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WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
September, 1918 
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Baraboo, Wis. 
THE KAISER’S CONSOLATION 
(Continued from page 8) 
nine sons in a war of the kaiser’s 
making. All that the ruler of the 
German empire and the partner of 
“Gott” has to say is that “his 
majesty is immensely gratified at 
the fact!’’ — his majesty, be it 
noted, not Germany or the German 
people. 
To recompense a mother for the 
loss of nine sons he offers her his 
photograph, framed and auto- 
graphed. An even trade, surely ! 
The mother is said to have join- 
ed the street beggars in Delmen- 
horst Oldenburg to keep hunger 
away. But she has the auto- 
graphed photograph of the kaiser, 
nicely framed, and the conscious- 
ness that he is “immensely grati- 
fied’’ at the loss of her nine sons. 
What German mother could ask 
more? What German mother can 
hope for more? What a sickening 
requital, — and how long will Ger- 
man mothers, and the sons of Ger- 
man mothers, tolerate such — what 
shall we call it! Nothing in the 
language supplies a term strong 
enough to characterize the kaiser’s 
vulgar egotism and blasphemous 
effrontery. — Madison Democrat. 
“Right and liberty have obliter- 
ated space and the ocean to bring 
France and America together. ’ — 
President Poincare. 
“The American people will 
gladly make any sacrifice in con- 
sumption and in the production of 
foodstuffs that will maintain the 
health, comfort and the courage of 
the people of the Allied countries. 
We are in fact eating at the com- 
mon table with them.” — Presi- 
dent’s Message to the Conference 
of Allied Food Controllers in Lon- 
don. 
Summer Meeting 
(Continued from page 5) 
The local attendance was rea- 
sonably good. We would have 
liked a larger attendance from 
abroad and feel sorry for those 
who chould not share in the good 
time. Many pleasant acquaint- 
ances were formed with people 
from all parts of the state. 
There were so many good friends 
with us from Oshkosh that that 
locality will always seem nearer 
to Baraboo than it has in the past. 
I wish space permitted to give 
the names of all of the persons 
who 'helped make the 1918 sum- 
mer meeting a grand success. 
(A review by a visitor will ap- 
pear in the October number). 
What It Takes to Feed a U. S. 
Soldier for a Year. 
Beef, 475 pounds, 
or 
Bacon, 275 pounds. 
Wheat flour, 413 pounds. 
Potatoes, 458 pounds. 
Beans, 55 pounds. 
Prunes, 27 pounds. 
Coffee, 26 pounds. 
Sugar, 73 pounds. 
Syrup, 7 pounds. 
Condensed Milk, HV 2 pounds. 
Butter, 11 1/2 pounds. 
Lard, 11^4 pounds. 
Vinegar, Sy 2 pounds. 
Salt, 131/2 pounds. 
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