Practical Orcharding On Rough Lands. 1 5 



show the young man of to-day that all the de- 

 velopment is not completed. The field is as 

 ripe for the harvest now as in the past, but the 

 field is to be occupied by another class of 

 workers; men who are willing, by their energy 

 and industry, to transform our brush covered 

 hills into profitable orchards. These men are 

 making history just as truly as did those of 

 days gone by. They also have had day dreams 

 of lands and opportunities that have been 

 passed by or overlooked Yes. i„ the rush for 

 the wealth of our natural resources, the surface 

 of much of our rough and rolling lands has 

 been neglected, and now there appear bright 

 dreams of happy homes, nestling among the 

 orchard covered hills and mountains, which are 

 pink with peach, and white with the apple 

 blossom, and all the breezes (as they bring to 

 us happy voices of childish glee) seem laden 

 with sweet perfume. 



The busy knock-knock of the cooper is heard 

 from early morning until late at night, as he 

 drives down the hoops on the thousands of 

 barrels that are to carry the product of the 

 orchards to the great markets of the world. 



Railroads are breaking in on quiet valleys. 

 The shrill whistle and the clouds of smoke tell 

 us they are hauling away the timber from the 



