ORCHARDS ON ROLLING LANDS 

 Courtesy J. H. Hutchinson 



) CHAPTER I. - ^ 



THE FIRST ESSENTIALS FOR SUCCESS. 



" Th^, man who wins is an average man ; 



Not built on any peculiar plan, 



Not blessed with any peculiar luck; 



Just steady and earnest and full of pluck." 



—Charles R. Bartlett. 



In order to succeed we must have a love for 

 our work. This is necessary in any business 

 and especially is it true in orcharding, for 

 orcharding is a business which requires years 

 of enthusiastic work to attain profitable results. 

 The high prices of certain crops, such as corn, 

 wheat or tobacco, may induce some to engage 

 in their production, and although they have no 

 ' special love for the work they may be able to 

 keep up their enthusiasm for the short time 

 necessary to realize a profit from their efiForts, 

 and then clhange their line of work. But how 

 dififerent with the orchard business. The high 



price of fruit may encourage some to plant 



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