December 9, 1916 



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THE FLOWER POT SHORTAGE. 



I noticed a statement in the New 

 York news letter of one of tlie florist 

 trade papers that the shortage of flow- 

 er pots is causing men to be laid off. 

 There is a shortage, but let's be fair 

 and place the blame where it belongs. 

 I know there are potteries enough 

 throughout the country each well 

 equipped with sufficient kilns and ma- 

 chinery to make pots plenty, it men 

 could be obtained to run them. There 

 has been, and is. many dollars' worth 

 of idle machinery because of "labor" 

 and on labor alone I place the princi- 

 pal reason for the shortage. The ad- 

 vance in wages has been met each 

 time and no doubt will soon have to 

 be met again. The total number of 

 pots used is no greater than in former 

 years, neither is the demand larger, 

 but long delayed shipments make it 

 appear so, and one good reason for de- 

 lay is the freight embargoes placed 

 upon the eastern cities by the railroad 

 companies. 



The grower must understand that 

 during all last spring and summer the 

 potter was fighting for him, while 

 running with a depleted labor force, 

 trying to get the additional labor neces- 

 sary to make up the stock of pots 

 needed for this fall trade, and that he 

 is still trying hard to fill his fall orders 

 and making stock for the coming win- 

 ter and spring trade, hoping to have 

 enough for all hands when needed. As 

 far as the Whilldin Pottery Com- 

 pany is concerned we are now work- 

 ing to full capacity and gradually 

 catching up with our fall orders. Our 

 trouble at present is "Freight Embar- 

 go." 



J. G. Whilldix, Pres. 



FIGHTING MOTHS IN NEW 

 ENGLAND. 



Twelve million nine hundred and 

 forty-seven thousand seven hundred 

 and thirteen parasites which prey on 

 the gipsy moth were released in Mas- 

 sachusetts and New Hampshire last 

 year by the Bureau of Entomology of 

 the U. S. Department of Agriculture. 

 Of these, 661,713 were .Japanese para- 

 sites known as Schcdius kuvanae. 

 These were liberated in 28 towns in 

 Massachusetts and 11 in New Hamp- 

 shire. Another enemy of the gipsy 

 moth, known as Awutatus bifnsriatus. 

 was colonized in 14 towns in Maine, 31 

 towns in New Hampshire and 71 towns 

 in Massachusetts. In all 12,286 colo- 

 nies of this species containing 12,286,- 

 000 individuals, were liberated to aid 

 in the work of controlling the gipsy 

 moth pests. These two parasites place 

 their eggs in the egg of the gipsy 

 moth, the eggs of the parasites hatch 

 into larvae, or. grubs, and these feed 

 upon the developing caterpillar within 



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CLEAN THEM BY HAND?- LABOR TOO COSTLY I 



USE THEM DIRTY?— RESULTS NOT STANDARD I 



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the eggshell and kill it before the egg 

 has a chance to hatch. According to 

 the annual report of the chief of that 

 bureau just published by the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture, the para- 

 sites previously released seem to be 

 gaining a foothold and many of them 

 are now found in larger numbers and 

 over a wider territory than ever be- 

 fore. The Calosoma beetle, another 

 insect enemy of the moth, the report 

 states, is continuing its good work, al- 

 though apparently the beetles are not 

 so numerous in certain localities as 

 they were last year. 



In New England, in cooperation with 

 State official and other State agencies, 

 considerable progress is being made in 

 fighting the gipsy moth. This' year in 

 two towns in New Hampshire, two in 

 Vermont, four in Massachusetts and 

 three in Connecticut, the insect has 

 apparently been exterminated. Exten- 

 sive scouting to determine its spread 

 showed that the moth has been found 

 in 15 towns where it was not known 

 to exist before. This gives a net in- 

 crease of only four infested towns, 

 which, the entomologists say, is a 

 much smaller number than has been 

 reported in previous years. AH of the 

 infestations discovered in these towns 

 have been carefully treated and a large 

 amount of creosoting of egg masses 

 and banding and spraying of trees has 

 been done in towns immediately in- 

 side the border. During the year ap- 

 proximately 35 tons of arsenate of lead 

 were used and over 12,000 miles of 

 roadway and 24,000 acres of woodland 

 have been examined. < 



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International Harvester Coiupany, 



New Jersey. 

 1.205,537. Flower Holder. Helen Hil- 



pert, Glenside, Pa. 

 1. 200.165. Bouquet- Holder. William 



Suggs, Holly Spring. Miss. 

 1.206,215. Universal Seed-Planter. John 



A. Bardner. Griffon. N. C. 

 1,206.708. Flower-Pot. Charles A. 



Hutchins, Lakewood, Ohio. 



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