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to pay their first dividends in stock : he closes his construc- 

 tion account the moment the tree is planted, and expects his 

 dividends without further effort, whereas this account should 

 certainly not be closed until the tree pays full dividends ©f 

 fruit j for the small amount of labor and attention annually 

 required will be most abundantly repaid in the increased quan- 

 tity and improved quality of the product. 



We might estimate in merely an approximate way the value 

 of the annual growth of a tree something as follows : — 



$10 00 

 By this estimate, the value of a tree in ten years from set- 

 ting would amount to $10 00, which for an apple or pear 

 cannot be considered as too high. Because at this age such 

 trees well cared for are generally in a condition to produce a 

 crop, the average annual value of which is sufficient to pay 

 the interest on a much larger sum, in fact often to ten times 

 this amount. What more profitable operation then can the 

 farmer pursue than to bring a portion of his lands into or- 

 chard. Even if he is a man that looks at the present entire- 

 ly, the annual increase in value of his farm in consequence 

 of the accumulation of fruit trees, will always command a 

 price more than enough to cover the whole expense. 



To every man then we say, plant fruit trees, but what is of 

 more importance, cultivate and care for them with the same 

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