2l6 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



do this there are many ways on the farm but no nicer way than to 

 interest a child in horticulture. 



Horticulture is an art that is interesting- for young and old; it 

 presents new problems to solve at all times ; it is enjoyable, interest- 

 ing, educating and can be made a source of good income. Horti- 

 culture is a trade that every one can be proud of — and )vhere is there 

 any business that has brought so much good to mankind as horti- 

 culture in producing fruit of all kinds and flowers in profusion? 

 Hence, is not the man that produced an apple like our Wealthy, that 

 pleases thousands of people — not alone children — greater than 

 the hero of the battlefield, whose business is only to destroy and 

 create misery? 



So soon as a child gets out of doors and left alone it starts dig- 

 ging in the dirt, it makes gardens and trys to plant trees ; it shows 

 a love for flowers and a craving for fruits and vegetables. 

 Here is where we should cultivate this inherited love for nature and 

 give them a garden spot, advise them and help them to make a 

 beautiful surrounding for the house and give them time and proper 

 tools out of the garden, and let them have the money for themselves. 



How beautiful could our "bread and butter" state be if every 

 farmer would have a well kept garden for pleasure ^nd utility ! But 

 of more interest than a well kept garden would be a fruit orchard 

 to the growing young folks, and when the orchard is bearing let 

 them also have the money for the surplus fruit. There is no farmer 

 in Minnesota that could not afford some land for this purpose, no 

 farmer so poor that he could not get some fruit stock. 



But we have to take care that the boys do not get disappointed by 

 mistakes. They must have proper advice, and since the majority of 

 the farmers are not able to give it they should become members of 

 our society and get the publications of our agricultural school also 

 and follow the advice therein given, and success will surely follow. 

 Our children like to see what others do, therefore let them go to 

 the fair; it is inspiring and educating. They like to read, to gather 

 knowledge. Subscribe for a half dozen farm papers and magazines, 

 foremost such of our state ; avoid all sensational papers, that very 

 often tear down all the good influence of parents and teachers and 

 religious education and, last of all but not the least important, let 

 your sons and daughters come to our horticultural meeting.. 



