MISSION i>F Till; .Mi;si:i; Y.MAX ri.", 



DISCUSSION. 



The Chairman: This paper is open for discussion the same as the 

 other, and this applies to all papers that are read, without any further 

 announcement. Any one who has any questions they would like to ask 

 thie reader of the paper is at liberty to do so immediately following 

 the reading. 



A Member: I would like to ask what crops seem to give the best 

 results? 



A. Millet and cane seem to be used mostly in this section. I do not 

 know of any case outside of the state, but millet is already used and all 

 right provided you do not sow it too early so that the frost kills it before 

 seed matures. 



Mr. Christy: Isn't it a fact that where an orchard is cultivated and 

 kept up thoroughly, that it won't come into bearing early? 



No response. 



The Chairman: If there is no further discussion on this paper, we 

 will listen to a paper by Mr. Harrison of York, on "The Mission of the 

 Nurseryman/' 



t;:e mission of the nurseryman. 



By C. S. Harrison. 



Ours is the most ancient and honorable of all the callings. Our first 

 parents were put in the Garden of Eden "to dress it and keep it." All went 

 well till they got to stealing apples, when they lost their place. The 

 moral of this is, the nurseryman must be honest. 



What wonders have been accomplished by our horticulturists! They 

 found bleak and wind-swept prairies, and they liave transformed them. 

 Groves, orchards and windbreaks have testified to their enterprise and 

 persistence. 



There is something in the business, however, besides chasing the 

 dollar. The nurseryman should be a teacher. Too often he lets Tom, 

 Dick and Harry carry on his business and he does not raise what they 

 do not call for. The average man does not know much about floriculture 

 and horticulture. He needs information. The horticulturist should give 

 ■ it. He should himself be tlie kite and not the mere tail of the kite. New 

 things of great merit come out, but you cannot get him to touch them. It 

 is his business to make a call. That is what he is for. He has no right 

 to degrade his calling by keeping everlastingly in the ruts. We have 

 passed the pioneer stage and now comes the period of home adornment. 

 Our slogan should be "Beauty is Wealth"; raise a lot of it and be rich. 



The average farmer knows little ' of the beautiful things which em- 

 bellish the home. He needs information, and you should give it. It is 

 the province of the horticultural and agricultural papers to enter on a 

 campaign of publicity and give wide information to these things. It is 



