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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-08-31

rune BEETLES
Small fruits and berries already
established should be pruned during
their dormant season before they
begin spring growth.
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soils known to be deficient in potash,
an 0-12-12 should be used. Where no
legume was turned under a 4-12-4
or a 3-12-6 fertilizer should be used
In the coastal plain area 3-12-6, or
2-12-1 fertilizer is recommended.
In the coastal plain area particu-
larly, experts said, yields will be in
creased by side dressing Of nitro
gen at the rate of so pounds to the
acre.
In planting, hybrid corn should be
sown from one-fourth to one-third
thicker than the open poleinated
varieties. An experiment last year
in which plots we're sown 40 by 4t
inches revealed the yield was great
est where three and four stalks were
left in each hill. In the three stalk
hills the yield was 1884 bushels per
acre, while the four stalk hills pro-
duced ISL bushels per acre. The
number of stalks to the hill, however
should be governed by the fertility
of the soil. The yields In this ex-
pertinent should not be compared
with State average yields.
Experts said rotary hoe or sec
ton harrow should be used for the
first cultivation when the corn first
comes up or when it is few inches
high. Two or three additional culti-
vations at proper intervals should be
sufficient, they said.
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Current Functions
OF Garden Clubs

Tuesday, April 30-The American
University Park Garden Club will
meet at 8 pm. at the home of DR.
and Mrs. B. L. Jarman, 1929 Tilden
street. Miss Lillian Smith will
speak on Roses" and there will be
an exchange of perennials between
club members. The president, Mrs
John j. German, will preside at the
discussion on whether the club
should join the National Federation
of Garden Clubs.
Thursday, May 2-The Garden
Club of Alexandria will hold its
second annual plant and white ele-
phant sale in the courtyard OF
Gadsby's Tavern, starting at 9 am
Proceeds will be divided between
the club project of supplying flow
ers for decorations in the Cameron
Street USO, the Camp and Hospital
Committee of the American Red
Cross and the care of the Tavern
courtyard.
Mrs. Charles F. Holden and Mrs
Charles Cecil Wall, co-chairmen OF
the sale have announced the fol-
lowing committee heads: Soliciting
and collecting plants, Miss Mary
Lindsey and Mrs. George Carter;
placing and identifying, Mrs Fran.
els Carter; publicity, Miss Margery
Hall and Mrs. Holden; posters, Mrs
Laurance Thompson: sales group
Mrs. Gardner L. Boothe, sr.; tables
k6iee Iaonnetto FRO npiS. c,lf fouyerc
Miss Anne Lewis Jones; white ele.
phant tables, Mrs. Beaudric Howell
and Mrs. Alley D. Rorex.
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proved, but instead has constantly
grown worse.
Farm wage rates in Maryland
have increased 1876 per cent. since
1889, and wages now paid dairy
hands will range from 500 to $3.50
per month and upward. Dairy
hands are almost impossible to get.
Not only are farm wage rates
higher but the workers are less
efficient, which adds greatly to the
dairyman's labor bill.
Feed Costs Double.
Dairy feed costs in Maryland are
about double what they were at the
beginning of the war. Not only
is feed scarce and high priced, but
it's quality also is inferior Before
the war dairymen generally fed a "a
per cent or higher protein feed
They also we're able to buy high
protein concentrates and mix with
their own feeds, whereas high pro-
tein concentrations now are not
available.
This means that more feed is
required to produce 100 pounds of
milk. The grain fed daily per milk
COW in Maryland has increased con-
stantly, ranging from So pounds In
1910 to IA pounds in 1945. At the
same time, daily milk production
per COW declined from 1863 pounds
in January, 1910, to ISL pounds In
January, 1916.
Feed and labor constitute from
80 to IS per cent of the dairyman's
cost. Other cost items, such as milk
pals. milk cans, building repairs
etc, make up an additional cost.
Herds Cut Down.
This is not the whole story about
the unfavorable position of the
dairymen. Dairymen in Maryland
recently have been notified by theil
feed dealers that they will be allowed
only 80 per cent of the amount OF
grains used in mixed feeds bought ir
1945.
A dairyman who lives in Mont.
gomery County has told of tht
serious effect of the ruling on the
production of milk. In 1945 the
average amount Of milk shipped BY
this farmer was so gallons daily
whereas in 1916 the average daily
shipment is 80 gallons.
This farmer has been adding
freshening COWS to the milking
herd to utilize the available barn
space and at the same time to
help meet the shortage of milk or
the Washington market. In view o1
the feed shortage, the farmer has
been culling the herd rigidly so AZ
to best utilize the short feed supplies
No more culling can be done except
to eliminate efficient, high produc-
ing cows. To help meet this situation
the farmer will reduce his flock of
laying hens to SO, rent pasture for
20 dairy heifers, sell all of the hogs
except enough for home use and sell
his three horses. Most likely it will
be necessary to sell some of the dairy
cows to make the adjustment to the
short feed supplies.
At a time like this when milk
prices are fixed and farmers costs
are increasing constantly, the dairy
man is placed in very unfavorable
economic position.
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Winchester to Have
NAV Cattle Sale

