The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-07-19


is in the youth of the land. Now it is
hard to get them out to the meetings |
of Horticultural Society where most
of the members are seriousgrey heads.
1t is just as hard to get them interested
in any part of u horticultural paper
excepting the funny colmn, the puzzle
page, the childrens corner and the
family story.
To Interest" the youth we must be-
gin at the school house. Larger
grounds, systematically laid out and
planted to show up many lines of hor-
ticulture. A class in practical Bot
any, who plant, and grow, and draw,
and dissect, the root, the stem, and
leaf, and flower. Who become eager
to know more. To know why one
plant has dubious or tuberous root,
root, another only fibrous roots, why
the tomato has seeds and the potato is
solid, why onions are in layers and
turnips apparently solid. Why the
gooseberry has seeds inside and the
strawberry shows all its seeds on the
outside. Why nuts are encased in a
thick prckly or astringent covering.
Why corn has whiskers, why melons
are sweet and gooseberries are sour.
Why some flowers are fragrant and
others offensive. Why some vines
Irvine one way around, others the
other way, others cling by tendrils,
others by the lcaf-stalk. When you
once get child interested in the
above you can hardly keep him away
from these meetings, especially if you
will introduce some matters here suited
to their youthful desires.
Money makes the Mare go,
Money makes the garden grow.
In my early youth took great de-
light in visiting the markets of New
York City with my mother, generally
on Saturday night and viewing the
fruit, vegetables and flowers arrayed
in their best and displayed to the best
advantage to attract the eye of pros
pective purchasers. | early learned
the names Of each In Topeka have
a good garden.
| use hose and city water to make
radishes, onions, lettuce, tomatoes
beets, cucumbers, peppers egg plants,
grapes, peaches and flowers. ] also
have pie-plant, asparagus and a
strawberry bed. | have some grass
but my neighbors on either side use
more water on their grass than do
on my grass and garden too. One-a
railroad man says he never bOthers
with such things, and asked me one
day what those things-egg plants
were My other neighbor, the head of
the great Kansas Democratic party,
asked if those were cabbages-and
when told that they were egg plants,
could not place them at all. Blythe
way. / think asparagus, egg plant
and celery the cream of the garden if
you have u good cook for the two
former
Now. with yourmeetings you should
always have an exhibit of some thing.
| will give you plan.
With such exhibitions you will soon
stir up an interest and the farmers
will drop in-at the Fair demand your
share of the premium list and see that
the list is made up by this Society,
that the horticultural exhibit is placed
in pour hands, arranged by you and
the hall decorated by you. See
that everything exhibited in it
is plainly labeled with the correct
name. six Cabbages, "a bushel
of Potatoes" "a dozen Beets," "A
Display of Apples, etc, ETC., ought
not to be admitted even If it has a
number for name, like the boarders
of the State. Do not admit any horti-
cultural product that has no name and
if found incorrectly named to deceive,
do not pay the premium and rule the
deceiver out. Horticultural and agri-
cultura, fairs and shows are worth
] uOlulhE II llltH arc HOb thHNhAlphdl'
Alhorse trot, balloon ascension, red
lemonade, and three card monte, are
poor things to regale the mind, assist
the Imagination or supply family con-
versation for another year.
Remember the little folks who love
fruit and flowers, and print or paint
each name distinctly, and they will
spell it out and remember it while
they live. Then at home remember
your children, give each plat of
ground, buy some seeds, bulbs and
plants for them and they will soon get
others. Go to the woods with hem
occasionally to study the nut bearing
trees, induce them to bring their pro-
ducts for exhibition to the meetings.
by these tokens you will interest
the farmers 'of the future" in horti-
cd,ara ana they viii readily find the
profit"