MY VINETAED. 



CHAPTER II. 



MAKING A CHANGE. 



Twelve years have passed since I planted my first vine. 

 I commenced under difficulties, and have met with some 

 discouragements. But my labor and perseverance have 

 been well rewarded in the success which I have attained. 

 To be sure, I might have reached the same results in half 

 the time had I commenced with a better knowledge of my 

 subject. Many errors into which I have fallen might have 

 been avoided, and needless expenditures of time and 

 money saved. In looking back upon my experience, I 

 can now see where better methods might have been pur- 

 sued. I can see wherein a little 'knowledge might have 

 saved many losses, and much discouragement. The in- 

 formation which would have enabled me to avoid these 

 losses, I believe I can now impart to others. Nothing, it 

 is true, can in any business take the place of experience-; 

 but we can frequently, when commencing a new enter- 



