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GARDENS AND THEIR MEANING 



neighborhood of New York tells us that he can actually get 

 whatever price he asks for his strawberries and early peas. 

 One thing more must be taken into account. To-day a 

 producer is decidedly looked up to in the community; sel- 

 dom in history has there been a time when the progressive 



gardener has been re- 

 spected as he is to-day, 

 and never has his hand 

 been so warmly grasped 

 by scientists and busi- 

 ness men. Still more 

 encouraging, this in- 

 dustrial comradeship 

 is not prompted by 

 patronage or philan- 

 thropy ; it merely ac- 

 knowledges the intrin- 

 sic worth of those who 

 are working the soil 

 with brains as well as 

 with brawn. The sum 

 total of experience 

 shows that it is the 

 trained man, whether 

 working on a gigantic 

 scale or on a small one, who, other things being equal from 

 the economic standpoint, wins out. 



Yet, in spite of this general truth, a would-be expert does 

 sometimes fail, no matter how quick-witted or how scientific 

 he may be, because final success depends upon a market. 

 Even the optimist, who from his lookout loves to call "All 's 

 well ! " and who predicts, for small lands intensively cultivated, 

 triumphs that are little short of miracles, is shrewd enough 



WHEN THE EARTH IS TREATED 

 KINDLY 



