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ing little of the world beyond the narrow circle about 

 him, living in a barren little world of his own. Today he 

 may know, by means of the daily paper and the tele- 

 phone, what is taking place in the remotest parts of the 

 earth; and the quick methods of travel enable him to 

 mingle with the crowds of the metropolis for business or 

 pleasure. By this association with men under a great 

 variety of conditions and close contact with ever-chang- 

 ing Nature, he becomes a broader and more fully devel- 

 oped man than is possible for those who are confined to 

 more routine work, doing the same task day by day, 

 year in and year out. 



FARMING AND GARDENING FOR PLEASURE 

 OR AS A BUSINESS. 



Farming or gardening as a business offers especial in- 

 ducements at the present time. In no other country 

 are there so many well-to-do people, and the consump- 

 tion of choice fruits and vegetables is steadily increasing. 

 We have the best home markets in the world, and other 

 countries are calling for our surplus products. Choice 

 fruits and vegetables and all dairy products are in de- 

 mand at good prices, but the growers of these must 

 compete more or less with the growers of countries 

 where labor is cheap and conditions the most favorable. 

 Tropical fruits and vegetables are being put into our 

 markets in immense quantities, and unless we produce 

 the finest qualities these will be used in preference to 

 home products. If our people cannot obtain choice 

 apples, grapes, strawberries, or other native fruits, they 

 will buy bananas, pineapples, oranges, etc., which are 

 sold in our markets at low prices. 



With these cheap-labor competitors producing fruits 

 and vegetables that come to our markets at all seasons 

 of the year, our farmers need to put forth all their energy 



