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HORTICULTURE 



March 17, 1917 



SEED TRADE 



AMBWICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION 



Officers— President, Klrby B. Wtlte, 

 Detroit. Mich.; First Vice-President, F. 

 W. Bolgiano, Wasliington, D. C; Sec- 

 ond Vice-President, L. L. Olds, Madi- 

 son, Wis.; Secretary-Treasurer, C. E. 

 Kendel, Cleveland. O. — Convention at 

 Detroit, June 19, 1917. 



To Practice on Government Seeds. 

 The following ingenious advice ap- 

 pears in a recent issue of the Stamford 

 (Conn.) Advocate: 



This is the senson of the year wheu 

 your Congressman gives away tree seea. 

 Those of von who are thinking of try- 

 ing Tour " hands— also your hacks and 

 your patience — at amateur gardening would 

 ilo well to bear that fact In mind. .Inst 

 drop a line to Congressman llill or one of 

 the Senators from Connecticut, with a re- 

 quest tor garden seed, and, if the request 

 is not responded to quickly, take the mat- 

 ter up with C. Milton Fesseuden or another 

 local Repul>li<an leader, and they will be 

 able to "hx you up." . 



The amateur-garden l)usiness stuff is 

 ime thing on paper and yet again another 

 thing when you transfer your efforts as 

 an agricultnrist to the soil. Vou have a 

 lot to learn, and you may be in for a lot 

 of disappointment before yon achieve sat- 

 isfactory results. Hence It may be a good 

 idea to 'practice with seed that you do not 

 pay for directly. 



Once you have acquired mastery of the 

 soil, you may desire to branch out in lines 

 of agriculture the government lias not pro- 

 vided free seed for. That will take some 

 time. Take it from amateurs wlio have 

 been through the mill, it's not going to be 

 any "mere recreation." if you ilo the thing 

 right. Do not wait too long befor apply- 

 ing for seed and, when you have the seed, 

 do not wait too long before planting it. 

 Most vegetables can go into the ground 

 in April, even earlier. The results ob- 

 tained from planting as late as June are 

 apt to be poor. 



Local seed dealers should get ac- 

 Eiuainted with the Advocate man. He 

 evidently means well but needs en- 

 lightenment. 



One Week's Imports. 



Imports at the port of New York, of 

 horticultural material, for the week 

 ending March 2d, were recorded as 

 follows: 



Bulbs — France, $165; Netherlands, 

 $67; England, $34. 



Plants— France, $8,850; England, 

 $782; Scotland, $35; Japan, $103. 



Red clover seed — France, $25,951. 



Other clover seed— England, $1,066. 



Grass seed — France, $35; Ireland, 

 $10,953. 



Other seeds — France, $419; Italy, 

 $996; Netherlands, $109; Spain, $5,530; 

 Scotland, $2,482; British India, $4,707; 

 Bermuda, $75; Hongkong, $124; Japan, 

 $981. 



To Expedite Seed Deliveries. 



Carriers have been directed, through 

 the Car Service Committee, to make 

 a general exemption from all embar- 

 goes of seeds, and urgent efforts are 

 being made to secure adequate supply 

 of empty cars to provide for their 

 transportation. 



Wherever cars are seriously delayed 

 by reason of accumulations or on ac- 

 count of other causes notify Francis 

 Fisher Kane, United States Attorney, 

 Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 

 Philadelphia, Pa., giving name of con- 

 signor, consignee, point of origin, and 

 car numbers arid intials and the matter 



will be promptly taken up with the 

 carriers to secore expedited movement. 

 C. E. Kendex, 

 Secy. Am. Seed Trade Asso. 



RAILROAD RESPONSIBILITY. 



The responsibility of railroads for 

 damage to perishable goods from ex- 

 posure to heat or cold, and from delays 

 in notifying consignees of arrival of 

 such shipments, is involved in the ap- 

 peal of the New Orleans, Mobile, and 

 Chicago Railroad Company to the 

 United States Supreme Court for a re- 

 view of the decision of the lower courts 

 awarding judgment in the sum of $313 

 to members of tlie McCallum, Miss., 

 Truck Growers' Association. The 

 award was to cover damage to a car- 

 load of sweet potatoes shipped in 1912 

 to New Orleans. The shippers entered 

 a claim of $l,uoO punitive damages. 

 This was denied by the lower courts. 

 The railroad company claimed that the 

 bill of lading exempted it from dam- 

 age by heat or cold and that such dam- 

 age was inherent in the nature of the 

 shipment. They also contested the 

 claim because it had not been filed 

 within thirty days as provided for in 

 the bill of lading. The award was 

 based on the finding of the court that 

 the railroad was negligent in failing 

 to notify consignees of the arrival of 

 the shipment. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR 

 CONTEMPLATED. 



Attalla, Ala. — Keller Bros., range of 

 house;;. 



Medford, Mass. — Peter Federzini. 

 bouse 30x100. 



Elmira Heights, N. Y.— D. R. Mains, 

 iiouse 15x50. 



We inadvertently gave the date of 

 the next convention of the .\mericau 

 Seed Trade Association incorrectly 

 last week. The date as fixed is June 

 19th to 21st inclusive. 



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