Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-05-01
HOME AND FARM
DEPARTMENT
Conducted by Mrs. John Sandy COvington.


Miscellaneous 272I
No. at. jars 126l
No. jars other sizes 0OI
Total value of all club products S42707O|
Average cost of products per tenth $27OOl
canning ------- $1692I
profit per tenth $l0621l
Approximate number of jars put by women under DEM
onstraion methods $1,000
Value at 4Oc per jar- $500 .---------- $4,000
This report does not include the dried the
Der of pounds of butter made and sod which think about
500 pounds
The approximate No. of doz. eggs is about 600 doz
The girl making the best yield and profit Eula Mcintyre
Elerbe Rt her net CROFT on all canned goods $237 col
The clubs 1919 are very we'll organized all having
regular meetings twice month At these meetings we have dem
onstraton cooking using the best Southern recipes
in sewing soap making We have for baby week
in May During this week at each meeting will discuss The
of baby Hiss Food Clothing Sanitary conditions they at
feet the baby, Fresh air, His Bath and so
We hope have the county health officer physician to give
some lectures at some of these meetings.
Mrs. John Sandy Covngon, Home Dem Agent.
How to Grow Healthy Plants Transpanng the Home Garden
To be of obtaining healthy young plants of tomatoes
peppers eggpants cabages lettuce etc. for ranspntng to the
home garden elsewhere seedbed soil should be treated with
boiling water described below Most all soils commonly used
for seed beds contain kinds of harmful mods fungi
and in addition the South destructive eeworm which causes
disease of many garden commonly called ootknot these
killed. plants in such soil will usually become dis
eased and die else will remain sunted and scy because
of the anspanng of such diseased seedlings that many OF the
poor crops of the home garden Every gardener should
therefore how recognize these troubles of young plants
and become familiar with the simple method here described for
preventing them:
How to Recognize the Diseases
Ordinarily the diseased seedlings lighter green color and
smaller than healthy plants and have scky appearance These
signs disease the young plants not be noticed and still
the trouble may be the and become after
the plants set in the garden.
To find the diseases present. always examine the
roots young plants before setting them the garden affect
ed by mods fungi dark patches be the roots and
sometimes on the lower part the Badly affected seedlings
have roed off by the fungi their stems killed the
surface of the ground that they fall attacked by the
eelwom the enlarged swollen and knotke places
are formed This disease is commonly called sootknot
How to Prevent Diseases
Recently has been found that seed bed soil be easily
freed of these plant enemies by simple method The treat
en consists soaking the soil with boiling Before treating
the soil should be placed in the box ready for seeding Make
few holes the bottom of the box for drainage For box x3x
ms Deep pour slowly four and half gallons of boiling
water and with newspaper to hold heat After
few days whenever the soil has dried enough the seed may
be planted Be careful that diseased soil anything else which
might spread the troubles gets into the box.
Young plants grown in this treated soil not only have white
sound roots but also have healthy vigorous appearance above
ground Besides this seeds sprou better and the plants grow
much faster than those planted in untreated soil.
L. P. Byars
w. w. Gilbert
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