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Those who persevere, who have for their motto * 'Excelsior, " 

 whom no momentary reverse can repress, no obstacle discour- 

 age, who love the occupation, not alone for the pecuniary 

 gain it may bring, but who delight in the very labor it costs 

 them, will be sure to meet with success in the end. 



We have a number of new enterprises to aid our industry, 

 which have just sprung into life. Wine storage houses, con- 

 centration of must, and a number of new firms going into the 

 trade, with better and cheaper facilities for shipping. Some 

 of these may not be successful at first; there are difficulties 

 to overcome in every new industry, but they will be success- 

 ful in the end, and if some should fail, because not fitted for 

 the task, others will take it up and succeed. Better methods 

 to make and age our wines will be found, the wants of 

 peculiar localities and the adaptation of their products to cer- 

 tain classes of wine will be clearly defined, and with each 

 succeeding year we will be better prepared and qualified 

 for the next. 



Therefore I can see no ground for discouragement, no rea- 

 son why we should not say to those who are willing to make 

 this State their home, and labor with us with hand and brain 

 and steadfast purpose, " Come and join us;" we have mil- 

 lions of acres yet laying idle, which will yield their smiling 

 returns to you, and offer a healthy and pleasant field for you 

 and your children. 



Our State authorities and State institutions see the im- 

 portance of the industry and are willing to help it along. 

 We have the State Board of Viticulture, the Agricultural 

 College at the State University, the State Wine Growers' 

 Association, and the numerous local clubs, all doing good 

 work in their proper sphere, and co-operating to make our 

 fund of common knowledge greater and more available to 

 every individual by their instructive publications. And we 

 have the Press with us; we must not forget, but gratefully re- 



