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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



August 25, 1910. 



the Foley cup. Team making highest 

 score in any one of three games, Wash- 

 ington, the Kasting cup. Team making 

 highest total score in the first two 

 games, Washington, the Bayersdorfer 

 cup. 



High total score for three games by 

 any individual of teams, C. Graham, 

 Cleveland, the Grand Central Alley's 

 cup. 



High score for one game by any indi- 

 vidual of teams, G. H. Cooke, Washing- 

 ton, traveling case. 



Man making most strikes in three 

 games, W. H. Ernest, Washington, fif- 

 teen, the Vaughan cup. 



Man making most spares in three 

 games, M. Eichmond, Baltimore, seven- 

 teen, the Dreer cup. 



In the men's individual tournament, 



not open to team bowlers, the scores 



were: 



Player. 1st 2d Total. 



W. H. Carney 165 140 305 



D. J. Scott 122 173 295 



F. H. Adgate 128 166 294 



C. W. McKellar 142 141 283 



A. Wilson 144 130 274 



A. F. J. Baur Ill 137 248 



L. H. A. Klein 115 180 246 



J. Austin Shaw 169 85 244 



M. Bloy 142 101 243 



E. Allan Pelrce 87 148 236 



S. D. Dyslnger 104 123 227 



W. Slebrecht, Jr 132 94 226 



J. W. Boone 126 97 223 



H. Slebrecht Ill 108 219 



J. Muller 112 106 218 



E. LeuDy 108 109 217 



J. Walker 117 99 216 



W. R. Pierson 106 109 215 



S. W. TUton 120 92 212 



1. H. Moss 83 120 203 



W. B. Paterson 109 90 199 



C. Bowers 89 108 197 



W. E. Hellseher 89 107 196 



W. W. Coles 109 87 196 



J. Roehrs, Jr 102 88 190 



Frank Daut HI 75 186 



C. Arnold 102 83 185 



R. Marquardt 84 96 180 



Otto Erifst 85 84 169 



F. R. Whitman 81 86 167 



J. H. Playdon 80 86 166 



J. Schulz 96 68 164 



C. L. Robey 91 71 162 



F. C. Bauer 91 67 158 



R. F. Cushman 73 80 153 



H. H. Bartsch 84 53 137 



The following rolled only one game: 



Plaver. Score. Player. Score. 



Jos. Strelt 129 P. Thomann 120 



W. A. Manda 106 F. H. Traendly 102 



Fred Thomann 95 W. Rickards 95 



H. Papworth 82 J. W. Ludwlg 68 



W. H. Carney, as high man, won the 

 silver cup; U'.'j. bcott caino iiexi, win- 

 ning cuflf buttons; then F. H. Adgate, a 

 stickpin; C. W. McKellar, silk um- 

 brella; A. Wilson, Gem safety razor; 

 A. F. J. Baur, -stickpin and cuflf -button 

 set; L. H. A. Klein, traveling set; 

 J. Austin Shaw, watch fob; M. Bloy, 

 cigar cutter, and E. Allan Peirce, 

 match safe. 



The high man on each team and the 

 five highest individuals rolled two 

 games for the championship diamond 

 medal, value $75, ofifered by the 

 Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. This 

 trophy was won by William Kobertson, 

 of the Philadelphia team, with a total 

 of 378 for the two games. 



In the ladies' bowling, two games 



were rolled, those not making 80 in the 



first game being eliminated from the 



second. Here are the scores: 



Player. 1st 2d Total. 



