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are out and we find, as in the life of Dewey, they have always been 

 great and noble. 



"Lives of great men all remind us" that in a large degree their in- 

 spiration toward greater attainments has ever been an inate pride in 

 doing well all that they found worth doing. This world is more than 

 half full I think of Adam Bedes, who "wouldn't give a penny for a 

 man as 'ud drive a nail in slack because he didn't git extra pay for it." 

 This sentiment of the immortalized Mr. Bede holds as a principle in 

 every calling. When we see and reap benefits from a higher civilization 

 and can mark each succeeding year with scores of helpful scientific dis- 

 coveries and improved methods we know that many have labored well 

 and patiently, whether there was extra pay in it for them or not, usu- 

 allv not. 



Speaking of progress and pride reminds me of Missouri ! I have 

 heard citizens of other states criticize us for using that word "proud" 

 so much. They call it a colloquialism of the native out there, but I 

 think it a verv necessarv word, one that our state has a neater use for 

 than many a sister state for it has been "to the stars" through more 

 difficulties than Kansas land ever heard of. These whiteoak ridges. 

 Those stony hills, have covered Missouri all over with glory in a horti- 

 cultural way and has made the state world-renowned as the land of the 

 "Big Eed Apple." So let it be with necessary pride that we appreci- 

 ate not only the opportunities of this meeting but the benefits for years 

 the field of horticulture has derived from the zealous and efficient work 

 of veterans in the cause like Evans, Goodman and Murrav and others 

 who have taken an essential pride in the fact that this work was well 

 worth doing and have done a great work well. 



Song by the male quartette. 



ESSEIs^TIALS OF SUCCESSFUL ORCHARDING. 



Bv Prof. J. T. Stanlev, Gainesville, Mo. 



The chief obstruction to progress in the horticultural and agri- 

 cultural pursuits is the belief so prevalent that no knowledge is of any 

 great serviceable value except that which comes through individual ex- 



