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plant nest there might be only one more egg. The master 

 tells us that if a new wheat, barley, or oats could be ob- 

 tained that would produce one more grain to each head, 

 or a corn that would produce an extra kernel to the ear, 

 in the United States alone, we should have annually, with- 

 out any more cost of labor, 5,200,000 extra bushels of corn, 

 15,000,000 extra bushels of wheat, 20,000,000 extra bushels 

 of oats, and 1,500,000 extra bushels of barley. 



May your work in coming years be, like that of. the 

 master of the plant school, adding to the beauty of the earth 

 and to the food of the nations, and so hastening the "happy 

 day when man shall offer his brother man, not bullets and 

 bayonets, but richer grains, better fruits, and fairer flowers." 



CHAPTER XLI 

 ARBOR DAY PROGRAMME 



March 7, the birthday of Luther Burbank, was in 

 1909 designated by the Governor of California as Arbor 

 Day, to be observed in the public schools of the State by 

 planting trees, vines, and flowers, and by appropriate 

 literary exercises. In many other States the day is also 

 observed in the same way, and proves a source of pleasure 

 and inspiration to make homes as well as schools more 

 beautiful. 



