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necessary as the one we are trying to emphasize. Many auditors 

 not realizing this fact may assume that the one thing which they 

 need to bring them out of their troubles and place them on the 

 easy road to success is the condition upon which the speaker has 

 dwelt and that this condition or effect may be secured by methods 

 which have been outlined by him. 



To illustrate: Fruit growing is necessary and as we advance, new 

 pests appeal- and multiply rapidly. It is necessary to recognize this 

 fact, and spraying has been resorted to as a means of controlling 

 the condition which prevent the ravages of many of these things. 

 A knowledge of how to spray intelligently is a necessity in orchard- 

 ing. It is something that needs to be taught. When the subject of 

 spraying is under consideration it is desirable to confine attention 

 to this one thing. Now there are perhaps many people whose 

 orchards are unproductive. The suggestion of spraying is new to 

 them. They grasp it as the means of securing productiveness and 

 fail, not because spraying is ineffective, but because they failed to 

 appreciate that proper fertilization, cultivation, pruning, selection 

 of stock, etc., are all matters of primary importance. All these 

 things must work together to bring about the desired result and 

 satisfactory results from spraying can not be expected unless the 

 other conditions are what they should be. It is sometimes well to 

 make these facts clear. In this same connection extravagant state- 

 ment is to be avoided. While enthusiasm may lead us to speak in 

 glowing terms of certain things, great care should be exercised that 

 our enthusiasm be not allowed to outrun the truth. Too extravagant 

 statement is likely to weaken whatever of truth and helpfulness 

 may have been contained in our discussion. Another matter which 

 it seems well to bear in mind is that we cannot be too careful in our 

 statements. We cannot make them too plain; but the reverse may 

 easily occur. Discussion over a particular point in an institute is 

 very often due to a misunderstanding of the positions assumed by the 

 opponents. Much of the trouble which occurs in this world is due 

 to misunderstandings and it is well to avoid them in the institute. 

 Very often an apparent difference of opinion has no foundation in 

 fact, but is due to the different view point from which individuals 

 regard the facts. It is well for the reputation of the institutes 

 themselves, for the good of the particular institute and in justice 

 to the speaker himself, that he get as far as possible the point of 

 view of those who may differ from him. By so doing it may often 

 be possible to bring out the cause of failures in certain directions. 



At a certain institute, the question was asked as to a remedy for 

 San Jose" Scale. There did not happen to be any one present who 

 discussed fruit and the various phases of fruit growing, but one of 

 the members of the institute force answered the question by say- 



