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and east slopes, he thought best adapted to successful fruit culture. His 

 long residence in the fruit-growing section of New York enabled him to 

 estimate properly the capacity of Southwest Missouri for growing fruit 

 and he wanted to say that in his opinion no part of the United States 

 was better adapted in both soil and climate than Southwest Missouri. 

 He was of the opinion that the Ben Davis was the apple for the Ozarks. 

 He took a car load of apples from the Ozarks to his New York home 

 six years ago, in order to determine the quality of the fruit grown in 

 Southwest Missouri. These apples were to have been hand gathered 

 and packed in the orchard. That which was honestly packed he found to 

 be in excellent condition, showing that our fruit will keep. Those apples 

 however, which were hauled in wagons to the car were in very bad shape. 

 Why, in New York state a man would as soon think of hauling a thou- 

 sand dozen eggs loose in a lumber wagon as hauling his apples loose. 

 The only way to handle apples is to hand pick them and hand pack 

 them in barrels right under the trees which bear them. If this is done 

 our fruit will reach the market in prime order and command the highest 

 prices, as our fruit is as fine as grows in the land. This was a very valu- 

 able essay and was heartily applauded. 



Jacob Faith, Montevallo, by invitation, read a paper on " Will Ap- 

 ple Culture Pay r He began a very interesting and exhaustive paper 

 by asking the question and answering it affirmatively, going on to show 

 by facts and figures, that, considering the cost and labor expended, no 

 investment made better returns. 



