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Summer Care of Roses
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>nce itheii" loses
mted and pruned,
*ur gardeners are
nk 'this is iall they htive to
. They'►think they can sit
ck for a while and- then
and the summer cutting high
allity blooms, This is a fai
ry.; summer dare of roses is^
it as important as the selec-’
n and planting of the bushes,
re are instructions1 based on
r procedures in the rose gar-
q at the Plant Research In-
tute, of the Canada Depart-
jnf of Agriculture.
Feeding
rhe first thing to consider
;ht now is a summer fert’il-
r program. ^Although roses
? not as heavy feeders as we
ve been led to believe, occur-
ce of abundant good-quality’
joins demand regular applica-
►ns of the right kind of' fart
her. The ’best way for the a-
rage. gardener to fertilize is
use one of the mixed rose
?d!s'. If you want a' specific
miula I would suggest 5-10-5,'
rich is the one recommended
most rosarians. Apply one
have been “heaping teaspoonful of this fer-
many am-
inclined to.
tilizer per plant to. the soil sur
face around thg base of ‘the
bush and about six to eight
inches .from the stem. Rake t|ie
fertilizer in lightly. Follow with
a thorough watering so that the
fertilizer will soak into, the
soil.
Make your first application
when the shoots are four inches
long, a second When the first
flowers appear, and
mid-July
first big
passing. -
er 1 later
'blooming
a third in
when the
period is
pre-
Auburn CGIT
3lan Banquet
kUBURN—Betty Moss',
ent of Auburn CGIT group
s in charge of • the meeting
t week to plan for the moth-'
arid daughter banquet ’ on’
day,' Junie 24 at 6:30 p.m.
er the call' to . Worship a
an was sung with Margaret
derson at the. piano.’ The
ipture' lesson from’ Psalm I
read by. Mary Sanderson
)wed(. by • prayer and ‘ tthe
pose. The offering wals re
ed by Gal'l Miller and dOdi-
►d with prayer.
Ians were, made to take the
itional. service at the UCW
ting on June 29. Jane Doir-
and Judy Arthur will be in
ige of the program for the
her and daughter 'banquet
graduation cereimony. Five
i are graduating this year,
allowing the business period
girls listened to the record
n Loni Talks to Teenag-
, and the meeting was clos-
vith Taps.
LONDESBORO
Watering
Roses are thirsty plants. Ade
quate moisture is necessary to
ensure even and steady growth.
Thlis is especially true during
the hot summer months; Water
every ten days if the rainfall
is not sufficient,to soak the Soil
to a depth of 10 inches. A good
method of watering is to re
move the nozzle from the hose
and! plaice the end on a shingle
or piece of board So as to allow
■the Stream of Water to flow
■gently into the soil until it be
comes thoroughly' soaked. The
special soil-SQaldng hoses act on
this principle 'and are ideal for
watering roses. Standard lawn
sprinklers aire not recommend
ed for they wet the foliage
and so encourage disease. - ,
Mulching
The< addition of a mulch is
desirable 'in early summer. This
not only (Conserves- s'oiLmoisture
during hot', dry pertocfe, but
helps prevent writer from spla
shing on the’leaves. A 'mulch
also helps keep .the roots cool
and' the soil, temperature dolwni.
Use, any kind that can- be ob
tained locally such as buck
wheat hulls, cocoa shells, shred
ded bark, /decayed leaves or
com'cobs. Peat moss is excel
lent. It is attractive and it
improves the , soil when it is
worked ,in later. Soak peat
■moss {well before using it; if
applied dry it will- absorb water
from the soil and prevent mois
ture from reaching the1 .plants.
Later, when it disintegrates in
to the soil, a further light ap
plication will be necessary.,
When using shredded bark!, de
cayed, leaves or peat moss, it is
well to add a dressing»of high
nitrogen fertilizer first in order
to decompose this material.
Otherwise, the bacteria that db
the job would need to use n'it-
logon from the soil. This loss of
nitrogen would result in smlalib
er and. fewer flowers,
Spraying <uid Dusting
This should become a routine
matter,, for protection is the
best insurance against disease
and insects'. Once you develop
a regiUar pattern, the work in
volved in protecting your roses
will give.results that’are highly
gfttytifying. Use a commercially
prepared all-purpose rose spray
or dust in the. spring when the
first leaf buds form. .Continue
every week until the heat of
the summer and then reduce
the application to 10-d'ay inter
vals and after every rain. Sipray
or dust bolth sides of the leaves
either in the morning,' late
afternoon or evening, but never
during the hottest pant of the
day.
