1914-15] REPORT OF WINTER MEETINGS 41 



She told of legends of the times when animals and Indians 

 talked together, and of the falling out the Indians and the 

 animals had, and how all of them except the dog and horse 

 were against the Indian, and that is why these two animals 

 are such good friends of the Indians and why they hunt and 

 kill other animals. 



The Winter Meeting of the Worcester Horticultural 

 Society Thursday afternoon, February 5, in Horticultural 

 Hall, was of much interest to horticulturists and market 

 gardeners. 



Frank J. Kinney introduced H. W. Tinker, Warren, 

 E. I., w^ho told of vegetable growing and marketing in 

 Providence. Mr. Tinker in part said: 



^' I am going to talk on the vegetables w^e most commonly 

 grow. The question is, why don't j^ou make more money 

 out of growing? Massachusetts is expending thousands of 

 dollars each year on market gardens, and they are not 

 getting the money out of them that they were twenty years 

 ago. 



''Agriculturists have not taught you to grow things 

 right. In the preparation of land the idea comes first of 

 fertilizing. The Boston gardeners have forgotten how to 

 use anything but manure for fertilizing to enrich the land. 

 We of Providence do not believe in too much of this manure. 

 We have found great advantage in using phosphoric acid. 



''We have found in the growing of cabbage that the 

 result is better heads and quicker growing than when other 

 forms of fertilizing are used. I do not know whether or not 

 it's the lime, but we can grow cabbage as fast as anyone. 

 I do not think that this would be good for all vegetables. 

 I would not advise it for beets or tomatoes. For peaches, 

 cabbage, carrots, it is superior to any other form." 



Mr. Tinker then told the proper way to plant cabbage 

 plants, w^hich he said should be planted when the frost is 



