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all have to read horticultural papers. It is a matter of business with him. 

 People who consume berries and produce none want them as cheap as the" 

 can be had. It is a matter of business with them. Commission men anj 

 dealers as a rule, are not benefited much by having too many berries and 

 hence they often warn us against extreme over-production. What inter- 

 est have railroad and expr;'ss men. Is it from a spirit of helpfulness 

 toward the growers on their part ? Not to any alarming extent that I 

 know of. They charge just the same for poor berries that they do for 

 good ones, just the same for berries that sell for fifty cents per crate as 

 for those which sell for $5. Then in what direction does their interest 

 lie ? Why, plainly the more berries raised the more money for them. 

 It is simply a matter of business with them and they can well afford to 

 adopt a liberal policy toward editors, and all others who have influence, 

 and who will use that influence toward inducing others to raise more 

 berries. 



ISTow what is to the berry grower's interest ? First, raise much less 

 berries and much better ones; second, look upon our calling as a business 

 by which we are to gain a living and possibly to lay up a little for a 

 rainy day, just as the people of all other callings do, and stop our foolish 

 boastings and imaginings on account of the supposed Good Samaritan 

 features of our business, and third, to give less comfort and aid to all 

 such as by sophistry and flattery would induce us to increase our acreage 

 to such an extent that the grower himself is the only one concerned \\lio 

 is absolutely left without a profit. 



Z. T. Russell. 



Music. 



Forester's Horn. — Quartette. 



