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the cut-flower business, and it has since been generally 

 adopted. 



Here, then, we have a clear example of how a man, 

 without any previous special training, but possessing 

 business aptitude and a real attachment towards the 

 matter he takes up, may introduce new ideas, and bring 

 about fresh developments that may have good results 

 not only for himself, but for others besides. Not 

 content with success in this one direction, the same 

 enterprising pioneer subsequently undertook the grow- 

 ing of peaches and nectarines under glass ; and though 

 at first some of his friends were amused at his boldness, 

 it was not long before they had to admit that his 

 peaches and nectarines were among the best that came 

 into the market, and that in regard to those fruits, at 

 least, even the experts must look up to him with 

 respect. 



In all these various instances it was the brains and 

 the business aptitude that told, and the more that these 

 qualities can be introduced into rural industries, the 

 better it will be for everyone concerned. 



Whether or not, and, if so, by what means, such a 

 result could be further secured under the operation of 

 some practical scheme which would give suitable persons 

 of modest means wider opportunities for obtaining small 

 holdings is a matter that concerns the advancement, 

 not alone of the individual, but of agriculture in 

 general. While themselves seeking personal benefits, 

 and having much to learn, the immigrants from the 

 towns always provided they were men of the right 

 stamp would take into the country a more practical 

 knowledge of business life, a wider intelligence as to 

 the altered conditions of trade and commerce, and a 

 ready willingness to adapt themselves thereto. Free 

 from the traditions which have flourished on the soil 