The Winchester tri-breed sale
and show of purebred cattle will be
held May Is at the Virginia live
stock auction market. Winchester
when % Aberdeen-Angus, 10 Here
ford and 13 Shorthorns will be put
up at auction. The sale is spon-
sored by the Northern Virginia Live
stock Producers Association, Inc.
According to I. Fred Stine, Fred
erick County agent and sales man.
ager. the cattle are being consigned
by breeders in Clarke. Frederick
Loudoun, Shenandoah and Warren
Counties and represent highly bred
types needed on farms to maintain
foundation herds All cattle are
guaranteed breeders and carry
health certificates for Bangs disease
and tuberculosis. he said.
Mr.. Slime said mail bids may be
sent to M. L. Dalton, Virginia Poly
technic Institute, Blacksburg. The
show will be judged by DR.. Fred
Leinback, head of the animal hus-
bandry department at the University
of Maryland.
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Maryland Farmers
See Production Cut
AS Problems Rise
By Dr.. S. n. De VouIt
Chief OF Dairy Department. Maryland

Extension Service
Dairymen are confronted with
dithculties which most surely will
restrict the production of fluid
milk and other dairy products.
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ment program in the county, two
demonstrations, to run for five
years, fave been arranged. One will
be held on a four-acre pasture on
the J. C. Kincheloe farm near
Manassas, and the other will be held
on a farm near Nokesville. Both
demonstrations will be conducted on
pastures that have been lined.
On the Kincheloe farm, for ex-
ample. the pasture will be divided
into four test plots. One plot, to
serve as a check, will receive no
fertilizer. Plot No. 2 will receive an
application of 400 pounds of 20 per
cent superphosphate; 600 pounds of
0-14-7 will be applied to No. 3, and
No. 4 will receive 700-pound apph-
cation of 3-12-6.
The pasture will be graZed during
the experiments, but measuring pens
will be maintained to prevent stock
from eating off the grass to be meas
ured in the tests.
During the time of the expert
ments, the grass in the measuring
pens will be clipped at regular inter-
walls, and records of the green weight
from each pen will be kept. In this
way it will be possible to determine
the most economical method of pro-
ducing fine pastures. The fertilizer
for the demonstrations will be fur
nished by the Plant Feed Institute
of Virginia and North Carolina.
Too many of us have considered
pastures as something that would
take care of themselves. We have
neglected them, grazed the grass of
early and late until the sods have
become thin-weeds have come in
and we say the pastures have run
out" They really have starved out!
These pastures must be fed, that is,
fertilized and lined, to put back the
plant feed taken off by livestock.
Pasture is crop that the animals
eat right where it grows. There is
no labor cost for harvesting. Pasture
land is also to be handled on a busi-
ness basis if it contributes its share
of the total farm income.
The right kind of fertilization,
lining and management can make
many pastures produce several times
as much. elf-harvested feed. The
greater the proportion of needs pro-
duced by pasture, the less is the cost
of harvesting. The economy OF har-
vesting and feeding crops through
pasturing is nos small item.
We are coming to realize that we
are farming economically If we can
produce more pasturage that can be
harvested by the animals thereby
saving much of the labor and ex-
pense incurred in depending too
much on titled crops.
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Readers Clearing House
Sources of Information on Herbs;
Identity of Certain Shrubs Asked

