THE STRAWBERRY 



A MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS 

 OF STRAWBERRY PRODUCTION IN ALL ITS BRANCHES 



Volume II No. 7 



Three Rivers, Mich., July, 1907 



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TH P' celebration of the semi-centennial of the Michigan President Hopicins on the other end, would be a good enough 



A(;ricultural College, culminating with the address of university for him." Somewhat of the nature of this influence was 



President Roosevelt to the class of 1907, was an event that possessed by the famous Dr. Kedzie, so long the central and 



of profound significance to the world of agriculture. inspiring spirit of this great school, and his "boys and girls' , 



It was a fitting tribute to an institution which bears the honor of many of whom are gray-haired now, never fail to give him due 



being the pioneer center devoted to agricultural education, and credit for his untiring and intelligent efforts in their behalf, 



may be accepted as the national recognition of the place occu- Therefore, both in its local and in its broader significance, it v as 



pied to-day by agriculture in higher education. A provision for fitting that the President of the United States should take cog- 



ihe establishment of an agricultural college is contained in the nizance of this important anniversary, and lend to its celebration 



constitution of the state of Michigan which was adopted some the dignity of his high office. And his address on that occasion 



sixty years ago, and as some one remarked upon the occasion of was one which paid noble tribute to the man who tills the soil 



the recent" celebration, it is unfortunate that we do not know or labors otherwise with hands well directed by a trained mind. 



the name of the man of far-see- 

 ing intelhgence who suggested 

 the incorporation of this impor- 

 tant provision in that document, 

 a document which must be im- 

 mortal because of this provision 

 if for nothing else. 



I^OT alone is the Michigan 

 Agricultural College the 

 pioneer institution of its kind, 

 but it has ranked, and still ranks, 

 as a leader in this great work. 

 It is doubtful if there is a state 

 or territory in our broad land 

 wherein the influence of from 

 one to a dozen men who are 

 proud to call this institution 

 their alma mater has not exerted 

 an inspiring influence for better 

 agriculture. A roster of the men 

 who have graduated from this 

 school to take high place among 

 theirfellows would besurprising. 

 Without reference to any list of 



THIS illustration indicates the manner in which A. A. Halladay of Bellows Falls, 

 Vl., a member of The Strawberry family, sends his fruit to market. For the 

 use of the photograph we are indebted to the New England Homestead. Writing 

 the editor of that journal, Mr. Halladay says: "This shows how all our berries go to 

 market. We use special crates, holding twelve boxes. The band tucks down between 

 box and rim. There arc no mussed berries in these boxes, and the boxes are filled 

 just as you see them. The photo was made from an average crate that was ready for 

 market and not put up for show." Is it any wonder Mr. Halladay's berries always 

 top the market? What he has done in this direction others certainly may do. 



He took for his theme "The 

 M;m who Works With his 

 Hands," and after paying an 

 eloquent tribute to the college 

 whose guest he was, and to the 

 place occupied in the minds and 

 hearts of the people by the com- 

 mon schools of our country, he 

 took occasion to emphasize 

 anew the great defect in our 

 system of education, which he 

 declared to be the lack of proper 

 attention to industrial training, 

 finding, howevei', in tlie achieve- 

 ments of the agricultural col- 

 lege, gratifying evidence of what 

 may be accomplished along 

 these lines. 



PRESIDENT ROOSE- 

 * VELT laid especial stress 

 upon the need of cooperation 

 among farmers, and declared 

 that if they would attain the 

 highest results they must learn 



names, but depending wholly upon memory, we can recall at the vital need of cooperation one with the other, and its practical 



once Professor L. H. Bailey, dean of Cornell Agricultural Col- adoption into their daily life. Next to cooperation with each 



lege; Eugene Davenport, dean of Illinois Agricultural College; other in importance was cooperation with the government 



Kenyon Butterfield, president of Amherst; H. W. Mumford, chief through the agricultural department, and the department could 



of animal husbandry at Illinois; F". B. Mumford, chief of animal 

 husbandry at Missouri; W A. Taylor, pomologist of the Depart- 

 ment of .^Agriculture at Washington; Perry Cj. Holden, whose work 

 in spreading the gospel of better corn and more "f it in Illinois 

 and Iowa has made his name famous the world over — the list is too 

 long to give in further detail. But what a magnificent tribute 

 is this list of names to the work and influence of this institution! 



PRESIDENT GARFIELD once remarked, in referring to 

 the influence of President Mark Hopkins of Williams Col- 

 lege, "that a log in the forest with himself on one end, and 



accomplish much more in the interest of agriculture through 

 associations of farmers than it could possibly do by dealing with 

 farmers as individuals. This is a suggestion to which strawberry 

 growers and growers of all lines of fruit should give serious 

 thought. The manifest value of cooperation is seen in the suc- 

 cess which attends the practical conduct of many cooperatirig 

 industrial enterprises, and throughout the South and the Pacific 

 Coast states, horticulturists already have adopted cooperation as 

 the most economical and safe method of conducting the com- 

 mercial side of their business. Some of the epigrammatic sen- 

 tences spoken by the president in his address follow: No 



