MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS. 



RECIPKOCITY. 



By L. A Goodman, Westport, Mo. 



Reciprocity for a horticulturist to write upon ! What has this to 

 do with fruit growing ? Surely no politics are wanted and none shall be 

 given, only such as treats directly with the fruit man and his trees, his 

 care of them, and the reciprocity of nature to her children and of the 

 Missouri and Kansas fruit growers to each other in mutual exchange of 

 their knowledge. 



When we come to examine the word closely we do not fail to find 

 it one of the greatest factors and powers in our civilization. No part 

 or parcel of the gerat business transactions could or w^ould take place 

 unless each observed the main principles of ''Reciprocity." ^o farmer 

 could sow his seed if the earth and nature did not reciprocate for the 

 tilling of her soil. Xo horticulturist would plant a tree, bush, or vine 

 was he not sure that Dame Xature would reciprocate. 



I^o home can be a happy one unless there is reciprocity in the 

 hearts of its members, nor a successful one unless this principle actuates 

 father, mother, brothers and sisters to earn and care for what is earned 

 and spend it for the advantage of all. 



In our social life, what would it be were not our friends recipro- 

 cating every day with their favors, their demands, their troubles, their 

 joys, and their visits? 



How soon, think you, would one of you give favoi"s, assistance, 

 social ^^sits, if your neighbor never responded or returned them, or 

 appreciated your favors. Reciprocity runs all through our every day 

 life and we can not get rid of it if we would. 



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