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except that of experience. When we realize the little promise 

 exhibited by the native grapes, tomatoes and potatoes, from which 

 our cultivated sorts have sprung, we gain a conception of the 

 tremendous increases which can be brought about by a centurv* of 

 cultivation, even when the breeding is of desulton,- nature. Couple 

 with a centur}- of time — aye, fift>- years — the skill of trained 

 breeders, and what might we not accomplish? The greatness of 

 the possibilities stretches before the enthusiastic breeder as his 

 mind spans the years filled with the battles of conquest and 

 achievement in the building up of new industries, Uke a panorama 

 of the wars and struggles in the building of a nation. Man's 

 creative genius is touched. It appeals to him in its vastness as 

 a challenge. The trained man in the field of breeding feels the 

 certainty of his power. He longs for the conquest. 



