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the past few years, and that cOEse-
auently no money has been made, it
NAV seem a little out of order for an
apple grower who halls from that sec
tion to attempt to offer suggestions
to the apple shippers. But it Is al
WAYS 80. Men who do not succeed
in making money themselves are ever
ready to offer advice and suggestions
to others how to do it. And this in
herent weakness in human nature is
my apology for taking up your valu,
able time few minutes at the request
of your genial secretary. But before
| pr ceed ! will say that if any of you
apple shippers have any advice or sug-
gestions to offer to the apple growers
in my part of the country, how to
prevent the crazy notions Of the
weather and grow paying crops OF ap-
pies, | will be glad to hear from you
now or any time hereafter.
as sure you, Mr.. President, it If
no fault of ours that we have failed to
produce paying crops. We have cult.
waited and mulched our orchards,
pruned and sprayed the trees, and
our conduct in other respects as pat
riots and law abiding citizens have
been above reproach. Yea, we have
done all this, and in old Missouri even
went so far as to elect Democratic
governor in a republican state, who
forbids horse racing on week days and
keeps the sal ons closed on Sundays,
and in sp' te Of all, large apple crops
fail to materialize.
Some of you apple shippers who
h We gone to New York State and
other favored point during the past
two or three years to buy your supply
of apples, and there beheld the trees
in the orchards loaded d1wn with fine
fruit will tell me that the Southwest
isn't the right section for growing ap
pies. Perhaps that would be rue Il
the climatic conditions in this sec
tion of the past few years were to con
tinue. But we can only Judge the fu
ture by the past. Apple crops, like
history, will repeat themselves, anC
what has been will be again.
Old settlers in MisssOri and Arkan
sas who have grown gray in the civil
iizng cause Of fruit growing hay,
often told me that prior tn 1889 ther,
had not been a complete failure TIM
apple corp in the Ozarks for fort!
years. | myself have bought apple
in Missouri and Arkansas for many
year, and better friut or more of it tt
the acre ! never saw in my life. 1t wa
this knowledg of large, regular crop
of fine apple tn + induced me to ON
bark in the business in the O2arks
| saw visions of wealt comfort anC
happiness in the enterprise, Well,
have reaped some comfort, consider
able happiness, and have no doubt the
wealth will come in the sweet bye anC
bye.
Some scientists TO whom | have
talked, claim that the planets arC
largely responsible for the unusual
climatic conditions that have prevail
cd during the last few years and which
caused the several failures of the ap
pie crop on the O2arks. In their
travel thr ugh the universe thoy ar
supposed to have run against each
other in such way as to cause trouble
and confusion. Venus, the goddess OF
love and beauty, Jupiter, the, son oi
Saturn, Mars the god of wDr, the sun
aud the moon are all held responsible
Now, whether any one or all Of these
and other planets had anything to dc
with the failure of the apple cop il
on tho Ozarks | am not prepared, Il
say.
One doubling Thomas, to whom
mentioned the matter, intimated that
the devil had a hand in It, and hC
may be correct; bpt at the same time
it is hard to comprehend why the
"old boy' should interest himself in
the apple growers while there are 81
many apple shippers and commission
merchants abroad. 1t is my opinion
that if it Is the fault Of any particular
one of the heavenly bodies it must
have been the moon, as nothing but 4
lunatic would have brought about
such preverse conditions. The moon
Is capable of playing all sorts of tricks
on the tlrairs of the world. Even sC
great an observer as Lord Bacon re-.
corded in his time that eggs laid IN
the full of the moon breed better
birds, and that you can make swal.
lows white by putting intment on the
eggs before they are hatched Lord
Bacon failed to say, however, whether
to apply he ointment during the light
or the dark of he moon. And even
to this day no successful farmer in the
Ozarks will think of planting potatoes
and corn, nor Of cutting sassafras
sprouts except in the dark of the
moon. On the other hand, some of
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