November, 1918 
WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
31 
Meet Dr. Fracker 
He is our newest state entomol- 
ogist and succeeds Dr. E. 1). Ball, 
resigned. Dr. Ball goes to Iowa. 
Iowa is a good state; Wisconsin 
is better. Those of our people 
who know Dr. Fracker know that 
he is all right and will make good. 
To those who don’t know him, 
the editor wishes to say that he is 
worthy of your confidence, that he 
is competent and anxious to serve 
you. Learn to depend on him and 
you will not be disappointed ; give 
him your support and you will be 
helping yourself as well as him. 
Our readers will be interested 
in knowing something about Dr. 
Fracker. Here are some of the 
details : 
Born, Iowa, 1889: Graduate 
Buena Vista College, Iowa, 1910, 
A. B. Degree. 
Assistant in Zoology Univ. of 
Michigan, 1910-11. 
Instructor Iowa State College, 
1911-12 (M. S. Degree). 
Deputy State Entomologist, 
Iowa, 1912-13. 
Fellow in Entomology, Univ. of 
Illinois, 1912-13 (Ph. D. Degree). 
Instructor in Economic Ento- 
mology, Univ. of Wisconsin, 1914— 
15. 
Assistant State Entomologist, 
1915-18. 
Appointed Acting Entomolo- 
gist, Oct. 15th, 1918. 
A Word of Greeting 
By request of the Editor, Dr. 
S. B. Fracker, who succeeds Dr. 
E. D. Ball as state entomologist, 
extends this word of greeting : 
JUST A word 
The writer is glad of this 
chance to express his apprecia- 
tion of the interest and coopera- 
tive spirit of the horticulturists 
during the four years he has spent 
in Wisconsin. He has come to 
love the state’s beautiful hills and 
valleys, her developed southeast 
and frontier northwest, her pro- 
gressive, people and their work. 
It is a privilege to be able to help 
work out the problems of a state 
whose agricultural and horticul- 
tural possibilities are scarcely 
touched. These problems will 
change from year to year and 
many of them may be hard to 
solve, but the most important 
factor will be the spirit of mutual 
assistance which has always char- 
acterized the fruitgrowex-s, gar- 
deners, and florists of the state. 
S. B. Fracker. 
Covering Roses 
For the detail of covering roses 
and tender shrubs see the October 
and November issues of Wiscon- 
sin Horticulture, vol. 1 to date. 
The following points are of 
value : 
Don ’t cover too early. Cut out 
some of the surplus wood that in- 
terferes with tying and bending, 
but leave real pruning until 
spring. ^ 
Don’t try to protect from cold, 
it can’t be done and isn’t neces- 
sary, the winter covering is to 
protect the bushes from changes 
in temperature. 
The Peace Our Soldiers Want 
The Stars and Stripes, the offi- 
cial newspaper published by the 
soldiers of the American Expedi- 
tionary Forces in Finance, says edi- 
torially about the enemy peace of- 
fensive : 
“Let the weak hearted who are 
dreaming of a compromise ; let the 
pacifists who are talking a peace 
by agreement ; let the sideliners 
who have had enough of war; let 
the secretly inclined pro-Germans 
who think this war should end 
viihout a decision — let them one 
and i’l know once and for all that 
for the American Expeditionary 
Force there is no such word as 
‘Peace’ with the Huns unbeaten. 
The man who talks of peace to- 
day, except through victory, is a 
traitor.” 
The enemy peace offensive is 
likened to the action of German 
machine-gun crews in the Vesle 
fighting, when they fought and 
killed Americans until they were 
surrounded, then shouted “Kam- 
erad. ” — Bureau of Publicity. 
A Regular Boche Bee. 
(The Finder.) 
As I walked along the paths 
this morning plucking flowers, I 
found, in the yellow heart of a 
lady’s slipper, a little brown bee. 
My first impulse was to shake him 
out of his honeyed abode, but as I 
looked at his velvety body and 
sunlit rainbow wings a feeling of 
foolish tendexmess surged over me. 
Perhaps thei’e were baby bees at 
home that would starve if papa 
bee did not bring back honey; and 
how useful the little creature was, 
cari’ying the pollen from flower to 
flower! So I moved on, leaving 
him unmolested. But even as I 
turned away, thinking the pure- 
sweet thoughts, the damned thing 
stung me. 
We cannot administer the food 
problem on the basis of the pres- 
ent food shortage. We must pre- 
pare for long continuance of this 
shoi’tage. 
