Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-02-12
SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION
CLOSES WITH BANQUET.
T. E. LOOPE PRESIDES
President of State Society Happily
Presents Speakers-Voices From
Other States MingIe With Badgers
in Praise of the Art of Manufac-
turing Fruits and Flowers.
Madison, Feb. 9

The work OF the annual convention
OF the Wisconsin State Horticultural
society came to a close practically
lass evening with a banquet at Keel
ey's nall. More than 20 people par
took Of the sumptuous menu worthy
if the yeomen of the soil who tickle
mother earth until she yields bOunti-
fully of her best products for the ben
eft of all. Throughout the banquet
and during the program Bach's man
dolin and guitar orchestra added to
the enjoyment and promoted the flow
of soul after the feast. AS toastmas-
ter, DR.. T. E. Loope, president of the
society, was particularly happy in his
opening remarks as he introduced G.
l.. Richardson, U. w. '06, the only
member of the society who appeared
on the program. He had for his top
ic, The Greed of the Horticu1turist,
and extended a cordial welcome to the
fruit growers from other states.
He spoke of the benefits received by
the members of the society who had
Grating had been discovered in the
society as we'll as in university ath-
letics and the organization had per
haps become in one sense of the word
''grafters.' Many are the pleasures
of the horticulturists as they fight the
insects and plant diseases in the early
hour of the morning. Unlike Diego
nes of old he does not look for honest
men but rather seeks the curculiO and
other destructive agents that rob the
fruitgrower and deplete his pocket
book. The hOrticulturist has sue
ceeded in making two spears of, quack
grass flourish where only one grew
before Plant growth has been re
tarded by the importation of the
strawberry leaf roller and other foil
age blemishes. Ever stirred up by
the hope of full crop despite the loss
by frost, storm and insect ravages,
the horticulturist struggles on, ever
looking on the bright side, confident
that some day, sometime, a good crop
with high prices will crown his eff
forts To tighten his labor he calls
to his aid the latest discoveries of sci
ence, plants his apple trees with dyna-
mite and utilizes all things possible il
the warfare with stubborn nature
A Wit From Michigan.
From Michigan came George w.
Rowe, a witty speaker, who was intro
duced by POSTMASTER Loope as a
man from that sandy country. who
had the address of a dancing master,
the air of a preacher and the nerve OF
a fruit tree agent. Mr.. Rowe is a
fruit grower on a large scale in the
wolverine state near Grand Rapids
With anecdote and story aptly told,
he was soon en- rapport with his audi
ence. The history of the omgination
of the seedless apple and it's develop
ment into the tree which bore apples
and sausage was particularly enjoy
able. The representative from
Michigan was easily the humorist OF
the evening.
The topic assigned Mr. Rowe.
Some Things l Have Seen and Others
l Have Heard About" gave him am
pie latitude to illustrate the sham OF
the seedless apple which he laid bare
in way that cCnvulsed the audience.
Story after story, each with point
applicable to the subject, followed in
rapid succession.
The Hawkeye Professor.
Praying or (s)praying is useless uu-
less done in earnest, said S. A. Beach.
professor of horticulture at the Iowa
Agricultural college at Ames. He
had for his topic. Seeds followed
by the thought Let US (s)pray' He
brought with him the greetings of the
hawkeye society and incidentally told
Of the merits of Iowa corn which had
taller stalks, larger ears, more OF
them. and TO cap the climax. each
stalk was hollow from butt to tip and