The Seaforth News, 1955-06-16, Page 3'7
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GARDEN PATHS
Regina« paths will add interest
and beauty to any garden, even
in the vegetante patch. Where
traffic is heavy such as near the
door or a gate, it is advisable to
use some solid material like
flagstones, concrete slabs, bricks
or cinder, or gravel, fine and well
pressed down. With one of these
the main thing is to place firmly
and level with the surrounding
grass, so that the lawn mower
will trim, or better still, run
right over. Where the tragic is
lighter, one can simply use grass.
It is surprising the amount of
wear well grown and well nour-
ished grass will stand. In many
public gardens grass paths are
used to divide the flower plots
and they are seldom worn thin.
Where cinder or gravel is used
in paths or driveways one can
eliminate grass and weeds by
sprinkling heavily with rock salt
Or treating with some of the
weed sprays.
Men 'EM ROOM
;n almost every case where
plants are started from seed, and
especially tiny seed, like lettuce
or alyssum or poppies, they must
be thinned later. In doing this,
naturally we pull out the poorer
specimens first but in any case,
we :rust leave plenty of room.
11 me are afraid of later damage
froze. bugs or cutworms perhaps
we will leave twice as many
plants as at first, then later on
we remove every other one.. In
certain vegetables, like beets and
carrots, too, we leave the plants
about an inch or so apart at
first. then use later thinnings for
one first meals. When thinned
properly the plants left will
grew more quickly, and should
be healthier.
Thinning is not always con-
fined to seedlings.' The extra big
and tine blooms you usually see
ie the flower shows are often the
result of thinning, Only in this
rase it will be the flower buds
that are removed. Instead of let-
ting every single rose, peony or
dahlia develop, the professionals
nip off about fifty per cent or
more of the bulls so that those
that are left will be finer and
bigger. The same thing is done
with fruit like apples, plums and
peaches for big prince results.
FOR ANOTHER TEAR
It's a good idea to keep a note.
book and list certain jobs we are
going to do next year, We should
also jot down such items as
colour and season of bloom,
height, resistance to disease and
drought, and of course, the name
of any flower or shrub we see
growing in a neighbour's garden
that we hope to have in our own.
With certain lines of nursery
steak, most shrubs, trees, vines,
etc, one can buy and plant in
t the fall just as well as next
spring. By doing this we get
these established earlier and save
time for 'other tasks next year. '
MEM FRONT
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A chemical whioh aids in the
pros_ vation of thenutritive
itive
value of grass silage and assists
in making it more appetizing to
cattle. thereby increasing milk
production, has recently been
intrnduced. •
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Sodium nietabisulphite, the
preeervative, is in white powder
form and has a variety of uses
in the brewing, food process-
ing. mining, pulp and paper,
and tinning industries.
In the only school of its
kind in North America, the
Niagara Parks Commission School
of Gardening, twenty-four ap-
prentices are learning the "Arc,
Trade or Mystery" of planting,
soil culture and landscaping. With
the greenery of Niagara Falls'
parks as their outdoor classrooms,
these hand-picked students receive
three years of theoretical and prac-
tical training in floriculture, hor-
ticulture and allied sciences. Ap-
prentices receive room, board and
tuition free, and are paid a sub-
sistence allowance varying with
'their seniority as students.
Basic purpose of she 100 -acre
school, which was opened in 1936,
was to turn out qualified gardeners
• to work for the Parks Commission.
Since then, school policy has
broadened, and while some grad-
uates now accept positions in
' Niagara Falls, the majority work
elsewhere. So great is the demand'
for skilled gardeners, that grads
are snllpped up eagerly by land-
scapc-minded industries, univer-
k sides and civic corporations.
Under rhe expert eye of instructor Les Keynnersley (left), third -year senior students get
practical training in seed planting. In addition ro working in schools extensive floral and
ornamental gardens, apprentices occassionally get an opportunity to put in a few hours in
greenhouses and formal g O as of the Niagara Parks Commission system. Winter months
are occupied with lecture sessions on botany, soil chemistry and plant diseases.
