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The Florists' Revkw 



75 



made between the officials of the De- 

 partment of Agriculture and represent- 

 atives of the seed trade early in the 

 war, providing for the full labeling of 

 all lots of field seeds sold in quantities 

 above ten pounds. It is well known that 

 the department last season purchased 

 quantities of seeds in the endeavor to 

 check up to see how generally the seed 

 trade had lived up to the agreement, 

 and that there was disappointment at 

 the result. Mr. Brown exploded his 

 bomb when he asserted that only ten 

 per cent of the samples purchased 

 showed fulfillment of the agreement. 

 "There were several speakers who, while 

 not in position to question the accuracy 

 of Mr. Brown's accusation, expressed 

 the view that there were extenuating 

 circumstances, putting emphasis upon 

 the honor and integrity of the average 

 seedsman. So serious, however, was the 

 situation regarded that, on motion of J. 

 M. Lupton, the president was instructed 

 to appoint a committee to investigate 

 the charge and to report at an execu- 

 tive session June 25. 



W. A. Wheeler, also of the U. S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture, in charge of 

 the seed reporting service, read a pa- 

 per descriptive of his investigations of 

 the seed situation in Europe, from which 

 he has recently returned. He pointed 

 out several opportunities for exporting 

 seeds and put emphasis upon his belief 

 that the demand for American seeds in 

 Europe has not been benefited by ex- 

 porting low-grade seeds, no matter if 

 they are wanted by the purchasers. 



R. A. Oakley, also of the U. S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture, was unable to 

 be present, but sent a paper entitled 

 "The Needs for Critical Study in Seed 

 Production," which was read by Secre- 

 tary Kendel. This was largely a dis- 

 cussion of the undetermined factors 

 which influence seed production in 

 clover and alfalfa and an account of 

 the efforts made by government investi- 

 gators to find how the setting of a full 

 crop of seed can be secured. 



Lester 8. Ivins, of the Bureau of Edu- 

 cation, Washington, D. C, read an in- 

 teresting paper on "The Garden Army 

 and Its Purpose. ' ' Leonard H. Vaughan, 

 of Chicago, discussed the subject of 

 commissions and Kirby B. White, of De- 

 troit, had something to say concerning 

 the high purposes of the American Seed 

 Trade Association as described in Ar- 

 ticle II of its constitution. 



Carl Cropp, of Chicago, read a short 

 paper not on the program, dealing with 

 the production of flower seeds in Amer- 

 ica. He gave carefully tabulated figures 

 as to acreage and deduced that in most 

 items of fiower seeds the United States 

 has become independent of Europe. 



Prof. Clark, of the Canadian Agricul- 

 tural Department, made a short address 

 by way of greeting and friendly co- 

 operation. 



The Executive Session. 



The program was so arranged that 

 only one executive session was held. At 

 it the executive committee reported, as 

 did the legislative committee and the 

 association's counsel. The interest in 

 the session was keen, particularly as 

 word had gone out that the question of 

 contract obligations, short deliveries 

 on a rising market, arbitrary advance 

 of prices, etc., would be handled with- 

 out gloves. 



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