Loading...
The Brussels Post, 1949-5-4, Page 7I GREEN THUMB i•6ovdon Smith GARDEN NOTES READY FOR TROUBLE For almost every flower, fruit, vegetable and shrub, it seems there 19 a special insect or disease. Few in- deed are free from attack and many have several enemiee. The best defense is heavy growth and good seed. Fortunately for the garden en- emies there an dusts and sprays q ecially prepared to deal with them. For the bugs that eat holes in the foliage use poison. For those that sauces withering or rot in blackish patches, attack with a spray that will burn. Disease usually hits the plant cells and eaueea withering or rot in blackish spots. Chemicals like sulphur are used in this case. Often pne good treatment will be enough but with thinga like leaf hoppers and potato bugs which lay eggs, two or three successive treatments get the young ones will be needed. ost chemicals lose their potency ht time so a fresh supply each sea- son is advisable. * e * SHORT CUTS The experienced gardener knows many short cuts to hurry growth along. In dry weather he will, If at all possible, soak the garden once et week. Where nohose is avail- able he will have things like lettuce, tomatoes and beans close to the house or pump so that they can be watered with the minimum of incon- venience. He also knows that weeds are moisture -robbers and these be will keep removed so that the vege- tables wanted get all the Moisture that nature provides. A weekly cul- tivation equals a shower because it tends to conserve moisture and a small dose of commercial fertilizer. is equivalent to another. * * THESE ARE TENDER • Nothing is to be gained by plant- ing or setting out the realty tender flowers and vegetables until all clan- ger of frost is over and air and soil begin to warm up. They simply won't grow if the weather is cold. Of course, where seed is sown, or roots or tubers used, these are pro- tected until the plants get above round. Potatoes, gladioli and dah- lias, for instance, are all pretty tender, bet because it takes at least several days, and sometimes a week or so before the sprouts appear above ground, they have that extra protection and can go in a little while before danger of the last light frost. With started plants such as cabbage, tomatoes, peppers and scores of other flowers, how- ever, hold until the weather turns warm, or, if one simply cannot wait, then be prepared to protect against frost with some light cover at aright. An important line in the tender category are members of the vine family—cucurnbers, melons, squash, citron, . etc. These should not be planted until the soil, as well as the air, is warm and they require spec- ial care. Light, very rich soil is best for them and if that is not available it is best to loosen clay with plenty of strawy material. They are beat planted in ]tills. * * * VEGETABLES Too much stress cannot be laird on continuous planting of the standard vegetables like lettuce, rad- ish, beans, carrots, beets, corn etc. These taste much better when they just begin to reach proper matur- ity. Beans, lettuce, corn and such things begin to get tough i1 left too long. In most parts of Canada it is quite passibleto keep planting many vegetables right up to mid-July. Relax in Slacks Coed Mary Jape Abc1311 of Fier- laa Southern t ollege finds that a - spanning -white slack suit with mufti -colored blouse makes a handsome leisure costume for playtime on the campus and oft, • The etttflt has a traptihte-wotked vest and a blouse with flowing sleeves and long, pointed collar. Let It Rain, Let It Pour—Here's a lady who's smart when out in the rain—for she's sporting one -of the latest rainwear styles by Kelton. It conies in tan, blue, grey_ or green. A special feature is the extruded vinylite plastic belt and pocket edging. The hood forms part of the coat and has a tie for knotting snugly• across the throat. This 1H't crcct'on is inn de of vinylite metallized plastic whizh cannot dry taut or erne . The seams are partly hes'.