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off in triumph. And if I had time to recall such scenes, I doubt if 

 you would feel the same thrilling interest which I felt in the wild, 

 mad race for the fence while the dog at every jump amputated portions 

 of my home-made jeans and caressed with his teeth the fleshy portions 

 of my anatomy. How eagerly we investigated the mechanism of the 

 early matured apple, which was almost as large as a quail's egg, and 

 with what ardor it yielded up the condensed cholera-morbus and grip. 

 How we turned the strawberry leaves over hunting for a berry which 

 was turning white. But these days of investigation are long past and 

 we must look to you to convey to the people the results of your labor 

 in the more sober but not less earnest walks of life. 



Competition is so keen that even if the publisher owned a " vine or 

 fig tree" he would have no time to sit under it and plan to develop it 

 into a better variety ; and then we cannot be expected to be as ex- 

 perienced in all the lines of horticulture as the men who are spending 

 every energy in that line. So I believe that for the press to properly 

 aid the horticulturist it is necessary that he should do all he can to- 

 ward furnishing useful and educating information to the masses of the 

 people. The press is only too glad to give such information the great- 

 est publicity, for we live to make the farmer a power in the land and 

 in every way to advance his interests. To this extent the only weekly 

 agricultural paper in the state, The Nebraska Farmer, especially offers 

 its columns for your use, as do all first class journals. 



Information in this line should be made accessible to the people 

 that they may take an interest in their own welfare. Such facts as the 

 most adaptable fruits for Nebraska, best and most profitable mode of 

 cultivation for plants and trees, preservation and care of fruit, etc., 

 are of interest to every farmer, and the more interest the press can 

 awaken in such things the greater the advantage to the farmer and 

 the horticulturist as well. 



Your business is most intimately linked with the welfare of the 

 state. It is a grand work to bestud the rolling prairies with groves 

 and orchards. It will add to the good health, comfort, and prosperity 

 of the state more than almost any other line of farm development. 

 In your grand work the press bids you Godspeed, and hopes that your 

 association may attain the very highest pinnacle of success. It is cer- 

 tain that the press can be as great a help to the horticulturist as it has 

 been to men in other walks of life, and as we look upon your work 



