September, 1917 
WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
13 
An Attractive Home Means 
Contentment 
Keep the cli ldren at home by making 
them proud of it. The most eftective 
and economical way to do this, is to 
beautify the lawn. Careful arrange- 
ment and good plants are essential. Our 
Landscape Department has specialized 
in tli s work, is familiar with Wiscon- 
sin conditions, and has probably the 
largest assortment of choice nursery 
stock in the state to select from. 
White Elm Nursery Co. 
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin 
*T>1 I/" • 1 li WISCONSIN’S FAVORED 
lhe Kickapoo Valley FRUIT DIST r/ct 
Our Specialty: Planting and Develop 'nr ^ich-i ds for non-residents. 
A few choice trees for sale. If interested, write us. 
kickapoo development comp^ y 
GAY MILLS, WISCONSIN 
— 
HARDY OLD FASHIONED PLANTS 
OUR SPECIALTY 
The best varieties for Wisconsin conditions, carefully grown and 
carefully packed. Write for prices 
WILLIAM TOOLE & SON* 
Farm for Sale 
With orchard that 
cannot be beat in 
Waushara County 
180 acres good sand loam 
adapted for potatoes, eorn, elover 
and rye. beautiful trout stream 
flowing; through pasture lund; 
about 20 acres timber. 
5(H) upple trees in their 
prime. 
Iluildings worth $3000 
excellent location 
This property is a money mak- 
ing bargain to someone who 
likes to handle apples. 
Price $45.00 per acre. 
Appleton Fruit Farm 
Pine River, Wisconsin 
Hardy Plant and Pansy Farm 
V 
Baraboo, Wis. 

vegetables in the average American 
home are quite as ess ntial a part 
may seem to occupy only a place 
of secondary" importance on th a 
average farm as compared to oth r 
farm crops, still they supply a 
universal need and therefore make 
the strongest appeal to both par- 
ents and students who are interest- 
ed in farm problems. What, lures 
the good housewife on the first 
warm days of spring to the road- 
side or orchard in search of the 
first shoots of dandelion or wny is 
the entire household, once the soil 
becomes tillable in spring, to be 
found in the early potato plot, the 
orchard or garden? Do you say to 
reduce the high cost of living? 
This may be a motive. But why 
are city folks during this season of 
the year willing to pay fabulous 
prices for fresh vegetables? It is 
more than a mere financial con- 
sideration. It is their inherent, 
insatiable craving for something 
green and fresh from the hand of 
nature. There was a time when 
the proverbial bread and meat 
satisfied the comparatively simple 
food demands of our forefathers, 
but not so today, for fruit and 
of our diet as bread cr meat and 
are absolutely necessary to the in- 
dividual’s best health. It is on 
the basis of this interest in orchard 
and garden produets that horticul- 
tural projects can legitimately lay 
claim to the support of the Ameri- 
can home and attract its young 
people to the educational possibili- 
ties of farm life. 
Finally, I believe that horticul- 
ture is especially well adapted to 
the introduction of project work 
into the primary and secondary 
schools, because it furnishes a 
