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WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
April, 1917 
A LARGE STOCK OF 
Apple, Cherry and Plum Trees, Grape Vines, 
Blackberry and Raspberry Plants, 
and Strawberry Plants 
Both Everbearing- and common varieties 
And a general line of ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS and ROSES. 
All stock clean and thrifty, the best that can he grown in Wisconsin. 
GREAT NORTHERN NURSERY CO. 
Write for catalog- and prices Baraboo, Wis. 
A Dozen Different Dahlias For A 
Dollar, Post-paid 
All good popular varieties. A collection that will please you. 
Strong “toes” or divisions. Order at once before you forget. 
A dollar will do it. 
WILLIAM TOOLE & SON 
Garry-nee-Dule .'. Baraboo, Wis. 
TL I/" • 1 Aril WISCONSIN’ FAVORED 
1 he Ivickapoo V alley fruit district 
Our Speciaty: Planting and developing orchards for non-residents. 
A few choice tracts for sale. If interested, write us. 
THE KICKAPQO DEVELOPMENT COMPANY 
GAYS MILLS, WISCONSIN 
The Weakest Link. 
Dr. E. D. Ball, State Entomologist 
Just as a chain is no stronger 
than -its weakest link, so any sys- 
tem of protection — whether it be 
against fire or flood, burglary or 
the depredation of insects — is no 
stronger than the weakest place 
in the system. A country might 
have every provision and require- 
ment for war and yet if the roads 
were impassable, for example, it 
might be -impossible to bring them 
together. 
We see the same condition in 
attempted warfare on insects. 
Some serious pest suddenly ap- 
pears, the entomologist is ap- 
pealed to and directions are 
given, but some one thing neces- 
sary for success in the fight is 
lacking and the damage -s done 
before it can be procured. Under 
Wisconsin conditions this one 
thing, more than any other, ap- 
pears to be the lack of adequate 
spraying equipment in the differ- 
ent communities. Directions are 
sent out for spraying and a re- 
quest comes back immediately for 
information as to where and what 
to procure in the way of a pump 
and by the time it is procured it 
is too late to do effective work, 
is like a fire engine in a city, — 
of no value at all except in emerg- 
encies, but invaluable at such 
times and absolutely essential for 
protection. Present day spray 
pumps are well made and with 
the exception of easily replace- 
able parts Will with reasonable 
care last for many years, so that 
while their first cost (for the 
larger sizes) is considerable, it is 
distributed over so long a time 
that it is practically negligible in 
the end and at the same time their 
need is so great on certain occa- 
sions that even if they were never 
used again they would abund- 
antly repay the outlay. Instead 
of that, once a spray pump is pur- 
chased and a regular system of 
spraying established, :t will be 
found that numerous losses which 
have occurred from year to year 
can, with the expenditure of a 
very few cents, be reduced to a 
minimum or entirely eliminated, 
in most cases many times repay- 
ing the cost of the equipment each 
year of its use. 
One of the most effective shrubs 
in the garden or border in late 
autumn is the snowberry. Its 
large, well-grown clusters of 
snowy fruit are always attractive. 
Test all field and garden seed 
now. It doesn’t pay to plant 
dead seed. It costs little to make 
tests. 
The following are good flowers 
for a fragrant garden : Sweet 
alyssum, mignonette, verbena, 
stock, heliotrope and nasturtium. 
Grape fruit seeds plant thickly 
in a pot or pan of soil soon ger- 
minate, and the rather slow-grow- 
ing stems make a pretty table de- 
coration. 