National Film Board Photos by Chris Lund
Corsages for their dance dates are no problem to students
Keith Robinson and Russell Nutley (right), who expertly
make up their own. School has well-rounded sports and
social program, supplies each student with free membership
to Y.M.C.A• for swimming and gym classes.
Cauliflower is covered to protect it from burning in sun
and to encourage curd to bleach. School produces most of
its fresh vegetables in kitchen garden tended by first year
students. Enrollment is limited to Canadians, with eight new
students being accepted annually.
According to the manufactur-
ers' farm advisory service, the
use of sodium metabisulphite as
a silage preservative eliminates
the need of the short wilting
period to reduce moisture as is
common when 110 preservative
is used. In fact, na wilting what-
ever is desirable and grass can
be cut in wet weather and
stored at once.
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Long -period studies at the
Pennsylvania State College of
Agriculture have revealed that
valuable ,nutrients in the grass
likep rotein. carotene and cer-
tain mineral foods, are lost when
handling field cured hay.Such
losses run from 20 to 40 per cent
of the feeding value of the hay
and are caused by shattering,
bleaching and rain damage.
These losses are practically eli-
minated when grass is cut green
and silaged with preservative.
Furthermore, the treated grass,
with its increased carotene and
sugar content, is more palatable
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H. Allen Smith, the writer,
once knew a fellow who spent
much of his time going around
the country either proving or
disproving popular sayings. This
chap once spent hours laborious-
ly searching for a needle in a
haystack, although his master -
to cattle and is most easily di-
gested.
In observations made
On test
cattle, it was found that the
daily P1 cow of un -
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intake
treated silage was 18 pounds.
Daily consumption per cow of
silage treated with sodium meta-
bisulphite, however, was 63
pounds which was reflected by
a considerable increase in milk
production. Greater consumption
of high quality treated silage
means 'that less of the costly
protein concentrates are re-
quired.
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To ensure thorough mixing,
application should be made just
ahead of the blower at the rale
of eight pounds of preservative
to each ton of silage. The ,most
practical method of applying the
chemical is with fertilizer at-
tachment from a corn planter.
Powered by an electric motor,
this applicator is mounted on a
portable table calibrated to de-
liver the correct amount of pow-
der per ton. It is fitted with a
cylindrical spout to deliver the
preservative on the chopped
grass as it enters the blower
housing.
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For best quality silage, the
most ideal cutting periods Inc
various grass species are:
Attalla first crop - as near to
one-tenth bloom as possible.
.Alfalfa seeontl crop - half
bloom.
Red Clover - half to three-
quarter bloom.
Broine and timothy - _ after
healing hut befnre blooming.
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D'ul'y farmers- are cautioned
not to let the cut grass wilt any
more than canbe helped. Grass
should not be cut in advance
and grass that hats become ma -
tare, llte}n1,v red leeks moisture
should trot be used for snap.,
piece was a reconstruction of
the Battle of Bunker Hill. This
undertaking established beyond
doubt the impossibility, as wide-
ly advertised in the school books,
of Colonial troops withholding
their fire until such time as it
would have been possible to have
seen the whites of the enemy's
eyes,
The only reason I mention this
is the fact that Smith, a casual
friend, and his research -minded
compatriot, whom I know not at
all, doubtless are equally indebt-
ed to Lou Boudreau for a recent
experiment. In
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a baseball
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game to the Cleveland Indians,
whom he once commanded, Kan-
sas City's Mr. Boudreau clearly
established not only the right but
the ability of history to repeat
itself, writes Frank Waldman in
The Christian Science Monitor.
Unless he takes better care of
himself, Lassie boy is likely to
gain lasting fame in the field of
optometry. During the game, or
games (I believe it was a double-
header) alluded to, Mr. Boudreau
hinted rather broadly that the
rascally Indians had swiped his
pitcher's signs by borrowing an
army telescope that just happen-
ed to be lying around loose.
Now baseball has no law
against either stealing signals or
borrowing U.S. Army telescopes.
