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the hither shore give some promise of the fiii'tlier shore. We 

 spend a fe>v momeuts down liere. .Most of our life is over 

 there. So pull down a section of paradise and be prepared 

 for the eternal beautv. 



HORTICITLTUKK IN EASTEIIX NEIUIASKA. 



BY C. G. MARSHALL. LINCOLN. 



The growing of horticultural crops in eastern Nebraska 

 has been, up to the present time, largely of secondary impor- 

 tance among farm operations. The climate and soil are suited 

 to the growing of a wide range of crops, including those of a 

 horticultural nature, but owing to the large acreage of each 

 farm the desire for quick cash returns from the crops and the 

 favorable conditions for stock <>rowing, not a gTcat deal of 

 commercial growing of things horticultural has been 

 attempted. 



Then there are comparatively few men in eastern Nebraska 

 who are experienced in the growing of horticultural crops. 

 The majority of those following agriculture in this section 

 have either been reared here on our farms or have moved from 

 states to the east of us where general farming is practiced 

 largely, and consequently they are not trained horticulturists. 

 Many of these farmers, although primarily grain and stock 

 growers, wish to maintain a small home orchard as an adjunct 

 to their main lines of work for the purpose of having a home 

 supply of good fruit, and to protect and beautify their farm 

 home by growing windbreaks, shade trees, and ornamentals. 

 There is a proper place for such planting as well as for the 

 strictly commercial aspects of horticulture, and the encour- 

 agement and development of this phase of horticulture, is one 

 of the most important problems to be solved in connection 

 with development of the horticultural resources of this 

 section. 



There are today a few well tended home orchards in eastern 

 Nebraska that are furnishing an, abundant liome supply for 



