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WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
February, 1917 
CRANBERRY NOTES 
J. W. FITCH, Secretary 
The 30th Annual meeting of the 
W. S. C. G. A. proved to be one of 
the most interesting and promises 
to be one of the most important 
ever held. The members seemed to 
be thoroughly awakened to the ad 
vantage of a more active interest 
and cooperation with the work of 
the experiment station. It is now 
felt the station will not have to be 
moved but can be continued and 
perhaps expanded if thought best. 
A sufficient supply of water for it 
can be secured from neighboring 
ponds, there seemed to be some 
decided opposit'on to moving it 
and while the lease cannot be at 
this time renewed, it appeared that 
by the time the lease expires, 1918, 
satisfactory arrangements can be 
made. 
Dr. E. D. Boll state entomologist 
who was present gave the growers 
many valuable ideas as to the func- 
tions of an experiment station as 
well as the most practical methods 
of making experiments. Dr. Ball 
was unanimously made an honor- 
ary member of the association and 
chairman of a committee including 
President Searls and Mr. C. R. 
Treat who are to visit the station 
and assist in laying out work, in 
fact to give as much assistance as 
possible to the management of the 
station. Dr. Ball’s hearty interest 
in the discussions was a great in- 
spiration to the growers and all 
feel that in him we have secured a 
very great help in the solving of 
some of our hardest problems, those 
in the insect line. 
The address of Mrs. S. N. Whit- 
tlesey, who was the delegate to the 
Horticultural meeting was also of 
the greatest interest to all and was 
a very well aimed rebuke to the 
growers for not taking advantage 
of the opportunity offered at the 
Horticultural meeting for a splen- 
did exhibit of this fruit. There 
is no question as to the deep im- 
pression made by Mi’s. Whittlesey 
as after she was through many 
growers said that they would see 
to it that they sent something for 
this display. A most beautiful 
exhibit can be made both of the 
fresh and cooked fruit and Ave will 
prove it at the next meeting of 
the Horticultural Society. Presi- 
dent Searls address Avas as usual 
one of the veiy best given and con- 
tained many valuable suggestions as 
to growing methods, which aviII tie 
reviewed in a later number. Mr. 
C. M. Seeker, avIio was in Chicago 
helping sell canberries told the 
growers that he wished everyone 
could go through his experience 
then they Avould really see the 
necessity of the utmost care in 
packing the fruit. Very tine re- 
ports Avere received from the north- 
ern bogs. Miss Ida M. Huyck, of 
Winona reported a crop of about 
80 barrels to the acre which is a 
remarkably high average, the gen- 
eral average being 20 barrels or be- 
lO'AA’. There is no question but that 
the business is going to boom and 
that in the near future the cran- 
berry crop Avill again be a notable 
one of Wiseonsins Avonderful pro- 
ducts. 
In the evening the officers and 
directors of the Wood Co., National 
Bank of Grand Rapids tendered 
the growers a splendid banquet at 
the Hotel Witter which certainly 
Avas enjoyed to the utmost as also 
the theatre party afterwards also 
given by the same gentlemen. It 
is safe to say that the meeting Avill 
long be remembered by all avIio at- 
tended. 
The Front Yard the Show Win- 
dow of the Farm 
The folloAving clever story lias 
been sent out to state papers re- 
cently, probably by someone at the 
Agricultural College. It’s good 
dope and is given here for the 
benefit of horticulturists. Many 
of them need the gentle dig under 
the ribs contained in this skit. 
“Say, Perkins! Why did you 
plant all these bushes and trees in 
your front yard ? They must be a 
lot of bother when it comes to iuoav- 
ing the grass.’’ This is Avliat a 
Wisconsin farmer said to his neigh- 
bor one morning Avhen he found 
him busy trimming the shrubs. 
“Well, I tell you, Jones, it’s like 
this,” replied Mr. Perkins. “Five 
years ago, I got to thinking, that 
the farmstead Avas the farmer’s 
sIioav window. The storekeeper 
spends a lot of money in fixing up 
his store windoAV. Why AA'Ouldn’t 
it pay the farmer to spend a little 
money on his ? 
“I have spent on an average of 
$10 a year for the last five veal’s. 
First I graded and seeded the laAvn 
and kept the grass cut. The next 
year, I planted a feiv bushes around 
the foundation of the house, and 
made the house seem more like our 
old home back east. Next, I plant- 
ed these trees Avhich you see here. 
I dug them up in the Avoodlot. 
The oaks and elms I used in the 
lawn, and the Avhite and Nomay 
pine, AvilloAVS and bassAvoods I use 
as a windbreak. A man from the 
university helped me to select the 
trees and showed me Iioav to ar- 
range them. He also gave sugges- 
tions in regard to the planting of 
shrubbery. He shoAved me how a 
feAv red willows, thorn apples and 
vines Avould hide the old shed and 
the pig pen from the dining room 
AvindoAv and from the road. 
“The third year, I placed those 
hardy roses along the garden fence. 
