Late fall plowing, followed by early spring plowing and planting the infested land to some clean cultivated crop destroys the wild onion pest by killing both sorts of bulbs as the growth from them appears and before they have a chance to multiply.  The fall plowing should be deep, and care should be taken to completely bury all green tops of the onion.  If very much top growth has been made, a harrow run before the plow will facilitate the thorough covering of the tops.

Another interesting and valuable point about the wild onion is that the spring bulbs rarely produce heads; consequently, if the infested land is plowed in the fall, a spring oat crop practically free of onions can always be secured.  But for complete eradication of the onion, both fall and spring plowing is necessary, and November is the best time to do the fall work.

Annual Meeting, 1915, Wisconsin Horticultural Society.

CHAS. HARALSON, EXCELSIOR, MINN., DELEGATE.

The meeting was held January 5, 6 and 7, 1915, in the Assembly Room of the State Capitol in Madison, Wis.  Your delegate was present in time for the opening session and given a chance with other delegates to deliver the greetings of their societies.

The opening address by Governor Phillip was very interesting.  He told of the possibilities the State of Wisconsin offered fruit growers in a commercial way with markets all around them.  He advocated honest grading and packing to obtain the top prices for the fruit.  He also urged every farmer to have a small orchard and fruit garden for home consumption.

Spraying and spray mixtures, illustrated, was ably presented by Professor Geo. F. Potter, University of Wisconsin.

A speaking contest by ten students from University of Wisconsin competed for prizes of $25.00, $15.00 and $10.00.  This brought out almost every phase of horticulture and was one of the most interesting sessions.

Commercial orcharding in the middle west was shown with moving pictures and explanations by Sen.  Dunlap, Savoy, Ill.  These pictures illustrated spraying, cultivating, harvesting, grading, packing, caring for the fruit and marketing the same, and several other operations in connection with uptodate commercial orcharding.  He also gave a talk on spraying and spraying materials.  He said lime-sulphur is preferred in his locality.

A half hour question and answer session was led by Professor J.G.  Moore, University of Wisconsin, on pruning.  This brought out a very lively discussion about how to prune young orchards and what age of trees to plant for commercial orchards.  This question was not settled, as some preferred one year old trees, while others would plant nothing but two year old trees.

M. S. Kellogg, Janesville, Wis., spoke of nurserymen’s troubles.  His paper was very interesting from a nurseryman’s standpoint with all their troubles and what they have to go up against.