TRELLISED TREES MAKE LITTLE SHADE 



Flowers growing near pear orchard on trellis. Pear trees growing on trellis, show- 

 ing intensive production of fruit for family orchard. Two hundred 

 trees on plot 40 feet by 80 feet. 



nature must be respected, for it takes ages to form these laws and they 

 cannot be changed in a minute. To grow vegetation requires certain 

 conditions (requirements of the many varieties of plant) of soil, 

 water and temperature, and if man knows these conditions and the 

 requirements of the many varieties of plants, he can get maximum 

 results. "By their works ye shall know them." What have you 

 actually done in the world's work, not what have you dreamed or 

 thought, is the question you ask of every man you meet. This is the 

 acid test of a man's ability, to be able to demonstrate in the concrete. 

 All the dreams and theories of Burbank were useless to the world until 

 he could show the wonderful production in reality in berries, fruits, 

 flowers, and vegetables. 



A dreary place would be this old earth without plant life. The 

 places devoid of vegetation are called deserts and are the least attract- 

 ive to man. From the desert to the most luxurious garden, there are 

 many degrees of plant life. And a country is termed beautiful in 

 accordance with its vegetation. 



As the vegetation makes a beautiful country, so, likewise, does it 

 make a prosperous country. The profit received from the tillage of a 

 piece of land is in direct proportion to the amount produced on 

 that land. 



The greater the production on a given space the greater the profit. 



No man has a right to own a second acre until the first reaches 

 maximum production. To get maximum production requires rich soil, 



