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WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
April, 1918 
Wisconsin fiorticultnre 
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. 
Entered as second-class matter May 13, 1912, 
at the postoffice at Madison, Wisconsin, under 
the Act of March 3, 1879. 
Advertising rates made known on application. 
Wisconsin State Horticulture Society 
Membership fees fifty cents, which includes 
twenty-five cents subscription price of Wiscon- 
sin Horticulture. Remit fifty cents to Fred°ric 
Cranefieid, Editor, Madison, Wis. 
Remit by Postal or Express Money Order. 
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. 
J. A. Hays, Vice-President... 
W. A. Toole, Treasurer 
F. Cranefieid, Secretary 
. ■ Oshkosh 
Gays Mills 
. ■ . Bamboo 
■ • . Madison 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTE E 
N. A. Rasmussen 
■J. A. Hays 
W. A. Toole 
F. Cranefieid ' 
1st Dist., A. Martini .... 
2nd Dist., R. j. Coe 
3rd Dist., E. L. Roloff.. 
4th Dist., Henry Wilke 
5th Dist., Jas. Livingstone 
6th Dist., E. S. Bedell 
7th Dist., L. H. Palmer. 
8th Dist., M. 0. Potter...... . 
9th Dist., L. E. Birmingham 
10th Dist., F. T. Brunk 
11th Dist., J. F. Hauser 
Exofficio 
Ex-Officio 
Ex-Officio 
Ex-Officio 
. Lake Geneva 
■ ■ Ft. Atkinson 
Madison 
Milwaukee 
Milwaukee 
Manitowoc 
Baraboo 
Grand Rapids 
Sturgeon Bay 
. Eau Claire 
Bayfield 
BOARD OF MANAGERS 
N. A. Rasmussen F. Cranefieid 
W. A. Toole 
The War Garden Campaign. 
About the middle of January 
the Board of Managers of this so- 
ciety laid before the State Coun- 
cil of Defense a plan for a vigor- 
ous War Garden campaign in Wis- 
consin this year. An outline of 
this plan was printed in the Feb- 
ruary number of Wisconsin Hor- 
ticulture. This plan was en- 
dorsed and at a recent meeting of 
the Council the Horticultural So- 
ciety was given control of the 
whole War Garden campaign in 
the state. 
This recognition of our society 
I) ~ 
THE SNAKE AND THE BEAST. 
There are two kinds of cowards in Wisconsin today differing only in 
degree. One is the cowardly Snake, by the side of which the copper- 
head of the civil war would appear as a mere wiggling tadpole. 
This class is composed largely of that small portion of our Gorman 
population, who for reasons known only to themselves, lost to all sense 
of manhood or womanhood, of justice, right and decency see fit to be 
disloyal, seditious or treasonable. 
Despised alike by the Germany they seek to serve and those of 
their own land, they persist in being loyal to the land of the Beast. 
These are to be found in every county, every city and town and in 
nearly every community in Wisconsin. 
In the other class are those, who, regardless of birth or descent, are 
true Americans and yet are AFItAID. The ones who for fear of of- 
fending someone, who for fear of losing a miserable dime in trade or 
business, who for fear of being involved in unpleasant consequences 
refrain from stepping on these Snakes. 
The time for soft words is past. Our boys are dying “over there.” 
Hundreds of thousands of American Soldiers are now on the battle 
lines of France or waiting impatiently to go forward. They are brave 
boys every one, not afraid to die. They are there to fight for us, for 
the fathers and mothers, the wives and sweethearts they have left 
behind and the children of our land. They have gone to fight that 
terrible Beast that for almost four years has ravaged all of Europe 
and which, if not destroyed, wiU fall upon us. And we must fight 
for them. The poison of German propaganda paralyzed Russia and 
weakened Italy. Shall we permit it to destroy us? 
To all of you who have a boy wearing the uniform of our country, 
whether lie be here or in France, I appeal. Will you longer permit 
these Snakes to go unmolested? Will you, through fear or indiffer- 
ence allow this poison to spread, or will you do something to check 
it? All who are not for us are against us. Will you not have the 
courage to fight for your boy HERE as bravely as he is fighting for 
you over there? Wliereever this Snake of disloyalty may he found, 
whether on farm, in business, in office, in pulpit or even in your 
home, strike it! Don’t be afraid, our boys over there are dying for 
us. Shall we permit them to be attacked from the rear? If we do 
we are Cowards. 
Frederic Cranefieid. 
by the Council is indeed gratify- 
ing. We can all work norv, mem- 
bers as well as officers, just a lit- 
tle better and a little harder on 
this account. 
The work so far has been satis- 
factory in every particular. Pres- 
ident Rasmussen, Mr. W. A. Toole, 
member of our Board of Manag- 
ers, and Prof. Geo. F. Potter, of 
the Horticultural Department of 
the College, have been very busily 
engaged in lecture work since 
Feb. 18th and will not complete 
their schedules until April 6th. 
Before planting begins over 60 
cities and towns will have been 
visited by these men. Seventy 
thousand copies of circulars 1 and 
2 have been distributed. Circu- 
lars 3, 4 and 5 are now in press 
and will be ready for distribution 
by the time this is read. Number 
three deals with raising and hand- 
ling plants, transplanting, etc., 
number four, soils and soil prep- 
aration, and number five, seed 
sowing. None of these nor the 
remaining two of the series will 
be published in Wisconsin Horti- 
culture. Application for any of 
these circulars may be sent to this 
office or the College of Agricul- 
ture, Extension Division. 
A system of inspection of war 
gardens is now being planned and 
when completed will be an- 
nounced in this paper. The Gar- 
deners’ Advisory Council of last 
year will be the nucleus and 
