The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-08-15
HORTICULTURE
II. WALDEN


am wont to do, I stopped in front of a
book STALL Some were second hand
books and were quite cheap. found
one volume labeled autobiography of
Anthony Trollop" and bought it for
% cents. Trollop was a great novel
writer and produced very many books
In telling of his own experience in
writing books he makes the following
statement: "There is great differ
ence between a man who has to write
a hook and the man who has boob
to write a book has a hard task be-
publishers after his books became
nnnular. to write a book and was often
nroffered large sum of money for do
ing so He saws be would in no case
undertake the task unless he had al
hook to write He makes the state
ment quoted above and then goes on
to saw that any one who undertakes
TO write book simply because he has
a book to write has hard task be-
fore him and can never write with
the vim of one who has in his mind a
hook that Is struggling for ntterance
Then if is easy to write. The same
principle applies to sermon making
and all other forms of public speak
ing. Woe betide the ann who has
to preach a sermon bnt has none to-
preach No wonder that some preach.
ers would make good martyrs for thew
re SO dry that thew would burn well
But how can the writer or preacher or
anv other kind of nublic speaker
avoid this drvness? He must be a.
student and thinker and must so
Gil himself up with thoughts alone
the line of his chosen calling that they
81, wifi in him
terance. Then he can speak with
freshness and profit to his hearers
then he can write his editorials or his
books with a vim and freshness that
will be taking Any man whose ser
mons or whose editorials or whatever
he writes. are dull and prosey must be
put down as law or a blOck-head. ''i /
tt = I~3s.... *l* Il '.-t -. ,'tHH1
One of the misfortunes that befall
the reporters for the daily press is
that they must produce so much copy
for so much money. So they nave
often to write column and draw the
material from a dry well. Don't do
if bows don't do it. Fill up on your
subject until it will struggle for utter.
ance even if there is nothing more to
write about than a dog fight Fill ND
with your subject rather than get In
SpiratiOn by hll1ng uD on DoOZe DIT Tue
corner saloon | like the reporters
and many of them are on the road to
success and will become great and
good writer's, but some of the stuff
dished up for the daily press is SO
fat and insipid that it would almost
turn the stomach of a tobacco Indian,
Some of the men who write on agri-
culture and horticulture never get out
side of brick walls and draw their in
SEPARATION by pulling the cork. rather
than, from what they have seen and
learned on the farm. No wonder that
their stuff is never read. The writer
of these notes must not speak of his
own productions; others must do that
if it is done at all. But if my notes
should ever get SO fiat and insipldd
that it is apparent that when sit
down to my typewriter / have to write
something rather than because | have
something to write, trust some kind
friend will take pity on the poor old
dolt and tell him, when | will subside!
Some of the problems that confront
the fruit growers we shall be better
able to solve after the experience we
are having at the Lewis and Clark
fair. In previous issues | mentioned
the slkeeping of apples in cold storage.