Sucker Shoots
Keep a good look out at all
times for pucker shoots that
come from the bud' union which
is usually buried at the base of
’ the plant. If Rosa multiflora
Stock has been used the suck
ers can be defined as those
having light-green, dull, rough
foliage. The leaflets are large
and narrow, Thez old idea that
leaves with seven leaflets indi
cate suckers is of no- signifi
cance. Aftl modem hybrid tea
roses produce leaves of seven
leaflets as well as five if they,,
are growing vigorously. Watch
for shoots from ’below ground
level. Some of the good flower
ing shoots will anise just at
ground level. To’-locate suickeins
' follow the shoot'right down to
the .stem; if it is below the
point of union with the stock,
..it is 'a sucker, which, if not re
moved will overgrow and even
tually kill th'e original rose.
Cutting the Flowers
At all times make sure ., the
*old flowers are cut off and! the
petals carted . away. Nothing
spreads disease more than an
untidy rose 'garden.
To cut fresh flowers use a
sharp clipper or knife and' make
the cut diagnonal. Out stems
'about a quarter of an inch-
above a leaf, leaving at least
two well-dOveloped. leaves'' on
the branch between the cut and
the point where the! branch
joins the'cane. To prolong the
life of cut roses place them in
water of bath temperature im
mediately after cutting.
by
WmlDhiting
Front Page Challenge left
for the sesaon a few nights a-
go on the CBC With a promise,
of returning this fall in colour.;
A former Front Paige produ
cer, Drew Crossman, . and Mr.,
Justice Douglas of the United'
States Supreme Court were the
mystery guests.
Crossman. had just returned
from Africa, and during the
question period we learned that
the cost of living has skyroc
keted there as well. Back in
the thirties a pint of beer was
three, cents. Now 12 quarts
cost .$7.00. In one year, pine
apples went from 30 cents to
65 cents, Crossman related.
The second story, with Mr,
Justice Douglas, dealt with the
US Supreme Court outlawing
segregation. Diiririg the ques
tion period the Justice revealed
that he was asked by Roosevelit
and Truman 'to run with them
in the
tions.
US Presidential eQec-
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Elliott Research Corp-The
oration May survey places the
two big ones back on top of
the heap. Ed Sullivan scores
first,- with Bonanza second.
From third spot to number" 10
it goes like this: Bewitched, the
Avengers, Front? Page Chal
lenge, Andy Griffith, Red! Skel
ton, Great Movies, Please Don’t
Eat the Daisies and Dick Van
Dyke.
There’s, proof in this survey
that' CTV should take “Frac
tured1 Phrases” off 'and forget
it, At 2:30 p.m. “People in Con
flict” receives 129,300 homes
tuned in a ten-city comparison.
At 3:00 p.m. “Fractured Phra
ses” loshs 24,700 of these homes
and' then immediately after,
at 3:30, “Its Your Move”
covers these lost homies.
''Fractured” aS right! ■
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Rambling With Lucy
(Lucy R, Woods)
About Bayfield's Martin Colonies
Sitting in her wheel chair in, the, garden one day, Lucy,
noted the purple martins swooping low qver the hay in the
corner lot. And from' her/pot in the sun room, she observes ’
'them flying rapidly and then sailing around in .the sky. .
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AH their food is' gathered bn the wing, although in times
of famine, they have been known► to come down’ to- earth
for ants. '. , i ' ’' 1 / "
This spring Fred Weston erected a posh new green and
white colony house for the martins. It has 16 apartments.
One lower-one was quickly seized! by a pair of house spar-?
rows, but the martins took up the other 15 compartments.
Mrs. Merton Memer who has observed their habits for
some years, tells Lucy that they, will leave one pair of spar
rows, or -a pair of starlings unmolested, but any more „
‘would be thrown out. ’ ; - J '
often
com
some
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STRAWBERRIES
FOR SALE
Order/your berries early and be assured of
. your requirements for this season,
Phone 482-3462
F. W. ANDREWS — Clinton
50 Strawberry Pickers Wanted
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OIL BURNER
SERVICE AND
F SUMMER
CLEANOUTS
Make Your Arrangements Now
Before The Fall Rush
A, G. GRIGG & SON
Phone 482-9411 Clinton
MRS. BERT ALLEN
Phone 523-4570
r. and Mrs. Stan Crawford
family and Miss Doris
all of Burlington1, visited•
Sunday with their parents, ■and Mrs. Nelson Lear, also
■ Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lear,
■rs. Jack Morosio arid Mrs.
■i Meyers, Hamilton, spent
^(weekend with relatives in
■village.
IB's. Alberta Hilfgert, 'London,
Kd on Saturday with Mr.
