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Show HE LIKES THE WORK. A Michigan aiuti I.xplaliw Why Ho Is Horticulturist. ' 'js I lmvo not land enough to dcnt'in! i wholly upon, the halo of farm pro hu-tM then Homo of my l.uid is adapted to aiothlny hotter than the eultuie of re.-- j -tain kinds of trti't; also, tho pri i 3 of j farm products wv been w exec i nv ly low and the yield uocoriUrrU, 1 it ' 1 have turned my attention to fru culture. In this vocation L hao fouu I excellent opportunities for the development devel-opment of mind and body, as ll n pnr.se. There is less labor, physie.ill. though BtiecesM at fruit oult urc rrqu . Sndustry and punctuality. There i. greater diversity of labor than 'b f utu! in most any other ocpttpation uh'eii will tend to prevent excessive 'nthjih and build up a vlgoroun and hoalt n body. Iteing a great lovr of fnij . which we should all know is healt'n, 1 flml it a great enjoyment to wrrk among the trees iinfl plants, trntrirg their growth, watching the Inrta 1" velop into bloMoma, the biossor.s hr fruit, and greotrr yet is the pleas:.: of gathering it far market ai d Lorn use. 1 never enjoy better health !i 1: ithrough the fruit In1.? seas mi, and I try to plan it so as to have fruit h -whole year around, either fresh rr pri I served. I think there are great op port unities for the development .,1 fio mind in this vocation; in fnet, it ;sa. iiititcr impossibility to atta'n a-; marked degree of auccess without tin-knowledge tin-knowledge of sonic of (lie M'crc such as chemistry, botany, gologv and entomology. From ehemistry we 1 -hi' ' how the- simple elements of the soil are used in plant formation, ami when and what Wo must apply to the so'l ! to supply ary deficiencies; nlsj, h figiil the destructive insee.s of fruit we ii.uk: seek its aid. Jlotnny tcivelics t:s tae parts and functions, together with V ? generic and speeiilc characters of each plant and how best we can f art he-plant he-plant dcvelopmnt. A knowledge of geology will aid us in selecting tin-propor tin-propor soil for tho different kir 's r frill t. Hut from entomology we I ar . the most, which is essential to horticulture horticul-ture and is increasing' in imps'Lirre each year. To dist'nguNh between i. friend and foe of the insect world, and how best to successfully assist or destroy de-stroy them, and to know t'ae'r l:f habits, require extended infermn4 Ioi upon this subject. Fruit culture is a vocation which requires constant study, as there are new varieties, methods meth-ods and difllcult'cs arising each year. B. A. Wood, in Farmers' Jtevlew. . . , , |