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CHAPTER XII. HORTICULTURE AND NURSERY BUSINESS—EARLY EXPECTATIONS IN THESE LINES—FIRST ANNUAL REPORTS QUOTED—RESULTS IN GARDENING—NEED OF MANURE—DIFFICULTIES OF RAISING SMALL FRUITS—GLUT OF MARKETS—KUNER'S PICKLE FACTORY—FAILURES IN NURSERY BUSINESS—RAPID RISE IN THE PRICE OF TOWN LOTS FIRST YEAR—DECLINE AFTER AND CAUSES—THE GRASSHOPPERS—THEIR PERIOD—PREFERENCES FOR CERTAIN CROPS—WAYS IN WHICH THEY WERE FOUGHT—“TRIBUNE” ON THEIR RAVAGES—ARTICLE IN CHICAGO “TRIBUNE” QUOTED IN REFERENCE TO THEIR GENERAL RAVAGES IN 1875—SLOW RESTORATION OF CONFIDENCE AFTER THEIR DEPARTURE—N. C. MEEKER'S LAST WORDS TO THE FARMERS—IS NIAGARA BEFORE US?—REVIEW OF ABOVE—HIGH PRICE OF FARM LABOR—LARGE AND SMALL FARMS, PROFITS OF—GREELEY DISTINGUISHED BY SOMETHING BETTER THAN SIZE—MEEKER ON BOOMING THE TOWN.