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the experience of the old countries must be of great value in the 

 development of an extensive olive interest here. What might not 

 be the value to this State of the knowledge, skill, and experience of 

 a trained expert on the culture of the olive and the processes of oil 

 expressing, if the services of such a one could be secured for a suffi- 

 ciently extended time to allow of a fair application of his knowledge 

 to the new country, soil, climate and conditions ! Certainly such 

 an experiment would be less costly in the end, and more satisfac- 

 tory, than any attempt to send an American abroad to study the 

 culture. It is more than probable than in many places the varia- 

 tions of conditions of climate and soil may compel deviation from 

 the standard methods of other oil countries as the interest develops, 

 and still it is necessary to know their rules, the result of so many 

 years experience. Considering the wonderful adaptability of the 

 American mind to the new, and its tendency to improve methods 

 and processes where invention can suggest more convenient ways 

 or labor-saving machinery, we need not fear to prophecy some great 

 advance in olive culture and in oil producing processes as they 

 become American interests. 



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