Fruit and Ornamental Trees Border the 

 . Path to Prosperity 



A PERSONAL WORD FROM SENATOR ORLANDO HARRISON 



boy complete the pay-roll for the rest 

 of the year. 



The farmer who puts his money into 

 an orchard is assured of a steady in- 

 come, less labor worries, and a smaller 

 pay-roll than the general farmer. 



FIRST of all, Win the War. Now, 

 let us give thanks that our country 

 is not under the heel of the Hun; 

 that the saw and axe of the vandal 

 have not touched our orchards and 

 vineyards; that our homes are unde- 

 filed^ and that the soil of our farms is 

 turned by the plow and harrow rather 

 than by shell and mine. 



We are drafted at home. Even*- 

 man, woman, and child not in the 

 trenches should feel it their duty to 

 help win the war. 



It is the duty of 

 every property- 

 owner and every 

 tenant to keep the 

 orchard at the high- 

 est point of produc- 

 tion. It is the duty 

 of even,- farmer to 

 provide for an or- 

 chard, if by any 

 means his farm 

 lacks this imf>ort- 

 ant food-producer. 

 The greatest task 

 before the United 

 States is to furnish 

 food for ourselves 

 and our allies. Fruit 

 is food that can be 

 used here, thus per- 

 mitting the non- 

 I>erishable grains to 

 go abroad. 



There is another 

 angle to consider 

 also. You know it's 

 a mighty hard mat- 

 ter to get help for 

 general farm work; 

 today an ordinary 

 man gets more 

 money than you paid an extra-good 

 man a few years ago; the team gives 

 way to the tractor, which does more 

 work with less labor; the women, too, 

 are in the fields because the men are 

 in the camps. And with the general 

 farmer this difficulty with labor lasts 

 almost the whole year through. 



Now, the fruit-grower has an easier 

 time. A big orchard does not need so 

 large a force of men; a man and a boy, 

 with a good sprayer, a harrow, and a 

 husky team can take care of a pretty 

 sizable orchard. 



When the crop is ready to harvest, 

 it is comparatively easy to get extra 

 help for a few days; then the man and 



Orlando Harrison 



A Word About 

 Ornamental Trees 



Whether you live in the open 

 country, in a small town, or a larger 

 city, you appreciate 

 the value of shade 

 trees on a hot sum- 

 mer day. You ad- 

 mire the spruces, 

 pines, cedars, and 

 other evergreens in 

 late fall and winter 

 when the shade 

 trees have lost their 

 leaves. You say 

 "spring has come" 

 when the shrubs 

 break into bloom, 

 and the air becomes 

 sweet with fra- 

 grance. 



But if these are 

 on your neighbor's 

 property you can 

 only look at them; 

 you have no sense 

 of ownership, nor a 

 feeling of pride 

 when a passerby 

 says, "My! aren't 

 those beautiful?" 



Shade trees, 

 shrubs, roses, ever- 

 greens, and peonies 

 are not expensive; 

 in fact they soon pay for themselves 

 in the extra value which they will 

 bring to your property. But the 

 satisfaction and pleasure w^hich the 

 whole family will get from a home 

 with pleasant surroundings cannot 

 be measured in dollars and cents; nor 

 can the influence that flowers throw 

 around a little child be computed in 

 terms of trade; the words and deeds 

 of later life mark the value of these 

 early associations. 



So I think I will revise the heading 

 of this page and say that "Fruit 

 Trees Make Prosperous Farmers and 

 Shade Trees and Shrubs Are Needed 

 to Complete Happy Homes." 



