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WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
November, 1918 
‘‘And the Half Has Not Been 
Told.” 
Editor Wisconsin Horticulture: 
— Having been born across the 
sea, where militarism is fed to one 
in the public school as is his re- 
ligion, 1 am naturally apprecia- 
tive of my adopted land America, 
more so, perhaps, than a native 
son who has not had a chance to 
compare the two methods of pro- 1 
ducing a citizen. I have from the 
very inception of the war been in- 
tensely pro-ally, believing that the 
Kaiser would have to be brought 
to his knees and beg for mercy be- 
fore there would be a world fit to 
live in. I remember very well, 
therefore, your very patriotic 
number of Wisconsin Horticul- 
ture, published at the time our 
country decided to oppose the 
Teutonic-Satanic forces for world 
domination-damnation, ;’and, as I 
looked through its pages then, I 
felt like sending you a message 
something like this: 
“Good boy! By your wonder- 
ful patriotic touch to Wisconsin 
Horticulture, you are lining up all 
loyal horticulturists and bringing 
the war into the gardens and or- 
chards, where we are already 
fighting the devil in many forms, 
i. e., weeds, insects and plant dis- 
eases. Compared with life in the 
trenches and in the devastated 
places of Belgium and France, 
life in our gardens and orchards is 
like life in a real Paradise, but 
your splendid patriotic number 
will assist in bringing home to 
every gardener and orchardist the 
terrible truth that behind every 
tree and underneath every bush, 
green and fresh and beautiful as 
it may be, there lurks the hideous 
spirit of this monster lie-devil, the 
Kaiser, who, like the serpent in 
that first beautiful garden, has 
stung all civilization with his 
bloody sword. 
“To arms, orchardists: Get out 
your spike-toothed harrows and 
your deep-pronged cultivators and 
other implements, and eradicate, 
and exterminate the weeds sown 
by pro-germanism and thus purify 
the soil of our beloved land, for 
just as the weeds choke and kill 
the plants that give life and nour- 
ishment to us, so the principles of 
that Satanic cuss, the Kaiser, have 
stunted and stifled all the godly 
virtues that ever swayed the hu- 
man soul. 
“Then get out your sprayers 
and with the most vitriolic solu- 
tions permeate and saturate the 
air, to control he Germanic pim- 
ples on our social body. Paris 
may have her parasites and Ire- 
land her microbes, but the most 
devilish germ that ever man was 
called upon to combat is this Ger- 
man germ, originated and propa- 
gated by his Satanic majesty, bet- 
ter known as Bill Zeelzebub, the 
bellicose barbarian. ‘BACK ON 
YOUR BELLY TO BERLIN, 
BILL,’ should be the war-cry of 
every liberty-loving, true-blue 
American orchardist. ’ ’ 
And if I must wind up this pa- 
triotic ebullition with the very 
latest conundrum, which I believe 
every orchardist who hates the 
Beast, will enjoy : 
If the devil and the Kaiser 
should live in the same tree, what 
kind of fruit would that tree pro- 
duce ? 
Yours very sincerely, 
John Boler. 
(Solutions solicited — Editor.) 
After the war Europe will 
continue to look to America for 
help ; there will be no crops raised 
over-night. 
RULES OF ENTRY. 
1. Exhibits must be arranged ready for judges by 1 :00 P. M. Tues- 
day, January 8th. This will be strictly enforced. 
2. Four apples constitute a plate, no more, no less. 
3. Competition open to all residents of Wisconsin, but premiums 
paid only to members. Successful exhibitors, if not members, must 
forward fee for membership before receiving cheek for premium ; 
fee for annual membership, fifty cents. 
Members or others unable to attend the meeting may send fruit to 
the secretary, who will make entries and place fruit on exhibition. 
Transportation charges must be prepaid. 
All entries must be made on regular entry blanks which will be 
furnished by the secretary on application. 
F. Cranefield, Secretary W. S. H. S. Madison, Wisconsin. 
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