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of small fruit without much labor, and he will set to work at once 

 to do it. 



Third. He does not understand the distinction that obtains, or 

 that may obtain, between the best methods of growing fruits on the 

 farm and the best method of growing the same for the market. It 



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may be asked, "Are not these the same, always the same, of neces- 

 sity the same, unchangeably the same ?" I answer, "No, emphatical- 

 ly no." In some instances they may be the same, in but few in- 

 instances must they be the same. 



To make clear my meaning, take the growing of raspberries for 

 illustration. Say to the average farmer, "You must grow^ your rasp- 

 berry canes in hills and cover them wath earth in winter," and he 

 will not do it except in isolated instances. Say the same thing to the 

 man who wants to make money from growing raspberries, and he 



