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146 the experience of the old countries must be of great value in the development of an extensive olive interest here. What might not be the value to this State of the knowledge, skill, and experience of a trained expert on the culture of the olive and the processes of oil expressing, if the services of such a one could be secured for a sufficiently extended time to allow of a fair application of his knowledge to the new country, soil, climate and conditions! Certainly such an experiment would be less costly in the end, and more satisfactory, than any attempt to send an American abroad to study the culture. It is more than probable than in many places the variations of conditions of climate and soil may compel deviation from the standard methods of other oil countries as the interest develops, and still it is necessary to know their rules, the result of so many years experience. Considering the wonderful adaptability of the American mind to the new, and its tendency to improve methods and processes where invention can suggest more convenient ways or labor-saving machinery, we need not fear to prophecy some great advance in olive culture and in oil producing processes as they become American interests.

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