Write to Stark Home Orchard Serv-
ice Bureau, Stark Bros. Nurseries,
Louisiana, Mo-, and ask for free
"Simplified Way to Grow Your Own
Fruit"
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lTOm 1879 10 ldSI year. WIlcIl l,IIo,UUu
acres was planted, agricultural ex-
perts said yields per acre have in
creased until the harvest amounts to
more than in 1929.
While farmers have indicated
1.198,000 acres will be planted in corn
this year, it was pointed out that
by the use of hybrid varieties and
proper fertilization, the average
yield for the State should reach 80
bushels per acre.
Agricultural experts said farmers
should plant as much corn as they
have suitable land for and should
seed properly and fertilize and cul-
tivate we'll. Last year, approximately
40 per cent of the corn acreage was
seeded in hybrids, and this year the
percentage of hybrids should be in
creased to at least so, 1t was said.
In order to produce the heaviest
yields, experts advise the use of 400
pounds of fertilizer per acre. In the
heavier soils Of the Piedmont and
Western Virginia area, when a leg
ume, has been turned under, an
0-l4-7 fertilizer should be used. In
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o1oI1S U71Z=I1
are needed.
On soils in good condition and we'll
supplied with phosphate and potash
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HERBS FOR GARDEN

(From Mrs. M. w, Arlington.)
In reply to j. c. Med, re Herb
Gardens: United States Department
Of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant In
dustry, will send free a fine 11-page
article on "Savory or Aromatic
Herbs in the Kitchen Garden" by
w. r. Beattie.
(From Mrs. c. L. G., Washington. }
If j. c. Med. of Washington can
visit the Weathered Oak Herb Farm
at Bradley Hills in Bethesda, Md,
he or she can probably obtain a good
deal Of information regarding herbs
and spices.
CAN YOU IDENTIFY THESE?
(From 1t. w. C. S., Arlington.)
AS a temporary resident of Wash
ington, have been both delighted
and amazed at the number OF
Towering trees and shrubs to be
found in the vicinity and hope that
some of your readers might be able
to supply the names of few OF
them, such as:
l. The Towering tree with the
delicate pink blossoms found in
front of the Federal Reserve Build
ing and with limbs similar to the
weeping willow.
2. The specie of azalea with the
brilliant flame color also found in
front of the Federal Reserve Build
ing on Constitution avenue.
3. The tree that blooms with large
pink flowers at Hams Point.
4. The correct name for the tree
similar to the Red Bud tree recently
in bloom and referred to as the
Judas tree and the Shad tree.
would also like to know If these
plants would live in a more north
erly climate.
CORRECTION.
The request OF Mrs. w. H. l.,
Arlington, appearing in last Sum
days Star for MISSION Diolets
Wds incorrect. Mrs. L. 1Dtshes
information about RUSSIAN
ptolets. We regret the error.
CHINESE CHESTNUT TREES;
FRUIT PLANTING.
From J. c., RiDerd1le, Md.)
Replies to inquiries Of E. F. r..
Washington; The only Chinese
chestnut trees we were able to get
came from Jackson e. Perkins Co.,
Newark, N. Y. You must have at
least two trees for pollination.
Mrs. L. A., Washington: Many
farmers prefer fall planting of fruit
trees. We planted in spring and fall
got good results. May I suggest that
for fall planting you buy the more
expensive larger trees? They seem
to do better than the small ones
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THANK YOU" NOTE.

(Frort Mrs. J. B. M, Siluer Spring. J
My thanks to the kind person who
through RICH sent me seeds of little
peppers. And to M. A., Washington,
for her information about the Alpine
strawberry.
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it will pay or
many farms tt
apply the equiv.
alent of $50 tt
ITS pounds o1
nitrate of soda
The ample use
of lime to give
a reaction that
will per m | I
a b u n d a n |
growth of pas
ture legumes is,
Of course, desir-
able on all soils.
AS part of a
longtime pas
tl1ra imnrNVe-
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Throughout the
war our dairy
men tr a / ned
every effort to
keep milk flow
ing to our met
ropolitan mar
k e is, although
they were handi-
capped at every
turn by short
ages of labor ,
machinery, feed
and by various
price regula-
tions. Since the
war the situa-
+;o~ hoe Not ixo
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When early spring Towering plants
such as alyssum, aubretia, arabs
and candytuft have finished bloom
ing, cuttings may be taken to be
rotted in sand and peat. .
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Managed Pastures Valuable
Prince William Farms Demonstrate
Economy of Special Soil Treatment
By Frank D. Cox
Prince Williom County Extension Agent

Pastures best greenng up
northern Virginia county and will
age They do still well Top dressing
WIFI still this late
on soils we'll supplied with potash applications pounds
OF 20-0 fertilizer
County
soils tested appla-
tions of 0-14-7, 0-122 fertilizer"
needed M, rx,1o<,J Eo.x.,.,
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More Corn Urged for Cash Crop

