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offered, but it is a question whether any one has given satisfaction either 
to the teacher or the student. The present volume is an attempt, and 
apparently a very successful one, to classify and co-ordinate the various 
factors which should be included in a study of this broad and varied 
field. The author is assistant professor of political economy in the Uni¬ 
versity of Wisconsin, and has made this a subject of special research. 
The captions of a few of the chapters will indicate the scope of the work. 
Among these we note: The Factors of Agricultural Production, The 
Economic Properties of These Factors, The Organization of the Farm, 
as. The Selection of Land and the Capital Goods, The Selection of Crops 
and the Organization of the Field System, The Size of Farms, and The 
Principles Which Determine the Size of These, the Principles to be 
Followed in Estimating the Value of Farm Land and Equipment, The 
Farmer’s Means of Acquiring Land, and finally. The Consideration of 
Tendency and Land Ownership in the United States. The volume is a 
teacher’s guide rather than a student’s text book, although for advanced 
students it might undoubtedly be used with satisfaction. In any event 
it is an important contribution to our knowledge of this subject which, 
more than many others, needs systematizing along pedagogical lines. 
Enclosed please find a check for $2.00 for two years’ subscription for 
The National Nurseryman. We enjoy getting this paper very much, 
and always find it filled with many helpful and interesting articles. We 
believe that every nurseryman should have this paper on his desk.” 
C. F. Lansing, Oregon. 
Business jVIovcmcnts 
Kennebunk, Me. —The Franklin Forestry Co. has been 
organized to raise seedling trees and conduct a general 
nursery business. Capital, $10,000. Stockholders: Harry 
F. Gould, president and treasurer, Watertown, Mass.; 
Russell S. Langdell, Lowell, Mass.; Walter L. Dane, Kenne¬ 
bunk, Me.—A. Ex. 
A forward step in the conservation of Missouri’s resources 
has been taken by the Universit}^ of Missouri in the appoint¬ 
ment of Prof. J. A. Ferguson, of State College, Pennsylvania, 
to the position of Professor of Forestry in the College of 
Agriculture. Professor Ferguson is a graduate of Yale 
Forestr}^ School, and has for nearly two years been head of 
the Department of Forestry at State College, Pennsylvania. 
The Rhode Island Nursery Co. is a new organization, 
formed June i, with offices at 112 Stewart street. Providence, 
R. I. The officers are: President and manager, A. M. 
Hartwell; vice-president and auditor, J. Prank Parker; 
secretary and treasurer, T. S. Ware. All these men are 
experienced in landscape work, and Mr. Hartwell has been 
in the business for many years. He was formerly with C. 
R. Fish & Co., of Worcester, Mass. Removing to Providence 
nearly four years ago and engaging in business for himself, 
he soon built up a large trade. 
Rochester, N. Y.—The roses were in their prime at the 
Ellwanger & Barry nurseries June 21-24, and a general invita¬ 
tion was issued to the people of the city to visit the grounds 
and enjoy the display, which was accepted by a large number. 
The climbing roses were a grand sight, presenting an array 
of so many colors. The newer varieties attracted a great 
deal of attention, especially Vielchanblau, the blue rose. 
Goldfinch, a beautiful yellow, and the many new white, pink 
and crimson varieties. 
The nursery business of E. F. Edmundson, at Perry, la., has been 
incorporated, under the name of the Perry Nursery Co. The capital 
stock is $10,000. The incorporators are E. F. Edmundson, S. M. Ed¬ 
mundson, Ralph Edmundson, C. E. Wilson and E. B. Wilson. 
Sarcoxie, Mo.—Gilbert H. Wild has taken over the peony business of 
his father, Jas. B. Wild, at the above address. He has marketed 1,000 
crates of cut peony blooms this season, averaging nine dozen to the 
crate, and shipments are made as far east as New York. 
J. H. Boyd of the Forest Nursery & Seed Co., McMinnville, Tenn., 
reports that they have had no rain since early in April and that prac¬ 
tically all the cuttings and transplanted stock, and most all the seeds 
put in beds have been lost. 
The Valdesian Nurseries, Bostic, N. C., report that the continued dry 
weather, which has caused a great loss on late plantings, has been broken 
by light showers. Fall sales are coming in nicely. 
Davenport, la.—The entire stock of the Davenport Nursery Co., 
located at Fernwood ave., and Locust st., has been sold to G. L. Lewis, 
Evanston, Ill. 
Stark Bros. Nursery Co., Louisiana, Mo., contemplates starting a 
nursery in Iowa and has had a representative looking over available 
sites. 
FRUIT CONDITIONS THE COUNTRY OVER 
The middle of May found the indications very promising 
for large crops of apples and peaches in western New York. 
Growers have been paying more attention to spraying, and 
fine quality fruit seems certain. 
About Hagerstown, Maryland, an unusual crop of apples 
is looked for. 
Late frosts are the cause of a very short apricot crop for 
California. Growers are disappointed with peaches and 
strawberries also. Prunes about San Jose are dropping 
from the trees in somewhat alarming numbers. The prune 
crop in the vicnity of Vancouver, Washington, however, 
promises exceptionally well. 
More apple trees are in bearing in Washington than last 
year, and a larger number of boxes of them is expected, 
though the apples may be smaller. 
’ The dry weather is likely to cut short an otherwise 
plentiful strawberry crop in Arkansas. 
Michigan is looking for a fruit crop that it will trouble 
the railroads to handle. 
Residents of Utah are happy over the expectation of a 
fruit crop which will greatly exceed that of last year, the 
gain being mainly in peaches. 
In some sections of Tennessee apples and peaches will be 
minus, as far as having any to ship out of the state is con¬ 
cerned. Late frosts are to blame for this condition. 
Small fruits are abundant in Missouri, with an apple crop 
not far behind. Conditions are much the same in Kansas, 
but with a somewhat smaller apple crop. 
Frost damaged Colorado fruits again on May ii, but not 
so seriously as in April. 
NURSERYMAN AS A LUMBER USER 
An interesting bit of information has come to our desk showing 
the extent of one firm’s business as exemplified by the amount of 
lumber used and also the bare fact that the nurserymen is an im¬ 
portant consumer of lumber. A firm in the Middle West has the^ 
following record of packing material used between 1899 and 1911' 
7^637,197 feet lumber; 62,000 lbs. strap iron; 1,200 lbs. tacks* 
691 cars excelsior; 858 kegs nails. 
