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Show HE LIKES THE WORK. A Michigan Tiliui Kxplulii Why Ho I IUirtliuUurl.it.' 'jfis I linvo not land onuugh to tlippiid wholly upon Ihe Kite of fa mi pro:luctn then sonic of my land Is ndapted t nothing hotter than the cultuio of ccr-if' ccr-if' lain kinds of f,rii:t; ulso, the pri o of fnnn products haw boon bo uxor inv y low and the yield uceorWrfrlt. ait I hnvo turned my attention to fru t culture. In this vocation I liavo four. I excellent. opportunities for the development, devel-opment, of mind and body, as well tu purse. There la less labor. physio.! IK though success at fruit culture rrqt,': industry and punctuality. There in greater diversity of labor than '.a f.unu in most nny other occupation wlrcu will tend to prevent excessive faliruv and build up a vigorous mid hoult'iy body, lleinjr a great lovr f f-ui-. which we should nil know in healths. I iltul it a great p-ttjoynieiit' to wrrk among the trees nnd plants, trninii.ij their growth, watching the buds d" veloj) into blossoms, the blosBor.s i n i fruit, and gwnt.-r yet is the plc.is::v ; of gathering it far market ar.d hem j use. 1 never enjoy better health t!i i: i (through the fruit Iny wis ,n, and I try to phiu it so a-j to have fruit 1.S whole year around, either fn'Bh or pn served. 1 think there are groat op- '; port unities for the development .f the ! mind in this, vocation; in fact, it :sar ut,tcr impossibility to atta'u u-.y marked degree of success without V.u knowledge of aome of the ,e'.cl.o",' j Btich as chemist ry, botany , gcMogv and i entomology. Troin chemistry we lciir.: how tho simple clementH of the soil ; arc used in plant formation, and when and what Wo must apjily to the so'l I to supply any deficiencies; nls.-, to fif-Iil the destructive in seen of fruit we n:iisi seqk its aid. Jlotnny teaches us t::e parts and functions, together with t'-e generic and specific eJiaraeters of each plant, and how best we can furthe" plant development. A knowledge nf geology will aid us in selecting tin-proper tin-proper soil for tho different kiiv's r fruit, lint from entomology wo 1 ar the most, which is essential to horticulture horticul-ture and is increasing' in iinpa.U:t'r each year. To dist'niruNh betwr-yj r. friend and foe of the insect, world, and how best to successfully assist or destroy de-stroy them, nnd to know the'r l:f liabits, require extended infrrma'ioi' upon this subject. Fruit culture is a t vocation which requires constant study, as there are new varieties, methods meth-ods and difficulties arising each year., B. A. Wood, in Farmers Review. |