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WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
June, 1918 
been sufficiently severe the plant is 
likely to have long, naked stalks 
and short steins to the flow#. 
With this character of growth only 
one or two strong leaf buds should 
be left on the branch when the 
flower is cut, so as to stimulate as 
much growth as possible from t he 
base of the plant. 
The greatest temptation to leave 
wood is where there are two or 
more buds on one branch, some 
being small when the terminal one 
is open. This temptation to fol- 
low a bad practice can be avoided 
by pinching off all side shoots af- 
ter a bud has formed on the end of 
a branch. This prevents the for- 
mation of two or more buds on one 
stalk. This summer pruning will 
encourage additional blooms on 
varieties which bloom more than 
once a year. 
Loyalty. 
The food situation is today 
tragically serious and hunger may 
imperil a conclusive victory for the 
Allied armies if the people of 
America do not exert their utmost 
effort. Persistent and methodical 
propaganda has been used against 
the work of the U. S. Food Admin- 
istration and other undertakings to 
increase the country’s effective- 
ness. Untruths have been fostered 
which have done more harm than 
battalions of German soldiers, be- 
cause they have prevented this 
country bringing all its resources 
to bear against the enemy. 
Loyal citizens have served the 
purpose of this insidious German 
Menace by repeating silly stories 
and grossly untrue rumors and by 
belittling the Food-Pledge. Any 
attempt to burlesque the “eat less” 
of the foods urgently needed for 
shipment overseas to the soldiers, 
and “eat more” of foods not so 
suitable for export assists the en- 
emy and discredits what is being 
done in the interests of our men in 
khaki and the women and children 
of the allied nations. 
The American whose heart is 
with the flag will back the efforts 
of the Government not only by 
deeds but by every word he utters. 
There is abundant reason to warn 
the people of this country against 
propaganda that lends assistance to 
the enemy and retards the organi- 
zation and unification of the peo- 
ple. 
This little “story” sent to edi- 
tors of farm journals by the U. S. 
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