Mrs. R. Wlttman 129 125 254 



Mrs. C. W. McKellar 119 131 250 



Mrs. Frank Traendly 139 101 240 



Mrs. Abraham Moltz 116 116 232 



Mrs. Geo. Shaffer 112 115 227 



Mro. F. C. Bauer 96 119 215 



Mrs. Geo. H. Cooke 135 75 210 



Mrs. Geo. Asmus HI 85 196 



Mrs. L. H. A. Klein HI 83 194 



Mrs. L. Melnhardt »1 09 190 



Mrs. A. M. Herr 100 87 187 



Mrs. F. Melnhardt 87 84 171 



Mrs. E. A. Fetters 91 74 165 



Mrs. I. L. Powell 96 67 163 



The following ladies rolled only one 



game: 



Player. Score. Player. Score. 



Mrs. Boone 78 Miss Elsie Lulteman 77 



Mrs. J. F. Slbson... 76 Miss Pfelffer 73 



Mrs. C. Arnold..... 72 Mrs. B. H. Vlck 71 



Mrs. J. Relmels 66 Mrs. H. Brown 66 



Mrs. G. R. Gause... 65 Mrs. C. H. Totty... 62 



Mrs. C. Suhr 50 Mrs. T. Melnhardt.. 68 



Mrs. J. Blrnle 66 Miss Perle Pulmer.. 66 



Miss Helen J. Esler. 64 Mrs. W. H. Carney. 64 



Mrs. J. Donaldson.. 61 Miss Ruth Elliott... 61 



Mrs. H. J. Quick... 61 Miss Peterson 60 



Mrs. Wm. Elliott... 48 Miss Irene Vlck 48 



Miss May Quick.... 46 Mrs. A. Demeusy... 45 



Mrs. W. L. Wheeler 46 Mrs. Ad. Poeblmann 42 



Mrs. Aug. Poehlmann 41 Mrs. W. W. Coles.. 41 



Mrs. C. L. Seybold.. 39 Mrs. C. J. Graham.. 35 

 Mrs. H. Komltsch.. 20 



Mrs. Wittman's high score won the 

 Reinberg- cup; Mrs. McKellar won the 

 Darling cup; Mrs. Traendly, a silver 

 water pitcher; Mrs. Moltz, a silver cup; 

 Mrs. Shaflfer, art pottery; Mrs. Bauer, 

 cut glass vase; Mrs. Cooke, gold 

 brooch; Mrs. Asmus, kodak; Mrs. Klein, 

 Dutch picture, and Mrs, L. Melnhardt, 

 hatpin. 



A gold chain and pendant was won 

 by Mrs. Frank Traendly for the highest 

 single game; Mrs. L. H. A. Klein won a 

 set of gold pins for the most strikes, 

 and Mrs. Kasting won a cut glass dish 

 for the most spares. 



In the press match, J. Austin Shaw 

 won the prize, a case of O. F. C. 

 whisky, with a total of 236 for two 

 games, and in the event for men 50 

 years old or over, Geo. E. McClure won 

 the case of Sherwood whisky, with a 

 total of 361 for two games. 



EXPEEIMENT STATIONS. 



[A paper by W. N. Rudd, Morgan Park, 111., 

 read before the Society of American Florists, In 

 convention at Rochester, August 16 to 19, 1910.] 



We would nearly all of us receive 

 with scornful disbelief a statement that 

 the farmers were our superiors in enter- 

 prise and in "business horse sense," 

 and yet such is the fact in certain direc- 

 tions. 



The farmer early realized the enor- 

 mous possibilities for good to him in the 

 experiment stations, and he also real- 

 ized that here was a chance to get back 

 in direct benefits some of the money he 

 was paying out in taxes. He realized 

 this, acted on it, and developed a gold 

 mine.. The experiment stations have 

 revolutionized all agricultural and horti- 

 cultural operations in the last few 

 years, save and except the ornamental 

 branches, whose workers have shown 

 almost no interest, and have largely re- 

 fused to receive help where offered. It 

 is human to work along the line of least 

 resistance. The farmer received gladly 

 what was offered and clamored for 

 more. When funds were scanty he be- 

 sieged the legislatures and compelled 

 them to continually increase the appro- 

 priations for his work. 



What Has Been Done for the Farmers. 



