The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-01-30
ADDRESS
or Robert Ailliksn Before the Lyon
= County Horticultural Society.

1 4 .
Ladies and Gentlemen wish
to return you my thanks for the
honor you have conferred upon
me, by choosing me to the position
OF president of this society for the
ensuing year. y 80 ~
The history of the Lyon County
Horticultural Society, in its dis
couragements, its failures and its
successes, is but a repetition Of
the history of all organizations of
a similar kind. The society is
now just entering upon the fourth
year of its existence, and whether
the future is to be 4 career OF rse-
fulness or not, depend upon the
amount of interest and energy
displayed by the members com
posing the society: sv szs7r sas
The roll of members in the past
containing the names Of many Of
Lyon cOunty's foremost and best
citizens, the hIns of the times
seem to indicate that great changes
are soon to be brought about.
The tillers OF the soil, that great
foundation stone OF our social and
political structure are arising as
one man, to throw off the yoke of
oppression. Many mistakes, no
doubt, will be made; many will
fall discouraged by the wavside;
but Notwithstanding all the diff
ficulties and discouragements,
much good will be accomplished.
A broad field of usefulness is open
for this society as one of the com
lponent parts of the stupendcus
whole Of the great army Of pro
gress, and let us fill it the best we
can. Our country is new. 1t is
but a few very short years since
the buffalo, the antelope and the
wild Indian roamed over our beau
tiful hills and fertile valleys, then
far beyond the pale Of civilization,
The few years that the white man
has occupied the land has demon
strated that fine fruits and choice
vegetables can be successfully
: grown. Experience has proved
THAT some Kids are more success
full than others. Varieties adap
ted to one section and one kind o
? soil, are not always so successful
in others. 1t is to disseminate tn
knowledge Of the different kind
of fruits, flowers and vegetable
snited to our particular loealit
, that this society was organizet
: "In a multitude of counsellor
' there is wisdom" The expel
fence Of one man, although it ma
be valuable for another in precis'
! ly similar condition, will not e
), tablish q general rule applicable
- to a whole county or section
nj country, One man on nice pie
OF rich bottom land, well drain,
and highly cuitivatad, succee
D. with . certain kind, OF, apple, n
y, forthwith praises it TO the ski'
IN Others, seeing his) success, pla
IN it largely, on different kinds
:, soil, in localities subject to diff
ent currents OF air and in entire
different exposures, and only
Ir. very few succeed. Ny first obs
zee vatIon, when I had looked abe
de over Kansas . little, was &
ON pears could not be grown with 4
90 fair degree Of success. but a
g. visiting = few places in the fall
4ClIs72, and seeing tho sdne Fl
the shown at the state fair or {
ing year, 1 concluded that my {
ing opinion has been too has
par drawn, and that was badly .
and taken, but q doleful cry comes
not' from our frnit growers in the q
OK ern part of the state. Meml
Of our State horticultural Soc
ring using such expressions as {
|, 10 "theY thought God never inten
IsAd peas % grow IN Kansas"