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WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
December, 1917 
Wisconsin Horticulture 
Published Monthly by the 
Wisconsin State Horticultural Society 
12 N. Carroll St. 
Official organ of the Society. 
FREDERIC CRANEFIELD, Editor. 
Secretary W. S. H. S., Madison, Wis. 
PROGRAM. 
Annual Convention, State Horticultural Society, State Capitol, 
Madison, 
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, Dec. 11th, 12th, and 13th, 1917. 
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- 
der. A dollar bill may be sent safely if 
wrapped or attached to a card, and pays 
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 
Capital Hotel Headquarters for Officers and Delegates. 
Tuesday Afternoon, 2:00 o'clock. 
Opening Address. 
Introduction of Delegates from Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois and North- 
ern Illinois Societies. 
Amateur Gardening in America Jas. Livingstone 
Address: What Next? Win. Toole, Sr. 
Ten Perennial Plants That Everybody Ought to Grow J. F. Hauser 
Paper Axel Johnson 
Roses for Everybody Cecil Britt 
Illustrated Lecture: Planning and Planting the Farm- 
stead for Efficiency and Beauty Prof. F. A. Aust 
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 
5th 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 
The Annual Convention 
Your attention is invited to the 
convention program which ap- 
pears in this number. This three- 
day program is an expensive af- 
fair and has been prepared for 
your benefit. It rests wholly with 
you whether or not you get the 
benefit of it. Our meetings will 
be in the Capitol building, prob- 
ably the Senate Chamber, and the 
fruit display will be staged in the 
rotunda on the second floor as lasf 
year. Exhibitors are reminded 
that, all exhibits must be com- 
pletely set up, tagged and ready 
Tuesday Evening. 
How Women Can Help Win the War in Horticulture 
and in the Home. 
Address by Mrs. II. II. Morgan, Member of the State Council of De- 
fense and Chairman of the Woman’s Committee for Wisconsin 
of the National Defense Council. 
Address by Miss A. L. Marlatt, Dept, of Home Economics and Home 
Economics Representative of the U. S. Food Administration. 
How Women Can Help in the Garden Movement 
Mrs. C. E. Strong, West Allis 
Woman’s Work and Social Service 
Miss Louise Tillson, Milwaukee 
War Garden Work in Oshkosh in 1917 and The Plan 
for 1918 Mrs. J. J. Ihrig 
Wednesday Forenoon, 9:00 o’clock. 
Business Session from 9:00 to 10:00 o clock. 
President’s Address: Report of Secretary, Trial Orchard ( omittee, 
etc. 
Election of Officers and Executive Committee. 
Marketing Small Fruits W . D. Cowherd, Missouri 
The Need of a National Law Licensing Commission 
Merchants Samuel Adams, Editor American Fruit Grower 
Selling Apples Direct to the Consumer A. K Bassett 
The Wisconsin Apple Grading Law Dr. E. D. Ball 
