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then, first, a proper location, suitable soil, the right climate in order 

 to attempt the growing of apples in a commercial way. You will find 

 this in nearly all parts of Missouri. Right about here you find the 

 right elevation above the sea, 1,200 to 1,500 feet, and the correct loca- 

 tion, where there are plenty of valleys to draw off the cold air and pro- 

 tect the fruit from destruction by late frost in spring or severe cold of 

 winter. 



Here you will find the suitable soil that gives the best of color,, 

 the choicest in quality, the finest of texture and the greatest in quality 

 of any of our apples, of any place in all this broad land of ours. Mis- 

 souri offers untold advantages to the one who will go up and possess 

 them. Here you will find the most desirable climate for the produc- 

 tion of these fruits in abundance, perfection and beauty. 



The elevation, the location, the soil, the climate, then, are what we 

 want, and if this soil of Missouri, that is so rich in all tree growth ma- 

 terial, in the iron thai colors the fruit, in the potash that makes the 

 wood, then we need not fear to so locate, so plant, so cultivate and so 

 gather of these beautiful and pure and good fruits, that it will gladden 

 the heart and give health, and dollars will line the pockets of the ap> 

 pie-grower. 



I shall surely congratulate the Society on its enthusiastic will to 

 do. It is because of this powerful will to do that has given us such 

 success in all our society work, in all the orchard development, in all 

 our individual work. It is a long step, a broad river, hard trials, up- 

 hill work between the can and will. There is no responsibility rests 

 upon us if we can not, but there is a ead one to us if we will not, 

 and how many times we excuse ourselves and say can not when we 

 simply mean will not. 



As members of this Society we find few who will not, when any 

 duty is placed upon them, and to that is ascribed the success of our 

 Society and its work. You are noted among men for the success and 

 the engergy and the earnestness you have put into this society work 

 in years past. People have looked and wondered and admired this 

 work and this influence of yours for these many years, and the answer 

 has been and will be that it is because you will. 



This will of these, our members, has given us the power to over- 

 come all obstacles ; this is what has made your life a success, and is 

 what will make any one's life a success, and will make any society a 

 success. Success looks easy to us when we see the person at the end 

 of a successful life or business, and we often think if we only had sucb 

 an opportunity, or such advantages, or such circumstances as that per- 

 son had, we also could be successful. The story seems so easy and 



