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pletely in oil countries the population becomes absorbed 

 in this one industry, I quote the following experience 

 of a traveller. He says, " I have stood on the terrace of 

 " an old baronial castle, at the town of Parobita, and 

 " seen the Olive groves spread around me on every side 

 " for many miles, like a dull sea of leaves. As the 

 " whole wealth of the country consists in Olives and oil, 

 " and as all hands are employed or interested therein, it 

 6i is amusingly curious to observe what frequent allusions 

 " are made to it in popular parlance. A man who is in 

 " a gay humor is said to be merry as if he had a good 

 " year (of Olives) ; and so with the reverse, when he is 

 " in a bad humor. An improvident person who dies, and 

 " leaves his family badly provided for, is said to have 

 " left a fortune of Olive trees past bearing ; or that he 

 " has consumed all the good years, and bequeathed the 

 " bad ones." One of the chief features of the Olive as 

 a staple product, is the increasing and enduring character 

 of the yield. "With the commonest care and intelligence, 

 the returns are sure and progressive. Nor need the 

 farmer be deterred by the not unnatural dread of plunging 

 into a new industry, the fruits of which cannot (like the 

 favorite corn and hay crops) become available for turn- 

 ing into cash in a few months. Let those who do not 

 care to expend what is necessary for the establishment 

 of a plantation, plant Olive trees on the boundaries of 

 their cultivation paddocks, just inside the fences. By 

 this means, they occupy no ground available for more 

 immediately profitable crops ; and, while putting in a few 

 score of trees in this way, farmers may try the experiment 

 without risk of loss. When they discover that they are 

 able to manufacture oil enough for the many uses to 

 which it can be put on a farm, for family consumption, 

 and as a lubricator, they will require no ' persuasion to 

 plant on a large scale ; and will regret the half-hearted- 

 ness which prevented their doing the same thing years 

 before. 



As in the case of sugar, it is by no means necessary 

 that each grower should possess his own crushing mill 

 and press. The Olive can be grown and sold for crushing, 



