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Mr. Comings: I believe it is thoroughly practicable. Nelson at St. 

 Louis, and the Ivory Soap company, insist that every man shall have a 

 garden of his own. The struggle for eight hours per day in our factories 

 is opposed by many men here. To me it seems like putting a block in the 

 way of civilization. I believe no man has the right to work more than 

 six or eight hours per day. Our men in the offices and factories become 

 warped and distorted by lack of contact with nature. What is natural 

 is scientific. 



Mr. L. W. Euth: A man told me that he was going to move to the 

 suburbs and get some chickens and a cow, and get right down to Mother 

 Earth. He felt that he needed to come into closer contact with nature. 

 There is no question but men develop better under these circumstances. 

 It may be that we farmers are growing one-sided by too much nature 

 and not enough business life. If we could mix it up advantageously, 

 unquestionably we would be the better for it. 



Mr. Morrill: In this locality there is that condition of affairs, more 

 than in any horticultural or agricultural district of which I know. The 

 farmers live near the city, and are familiar with its life, and most of the 

 people of the town are more or less interested in farming. 



Prof. Slayton: I believe it would be cheaper for the state to oblige 

 every family to cultivate a half dozen fruit trees than to maintain all 

 of the jails and prisons of the state; and I believe if the first were done 

 the jails and prisons could be largely abandoned. If all children were 

 brought up under fruit trees there would be less stealing. 



Mr. Wilde: When I was a boy, my father thought I ought to learn a 

 trade. I learned the tanner's trade. I went to work by the piece and I 

 was called by bell, and finally I felt that I could not endure the confine- 

 ment longer. So I started for Michigan. I bargained for the piece of 

 land where I now am, and when I reached here I had just one dollar 

 left. We have gotten along very well. I have not tried to become rich, 

 but rather to be comfortable and to enjoy myself and family. I have a 

 large family, and I have never regretted that we struck out and came 

 here. 



