A DAY WITH MR. BURBANK 



completed, he is out again in the proving 

 grounds, and until the sun goes down there is 

 always something which needs attention. 



But while this work fills in every moment 

 of the day, be sure it is not all. In a single 

 year fully six thousand people visit the 

 grounds at Santa Rosa — as many would go to 

 Sebastopol if they could get in. These visitors 

 almost without exception want to see Mr. 

 Burbank. No matter what else they want, 

 they want to meet him. And it is natural and 

 not culpable, but it is deplorable. They are 

 easily divided into three classes: Those who 

 come from curiosity, whom Mr. Burbank never 

 sees if he can avoid it ; those who come from 

 genuine interest and who are content, when 

 some attendant tells them Mr. Burbank can- 

 not be seen, to look over the grounds ; those 

 who come by appointment and whom Mr. 

 Burbank wishes personally to see. The first 

 class is far and away larger than the other two 

 put together and more difficult to handle. 

 But there remains a large enough number 

 whom Mr. Burbank feels that he must see, to 

 consume very much of his time and to make 

 direct inroads upon his strength. These are 



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