-=e t'ed, l,nrtly sewn. Nee:he. ens e ease '1 �'�,` • GE" F ew,n.dolit\e, P. Cle.rle How' foolish it is to try to cross our bridges before we come to them. For weeks Partner has been worrying about a cow that he was sure would have trouble in calving. And then one morning he went to the barn—and there was the cow with her calf, and everything abso- lutely normal. And was I relieved! Not only about the cow but because Partner was relieved from further • worry. Later that same morning I went clown to see our barnyard family — and upon my word you couldn't move for calves. There were calves everywhere — some having .their breakfast, others already finished and taking their "daily dozen" by chasing around the stable. Some were still tied up and a couple were running loose in a pen. "For heaven's sake—how many calves have you got around here?" I asked Partner. "Darned if 1 know — I've lost track of them," he an- swered. So I went around and counted them . . . there were nine, even though we had already sent four out. I suppose the reason is that we had eight heifers all pretty much of an age last summer. Evi- dently they. realized their main function in life was to produce— so they did just that. But definitely. A year or two ago one of my readers said: "I don't believe a week goes by but what you talk about your chickens." I hadn't realized it but no doubt the was right. Now the chances are some- one will saythat never a week goes by without my saying something about calves. And that, too, is true. But then this column is a ehronicle of the doings at Ginger Farm— and right now calves seem to hold the spotlight, But enough of calves.. . To- day I had one of those unwelcome things that come to all of es whether we want them or not — I mean a birthday, But even a birth- day has its compensations. It is nice to have letters, cards and phone calls as if a few people, here and there, get the notion they are glad you happen to be alive, And I have special fondness for birthday cards{ they are such nice, personal thinga. Daughter, for instance, has an uncanny - habit of picking out cards singularly appropriate to Answer to Crossword Puzzle ate the person and the occasion. My card this year featured a cocker spaniel tethered to a bone stuck in the ground. As if one cocker spaniel by the name of Honey wasn't enough 1 This card was one of the folder type with a picture and a bit of verse running on each page. The doleful expression on the pup's face was really clever. The verse, put altogether, ran like this — A BIRTHDAY MESSAGE ACROSS THE MILES. Can't conte to see you, can't hear your voice, Too stroke to call you; ain't got much choice. Can't do a durned thing—"ceptin' just set — And hope that this birthday's your nicest one yeti Daughter underlined "too broke to call you" which I took as a gentle hint that 1 needn't be expecting a long-distance call. Another very nice card was from a very special friend—and I knew it had been chosen for the lovely verse that was in it. Little things like that are heart-warming and so very welcome—even if one's birth - clay isn't. How nice it is to have friends. You know, I often think the best thing about this poor old world is the people in it. So why worry about a birthday — a year, more or less, what does it natter? We are never really old until we think we are. And we never need to think we're old as long as we can take an interest in what goes on aroused us, One day I told an oldish person, on her birthday,. that I -hoped she would have inane, more happy birth- days. She answered — "Well, 1 don't know —I'm not sure that I want many more birthdaya." What an unhappy attitude towards life. And yet It is understandable WW1 some older folks. The accent these days is on youth. Young people must be provided with op-. pottunity for education, recreation, and a business or profession. The only .opportunity denied them is a chance to stand on their own feet and prove that they have what it takes ,to make their own way hs the world, Old people are not given enough consideration. Surely our whole social structure would, be greatly improved if more thought were given to the problem of those, Mill independent In spirit but g- able to fend for themselves. We mustn't have our old folk hoping they VI riot have Mei Mole birth- dee70, Old people should be aeeepied lee the responsibility of the peak Unfortunately title respenslbltity ta not always ren zed and accepted. Tickets bearin the fallowing words are being wn its a ba t s shop windows ��' es }lies std er used to make tftJ q. Pica ice netter er heed to t,le All ma TES f YOUR L Q. Here are some questions about various weights and measures which shouldn't give you too much trouble. After you've tried to answer them all, check with the correct answers, printed upside-down, below. 1. I'Iow many' yards are there in a rod? 2.. In the avoirdupois system of weights, hot*' many ounces are there in a pound? 3. Flow many dozen are m a gross? 4.. How many cubic feet of air are there in one pound of air? 5. How many points are there in a compass? 6. .How many field ounces in one quart? 7. Is the gold carat a mea'ure or a weight? 8. In what other table of measure besides the time measure do 60 seconds equal one minute? 