Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-03-16
HORTICULTURE AS BUSINESS
For the Winning of Success It Must
!! Be Taken Up Seriously and
Studiously.

q recent writer on horticulture as a
business, are in constant danger OF
going wrong in the efforts by follow
ing the advice OF theorists, of men
who make OF horticulture pastime.
These men 'break into our papers
with wonderful theories and startling
results Of so-called careful expert
ments,, all of which are valueless and
misleading" In this connection the
student of horticulture who is wise is
advised to look for the credentials Of
writer on this subject, just as he
would look first, before reading, at
the authors name on the title page
of book, and form his judgment and
base his credence on what he knew or
could find out about this author.
In this article of protest, says the
Prairie Farmer, the author says that
there is Perhaps no other business,
unless it is the practice Of medicine,
in which there is so much room for
rank guessing" Yet it is every day
more manifest that horticulture is a
business and one that can be managed
with as great precision, certainty and
success as any other. There are now
very large number Of men in the
country who make success of it.
that u.s. financial success in this
business of fruit growing.
Until recently horticulture as pro-
fession has been looked upon with
some contemept by farmers whose la
| bors are of a more back-breaking and
Mountaineering sort. Though thou
sands of farmers have raised little
| fruit as side issue, yet their care OF
| fruit tree and plant has usually been
mostly of a haphazard sort. They
have seemed TO consider fruit as an &C.
cidensM product of natures bounty,
not al something produced and per-
fected By mans care and attention.
But horticulture is coming to be one
of the greatest industries in some OF
our states, and as such has attracted
and is attracting many who acpire to
success as fruit growers. Some Of
these have already tried and failed
partly because they have not followed
reliable guides. OF course, too, in some
cases they have not patiently awaited
results after doing what wise guide:
directed. The writer mentioned thinks
that there is a great field open to the
horticulturist, and anyc;,e who reads
the statistics showing the increased
yearly consumption < fruit in oul
country must see that tDis is so. But
he AYERS, this business is one that, like
any other, must be master ed In all it:
intricacies if success is ~ be won. 81
a man masters his business he mus
study the laws of nature as governing
soil conditions, effect of atmosphere
changes, plant life, insect life, proc
esses of growth and ripening, fertiliza
ton both of bloom and soil, and whel
he has covered all these fields o
knowledge he is just where the mer
chant is when he starts in--he ha
still all the problems of market which
the merchant has. He must know
what to produce and where and hov
to dispose of his production
The fact seems to be that it success
is to be won in horticulture mai
must take it up seriously. He mus
not be led away by any sentiment h
has for nature and he must not b.
satisfied with anything less than prac
teal results. The destinations of frui
growing are real, but they are likel.
to receive most attention from thos
who pay least attention to the sobe
facts of the business, and these ar
but blind and extravagant guides t
follow.