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WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
May, 1918 
A Common Language. 
A common language is the first 
condition of a united people. If 
the members of a society cannot 
speak to one another they cannot 
reach that common understanding 
necessary to democracy. 
In the United States that com- 
mon language must be English. 
Because not all of our citizens can 
can speak that language and be- 
cause of efforts made to maintain 
a civilization based upon other 
languages, we now find ourselves 
divided in the midst of a great 
war. In Wisconsin a large part 
of our present difficulties are due 
to the fact that our common 
schools have taught German to 
children who never learned Eng- 
lish. 
There is no good educational 
reason for teaching a foreign lan- 
guage in the grades. German was 
introduced and has been main- 
tained in Wisconsin grade schools 
as a part of that German propa- 
ganda which helped involve the 
United States in this war and now 
weakens our fighting power. 
The law permitting the teach- 
ing of German in the grade 
schools must be repealed. This is 
not making war upon a language. 
It is only insisting that the na- 
tional language shall be the first 
to be taught in our public schools. 
Many towns and cities in Wis- 
consin have already abolished 
German in the grades. But while 
the law remains on the statute 
books children in certain commu- 
nities will be introduced to a for- 
eign language before they will 
know the language of the nation 
in which they must live. The law 
permitting this must be repealed. 
The first test of loyalty and 
Americanism of every candidate 
for the legislature this fall should 
be a pledge to vote to repeal the 
law that permits the German 
propaganda to go into our schools 
and to divide our people. 
Home-Made vs. Commercial Lime- 
Sulphur. 
Reprinted from April, 1914, Wis- 
consin Horticulture. 
As the time for spring spraying 
again approaches, this much dis- 
cussed question perplexes many 
horticulturists. Whether it is bet- 
ter to purchase a commercial prod- 
uct of good grade at a fair price, 
or to prepare a compound of 
doubtful quality at a doubtful 
cost of time, labor and materials, 
is the debatable question. 
Commercial lime-sulphurs are 
generally prepared under the best 
conditions with care and accuracy 
as to the quality and proportions 
of ingredients and thorough steam 
boiling. Most commercial lime- 
sulphur is prepared from the best 
calcium lime (94.98% calcium) 
obtainable, thus securing almost 
complete solution and combina- 
tion with the sulphur. 
Homemade lime-sulphurs, on 
the other hand, are generally 
made from the most available 
lime, which may be of low (cal- 
cium) quality and may contain a 
large percentage of magnesium, 
an element which will not com- 
bine with sulphur by boiling. 
Frequently the boiling is not 
thorough and the straining is 
carelessly done so that nozzles be- 
come clogged in spraying. 
Wisconsin limes (with few ex- 
ceptions) contain considerable 
magnesium, and for this reason 
our horticulturists are advised to 
use the commercial product. In 
case they have an analysis of a 
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