9. How many mills are there in cent? 10. How many cubic feet are there in a cord of wood? 11. The word meridian pertains to what time of day? 12. 11 a Fahrenheit thermometer reads 32 degrees, what does the Centrigrade theremometer next to it read? 13. From what was the abbrevia- tion Ib. for pound derived? 14. Flow many acres are there in a square mile? ' 15.What is the smallest liquid measure? 16. What measurement of time is reckoned by the time it takes the earth to turn on its axis? 17. Flow long is a furlong? 18. In nautical measure how many' • feet make a fathom? Antr,•r:ra to V. c'ght and Measures '9 '81 'spree 011 'Li •Lap m1,1, '91 •doap apo AIg3n0J 'mntnt gtu atly '93 '0t'9 '11 •punod liumeatu emu 11115-f aq1 mol, '£t '0 '21 '100N IT '8Z1 '01 .nay .6 'MTV JO salsue Jo aanssam age Ile •8 pioft ,sand to salad etll saansaaut et— =seam v •L `1£ '9 . Z£ '5 •0£ '4 'neglxlg •g *4,s 'I The Great Moment The year holds one moment, which may last for a week, when tree and bush and vine are on the breathless verge of leafing out. It is then that you stand on s hillside and look across the wooded valley and see the scarlet and orange of maple blossoms like a touch of pastel crayon across the tree -tops. You see greenish yellow in the tops of the wineglass elms, and the . amber green fountain that is the big weeping willow beside the broolc. These generalities, so to speak, you see at a glance; and you know the breathless moment is here. Then you look at particulars, The crab apple trees in the orchard are dressed in green lace, their leaves no larger than your little fingernail. The lilacs are all tufted at their stem ends, each leaf cluster tipped with a faint brownish purple and not a leaf among them as big as a squirrel's ear. The wild, black- berries have scarlet tassels not half an inch long, each tassel an unfold- ing group of leaves whose forst' can already be faintly seen. The late apple trees have gray silver nubs at their twig tips; draw down a branch and look closely ane you see each nub as a young leaf cluster emerg- ing from its bud, each leaf the size of a ladybug's wing and each red - tipped as though blushing. The privet has a leaf tuft like a minia- ture green magnolia, and the bridal wreath bush is green at every joint with littlegreenrosebud leaves. These things you see now, this instant. An hour from now all will be changed; tomorrow it will be still -different. For this is the trembling moment when tife stands between bud and leaf, between promise and achievement, A new world la In the making on these olcl, old hills, even as we watch. Nothing is ever accomplished ber committee unless it consists of three members, one of whom happens to be sick and another absent, New And 1U 0 .0f T -ch -em U f I FOLDING B1.IIACIif11S, Fold- ing bleachers which give maximum seating capacity Inc public assem- - blies. Open, bleachers are said to provide adequate, comfortable seat- ing which in many large -room areas can be made revenue -Produc- ing. Folded, they become safe playing walls for basketball anti in- door gales, less likely to injure athletes than walls of standard construction. PLASTIC INFLATABLE BOA''. Vinylite plastic inflatable boat weighs only five pounds in- flated; 6 feet from stem to stern, will carry two adults and two chil- dren. Smaller size also available. Plastic sheeting is claimed to be resistant to oils, grease, tempera- ture change and abrasion, Deflated, can be put in part of space of overnight case. SCREEN -AWNING. New -type aluminum screen, has cooling action of awning, shading value of vene- tian blind and insect protection of fine -wire mesh screen. Special che- mical coating reduces glare and increases corrosion resistance.. AUTOMATIC WINDOW. Double -glazed window disappears into wall at flip of electric switch, brings screen into place. Since it's double -glazed, ng storm sash is required. Easy to install in new buildings, makers claim it can be placed by arty competent mechanic in building already built FAST SILO FILLER. Machine that "blows" forage where farmer wants it. Load is dumped from truck into conveyor -belt •trough; 42 -in. fan at other end of trough blows fodder through 8 -in. pipe where operator aims it. Claim it can handle 20 tons of hay or 25 tons chopped corn in hour. FOUR -STEED MOTOR- CYCLE. Advantages claimed for' new motorcycle are: four -speed foot gear shift; automatic clutch; Eating Crow The Washington Biological Sur- vey, which puts metal bands on wild birds to study their migratory habits, recently ordered new bands with different and