The only thing remarkable is
that the experience was Lou's
second such. Oddly, the original
happenstance also involved the
Cleveland Indians although at
the time Boudreau was a mem-
ber of the jolly tribe.
This time the Indians were
whaling the lining out of the
Boston Red Sox who were then
being' -directed by Mr, Steve O'-
Neill. Raising his bead during tile'
bombardment, O'Neill became
convinced that skuidoggery was
afoot somewhere. Before long he
was positive that Cleveland
agents working out of openings
in the scoreboard were swiping
signs from the Boston battery,
To accomplish their long range
spying, the hidden operatives
wore suspected of using binoc-
ulars.
At O'Neill's insistence an im-
mediate search of the premises
was undertaken. About the only
piece of incriminating evidence .
turned up was a half -eaten sand -
with that an harassed scorekeep-
er let fall from his pocket during
the frisking. About all Steve
could do by way of saving face
was retire scowling to his dug-
out..
The Indian players did not for-
get the incident. The next time
O'Neill showed up for a series,
he was persuaded to march out
to home plate to accept a small
gift from his Pennsylvania
friends and neighbors. Inside the
attractively - wrapped package
were a pair of binoculars.
For. once O'Neill's normally
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of humor e
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engaging sense
g g fi
Steve eel him. S ve was furious. So
e in sec-
retary
Tom Dowd, t v 1
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of the Red Sox and a party
who enjoys a good joke as much
as the next fellow. As for Bou-
dreau and the Indian players,
they disclaimed any knowidege
of the prank.
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'MY SOO
LESSON
R, Barclay Warren, 6q,A.1 Ball
Young King Josiah
2 Chronicles' 34:1-12a
Memory Selection: Wherewith --
al shall a young man cleanse Ma.
way? by taking heed thereto
according to thy word. P5e104r
119:9.
Josiah became king of Judge;
at eight years of age. The key
to his successful life is seen i.s
the words, "In the eighth year o%
his reign, while he was yet
young, he began to seek -after
the God of David his father-" At
the crucial age of sixteen -het
turned 10 God. This is important.
In the teens we make great de-
cisions concerning our -vocation,
our companions and our way rtia
life. God's guidance at this Pe-
riod can make the difference be- ,
tween life's success and failure,
When Josiah began to exer-
cise his regal authority at the
age of twenty he immediately
began - to' purge - Jeritealert and
Judah from idolatry. The images
which his wicked father had.
worshipped. were broken tea
pieces and ground to dust.`*11e"
bones of the priests who ,had
first joined with Jeroboafrrint
leading Israel into 'idolatroiYgl
worship were exhumed ani:
burned on the altars. Then i5=
siah set upon a constructive pro- c
gram of repairing the temple.
While they were working on the •
house of the Lord a copy of the
book of the law was discovered„
When Josiah heard it read he
rent his garments and wept. Elia
people had forgotten to keep)
God's cothmandments. He as-
sembled the people and the laves
was read, He led the way ire
standing and making "a coven-
ant before the Lord, to walk '
after the Lord, and to- keep hist
commandments, and his- testi-
monies, and his statues, with.
all his heart ' and with all his
soul, to perform the words of
the covenant" - which were writ-
ten in the book. The people fol-
lowed his example.
We need niore leaders like Jo- .
siah. We need them at all levelrs
of government. If we had snore
practical righteousness .answer
the governed we would have
more righteous men among our
leaders. We need to turn to God
with all our heart and soul.
Today the business of stealilia*
signs is believed to be pretty
much overrated. Jim Turner has
frequently scoiied at a coac)ell ,
ability to steal opposing battery
signals, subsequently tipping hits
hitter what pitch to expect.
"Even if a coach could steal an
occasional sign." Turner pointed
out, "he can't be right all the
time. Furthermore there is netts -
Ing to prevent the other side'ti'
deliberately switching signs it
they think somebody is on to
them. Once a batter has bees
crossed up that way he won't • �- -•�
have much - confidence in • hia
coach."
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