want 
  to 
  call 
  your 
  attention 
  to 
  one 
  other 
  thing. 
  This 
  farm 
  I 
  bought 
  

   nine 
  years 
  ago 
  from 
  a 
  man 
  who 
  had 
  farmed 
  it 
  until 
  it 
  wasn't 
  capable 
  

   of 
  producing 
  enough 
  income 
  to 
  enable 
  him 
  to 
  keep 
  it, 
  and 
  I 
  under- 
  

   took 
  to 
  build 
  an 
  orchard 
  on 
  that 
  farm, 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  done 
  it. 
  Last 
  

   October, 
  where 
  these 
  hogs 
  are 
  grazing 
  in 
  the 
  picture, 
  I 
  planted 
  a 
  

   crop 
  of 
  oats 
  and 
  I 
  got 
  forty 
  bushels 
  of 
  oats 
  to 
  the 
  acre 
  the 
  latter 
  

   part 
  of 
  April. 
  I 
  then 
  turned 
  around 
  and 
  broke 
  the 
  land 
  up 
  and 
  

   planted 
  it 
  in 
  sweet 
  potatoes, 
  which 
  are 
  just 
  maturing 
  and 
  the 
  crop 
  

   will 
  run 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  fifty 
  bushels 
  to 
  the 
  acre. 
  Don't 
  forget 
  

   that 
  that 
  is 
  two 
  crops 
  grown 
  and 
  harvested 
  in 
  one 
  year 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  

   land. 
  I 
  consider 
  it 
  the 
  best 
  treatment 
  for 
  the 
  land. 
  I 
  pastured 
  the 
  

   oats 
  last 
  winter 
  with 
  the 
  hogs, 
  so 
  I 
  get 
  a 
  very 
  material 
  gain 
  from 
  the 
  

   oats 
  in 
  that 
  way, 
  and 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  my 
  sweet 
  potatoes 
  are 
  harvested 
  

   I 
  will 
  turn 
  the 
  hogs 
  back 
  in 
  and 
  let 
  them 
  glean 
  the 
  field. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  

   fact 
  that 
  we 
  can 
  make 
  lots 
  of 
  pork 
  on 
  the 
  gleanings 
  of 
  a 
  sweet 
  potato 
  

   field. 
  And 
  besides 
  that 
  these 
  trees, 
  each 
  one 
  of 
  them, 
  will 
  bring 
  me 
  

   four, 
  to 
  five, 
  or 
  six 
  dollars' 
  worth 
  of 
  nuts. 
  That 
  land 
  cost 
  me 
  sixteen 
  

   dollars 
  an 
  acre, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  net 
  income 
  of 
  several 
  dollars 
  above 
  

   the 
  price 
  of 
  the 
  land, 
  and 
  I 
  presume 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  individual 
  growth 
  on 
  

   each 
  tree 
  that 
  increases 
  its 
  value 
  at 
  least 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  dollars' 
  worth 
  

   of 
  nuts. 
  There 
  you 
  see 
  I 
  have 
  several 
  dollars' 
  worth 
  of 
  nuts, 
  the 
  

   sweet 
  potatoes 
  and 
  the 
  oats 
  all 
  grown 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  land, 
  besides 
  the 
  

   pasture 
  for 
  the 
  hogs. 
  Those 
  things 
  are 
  possible 
  to 
  the 
  man 
  who 
  

   will 
  go 
  into 
  the 
  growing 
  of 
  a 
  nut 
  orchard 
  in 
  a 
  business 
  way. 
  I 
  have 
  

   other 
  land 
  adjoining 
  this 
  and 
  I 
  will 
  also 
  utilize 
  it 
  for 
  these 
  purposes 
  

   and 
  grow 
  such 
  crops 
  as 
  I 
  can 
  grow 
  in 
  the 
  orchard, 
  because 
  when 
  the 
  

   nut 
  crop 
  is 
  ready 
  to 
  gather, 
  I 
  must 
  get 
  the 
  stock 
  out. 
  I 
  keep 
  my 
  

   organization 
  employed 
  the 
  whole 
  year. 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  best 
  super- 
  

  

  