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HORTICULTURE 



February 24, 1906 



HORTICULTURE 



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 Making good finds its best work in promoting the 

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intellectual advancement of those in 

 whose behalf it exists. The attitude of the more pro- 

 gressive and intelligent element in any profession 

 towards such a periodical is the best index of its real 

 worth. Reasoning from this standpoint Horticulture 

 has, reason for rejoicing for, if a willingness to help in 

 the work is any evidence of appreciation and approval, 

 then it has all this in the fullest degree. Men of the 

 highest standing in the profession, highest because of 

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are found ai ig its regular contributors and more are 



coming. 



Thousands of cords of wood 



The axe following are being cut m eastern Massa- 



the moth pests chusetts this winter because of 



the ninth pests and the law 

 making destruction of the nests compulsory. In manj 

 instances tin"' cosi of cleaning thickly wooded tracts 

 which are badly infested would be more than the mar- 

 ket value of the land ami the destruction of the 

 trees seems the only alternative. Where tin' forest is 

 only thinned and not completely cleared oil' the cut- 

 tine may. in the end. he an advantage but. in any event, 

 it is likely to materially change the character of the 

 New England landscape. This is especially true of 

 cultivated tracts where the picturesque old apple trees 

 which have been such a charming feature of the aspeel 

 in spring blossoming time are being demolished on all 

 sides because of the brown-tail invasion. 



Again the agitation by the farmers 



Antagonizing the f Amherst. Mass.. and vicinity 



Agricultural against the sale of produce li\ I he 



College Agricultural College. This time 



if takes the form of a concerted 



opposition to the grant l>\ the Stale Legislature of a 



sum of money asked for by the college authorities for 

 needed improvements in buildings and outfit. A legis- 

 lative committee has been appointed to listen to re- 

 monstrants and to make an investigation of the matter. 

 It is. perhaps, preferable that we should await the 

 report of this committee before expressing an opinion 

 regarding tin 1 competition in the disposal of produce 

 by the college. But we will venture to say that those 

 interested can safely leave this question to the fairness 

 and sense of justice of those in authority and that 

 retaliation in the form of opposition to a needed appro- 

 priation for an institution which has done so much for 

 the soil-tiller will not be looked upon by right-minded 

 and impartial people as a justifiable remedy for either 

 real or imaginary grievances. 



It is very evident in some of 

 Excluding worthless the recent correspondence on 

 varieties from the t his sll bjeet that the writers are 

 exhibition table unmindful of the essential dis- 

 similarity in purpose and scope 

 between an exhibition intended to attract and impress 

 the public by the excellence of its displays and a trade 

 show, such as we take the exhibition of the American 

 Carnation Society to be, where the primary object is 

 lip comparison of products from a distinctly technical 

 standpoint. To attain the information sought in the 

 l.iHe]'. the assembling of results of varying processes, 

 whether they be good, bad, or indifferent, is an indispen- 

 sable condition and the more complete the collection the 

 greater its value to the exhibitor and the visitor, from 

 an educational standpoint. It seems to us that the 

 grower, visiting such an exhibition, contemplating the 

 selection of varieties to be grown for the coming season, 

 would be inclined to demand that a variety seeking 

 recognition should be placed on the tables for his per- 

 sonal inspection and comparison and the greater its 

 inferiority the more important the opportunity. If it 

 is deemed unwise to permit the public to see these 

 things then exclude the public or, after the judging 

 has been completed, make a public show department in 

 which winning exhibits only are set forth. It is proper 

 that the lm\ ing of awards be carefully hedged about but 

 the privileges of entry should have as few restrictions as 

 possible. At least this is as it appears to us. 



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