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HORTICULTURE 



June 6, 1914 



SEED TRADE 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOOATTON 



Omews— President, OhM. C. Mm«1«, 

 MtMMempoUa, Hlnn.; Ut Tle»-preeldent, 

 M. U. I-mptoo, Mattltnck, N. Y.; 2nd 

 TtM - »r«sldent, W. F. TberkUdsoB. 

 FalaMTUl*, O.; lecretuT. O. B. Ken- 

 «il; MslataB* MorctmiT. 8- F- WUlnrd, 

 ar. k«ih ct OUiTclaBd, O. 



A Criticism of Agricultural Depart- 

 ment Methods. 

 Editor Hortictltikk: 



Strictly spealiing, I tliink that gov- 

 ernment should (a) collect taxes equit- 

 ably (b) expend them equitably for 

 strictly public purposes (c) prevent 

 the strong from overpowering the 

 weak. To adopt the language of the 

 Carpenter; "Whatsoever is more than 

 these cometh of evil." 



I am inclined to this thought by a 

 contemplation of page 1 of the bulle- 

 tin from Office of Information. U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture, released 

 June 2nd, 1914. The instances on the 

 first page of this bulletin give me the 

 impression that the autocratic Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture Is exceeding the 

 proprieties (P. 1) in punishing a man- 

 ufact\irer whose percentage of nico- 

 tine is 8.47 instead of 10, a difference 

 which might easily occur because of 

 the lapse of time. In the second para- 

 graph the Department is not frank 

 with the public. It fined the shipper 

 because his nicotine was "less than 

 45 per cent." How much less? Prob- 

 ably another trifle. The .third para- 

 graph also lacks frankness. The ship- 

 per Is fined fifty dollars ($50.00) be- 

 cause the goods "contained less nico- 

 tine than was claimed to be present." 

 How much less? Perhaps another 

 trifle. 



The business looks like persecution, 

 a result to be expected when govern- 

 ment undertakes business which 

 should be left to the individual. This 

 is what the Department of Agriculture 

 has been doing through many admin- 

 istrations. There should have been a 

 cleaning-out when the democrats took 

 hold; apparently there has not been. 

 The Department still arrogates to it- 

 self prosecutor, judge, jury and execu- 

 tioner. The accused has little show 

 for defence, however innocent he may 



be. These bureaucrats seem to think 

 they must make a show to hold down 

 their jobs, even at the expense of hurt- 

 ing innocent people. 



Samuel Milliken. 

 The Newport, Philadelphia. 



Notes. 



Atlanta, Ga, — A new seed store has 

 been opened by the Smith Bros, Seed 

 Company at 127 Whitehall street. 



Flora, III,— The business of Borders, 

 Chaffln &. Co, has been purchased by 

 the Louisville Seed Co., of Louisville. 

 Ky. 



Schenectady, N. Y.— The Schenec- 

 tady Seed Store, Orlop & Ladeau, pro- 

 prietors, have commenced business at 

 140-142 Clinton street, 



Eric Sutton, son of Leonard Sutton, 

 Reading, England, with Edward Tuf- 

 nail, flower seed manager of Messrs, 

 Sutton & Sons, are visiting the trade 

 in this country. They were guests of 

 Howard M. Earl at the Burpee Build- 

 ings, Philadelphia, and Fordhook last 

 Friday. On Monday the party started 

 for the west, Mr. Earl making his 

 usual annual trip to California and 

 Messrs. Sutton and Tufnail going to 

 the Coast by way of Denver, and later 

 on will visit the Burpee sweet pea cul- 

 tures at Floradale, Calif. 



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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL 

 COLLEGE NOTES, 



Prof. James G. Pray, director of the 

 graduate school of Landscape Archi- 

 tecture at Harvard University, was 

 the speaker at the Landscape Art 

 Club Friday evening, May 22, Prof. 

 Pray told of the opportunities open to 

 men who had completed graduate work 

 in landscape architecture. He de- 

 clared that the field is far from being 

 crowded, giving statistics of the aver- 

 age salaries paid such graduates to 

 prove his point. In closing, the speaker 

 pointed out some of the things that 

 can be done in civic betterment. 



The M. A. C. Country Life Club has 

 its regular meeting Wednesday even- 

 ing (May) of each week. The club, 

 but recently formed, is making rapid 

 strides forward. Its objects are to 

 study all problems of country life, 

 rural education, rural sociology and 

 rural economics. 



President Butterfield announced, re- 

 cently, the signing of the bill by Gov- 

 ernor Walsh for the agricultural build- 

 ing. This means that after a history 

 of over fifty years, M. A. C. will be an 

 agricultural college with an agricul- 

 tural building to house that depart- 

 ment. 



The senior class in Landscape Gar- 

 dening spent several days in visiting 

 private estates In Lenox and Great 

 Barrington, Mass. They visited six- 

 teen places In all. The chief features 

 of landscape importance were the mag- 

 nificent views and the formal gardens. 

 It was especially noted how well the 

 estates were kept up and the splendid 

 condition of the roads In that part of 

 the state, W, H. Hattield. 



Warren, R. I. — James Rodger, for- 

 merly head gardener for Fred. Peck, 

 of Barrington, has purchased the Ver- 

 non street greenhouses in this town 

 and intends to put before the public a 

 flrst-class line of plants and flowers, 

 Mr. Rodger is an expert landscape 

 gardener and is well known for his 

 good work. 



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