22 Third Annual Report 



farmer doesn't know much of anything about potatoes. Look 

 at Terry and other men who have become rich in just growing 

 one particular crop. It is not necessary, either, that you grow 

 one particular crop and nothing else. Other crops can be grown 

 along with it well enough; it is advisable to have a rotation of 

 crops. The man who studies definiteness, — definite lines, — is 

 liable to get more out of Hfe ; get more money; larger profits; 

 he is liable to be a bigger man ; to be of more value in his 

 community, in his commonwealth, in his nation. We are all 

 living for some purpose and I wish to emphasize definiteness to 

 every man on the farm. Here is where horticulture comes in 

 and offers assistance. 



There are few places where you have as good markets 

 as right here in Vermont, likewise in New Hampshire, and in 

 fact all through New England. The possibilities are great. This 

 year I set out lo acres of apples in Southern Michigan on my 

 old homestead. Where do we sell apples? In England mostly; 

 therfore, I shall have to ship them to Boston or Portland and 

 meet sharp competition; you ship comparatively short distances. 

 There is more money in raising fruits right here than in any 

 other part of the country, on account of the markets. 



When I was up in Maine at a convention of horticulturists, 

 Mr. Libby of Newport gave his experiences along the line of 

 definiteness. He said he was brought up on a farm and went 

 into the lumber industry in the West. As his people grew old 

 he came back to Maine to live and take care of them and started 

 in agriculture on the homestead. Things had been going down 

 on the farm while he had been away and he decided he would 

 fix them up a little. His people told him that he couldn't afliord 

 to put on so much style; he said he made up his mind if he 

 couldn't have a nice horse and buggy to ride in and a carpet 

 on the parlor floor and an easy chair to sit in, he wasn't going 

 to live on the farm. He began by raising strawberries, — no 

 strawberries had ever been raised on the farm. As strawberries 

 ripened about haying time, all the farmers laughed at him, — but 

 his berry crop was ready money. He gradually went into the 

 small fruits, and plums, apples, etc., until he has now one of the 

 most prosperous farms and is one of the most prosperous men 

 in that section. The people look up to him and respect his suc- 

 cess in agricuhure, and especially with those crops that come 

 under the head of horticulture. I can give example after ex- 

 ample along this line. 



I was brought up on a farm and a certain time of the year 

 we all got after the apple orchard. My father had never had the 

 opportunity to attend an agricultural college, and not many 

 farmers' institutes, but he endeavored to do the best he could 



