FRUIT QROWINQ FOR PROFIT. 



INTRODUCTION. 



Nova Scotia is a land of great natural resources. It is 

 not usually ranked among the great agricultural countries 

 of the world ; but a close stu.';^ of its soil, climate, etc., 

 proves beyond a doubt that its capabilities for raising 

 nearly all the various grains, vegetables, and fruits giown 

 in a temperate zone, arc unsurpassed. Why is it then, that 

 so many young men, brought up upon farms, leave the land 

 of their birth, and seek their fortune in other counirius ? 



One main reason, no doubt is, that they have not a 

 true idea of the resources of their own country. They are 

 accustomed to hear other lands spoken of in terms of the 

 highest praise, and as " distance lends enchantment, to the 

 view," they are led to believe that they can only attain 

 success in life by leaving their homes, and going abroad 

 into the world. 



A second reason that may be mentioned is, that the 

 tendency of the education received in our public .schools is 

 not such as would inspire our boys with the dignity of the 

 farming profession. We fear the tendency is in the 

 opposite direction. They are drawn awa}' from the farm 

 into some of the over-crowded profe.ssions, or into the rest- 

 less, over-taxing, perplexing pursuits of business life. 



A third reason that may be mentioned, and one not 

 generally taken into consideration, may be found in the 

 tendency to migrate, of the race to which we Anglo-Saxons 

 belong. From time immemorial it has been the disposition 

 of the Aryans to rove. In the earliest dawn of history we 

 maK find them in the centre of Asia ; in later years in 

 central and northern Europe, and in modern times in 

 America. 



So the young men of Nova Scotia, in taking the advice 

 of Horace Greeley to " Go West," are only following the 

 instincts deeply implanted irrthe race, and in endeavouring 

 to persuade them to remain at home we have to contend 

 against their nature as well as their education. Still we 



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