You cannot sell the farmer gold 

 bricks any more. If you try to sell 

 him oat hulls flavored with molasses to 

 feed his cows, he will talk understand- 

 ingly about fats and proteids (which 

 you and I know nothing about) ; he will 

 ask for a guaranteed analysis, and will 

 know what it means when he gets it. 

 You cannot fool him any more. 

 He has been educated by the experi- 

 ment stations and, whenever in 

 doubt, consults them — his best friends 

 and counselors. He knows about 

 nitrogen and potash and phosphorus; 

 which of them he needs, and how 

 much he should get for his dollar. 

 By his support, the stations have ac- 

 complished the impossible, and com- 

 pelled the meat trust to be fairly honest 

 in selling its fertilizers. The stations, 



through the printed matter they are 

 sending free to all who will receive it, 

 through the farmers' institutes which 

 meet in all the sections of the state, and 

 by experimental farms favorably locat- 

 ed, are telling the farmer what crops 

 to grow and how to grow them; what 

 fertilizers and feeding stuffs to use and 

 how to use them; how to take care of 

 his pigs, his chickens, and his family; 

 how to build his barns and his fences; 

 how to breed his live stock; in fact, 

 everything relating to his business. He 

 sends his sons to the agricultural col- 

 lege and even goes himself, for the 

 short courses everyyvhere given now. 



Do the Florists Get Their Share? 



What do we get out of this proposi- 

 tion? Nothing. We help pay the bills 

 and the farmers gST the benefits. Just 

 as long as we do not squeal and get our 

 feet in the trough, they will continue to 

 do so. Not that they are to be blamed 

 or that anything should be taken from 

 them; just have the trough lengthened, 

 more feed put in, and one end parti- 

 tioned oflf for us. 



We are just as much in need of help 

 as the farmer ever was — very likely 

 more so. Take the coal pile. We buy 

 more gold bricks along with our coal 

 every year than the farmer ever did. 

 What member of this society can truly 

 say that he knows anything accurately 

 about coal? Who of us knows what a 

 "British thermal unit" is? The farm- 

 er knows all about proteids and fats in 

 his feeding stuff and we do not know 

 even the name of a unit of measure of 

 heating value. We know only in a 

 vague way that one coal is supposed to 

 be better than another. We do not "buy 

 on actual heating value basis, we do 

 not burn our coal economically and we 

 do not know whether we get what we 

 buy or not. Verily the smoke from our 

 chimneys represents a World of wasted 

 dollars. 



Buying Coal Intelligently. 



Practically every state makes the 

 seller guarantee to the farmer just what 

 he is getting and how much of each, in 

 his fertilizer and feeding stuffs. No 

 state makes the seller guarantee to the 

 florist what he is getting or how much, 

 when he buys coal. No seller is com- 

 pelled to tell you that his coal is high 

 in sulphur and, though of good heating 

 value, not suited to your conditions for 

 that reason. Why should not the coal 

 man guarantee his coal in the same way 

 the feed man does his feed or the fer- 

 tilizer man his phosphate? One coal 

 is good under certain conditions and 

 very poor under others. Coal is our 

 heaviest expense, after labor. In every 

 market there are cheap coals which are 

 very dear to us, and high-priced coals 

 which may be the cheapest in the end, 

 but we do not know about it; we only 

 guess. It takes money, and time, and 

 scientific knowledge to work these mat- 

 ters out and put the knowledge ob- 

 tained in shape to be usable by the 

 busy commercial man. 



When the farmer buys a car of phos- 

 phate rock, he buys it under a guaran- 

 tee as to the amount of phosphorus it 

 contains. He pays, as his share, $1.50 

 for an analysis of that car by a public 

 official. If the percentage of phos- 

 phorus varies from the guarantee, the 

 bill is changed so as to cover the exact 

 amount of the phosphorus in that par- 

 ticular car. He buys what he wants,. 



