March, 1919 
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instruction at the Agricultural 
College. Should we be satisfied 
with these results? I say. No ! We 
must keep at it until we have im- 
pressed the Legislature and those 
in authority with the importance 
of our industry to the extent that 
not less than 10,000 dollars a year 
will be available for the suppres- 
sion of foul brood until it is root- 
ed out and certainly not less than 
this amount for the support of a 
state apiary, scientific research, 
apicultural instruction and exten- 
sion work in the Agricultural Col- 
lege. I am not one of those who 
are afraid that my immediate ter- 
ritory will be over-stocked with 
bees, but on the contrary, I believe 
that during a heavy honey run, 
tons of honey go to waste for the 
lack of bees to gather the crop. 
Wisconsin is today the largest 
dairy state in the Union, not alone 
because of the money spent in its 
interest, but because of the con- 
tinued and persistent work of the 
dairy interests combined in a state 
association. There is no reason 
whatever why Wisconsin should 
not become one of the largest 
honey producing states in the 
Union, but the initial push to this 
end must come from the beekeep- 
ers of the state organized as local 
associations and centered in the 
state association. This organiza- 
tion must keep itself in touch with 
the state authorities and institu- 
tions at headquarters. The eco- 
nomic building up of the industry 
is not all we have to do. After Ave 
have attained a status comparable 
with other industries, we will have 
to keep at it everlastingly to hold 
our own. No one else will do it 
for us. I hope I may be permit- 
ted to make the following sugges- 
tions. 
Provisions should at once be 
made to enable the secretary to in- 
crease the membership and the 
dues should be increased to $1 a 
year to give us a sufficient fund 
for carrying on the necessary 
work and propaganda. Our 
Board of Managers should have 
authority to devise means and 
plans for cooperating with the 
University and Department cf Ag- 
riculture and to have charge of 
legislative work. Also to help in 
the establishment of local associ- 
ations with the help of the Uni- 
versity Extension Department and 
the funds of the Association to be 
used in helping to pay the Secre- 
tary for his time and expenses. 
There is no object gained by al- 
lowing funds to accumulate in our 
treasury and never knowing what 
to do with the money. Use it for 
a purpose and we certainly have a 
good one. Use it all rather than 
leave anything undone. If more 
is needed, we can probably make 
arrangements for meeting the de- 
mand. The Board of Directors 
should meet at once after the ad- 
journment of the annual conven- 
tion and make plans for the next 
year’s work. This positively can- 
not be done in the main body of 
the convention or in a committee 
of the whole. The Board of Man- 
agers also should have power to 
act on important matters between 
conventions, to consider legislative 
matters and to advise with the 
College of Agriculture, the State 
Department of Agriculture and 
the Federal Department of Agri- 
culture in cases of extreme need. 
It may be argued that such a pro- 
cedure is undemocratic and is li- 
able to put the affairs of the asso- 
ciation in the hands of a few. 
This need not be, however, as our 
Board of Managers have nothing 
to do whatever with the election of 
officers or themselves and they 
cannot make any changes in our 
constitution or by laws. 
Control of Anthracnose on Rasp- 
berries 
The anthracnose disease of rasp- 
berries has caused great loss to 
Wisconsin growers for years, al 
though in many cases the gradual 
failure and dying out of the plan- 
tations was attributed to other 
causes. 
It is a stem disease largely, al- 
though it sometimes extends to 
the veins of the leaves and is some- 
times called “stem-canker. 
Professor Dutton of the Michi- 
gan College has carried on experi- 
ment for two years and the results 
show that the disease can be suc- 
cessfully controlled. The follow- 
ing are his conclusions : 
“The results of these experi- 
ment shows that anthracnose on 
black raspberries can be satisfac- 
torily controlled with lime-sul- 
phur. To insure success at least 
three applications should be made, 
as follows : 
First — In spring before growth 
starts. Use lime-sulphur diluted at 
the rate of 2% gallons in 50. 
Second — When new shoots are 
six to eight inches high. Use 
lime-sulphur diluted at the rate of 
114 gallons in 50. 
Third — Just before blooming pe- 
riod. Use lime-sulplmr diluted at 
the rate of D/i .gallons in 50. 
Clean cultivation should be 
practiced. Weeds in the rows will 
hold moisture, making conditions 
favorable for anthracnose devel- 
opment. The bearing canes should 
be removed as soon as the fruit is 
harvested.” 
Most house plants root readily 
in a glass of water if kept in an 
even temperature and not in di- 
rect sunlight. 
