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Development Co. ; second, L. B. 
Irish; third, Carl J. Baer. 
Peck Wolf River — First, Carl J. 
Baer; second, N. A. Rasmussen. 
Peck York Imperial — First, A. 
K. Bassett. 
Bushel McIntosh — First, Kicka- 
poo Development Co. 
Bushel Northwestern Greening 
— First, Carl J. Baer ; second, Fre- 
mont Lounsbury; third, L. B. 
Irish. 
Bushel Wealthy — First, Carl J. 
Baer; second, Kickapoo Develop- 
ment Co. ; third, A. K. Bassett. 
Bushel Tolman — First, Carl J. 
Baer. 
Bushel Fameuse — First, A K. 
Bassett ; second, L. B. Irish ; third, 
Fremont Lounsbury. 
Bushel McMahan — First, Fre- 
mont Lounsbury. 
Bushel Seek-no-Further — First, 
A. K. Bassett, 
Best Exhibit Crabs — First, Fre- 
mont Lounsbury; second, A. K 
Bassett, 
Best Seedling Apple — First, Ru 
dolph Schultz. 
Cranberries. 
Bennett Jumbo — First, Mrs. 
Pauline Smith, Grand Rapids ; 
second, Arpin Cranberry Co. ; 
third, Mrs. N. S. Whittlesey, Cran- 
moor. 
Searles Jumbo- — First, A. 
Searles & Son, Grand Rapids. 
Bell & Bugle — First, Arpin 
Cranberry Co., Grand Rapids; 
second, Elmer Dana, Tomah. 
McFarlin — First, E. K. Tuttle, 
Mather. 
Metallic Bell — First, Arpin 
Cranberry Co. 
Bell & Cherry — First, Mrs. 
Pauline Smith. 
Prolific — First, Arpin Cran- 
berry Co. ; second, Mrs. S. N. Whit- 
tlesey. 
Vegetables. 
Best Collection, not less than 10 
entries — First, N. A. Rasmussen ; 
second, John F. Hauser, Bayfield. 
Six Blood Turnip Beets — Sec- 
ond, N. A. Rasmussen. 
Three Round Turnips — Second, 
John F. Hauser; third, N. A. Ras- 
mussen. 
Three Rutabagas — First, John 
F. Hauser; second, N. A. Rasmus- 
sen. 
Six Chantenay Carrots — First, 
N. A. Rasmussen ; second, W. A. 
Toole; third, John F. Hauser. 
Six Short Horn Carrots — First, 
E. L. Roloff, Madison ; second, 
John F. Hauser; third. H. C. 
Christensen, Oshkosh. 
Six Salsify — First, N. A. Ras- 
mussen. 
Three Winter Cabbage — First, 
Nic Sorenson, Lake Geneva ; sec- 
ond, N. A. Rasmussen. 
Three Red Cabbage — First, N. 
A. Rasmussen ; second, Nic Soren- 
sen. 
Six Ears Pop Corn — First, N. A. 
Rasmussen; second, Albert Gilley, 
Stoughton. 
Six Red Onions — First, Albert 
Gilley; second, L. B. Irish; third, 
N. A. Rasmussen. 
Six Yellow Danvers Onions — 
First, W. A. Toole ; second, N. A. 
Rasmussen. 
Six White Onions — First, N. A. 
Rasmussen; second, L. B. Irish; 
third, H. C. Christensen. 
Six Gibraltar Onions — First, A. 
Martini, Lake Geneva ; second, N. 
A. Rasmussen. 
Six Winter Radishes — First, 
John F. Hauser; second, N. A. Ras- 
mussen. 
Six Parsnips — First, E. L. Ro- 
loff ; second, Albert Gilley. 
Hubbard Squash — First, Mrs. 
Hen^y Miller, Middleton. 
Report of Secretary F. Cranefield. 
(Presented at Annual Convention) 
When we met in December 1916, 
one short year ago, we met with 
cheer and good will, with congrat- 
ulations in our hearts and on our 
lips for then the spirit of our 
meeting, altho tinged with sorrow 
for the suffering peoples of all the 
warring nations, was but as a repe- 
tition of conventions which had 
preceded it. 
We talked of apple scab, blight, 
roses, trial orchards, the best ways 
to kill bugs and Prof. Moore lec- 
tured us on our shortcomings. We 
discussed our profits and our losses, 
our hopes and our disappoint- 
ments, how best to make more 
money and how we might better 
serve all the people of the com- 
monwealth in our chosen life work. 
Today we meet under different 
circumstances for our nation has 
been inevitably drawn into the 
war, the greatest and most terrible 
conflict of all ages. 
This means that every citizen of 
the United States must assume his 
part in that conflict, every one, in 
some capacity must serve his coun- 
try. 
It means also that every public 
or semi-public organization, partic- 
ularly those concerned in the pro- 
duction of food, must postpone for 
a time such activities as relate only 
indirectly to that problem and di- 
rect all of their energies to increas- 
ing the food supply. 
To our Society this call comes 
with a force and an appeal that 
cannot be resisted even if we 
would, for are not we the guard- 
ians of the gardens? To us in the 
past has been entrusted the task of 
creating in the minds and the 
hearts of the people a desire for 
better fruits, better gardens and 
better homes. So accustomed are 
