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Division of Horticulture, 



U. 0. Dep't of Agriculture. 



INTRODUCTION. 



Often gold is foimd when least suspected. Miners 

 for a generation roamed over the Cripple Creek hills, 

 and did not dream of the millions beneath their feet. 

 The shepherds of Australia led their flocks over pas- 

 tures paved with gold and did not know it. 



A poor rancher in the mountains found nuggets of 

 gold in the crop of a turkey, and found whence they 

 came and soon struck his millions. 



But these are rare cases. Often I have known men 

 to trudge over the mountains for years and endure 

 all manner of privations and grow gray before they 

 find wealth. 



But every farmer has a gold mine in his front yard, 

 where, least suspected, there are riches. Generation 

 follows generation and the case is rare where these 

 mines are worked as they should be. 



It is generally Supposed that the money is all in the 

 back yard, the barn, the granary and the farm, and 

 yet the richest deposits are at the front ; and every 

 acre there is worth $1,000 at least, as we shall see. 



BEAUTY IS WEALTH. 



There are priceless values outside dollars and cents. 

 What does the rich man do? Does he put all his 



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