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HORT ICULTURALISTS
TO, help WIN THE WAR
Resolve to do All in Theiri Power to
Produce as Much FOodStuff rs Pos
SibIe And Eliminate Waste.

closed yesterday at Zion NJ E.
Church, 1t is to be regretted that
the fruit show could not be held in
this city, but a number of the mem
bers of the society will go to Phiia
delphiai to see the exhibit.
The following is the address of
the retiring president, S. L. Byrn,
which twas delivered Tuesday night
at Zion III. E. Church:
Members of the Peninsula
Horticultural Society,
Ladies 'and Gentlemen:
We nave met today to celebrate
the thirty-first annual session of the
Peninsula Horticultural Society We
are here with the glad hand and
warm admiration for the pioneers
who have blazed the way to a great
er horticulture. We are here to
learn from General Success by what
strategy he overcame the vast hor-
des OF insects and fungi and march
ed triNmphantly on TO fruitful vic
tory We are here to devise ways
and means for a greater production
of better produce in this, our coun-
try's trying hour, that we may do
our bin in helping to supply the Ma
tons needs.
Agriculture is the oldest and most
honorable pursuit of man, and is
practiehd in all climes by all peoples.
The farmer of today, as of old, pro-
duces Food and 1aiment for mankind,
yet THE older men of the present
generation have seen most of the
giant strides in improved agricul-
ture. II Corn planters, drills. binders,
sprayeTs, corn Earvesters, self-dump
and rQtary rakes, hay leaders, ma
nure stpreaders, steam threshers, en-
Silage cutters. corn huskers and
many ( other labor-saving devices
were unknown sixty years ago. Their
introduction marks the beginning of
the great epoch of mind over matter
in agriculture. Under the new re-
gime ft has leaped forward with
quickelned pulse until man now is
enabled to harvest tons where he
formerly reaped pounds.
Following closely Wpea extensive
agriculture and increased production
comesi better transportation, and
while tnot all that could he desired,
the replacement of ventilated by
refrigerator cars was a long step in
solving some of the fruit and vege-
table growers troubles, and in put
ting them in touch with more distant
markets. There are many details
yet toi be perfected, such as cooper
ative Eooling and loading, whereby
expen$e and delays may be reduced.
Of vital Importance to producers and
consumers is the cold storage, many
times Saving the former from serious
loss BY late deliveries and conserving
for the latter during a period of
plentN against the time of great
scarcely. Geographically, we are
much favored for fruit and vegetable
growing; short, mild winters, tenn
pered( on all sides by magnificent
bodief of water, which, in addition,
furni ~ Sseap transportation, q long
sro1l easUns wifi sdif 50 sfsid 4 4
but t ded. laughs bountiful har-
vest, producing to perfection practi-
cally Everything grown North, West,
or even in sub-tropical States, this is
our Maryland, Delaware, Virginia Pc
ninsu ta-the back-door garden for
the nd illions of nearby city dwellers,
a Gar rden of Eden, mecca for those
who worship az the shrine of Ceres
and Pomona.
Friends, are we using 60 the full
eXtenn the opportunities with which
nature so generously endowed us?
Our fbrebearers gave to us an extern
sive agriculture; it remains for the
Horticultural and Agricultural En-
gineeFs of this generation to formu-
late, perfect and operate coalition
of extensive and intensive Horticul-
ture and Agriculture. Every tree
should be prize tree; every acre a
prize acre When we have accom-
plished this, we may truly say, with
Sidney Lanier. There is more in the
man than there is in the land"
The labor situation is quite seri-
Gus and commands our attention yet
in viewing some of our farm and
orchard operations, am almost ready
to concede our Western Brother was
right when he said, You of the
Eastern Shore have more labor than
you know what to do with" There
are a thousand and one ways of
conserving labor, and the one rule,
be a more efficient executive, will
cover the most of them, and this Of
fee should have the first call on our
services. We have thousands of
diligent, willing workers toiling in
our orchards and our acres, from
the break of day until the falling of
the shades of night, without hire,
asking only for the right to live and
serve. For the love of Nature and
their service, let us encourage and
protect our birds. All the world is
a stage, and all nations are actors
thereon The great villain, Prussian
nj iS
the Nations "kultur" has been
more deadly to mankind than all the
plaques in a thousand years, but
Liberty has drawn her sword in the
cause of humanity and civilization,
that government of the people, by
the people, for the people" shall not
perish from the earth" Today the
Stars and Stripes float upon the
West ern front of the battle field; on
either side are our heroic Allies. For
us, who are too old to fight. there
yet remains something 70 do or
dare, We must volunteer for great
er production, for to our lot falls
the task to produce those sinews of
war, without which there can be no
victory. The United States of Amer
lea expects every man to do his duty
III 1Slo. ARE We ISduS VI oui
bit? Are we ready to make sacri-
fees for the Flag that means so
much to our homes and our chill
dren?
Our Flag have not words to
speak thy praise, but have to think
of thee in silence''-Our Flag.
May each drop of blood dye a deeper
red thy bars
Each sacrifice add to the purity of
thy white;
Each heroic deed new luster to thy
stars,
On thy staff perch victory for hu-
man right.
Our Flag-"Long may it wave ov-
er the land of the free and the home
of the brave"
The following resolutions were
adopted:
Resolved, That the thanks of this
Society be extended to the pastor
and CONGREGATION of Zion Methodist