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kick against the pricks” by endeavoring to 
make a market for some cheap cut-over 
land fit only as earth ballast, when the 
best can be had at a price less than the cost 
of clearing the poorer land? 
Endeavor to visualize the future and 
see the orchard in its fruition with all its 
problems of maintenance and marketing 
and resolve to equip yourself with all 
available knowledge for the successful 
prosecution of the enterprise. In this way 
you may contribute to the upbuilding of 
this wonderful country with interest, with 
pleasure, with pride, and I sincerely hope 
and believe, with profit. 
