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fish or birds and permit the authorities whose duty it now is to enforce 

 the criminal laws of this State, to enforce them. And it has been my 

 observation that the game laws of this State have so far been liberally ob- 

 served, and when the farmers throns:hout the coimtrv are made to be- 

 lieve that the insect birds and all other birds that this society are seek- 

 ing to protect, should be protected and there is a law placed upon the 

 statutes for their protection, these laws wall be observed without the aid 

 ot a game warden or a deputy and without this one dollar and fifty cents 

 lax that is assessed against every person who wants to shoot a mink, 

 that has been catching his chickens, across the line on his neighbor's land. 

 So my advice to you is, if it is worth anything, frame a law protect- 

 ing thp birds proper — birds within the meaning of your society — and 

 trust to the good people of the state and the prosecuting officers now pro- 

 vided for to enforce it, and you will have no trouble in securing its pas- 

 sage. 



HUSTLING TO MAKE THE ORCHARD PAY. 

 (T. H. Todd, New Franklin.) 



This subject gives me a great deal of latitude but I shall not under- 

 take to cover the whole ground, for I think it would take too much of 

 your time. I shall only touch along the lines of this great enterprise 

 in which we are all very much interested. You understand this subject 

 is on the financial part of the entire growth and culture of growing 

 apples. 



You will agree with me when I say there would be no orchard plant- 

 ing, no horticultural societies, no worrying about crops or failures if 

 there were no money in sight in this business. I would say then first let 

 us get down to our work and start right, for you know in any business 

 it is very important to start right. If you start in this way you have 

 gained almost half the victory. 



Then I would say plant a line of good varieties, not over six or 

 eight kinds, such as your experience has taught you will do well in your 

 vicinity. After planting our orchards our work commences. You under- 

 stand when a great many plant orchards they imagine their work is done 

 and go off after other pursuits of life; but you will follow me, please, 

 after the orchard is planted and see what we can find to do. We will 

 begin now to cultivate this orchard. If the land is strong, plant in 

 corn and cultivate' three or four vears. Plow the rows of trees well both 



