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experience and their successes at the use of Society. They would 

 gain also, and be men of larger and grander power. 



Practical questions, solid facts, correct experiments, true results, 

 sure conclusions in every department, are the things we are seeking, 

 and we have the men who can do these things when called upon. No 

 truer or more faithful or more devoted people can be found than are 

 the men of our Society, who for twenty-five years have responded 

 to every call made upon them, for time, money or fruit, for the good 

 of the State, A noted man once said Missouri has such wonderful 

 resources in the grains, grasses, live stock, fruits, flowers and vege- 

 tables, in the mines and woods, in the manufactures, railroads, com- 

 merce and trade. But all these do not make a State. "It takes men." 

 It takes men to make a State Society, and happy are we in the fact that 

 Missouri has plenty of just such men as have made this Society one of 

 the best in the land. 



For the last forty-six years, but more especially for the last 

 twenty-five, have we been trying to teach these facts to our people 

 and to instill them into the hearts of our fruit growers. First, a love 

 for the work. Second, a study of your business. Third, adapting the 

 experience of others. Fourth, perseverance, application, industry, 

 energy, enthusiasm for the work. Fifth, think for yourself, watch 

 your work and draw conclusions from what you see. 



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THE HORTICULTURAL SCHOOL OF THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 



This school is an opening wedge that will in a few years have 

 the educational feature so prominently before us all, and the practical 

 application made so plain that we will wonder why it was that these 

 things were not brought out before this late day. Here comes a class 

 of students bent on learning something of a particular topic, and their 

 minds are ready to receive, and their thoughts are ready to be directed 

 in just that path which will do them the most good and bring them 

 the best results. This Horticultural school and the Experiment Sta- 

 tion are doing this work. We find, too, that this school is directing 

 its work in the lines suggested by the State Society. 



The line of investigation so well outlined by Dr. Schweitzer of 

 selection of typical trees, is being well put into use. Trees, the most 

 hardy, the most productive, the most regular in bearing, have been 

 selected and the scions used in grafting. This continuous selection 

 will be of as much value to us as is the selection of typical seed corn 

 or seed wheat. Followed up, this will of itself give wonderful results. 



Again, this horticultural education should have its beginning 



