444 State Horticultural Society. 



enclose the grounds or to furnish a screen for the outbuildings or other 

 unsightly objects; or the planting of such hardy vines as may cover the 

 fences or climb the buildings if they are of brick. 



The change of school grounds from the persent depressing and de- 

 grading condition will not be brought about suddenly, but faith in the 

 ultimate result on the part of those who realize the necessity for a change 

 and are willing to give their energies to gring about such a change, will 

 ultimately secure the improvement desired.- — Colman's Rural World. 



BUSINESS SAGACITY. 



The farmer's business sagacity is certainly on the rise after years of 

 ups and downs which bring experience as the hardest kind of a teacher. 

 It used to be, . when the lands of Michigan were first laid open for the 

 farming industry, that the farmers would go in for just one particular 

 kind of fruit, say peaches or apples, or pears, and make a specialty of 

 that kind. If the winter was too hard for the trees, whole crops would 

 be spoiled during the cold weather, and the farmer would find that he 

 had lost many dollars, if, indeed, he was not completely ruined in a 

 financial way. 



But the farmers are learning every year, and one of the things they 

 have learned is not to put their faith in one thing any more ; one kind of 

 fruit. 



They are coming more and more into the way of setting several 

 kinds of fruit trees and making arrangements for raising several kinds of 

 berries, so that, if one or more of the crops fail, they will have something 

 to fall back on. Every new farmer who has settled anywhere around 

 Grand Rapids in the last year or two has prepared for a varied crop of 

 fruit when summer comes. — Emit Trade Journal. 



