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  intendent 
  I 
  know 
  of 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  to 
  make 
  his 
  salary 
  out 
  of 
  my 
  busi- 
  

   ness. 
  I 
  get 
  the 
  best 
  tree 
  man 
  I 
  know 
  of 
  and 
  he 
  also 
  receives 
  his 
  

   compensation 
  from 
  the 
  money 
  I 
  make 
  in 
  farming. 
  Last 
  year 
  I 
  

   extended 
  my 
  farming 
  operations 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  make 
  it 
  possible 
  for 
  

   me 
  to 
  keep 
  my 
  organization 
  running 
  full 
  speed 
  three 
  hundred 
  days 
  

   in 
  the 
  year. 
  I 
  am 
  dwelling 
  upon 
  this 
  line 
  for 
  this 
  purpose. 
  Don't 
  

   let 
  any 
  promoters 
  ever 
  get 
  his 
  hooks 
  into 
  you 
  or 
  tell 
  you 
  things 
  as 
  

   we 
  have 
  had 
  them 
  told 
  to 
  us 
  down 
  there. 
  Thousands 
  and 
  thou- 
  

   sands 
  of 
  acres 
  of 
  pecan 
  orchards 
  have 
  been 
  planted 
  without 
  a 
  

   thought 
  of 
  the 
  things 
  I 
  am 
  talking 
  about. 
  They 
  have 
  planted 
  

   thousands 
  of 
  acres 
  in 
  Georgia; 
  they 
  have 
  not 
  any 
  organization 
  and 
  

   the 
  man 
  in 
  charge 
  is 
  inexperienced 
  and 
  they 
  don't 
  pay. 
  Each 
  year 
  

   from 
  the 
  time 
  I 
  planted 
  my 
  orchard, 
  and 
  got 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  point 
  where 
  I 
  

   could 
  count 
  on 
  an 
  orchard 
  crop, 
  it 
  has 
  increased 
  in 
  value, 
  and 
  today 
  

   it 
  is 
  worth 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  dollars 
  a 
  tree 
  above 
  what 
  it 
  cost 
  me. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  

   magnificent 
  business 
  proposition. 
  I 
  am 
  so 
  in 
  love 
  with 
  my 
  work 
  

   I 
  could 
  talk 
  to 
  you 
  until 
  the 
  cows 
  come 
  home. 
  I 
  want 
  to 
  impress 
  

   on 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  the 
  Northern 
  Nut 
  Growers 
  Association 
  and 
  their 
  

   friends 
  the 
  one 
  fact 
  that 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  be 
  successful 
  in 
  a 
  commercial 
  

   way 
  you 
  must 
  go 
  into 
  it 
  right. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  short 
  cut. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  The 
  next 
  on 
  the 
  program 
  will 
  be 
  an 
  article 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Olcott. 
  

  

  THE 
  FUNCTION 
  OF 
  THE 
  CLASS 
  JOURNAL 
  

   Ralph 
  T. 
  Olcott, 
  Editor 
  "American 
  Nut 
  Journal" 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  multiplicity 
  of 
  pubhcations 
  one 
  must 
  distinguish, 
  for 
  his 
  

   use, 
  those 
  which 
  are 
  for 
  entertainment 
  or 
  general 
  education 
  and 
  

   those 
  which 
  specialize. 
  Class 
  publications 
  differ 
  from 
  trade 
  or 
  

   professional 
  publications 
  in 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  confined 
  in 
  their 
  appeal 
  

   to 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  a 
  trade 
  or 
  profession. 
  The 
  class 
  pubUcation 
  is 
  

   for 
  that 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  general 
  public 
  which 
  is 
  wholly, 
  or 
  to 
  a 
  certain 
  

   degree, 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  particular 
  object 
  to 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  devoted. 
  

  

  What 
  has 
  been 
  said 
  with 
  regard 
  to 
  class 
  publications 
  is 
  probably 
  

   understood 
  in 
  a 
  general 
  way, 
  but 
  a 
  brief 
  consideration 
  of 
  its 
  bearing 
  

   upon 
  the 
  nut 
  industry 
  may 
  make 
  the 
  status 
  of 
  a 
  nut 
  journal 
  clearer. 
  

   Let 
  us 
  suppose 
  that 
  an 
  industry 
  has 
  no 
  pubHcation 
  devoted 
  especially 
  

   to 
  it. 
  It 
  must 
  then 
  depend 
  upon 
  communications 
  between 
  individ- 
  

   uals 
  and 
  upon 
  annual 
  meetings 
  and 
  their 
  printed 
  proceedings 
  for 
  

   its 
  interchange 
  of 
  thought; 
  for 
  it 
  is 
  presumed 
  that 
  it 
  will 
  have 
  a 
  

   national 
  or 
  sectional 
  organization. 
  A 
  very 
  efficient 
  organization 
  

   with 
  the 
  means 
  at 
  hand 
  to 
  serve 
  its 
  members 
  well 
  can 
  do 
  a 
  great 
  

  

  