January, 1918 
WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
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side of his own community has be- 
come a figure of international im- 
portance through his successful ef- 
forts in finally establishing an in- 
ternational system of crop reports, 
especially of breadstuff’s. The 
whole world now looks to the In- 
ternational Agricultural Institute 
of Rome for reliable information 
on the wheat crop. 
Through the efforts of our execu- 
tive committee we have for sev- 
eral years been able to have one 
or more special lecturers on hor- 
ticultural subjects on the farm in- 
stitute force. 
Last year Supt. Luther com- 
plied with our request to hold 22 
special fruit institutes during the 
season 1916-1917. These insti- 
tutes conducted by Messrs. Bing- 
ham and Rasmussen were well at- 
tended and highly successful. 
During the past two years we 
have been able to take part in hor 
ticultural affairs of more than 
state-wide importance. Our rep- 
resentatives have taken a leading 
part in the organization of the 
National Apple Growers Associa- 
tion and the National Congress of 
Horticulture ; the first named an 
organization which has for its ob- 
ject the collection of reliable data 
on the apple crop throughout the 
whole country. This is work 
which is done very carefully and 
thoroughly each year by the Na- 
tional Apple Shippers Association 
which is an organization of buyers 
and if the growers can secure sim- 
ilar reliable data they should be in 
a position to make very good 
terms with the buyers. 
The National Congress of Horti- 
culture is much broader in scope 
than any other horticultural or- 
ganization in the country. 
The following preamble adopt- 
ed at the recent meeting held in 
Boston states clearly the objects 
and aims of the Congress : 
Whereas : The horticultural 
interest of the United States com- 
prise one of its basic industries 
the approximate commercial value 
of the product derived therefrom 
being one billion dollars annually ; 
and 
Whereas: The welfare of the 
whole people of the United States 
depends largely upon the foster- 
ing and developing of these inter- 
ests; and as there exist through- 
out the United States many state 
and other organizations for foster- 
ing and developing the various 
allied interests comprising the 
general field of horticulture; and 
as the work of all of these organ- 
izations and societies is carried on 
without unity of purpose and pro- 
per co-opei'ation and co-ordina- 
tion ; and 
Whereas: It is believed by 
many leading members of these 
organizations, state and other- 
wise, that the general welfare of 
the whole horticultural industry 
throughout the United States can 
be best conserved and developed 
by one general body comprising 
in its membership all of the sep- 
arate organizations ; and 
Whereas: The National Coun- 
cil of Horticulture, a delegate 
body organized at Washington, 
D. C., Nov., 1916, up to the pres- 
ent time the only national organ- 
ization endorsing these principles 
and having for its object their 
promulgation : 
The Congress is strictly a dele- 
gate body to be composed of state 
horticultural societies, national so- 
cieties and organizations both 
commercial and others. Our So- 
ciety, as usual, heads the list of 
members. 
Use honey, corn sirup, dark sir- 
up or maple sirup with hot cakes 
and in bread and muffins. 
Not “Bit” But Utmost. 
The expression “do your bit” 
became popular in England when 
the war was still regarded as a 
storm that would soon blow over. 
Then came the tragedy of Ypres 
with its appalling English losses, 
and England and her girdling com- 
monwealths faced the grim truth, 
that the war was a life and death 
struggle with the autocratic power 
of Germany — that the invasion of 
Belgium was a violation of the 
good faith of nations — that im- 
perial Prussia must be punished or 
her dogma of “might is right” 
would drive from the world those 
principles of democracy that now 
bind together the British Empire. 
A great people faced a great 
danger, and the trivialty of “do- 
ing one’s bit” disappeared. Not 
one’s bit but one’s utmost was de- 
manded of every citizen of the 
United Kingdom. 
Every nerve was strained toward 
that maximum efficiency necessary 
for victory — factories were put in 
high gear, the manufacture of 
luxuries curbed, ship building was 
speeded up, imports cut down, 
food waste reduced to a minimum, 
women substituted for men in fac- 
tory and field— in short every 
force was directed to the common 
end, the defeat of Germany. 
England did not accomplish this 
reorganization in a day or a 
month ; but day by day, as war be- 
came the prime factor directing all 
business, the single purpose of the 
Empire imposed itself upon the in- 
terests of the individual. The 
spirit of embattled England was 
emblazoned one day through the 
streets of London by women work- 
ers in munition plants. On this 
banner was the legend. 
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