15f) 
THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
j;i'(*ss |)la(*(*s iijxni lli(‘ IuikM ionary (*liar^'('(l w ith lli(‘ duty 
of r('^>ilalin^ ral(*s. Iho detiniti' i'(‘Sj)onsibilily ot niakin^ 
such rates as will yi('ld ('ainiu^s sullicicMit lor thorough 
iuaint(Miauc<‘, for ad(‘(iuatc iiMj)rovctu('nts and sullicicnt to 
atli’act th<‘ capital n(‘C('ssary for providing additions and 
expulsions.” 
This diagnosis and pi’(*sci'iplion might he aj)|)li<‘d to any 
luisiiK'ss, it is a liasie truth, and is espi'cially applieahle 
to the nursery husiness at tin* jiri'scuit time. 
Pri'sent conditions ari' not going to last and during the 
pri'senl (h'pri'ssion in our jiartieular lim* is the time to go 
th(‘ limit in prc'paring for tlu' tremendous dmnand that is 
sur(' to conic, perhaps more (piiekly than we have any 
id('a of. 
If lack of eonfidiMiee, capital and lalior pn'vt'iils, tlu'n 
at h'ast jilan for ex|)ansion and high pri'ssui'e methods of 
jiroduction. 
Obituary. 
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IIAUUY MirdIf]LL 
Harry Michell, son of Frederick J. Michell, of the tirni 
of ll(Miry F. Miclu'll (aimpany, siH'dsmen and nursery¬ 
men, IMiiladelpliia, Pa., was drowiH'd in France, on Ajiril 
7tli. Mr. Michell was 2'2 yeais old and a iiK'niher of 
(aimpany H, NinePa'iith Fngim'ers. Mr. Michell went to 
Franci' (*arly in tin* war and is sujiiiosi'd to have heen 
lighting witli the AiiH'i'ican FiigimuMs that gav(‘ the Ger- 
nians such a battle in the n'ceni Drive, and aliout wliicii 
so much has liemi jiiihlislu'd in tin' lu'w sjiapi'rs. Mr. 
Micliell gioduated from public school and llien went to 
PiMinsylvania Stall' (’ollege when* he studii'd scientitic 
agi-icultui-e foi’ twii years. He was an ('xtrenu'ly bright 
and energetic young man of gri'at promise, and w ill he 
sadly missed at his home in Itidley Park, Pa., wlu're Ik' 
w as a general favorite. 
INVFNTOH OF PLANFT, Jit.. FAItM AND OAItDFN 
IMPLFMFNTS DIFS 
S. L. Allen, f/ie falher of modern Garden Seeders and 
CuUwalors suveumhs al Miami, Fla., in his 77/// year 
The passing of this pioneer in the agricultural iniiile- 
nicnt husiness of the country recalls the story of an in¬ 
teresting career. Pack in the I'arly seventies Samuel L. 
Allen was a farmer. This was w lu'ii plant'ng was done 
by hand, and hoeing was accoiiijilished w ith the iiriniilive 
hand-hoe. Not content with the laborious methods in use 
at that time this man did some real thinking as to how 
lie might make his work lighter, and if possible acconi- 
p ish more. Iteiiig of an inventive turn of mind he set 
about experimenting, and finding no implements then in 
UM' that could he made to do his liidding. he Ix'look hini- 
sel to the village hlacksmith. and there gavi' expression 
h) Ills ideas of w hat he wuinted. Ih' hail Hk' .smith mould 
his Ideas into practical impleiiK'nts that would save him 
labor on his farm. 
This was tlu' hi'ginning. His idi'as winked so success¬ 
fully that he was encouraged to make further inventions. 
His neighbors also wanted imjilements that wuiuld save 
them labor, and before long Samuel L. Allen found him¬ 
self a manufacturer of agricultural implements. 
Uealizing the larger field of activity in this vocation, 
he established a jilant at Philadelphia for the manufac¬ 
ture of Planet Jr. farm and garden implements, as he 
called them. For nearly half a century this husiness has 
continued to grow , under the trade name, S. L. Allen & 
Co., until now the plant covers many acres and Planet Jr. 
imj)lements are used all over the w orld. They are a par¬ 
ticularly imj)ortant factor now in meeting the necessity 
for increased food production both here and abroad. 
The husiness w Inch Mr. Allen so firmly established by 
the quality of his product will he continued without in- 
t('rru])tion by his associates. 
Samuel L. Allen huilded better than he knew, and has 
become a distinct h/'nefactor to mankind, the extent of 
w hose helpfulness w ill become more and more apparent 
w ith th(! passing of the years. 
tlnig ES J,®-A 
irielies in wheat growing 
Dislricls. 
An efloiT is h/'ing made to j/roduce the largest possible 
amount of food from our present acreage in the United 
States and to accomj/lish this we must eliminate as far as 
possihh* the desti uctive factors of the grain industry. 
(kuiseiwative estimates on last year’s crop place the 
loss from the rust disease alone at 5% of the total crop 
and something must h(i done to decrease this amount. 
1 h(' rust is a parasitic j/lant that requires the vulgaris 
barberry (common) as an alternate host to complete its 
life cycle, therefore the only control W'C have of this de¬ 
structive parasitic rust plant is the elimination of all vul¬ 
garis harherry. Ibis includes purpurea (purple) wdiicli 
also has the rust grow th on its leaves like other vulgaris. 
We are fortunate that the vulgaris is not as popular 
as thunhergii or canad/'iisis which are not hosts to the 
I Lists hut hi'cause the latter so closely resembles vulgaris, 
some vulgaris has heen .sold for canadensis. 
I he canqiaign to control the rust disease urges the 
elimination of all vulgaris in nurseries, cities (parks or 
private hedges) or wdiereever it has been planted. This 
must he done before the leaves attain their size in ,the 
s])ring as the rust grow th on the vulgaris leaf is for a few^ 
weeks only in early spring and by cutting the vulgaris 
early something can replace it without the loss of a 
hedge for the year. 
I he Hiitish (lovernment has agreed to purchase one 
lousand eight hundred tons of Australian evaporated 
apples or shipment at the rate of three hundred tons a 
month from Atarch to August of the current year The 
price IS 15 cents per pound. 
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