■Mrs. Willows Mountain, al- ^Etending the Snell Reunion1,
■c". and Mrs. Warwick Oaimp-
■^ of Indiana, visited with
■ Bert Allen on Saturday. •
■^s. Milly Bentham and Mrs.
^Em, Oshaiwa, spent a few
!■ last week with Mrs. Ida
^Eisend.
■■s.-George Cowan is visit-
^Evith her son Bill ;and hiS
■ in Barrie.
!■. land Mrs. Ross Millson,
/■is took, 'and family-, spent
/■ay with Mr. and Mrs. Bert
^■bnook.
^■rl Gaunt and Wilfrid Pen-
K attended the churchmen’s
SHng over the weekend 'at
^■ick House, Port Carting,
over 600 attended,'the S^Eiy service. Mrs. Gaunt and
Penfound accompanied ^■ husbands, visiting Brace-
and Huntsville' on Mon-
______MRS. H. F. BERRY
Phone 482-7572
Contact Us For All Your Fuel Oil Needs
Every year between the eighth and tenth of April, the
‘martins return here. and take up residence in the colony
houses erected by Merton Memer and other martin fans.
The unmated males always come first and choose (their
compartments, battling fiercely for the best locations. •
Successful squatters fly ih wide arcs, then dive to the
property which they enter and re-enter, chattering a'll the.,
while. " ' ■ . .
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Then come the single females and they choose the
most pleasing combination of suitor and apartment. They
fight aggressively to hold all the real estate possible.
Last to migrate are the old mated’ birds which
throw out the upstarts and monopolize the choicest
'partments. . ’ 1
Whether they were young ones thrown out from
other colony house -by their elders, or the old birds them
selves in need of a new colony house is not known.
A few purple martins were seen by Mrs. Fred Weston,
, scouting around ;o,ne day.. Then in a day or so the house
was filled. > . ..
After the''battle for mate or house is over, they settle
. down to building nests, sporadically. Both male and fe-. •
male drag in piles of grass, leaves, rags, anything to make
a nest. The female .lays four or five white eggs and in- '
cubates them for two' weeks. A rim of dirt in . front of :
the nest keeps them from rolling out.
.Both male and female share in the care and feeding .
of the young birds who consume prodigious .numbers of
(insects—flies, mosquitoes, wasps, bugs, beetles and even
dragon flies. The parents periodically bring in green leaves
as fresh nesting material.
Purple martins must cope with danger in various forms.
They subsist on insects and cold spring rains clear the air
so that sometimes whole colonies starve. And excessive heat
kills the young in nests.
In colonial days in the United States, the Choctaw and
Chickasaw Indians used to hang up hollowed-out gourds
•and calabashes for the birds to nest in. They welcomed'
martins to their villages as they fearlessly drove off hawks
and crows from the chickens and crops.
The custom spread to the southern plantations, and be
fore long everywhere people were erecting martin houses.
Some manufacturers today offer colony houses to accom
modate 90 pair.
» When Lucy was a child, there were no houses erected
for martins in Bayfield. At that time martin colonies loc-’
ated in cliffs or old woodpecker holes in hallow trees. Lucy
recalls playing at the point where Aberhart’s cottage is
situated., There was such nice white sand on the cliff. And
over, the edge she and some other girls were intrigued with
the holes in the face of the cliff, and the twittering which
sounded from them. She tried to reach Into one or two
nests 'but, alas, her arm was not long enough.
In August and September after the young birds are
flying, the colony houses are abandoned and they range
over the country side in the day, gathering in large Hocks'
to roost in trees at night — often in the centre of a
large city. In such concentrations, their voices blend in a
roar like escaping steam. Sometimes tree branches snap
under the weight of roosting martins.'
They begin their leisurely migration to South America
in September. Then suddenly their cheerful twittering is
heard ,no more, and one realizes winter is on the way. They
start their return journey in January and always' come to
farmer nesting sites.
Fred Weston was prompted to erect a .martin colony
house by the chance remark that they would keep the
grasshoppers down. Lucy hopes it ■ is true because they
have been a veritable plague in the corner lot and adjoin
ing gardens for the past three years. If it proves to be
correct, “Mr.” will further, assist , the balance of nature by
. • erecting.a martin house of, sorts next year
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Friday and Saturday Evenings Only
'Chicken In a Basket'
. Friday—Served from 9:30 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
Saturday—Served from 9:30 p.m. to Midnight
SMORGASBORD DINNERS
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Every Sunday Evening from 5 to 7
Phone 482-3421 for Reservations
We Cater to Dinner Parties and Wedding Receptions
The monthly birthday party
at Huronview was held on
Wednesday, June 15 with Sea
forth Women’s Institute in
charge. .. . ,.