more detailed wording. They now read, "Notify fish and wild -life setrvices, Washington, D.C," Formerly the bands said simply "Wash. Biol. Surv." Unofficial explanation of the change was taken from an irate citizen's letter. He complained: "Sirs: I shot down one of your pet crows and followed instruc- tions. I washed it, boiled it and served it. It was terrible. Stop fooling the peoplel" Non -Starter A guest conductor was greatly annoyed at rehearsals because at ]east one member of the orchestra was always missing. After the last rehearsal he tapped for attention and said: "I want to thank the first violinist publicly for being the only man in the orchestra who had the decency to attend every rehearsal." The first violinist hung his head. "It seemed the least thing I could do," he said in a deprecating tone, 'You see, I shan't be showing up for the concert tonight!" ase internal expansion -type brakes on front and rear wheels for self - braking use; constant mesh trans- mission and telescopic suspension springs said to eliminate bouncing, TESTS STRETCH. How much will a plastic or textile stretch under load? New electronic weigh- ing system is designed so that loads from two grams to 5,000 lbs. can be applied to sample; high- speed recorder, geared to pulling jaw, charts results as load -elonga- tion curve. AIR WALL HEATING. Pre- fabricated 4 -in. ducts are used in new warm -air heating system; makers claim two men can install system in six -room house in one day, Registers are placed in cold (outer) wall; air is forced through at higher temperature and velocity than present systems, comes out of register in fan-like pattern, heat- ing the wall above the outlet. SMALL AUTOMATIC BOWL. ING ALLEY. Built for homes, taverns, and coin -machine arcades, the alley is 18 ft. long 26 in. wide —about one-third the size of the runway. The alley has a maple bed. The player bowls at an illuminated setup of ten pin intones, His ball, IL little smaller than a duck -pin ball; hits electrical contact plates instead of actual pins. After every two balls, unless he makes a strike, the score is tallied automatically on the screen and is added to en suc- ceeding plays. Balls are returned automatically, there's no need for pin boys or attendants, PyraanItla The "pyramid craze" has been sweeping vnrioue r .,e rf (1;'trio la'.eke tef scarce, no one is foaling any- one—much. All it costs is a dollar and a wild scramble to get two more people with a dnitar, each of whom must get two more people with a dollar, each of wltont, etc. And there you sit, after 12 days, at the top of the pyramid, frazzle, dazzled, hoping to receive any- where up to $2,048 from 2,048 peo- ple, each of whom dreams of sitting at the top of the pyramid in a few more days receiving anywhere up to $2,048 from 2,048 people, each of whom, etc. 'Unfortunately, the chain almost always gets broken, the boom event- ually goes bust, the wear and tear on the scurrying slaves who are building up the pyramid for the next goggle-eyed Cheops is terrific, the racketeers move in on the craze (if they haven't started it), the "lucky" few spend the rest of their lives trying to think of new ways to get something for nothing, and the luckless many shrug off their two weeks of frantic telephone calls with the lame conclusion that success is all a matter of chance, anyway. And for this expensive miscon- ception, ladies and gentlemen, you need pay no more than one dog- eared dollar bill. Mrs. John W, Mackay once wanted to buy and tear down the famous Arc de Triomphe in Paris because it interferred with her view of the Champs Elysde. Doggy Outfit.—Irene Boer is really dressed for a stroll ttt sunny St. Petersburg, Pia. But her sheepdog, Meriedip Duke., Is definitely out of place with his heavy fur coat. But passers by don't seem to take much note of Duke's apparent discom- fort. They're too busy eyeing Irene. ay . Tina was no oMiact to Cleopatra when her slave attendants served breakfast. The Cleo of today must be quick off the mark. So no wonder Mother ptalees the served -inn -jiffy, eaten -on. ,sight Post's Grape -Nuts Flakes. They're not only convenient but delicious and nourishing, too. Yes—Post's Grape -Nuts Flakes provide useful quantities of earbobydrttes, proteins, minerals and other food essentials to start the busy day right. Made with two grains—wheat and barley —to give you that glorious Gtape.Nuts flavor in crisp, golden fluke forth. Ask your grocer for Post's Grape•Nuts Flakes. Gretee B Arthur Pointer NONE OP YOUR 6USINESS ...FOR ac7N`So ctj ,oua vou'LLJusT WAIT rm. PAPA SHOWS "-t YOU/ ,. ,ldiao,,