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WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
Wisconsin horticulture 
Published Monthly by the 
Wisconsin State Horticultural Society 
12 N. Carroll St. 
Official organ of the Society. 
FREDERIC CRANE FIELD, Editor. 
Secretary W. S. H. S., Madison, Wis. 
Entered as second-class matter May 13, 
1912, at the postoffice at Madison, Wis- 
consin, under the Act of March 3, 1879. 
Advertising rates made known on appli- 
cation. 
Wisconsin State Horticultural Society 
Membership fee fifty cents, which in- 
cludes twenty-five cents subscription price 
of Wisconsin Horticulture. Remit fifty 
cents to Frederic Cranefield, Editor, Madi- 
son, Wis. 
Remit by Postal or Express Money Or- 
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for two years. Personal checks accepted. 
Postage stamps not accepted. 
OFFICERS. 
N. A. Rasmussen, President Oshkosh 
D. E. Bingham, Vice-President 
Sturgeon Bay 
L. G. Kellogg, Treasurer Ripon 
F. Cranefield, Secretary Madison 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 
N. A. Rasmussen Ex-officio 
D. E. Bingham Ex-officio 
L. G. Kellogg Ex-officio 
F. Cranefield Ex-officio 
1st Dist., A. Martini Lake Geneva 
2nd Dist., R. J. Coe Ft. Atkinson 
3rd Dist., H. H. Morgan Madison 
4th Dist., Henry Wilke Milwaukee 
6th Dist., C. V. Holsinger. . .Wauwatosa 
6th Dist., H. C. Christensen Oshkosh 
7th Dist., Wm. Toole, Sr Baraboo 
8th Dist., O. G. Malde Grand Rapids 
9th Dist., L. E. Birmingham Sturgeon Bay 
10th Dist., C. L. Richardson 
Chippewa Falls 
11th Dist., J. F. Hauser Bayfield 
BOARD OF MANAGERS. 
N. A. Rasmussen F. Cranefield 
L. G. Kellogg 
This is the regular July number 
of Wisconsin Horticulture. For 
the Fourth of July number, 
mailed July 2nd, the editor alone 
is responsible; not even the presi- 
dent of our society was consulted 
so if there be any disappointment 
on the part of members who 
would rather have had garden 
notes earlier in the month, blame 
the editor only. 
As these words are written the 
special edition has not been 
mailed and I do not know how it 
will be received. There may be 
censure or there may be some 
slight word of praise, but for 
neither of these am I concerned. 
But if any word in it serves to 
awaken in any one even if only 
in one mind, a realization that we 
are engaged in a just war ; that 
we are fighting for ourselves as 
well as for the sacred rights of all 
free peoples; that in facing the 
Kaiser of Germany and his mili- 
tary machine we are facing the 
most savage and brutal foe the 
world has ever seen; that the 
war, which has exceeded in hor- 
rors any ever before known is 
HERE and NOW and not some- 
thing that may happen, then I will 
be content. 
The Oshkosh Meeting. 
On August 22-23 we will all go 
to Oshkosh for a two-day conven- 
tion. The program will occupy 
one day and one day will be de- 
voted to studying gardening at 
first hand. The gardens and 
their g irdeners, the best in the 
state, are there, Rasmussen, 
Christensen, Phillipson, lloe, and 
a dozen others all experts. 
They all refuse to appear on the 
program, preferring, no doubt, to 
demonstrate by deeds rather than 
words. They will all answer 
questions, however, or we will 
know why ! 
There will be several members 
on the program that none of us 
can afford to miss. The August 
number will give full particulars. 
Last year we saw what skill 
plus money can accomplish, this 
year we are to see how skill may 
be employed to make money. 
There will be no '‘entertain- 
ment” in the commonly accepted 
meaning of the term, no bands, 
no fireworks nor spectacular dis- 
plays, but that there will be a 
hearty welcome and that we will 
July, 1917 
be ‘‘entertained" no one who 
knows Oshkosh doubts. 
Let's all go. 
The Gardener’s Advisory Council. 
Members of our society have re- 
sponded nobly whenever called on 
for help. Many direct personal ap- 
peals have been sent out by the sec- 
retary and in every case the re- 
sponse has been prompt and the 
service rendered of great value. 
Feeling that too much could not 
be done to encourage the thousands 
of garden beginners all over the 
state, especially as only a small per- 
centage are members, the “Garden- 
er ’s Advisory Council ’ ’ was organ- 
ized. 
Members of the Council, appoint- 
ed by the president, were asked to 
spend at least four hours a week 
inspecting home gardens and giv- 
ing advice and counsel to begin- 
ners. 
One hundred appointments were 
sent out, mostly to members in 
small towns and cities. All but 
nine of this number accepted and 
every one of the nine gave a satis- 
factory reason for declining. Not 
only did the 91 accept but did it in 
a way that gives cheer to the souls 
of those of us who are trying to or- 
ganize the food army of the state 
for the great struggle ahead. 
Here are a few words that came 
with the acceptances. 
Dear Sir : I accept with pleas- 
ure and honor my appointment as 
member of Gardener’s Advisory 
Council and will make every effort 
to be of service to the cause. 
I have been working along these 
lines ever since the call came to in- 
crease food production. In our 
own planting we are using every 
inch of land and have been advis- 
ing others to plant a garden. And 
will make a greater effort now. 
L. Herziger, Neenali. 
