APPENDIX. 219 



6 EEASONS FOR PLANTING an OECHARD. 



First, would you leave an inheritance to your 

 children, plant an orchard. No other invest- 

 ment of money and labor will in the long run 

 pay so well. Second, would you make home 

 pleasant, the abode of the social virtues, plant 

 an orchard. Nothing better promotes among 

 neighbors a feeling of kindness and good will, 

 than a treat of good fruit often repeated. 



Third, Would you remove from your child- 

 ren the strongest temptation to steal, plant an 

 orchard. If children cannot obtain fruit at 

 home, they are very apt to steal it, and when^ 

 they have learned to steal fruit, they are in a 

 fair way to steal horses, &c. 



Fourth, AVould you cultivate a constant feel- 

 ing of thankfulness towards the Giver of all 

 good, plant an orchard. By having constantly 

 before you one of the greatest blessings given to 

 men, you must be hardened indeed if you are 

 not influenced by a spirit of humility and thank- 

 fulness. 



Fifth, Would you have your children love 

 their home, respect their parents while living 

 and venerate their memory when dead, in all 

 their wanderings, look back upon the home of 