Virginia Extension Service officials pointing out that farmers re-
greater cash return them to follow
practices that will heavier yield this
the of grain shortages officials said will be
factor
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write 10 SCdrk home OTCndTu oci "
ice Bureau, Stark Bros. Nurseries
Louisiana, Mo-, and ask for free
"Simplified Way to Grow Your Own
Fruit"
EASTER LILY;
ROCK GARDENS.
(Front Mrs. A. D., Washington
Remove lily from pot, allow about
6 inches of stem to remain. Plant
at once and lily will bloom again in
June. It will bloom next year IN
June. also. Leave 1t in the ground
and it will come up each year.
For the rock garden suggest
Sweet william dwarf, allyssum
portulaca. All of these will bloom
this year and succeeding ones.
What kind Of soil and location Is
best for asters?
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Information sent in by the fol-
lowing has been forwarded to the
readers for phom 1t tDds in
tended:
Mrs. E. o. L., Mount Rainier:
r. L. w., Mrs. M. ~. Wash
ington.
WILL EXCHANGE.
from Mrs. M. ~, Washington
I have in my garden some prim-
rose, red with yellow 'centers
Would like to trade with some one
who has either the yellow, pink
or lavendar primrose.
POTTED AZALEA?
(From Mrs. L. J. ", Washington. J
Will some one please tell me how
to care for a potted azalea? I have
no idea how often to water it, etc
Also Suggestions as to colorful flow
ers which will grow in window
boxes.
THANK YOU" NOTE.
(Fron Mrs. J. B. M, Silper Spring. }
My thanks to the kind person who
through RICH sent me seeds of little
peppers. And to M. A., Washington
for her information about the Alpine
strawberry.
4 \
Contributions and requests
must be accompanied BY the tuH
name and address OF the sender.
We WiH withhold both and use
only initials. Please address mail
to the Readers Clearing House.
Garden Section, 422, The Eue-
ming Star, Washington 4, D. c.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-06-14
MARITIME STRIKE
 SETTLEMENT WEARS

WASHINGTON-Maritime negotia- tions shaped up closer to an agree ment today but Harry Bridges West Coast longshoremen remained e major threat to settlement before the strike deadline tonight at mid night
 GrandVille Conway, War Shipping Administrator, said dispute re- mained over the wording of four or five thing.s' However, one union chief revealed privately that more than phrasing still was at stake
 Bridges militant union was Ic- ported holding out for 1 cent hourly more than the 22 cents increase proposed by the government. A com promise, cutting the amount of re- troactive pay going to the steva- dores, was a-making, but still not made.
 Relaxed tension was evident, how ever, as a full-dress negotiating session convened in midafternoon for what might be the showdown. A Labor Department official sDid set tlement might come any time.
 Even as 100000 Unionists organ ized for dockside striking, word came from reliable union circles that the two key seagoing unions directly involved-the CIO National Maritime Union and the Independ- ent Marine Bremen of the Pacific Coast-were ready to take the gov ernment's wage and work-week terms
 The terms were, according to this source: A $1750 monthly wage increase, overtime pay rate boosted to $1 an hour, overtime to start at 4S hours instead of the present 56. The work-week would continue to be 56 hours at sea, however.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-06-14
BREMEN HAVE SPECIAL
 MEETING TO PLAN FOR Att

At a special meeting of the Fire men Monday night at the Fire hall, further plans were laid for a bigger and better Fourth fo July ceIebra- tion this year.
 Cooperating with other local or ganizations, hope is to make this years Independence Day one to re- member.
 The Wrangell Women's Civic Club plans to have a homemade candy sale, while the mblem Club, the Sal vation Army and the Alaska Native Sisterhood will have refreshment and hot dog stands. The Firemen will have a jitney dance and if the weapons and ammunition are avail able, the Elks will have a shooting gallery Several other organizations are laying plans to be revealed lat CT.
 William D. Grant, Fire Chief, an- nounced that the collection of dOna- tions will start immediately to ob- tain a fund for prizes to be given the winners of the various races and events. He said regular races will be held for the kids and if the funds permit, they will have speedboat and work boat races with worth while prizes for the winners. The better the donations, the more ev- ents and prizes possible, Chief Grant pointed out.
 Dr. D. J. Wheeler and Neil Grant have been appointed the committee in charge of collections and the Bremen have started the fund out with twenty-five dollar donation.
 The usual evening dances will be held and it is expected that other events and programs will be added and announced later.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-06-14
HERE FOR VISIT