Mrs. Mack Scott Was chair
man for the program. Commu
nity slinging, led by Sharon
Strong and Joanne Elligson;
duet by Darlene .and Donna
Henderson1; accordion selections
by Ricky MacKenzie; reading
by Donna Stewart; SS 4 McKil-
lop School choir, directed by
teacher Mrs. Slavin; piano solo,
Joanne Elligson; vocal solos,
Dianne Henderson and Sharon
Strong; a square dance by the
school pupils.
Birthday gifts were presented
to Mary Young, Mrs. Shapton,
William Cole, Mrs. Pollard,
Mrs. McLean, Mrs. Corey, Mrs.
.Fremlin, William Mair,
Mrs. Wiltse, George Campbell,
Hugh Walker, George McClin-
chey, Mrs. Oakley, Charles
Waymouth, Mrs. Reid, Mrs.
Eaton, Mrs. Emma Bell, Mrs.'.
Jenkins, Mrs. Cann and Thomas
Roibertori.
Birthday • cake and fruit
bread was served by the Insti
tute.
Z
land Mrs. Charles Vodden
Sunday with their^daugh-
|d family at Brussels.
Mulching Roses in Summer
rrnnriinrfl*
DUMP
o wire fence, old
oncrete or car
bdies permitted.
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HAVE TO PAY
MORE FOR
'isiltors over the Weekend
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Ipsbn were cousins, Mr.
Whs. George McDonald of
City and Mr. and Mrs.
h Thompson, an unde
[Heathcote.
| and Mrs. Thtxmas Knox
In Sunday for a holiday
Itheir daiughtei’ Viiha in
e open until further
ice on Wednesday
l and Saturday
afternoons,
lom 1 to 5 p.m.
Saturday morning
Ln 10 to 12 a.m.
YOU MAY
Mirs. Stewart Knox, Sarnia,
was a guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Lor-ne' Wilson for a few days
this week/'
■ Mr/ and Mrs. John s Moffatt
and Mr. 'and Mrs. Elgin‘Thomp
son were in Toronto for affew
days. John and Elgin were' diele-
ga'tes - from Brucefield' IOOF
Lodge. •' , ■ ,
Mr. and Mrs. Allan Eilsher,
Gravenhuirst, visited for a few
days With Mr. Fisher’S sister,
Mrs. Walter Moffat.' -
We are sorry to report ’that
Mirs. Gordon ’Elliott is a pa
tient in Clinton Public Hos
pital. .
... Mr. and Mrs. Vic Hargreaves
visited With Mrs. Hargreaves’
parents, Mr. and 'Mrs. A. Hen-
dersoin. on Sunday.
iMr. and Mirs. David! Triebner,
and Mr. and Mrs.-Robert Allan
spent last weekend up north
fishing. ■ '
Miss Barbara Swan left last
week, with Mr. and Mirs. James
Boughan and Wanda on a two
week’s vacation in Winnipeg.
Mr, and Mrs.' Ed. Faulkner,
and" Mr, arid Mrs. Pepper left’
on Saturday on a vacation in
Nova Scotia.
Mr. and Mrs. George. Hender
son visited over the weekend
in Michigan with' Mr. and! Mrs.
Tom Lobb.
Mrs.- (Dr.) William Swan of
Hamilton visited last week With
Miss M. Swan and Mrs. Charles
Ham.
DAIRY FOODS
Each year, Canada’s dairy farmers get a
smaller return for their investment and'
efforts. Increasing Costs of operation, equip
ment and virtually everything a farm needs,
plus avery serious shortage of farm labour,
are putting dairy farmers out of business
at the rate of about 10.000 each year
Returns to the dairy farmer have not kept
pace with increased costs of farm operation
From May 1954 to the beginning of 1966,
in most Canadian markets, the-aggregate
increase to the dairy farmer Was only 2 cents
per quart for standard hoino milk.
Harriston Fertilizers Consumer prices of dairy foods have not in
creased as much as most other food products
From May 1954 to the beginning-of 1966,
r. in most Canadian markets, the aggregate
increase in home delivered milk (standard
hoino) was only 5 cents a quart.
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Available in 28 sizes and can be enlarged after installation. Get
the facts and then decide. Find out how the Kongskilde Crop
Dryer can make all your stored crops worth more when you use
or sell them. Call your Dealer or write for folder.
Canada’s dairy industry is vital to our eco
nomic and nutritional health. If dairy
foods.cost a little more than they used to,
' they’ll still be your best food buy.
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ids I. McIntosh,
Clerk.
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Highway 8 half way between Clinton
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