The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-04-15

the fact that noxious insects and fungi,
as well as bacterial diseases, like the
poor, ARE always with u.s." and direct
his efforts accordingly. He will not sit
down and whine about the discourage
ments of fruit raising, and blame the
| fruit inspectors who can do but little
| to control the spread and ravages of
these pests. He will study these enc
mics to fruit growing, how best to fight
them and how to reduce his losses to
the minimum and then go to work
intelligently and find delight In the ex-
ercise of his faculties and his muscles.
A man who pursues such a course will
| make a fair measure Of success and
| will make some money while the care
| less, slovenly and ignorant man will
fail, or come so nearly doing so that
existence will be a mystery to him.
Y
Bailey very wisely says in 1.-THE Prin-
ciples Of Fruit Growing" the book from
which all the citations are taken: 'It
is a common practice to estimate the
| amount Of fruit which will be produced
at any given time in the future by
multiplying the number of acres Of
plantation by the yield Of normal
acre Of that kind of fruit. The fallacy
Of these calculations lies in the fact
that very many of the orchards which
are planted in hope and expectation
yield only bugs and fungi. 1t is prob
ably not too much to say that fully
half Of the fruit plantations which have
been set in the past, fail to produce any
crop for the market"
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Tn oil Af TO he
successes and failures. These two
conditions come more from the men be-
hind the enterprises than from all other
causes combined. Young men frequently
write me from the east stating their
age, experience in business matters and
the amount Of capital at their COM
mand, and then wind up by asking the
question: "Do you think I can sue
coed at fruit raising?" I am utterly
unable to answer such a question. Usu-
ally I answer that more will depend on
the kind Of man he is and the spirit
in which he undertakes fruit growing
than anything else. One man with the
| health, age, business experience and
capital of the young man referred to
| will succeed, while another in similar
condition will fail. The same thing is
true in all the callings. Why this diff
ference? Chiefly because one enters
upon his work with the right spirit and
the other does not. A man to succeed
must like his calling, his heart must be
in it, it must be his delight.
Il
A story is told that will illustrate
my meaning. A young man once called
upon an old preacher to ask his advice
tba mil iCttr Low
| ing the whole matter before the old
preacher he wound up by saying: do
you think I ought to become a preach
| err" Not if you can help it," quickly
came back the answer. The young man
was astonished. He inquired Of the old
man if he did not want young men to
enter the ministry, and the answer came
that he most certainly did want many
to take up that calling, but if young
men sought that calling to make money,
| to gain honor, to have good time and
| to loll around in ease, and not for the
| reason that their hearts were in the
| work and that they must preach for the
| good of humanity, or, at least, feel that
was the chief motive, then they would
! better stay out, for failure was sure
to follow without such a spirit. Haec
fabula docet-"this fable teaches
that all successes arise from the same
fountain. The moral or religious ele-
ment is not present in becoming a fruit
grower but the fact that we delight in
and feel satisfied with our calling must
be with the successful man in all call
| ings.
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| All fads and fancies die hard. May
| be it is we'll that they do, for con-
servatism is a kind of safety valve to
keep us from recklessly running into
| the new and untried. One of the fan