Technical Sergeant Howard Ben jamin and Mrs Benjamin arrived in Wrangell this week from Anchorage where Sgt. Benjamin is stationed in the Army. He is on a 45-day fur tough and the couple are visiting MT. and Mrs. Jerry Nelson, parents of Mrs. Benjamin.
 Mrs. Benjamin is the former Mar ion Nelson, popular Wrangell girl, who was married in Anchorage last spring and Sgt. Benjamin is a brother of Mrs, Kenneth Stensland, who formerly operated the American Bakery here. Both young people at tended the local schools and are well known here.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-06-14
THIS IS FLAG DAY

One hundred and siXty-nine years ago, on June II, TIT. the Contin- ental Congress, sitting in Philadel- phia as the duly elected representa- tives of the United States-then a nation in name only formally a- dopted the Stars and Stripes as the national emblem.
 Unfortunately there is no clear record as to when the new emblem was first raised. One authority claims that the banner of 13 stars and 13 stripes Was first unfrled at Bound Brook, New Jersey. It seems fairly certain, however, that on 1t least four important occasions dur ing the year 1777, the new flag was flown. First, at the siege of Fort StanwiX, Ne. Y, in August; second, at the Battle of Brandywine on Sep tember "a; third, at Germantown on October 4 and at the surrender of the British under Gen. Burgoyne on October IF.
 The flag of the United States is not idly referred to as "Old Glory.9 Though it is the emblem of the youngest among the major nations, it is among the oldest flags in ax- istence today. It is 13 years older than the Tri-Color of the French Republic and 23 years older than the present Union Jack of Great Britain.
 Although there has been no
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-06-14

change in the basic stars-and-stripes design of the Flag of the United States since it's adoption, it appears to have been tie intention of Con gress at first to add both stars and stripes for new states Thus, in 1734 following the admission of Vermont and Kentucky, the flag displayed 15 stripes and 15 tsars. Then Congress, realizing the unwieldly result of the policy of adding a new stripe for each new state, settled upon the present design of 13 stripes to re- present the original 13 colonies and an additional star for each new state, and decreed that each states star be added on July 4 following the date of the states admission.
 Finally. the flag of the United States has never been hauled down in defeat save on isolated occasions, such as at Bataan. It has been car ried to ultimate victory in every war in which the nation has engas- ed and has been rehoisted over ev- cry foot of territory that has ever been temporarily lost. It is an en- blem of independence and freedom tc the millions who live as citizens under it's protection; it is an eme blem of hope to untold millions in other lands.
 Flag Day services will be held at Elks hall tonight at D. m, with James Nolan taking principal part The public is cordially invited.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-06-14
THOMAS DALGITY. WRANGELL PIONEER IS
 U 4 ID mo r .-.

AAAAO 1O LeA4Az A
 Funeral services were held here this afternoon at 2:3O for Thomas Dalgity, pioneer and longtime resi- dent of Wrangell. Services were conducted at the Assembly, of God Mission with Brother William Gum officiating. Burial took place be- side his wife in Wrangen Memorial Cemetery.
 MT Dalgity had been in failing health for many years and his death took place June n at the Sitka Pioneers Home The body was flown here for burial.
 Born in Edinburgh, Scotland. on November 9, 1869, AIr. Dalgity came to the United States with his moth CT seventeen years later to join his father in Astoria, Oregon. Later Ee married Mary Amundsen and in 1898 they came to Alaska Dalglly worked in Bristol Bay at that time
 In 1901 the family came to Wrar- gell and MT. Dalgity became a lead CT in the community, serving as U. S. Deputy Marshal, many years as Councilman and as Mayor
 His wife died in June, 1885, but he is survived by three sons, Lloyd, Weston, and Harry all of California. He leaves many lifelong friends and several relatives in Wrangell.
 Pallbearera were Samuel Cunning ham, Oscar Carlson, Andy Johnson, Oliver Berg, Charles Sadler and El- mer Carlstrom.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-06-14
UCC AGENT HERE

James B. Cauley, field agent Tor the Unemployment Compensation Commission, is in town on that bur eau's business.
 Cauley, former Wrangell service man, was recently awarded the Army's Commendation Ribbon for exceptionally meritorious service during his time in the Army. He was stationed in the Pribilofs.
 From here he will go to Ketchi- kan before returning to the head of flee in Juneau.