The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-10-10
BURRANk's SECRET OF SUCCESS.

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Infinite capacity for detail, hard worl
ana a Wonderful fund of patience are
me qualities which have contributed
NJ .ne success Of Luther Burbank. the
wizard OF plant life. according tc
I george Wharton James in the August
Slrcle. Mr.. James says:
achievements with the
aaisy are more fascinating than a fair,
are from England, Japan. Germany
me- a vat - daisies grew
ne got seed of the best varieties. no q
Jew but hundreds, thousands. These
we're carefully planted and watched
win closest care. They were all 90
ng To be slain. but out Of their deatb
vas 20 come a new daisy. larger, more
Seau,.iul, more hardy, and that would
COVER IN every climate perenniaIly,
n result was his Shasta daisy. one
2f the most beautiful flowers ever seen
OF clear brilliant white. great size
me center of pure yellow resting upon
SENDER yet strong stems. Ten thou
anu SEEDS required for this one ex-
peFlHent! Yes. and often the 10000
become hfty or a hundred or five hun
1red thousand before he gets what he
wants. 1t Is lis large dealing that has
Differentiated Mr.. Burbank's plans
from those of other men. He speedily
eaii,ea tnat great results are not to
pc obtained from inadequate methods
me 10000 daisy seeds were ONLY a
starter. Millions and millions of daisies
we're grown from those seeds. and IT
vas only after the experiments were
completed n the habits of the
.Shasta. permanently fixed that the
experimental plants were DESTROYED.
In his methods of working
s quick and decided. 1t was NV privi-
6 to be with him during one morning
n his proving grounds at Seyastopol,
tome seven miles from his home. Row
. Z ~ vow nf ~
With fruit, stood before US. Two as
iistants were with US. one with a hand
.ul of white cords and one with a hand
III of brown or black ones. There are
Ill grown from the same seed. Now see
low they differ He picked a few
olurns from the first tree. Rapidly he
oke at one, carefully tested it. and
iaid, Kill l had scarcely got my
.eeth into the first plum when he was
On to the next tree, and the next, and
he next, with a rapidity thai was sim
ply astonishing. His keen eyes, trained
% scientific accuracy, saw at what
seemed to me to be one glance all the
attributes of the tree. One taste sat
SIZED him as to texture, juiciness and
iavor of the fruit, and thus, almost in
/ moment, he had decided whether that
rec was worth keeping for further ex-
~erlmentation or was to go to the
bonfire. Amos as fast as | can write
I the words fell from his lips, Kill
Keep kill XIII Kill Keep The
attendants followed, and put on the
White or black strings which denoted
The fate of the particular tree.
Luther Burbank's early life in Cali
,ornia was attended by many nard ex-
>eriences. He was very poor n was
obliged to take any work that came to
land. He cleaned out chicken coops,
Helped In market gardens, got an odd
OBJ here and another there, passed
through a very severe illness, went on
he tramp for work, until finally he
vas able to start a little nursery on
lis own account Then he was on his
ground With a fair start. To out
,iders he seemed an honest, hard-work-
ng young fellow who might make his
living, but not much more. Then. all
It once, he did something that made
hose who knew about it look at him..
Ar order came for 10000 young prune
recs. Could he fill it in nine months?
Ne hadn't a prune tree on his place,
mi 10 was he going to supply 10000
n nine monthsp He got together all
,he men mi boys he could find to
liant almonds for him. They grow
.apidly. When they We're ready he
lad 20, 1000 prune buds ready for them,
Ind in a short time the prunes were
oudded into the growing almonds and
before the time vas up the trees were
delivered to the delighted ranchman.
And / have seen these 10000 prune
,ress. They are growing today. n
t is really one of the finest orchards
IN California;"