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Evening star., 1946-05-05
All About
The Farm

The city and suburban lawn
farmer" can take a tip from cat
tlemen whose pastures produce one
of the most important crops. Run
down lawns, like rundown pas
lures, often will respond to an ap-
plication of lime and superphos-
phate. Before these dressings are
applied, however, 1t is a good idea
to consult the county agent, or an
| Agriculture Department specialist
to determine the amounts for best
results under specific conditions.
In regard to the use of weed
killing preparations on lawns, many
new weed-killing solutions, besides
eradicating dandelions and plan
tain, will kill white clover. Since
most lawn grasses contain a high
percentage of clover, solutions
should be used with care.
Construction Data.
Officials of the Agricultural Ad-
justment Administration last week
pointed out that while farmers are
exempted from certain building con-
trolls and may apply to county AAA
Offices for other construction per-
mits, farm construction should be
held at minimum to enable the
Nation to get low-cost housing for
veterans more quickly.
Farmers do not need permits to
construct or repair garages or
dwellings when the cost is less than
s400, or for similar work on farm
housing for temporary labor at a
cost not to exceed $1,000. Also ex-
empted are repair or construction
of farm buildings and homes de-
stroyed by fire, flood or wind, not
to exceed $4,000; fences, silos, wells,
dams, canals, drainage and irriga-
ton bitches.
Farm Science Progress.
Five additional brief reports on
scientific achievements in raising
plants and livestock have been
issued by the Agriculture Depart
ment. The reports, which may be
received from the co-ordinator of
public research publications, Agri-
culture Research Administration,
Agriculture Department, include:
F1axseed Production Established
in California and Arizona, Penicillin
Made Available Through Agricul-
tural Research, Morgan Horse Per-
petuated and Developed, Increasing
Domestic Production of Persian
Lamb Fur and Continuous Sub
mergence Controls Weeds in Cali
fornia Rice Fields. j. B.
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Readers Clearing House
Planting Tomatoes With Corn Cobs?
Queries on Heliotrope, Gloxinias

Paula? Would also like informa-
ton as to how to make 4 St.
Paula bloom. Mine has luxuriant
foliage but no bloom buds.
~
WANDERING JEW?
(From Mrs. r. A. j., Arlinaton.)
Can some one tell me where I
could find some Wandering Jew?
WILL EXCHANGE.
Two-year-old purple African vio-
lets for potted pink, red or white
ones, which are blooming now.
Mrs. H. L. A., Edmonston, Md.
y X
Two-rooted blue African violets
for one pink and one white flower.
Mrs. E. B., Mount Rainier, Md.
Purple African violets for a pink
and red violet.
Miss S. F. r., Washington.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Information sent in BY Miss
S. r. u, Kensington, and Mrs.
H. H. D., Hyattsuille, has been
torUarded as they requested.
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SHRUBS IDENTIFIED
From F. G. F., Hyattspille.)
, To 1t. w. B. S.: These may be
the answers to the questions you
present to the Readers Clearing
House although I have not seen
the trees and shrubs in question:
l. Prunus serrulata pendula fl. pl
double weeping Oriental cherry.
2. Azalea kaempfero-torch azelea
1t could possibly be azalea mollis,
deciduous azalea In several shades
of salmon.
| 8. haven't seen this tree but it is
possibly magnolia soulangeana or
/ soulangeana' nigra. The latter is
a darker shade than the former.
4. This is, as you believe, the red
bud or Judas tree. the c. Canadensis,
but it is not the shad bush which
has clusters Of white flowers resem-
bling those of plum tree.
The azaleas love an acid soil and
live in climate as cold as that of
Pennsylvania. Farther north they
may require winter protection to
survive. Magnolias likewise could
live in more northerly climate than
ours but you would do well to con-
suit the library to learn exactly
what they can stand The Red Bud
grows everywhere.
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Evening star., 1946-05-05

Fertilizing and rotating pasture
for chickens and hogs as well as for
dairy animals is one of the best
paying jobs on the farm. It provides
good feed high in protein, and saves
the farmer the expense and time
OF harvest, since the animals harvest
the feed themselves.
Evening star., 1946-05-05

Frederick County farmers realized
the gains that could be accom-
plished through planned farming
and the Middletown Valley, one of
the most fertile farming sections of
the East, was organized into the
second soil conservation district in
the State.
Leads in Draft Horses.
Likewise, Frederick farmers early
realized the advantages of hybrid
corn for increased yields, and now
about 80 per cent of all corn planted
is hybrid.
Among other firsts, Frederick
leads all other Maryland counties
in the breeding of draft horses, in
the number of cattle and calves, the
number of hogs, in the production
OF wheat, barley and hay, and in the
acreage and yield of corn.
Frederick dairymen annually ship
20,000,000 gallons of milk, mostly to
the Washington market. This milk
is produced by about 10000 dairy
cows, with Holsteins making up the
majority herds.
While the county is predominant
ly dairy section this is balanced
by several purebred Aberdeen-An-
gus and Hereford beef herds, and
for the last 10 years Frederick has
been the leading county in the East
In the breeding of Percheron
horses. The annual Percheron show
is rated seventh largest in the
United States. Some of these draft
horses are now being exported to
help restock European countries.
Remsberg Knows Cattle.
j. Homer Remsberg, president of
the Frederick County Holstein
Breeders Association and a direc-
tor of the national association
operates the farm in the Middle
town Valley originally owned by
his grandfather. Mr.. Remsberg's s
son, now 20, has shown no indica-
tions that he will leave the land.
One of the county's leading dairy
men, Mr.. Remsberg recently COM
pleted the purchase of rs Holstein
COWS to be exported to Ecuador
and was appointed to select the
Holstein bulls for the artificial
dissemination stud at the Univer-
sity of Maryland.
Incidentally. Mr. Remsberg's re-
lations with his son may be one
.clue as to why Frederick County
youths stay on the farm. While
l,,- 1f
work he is partner in the dairy
operations and part of the Holstein
COWS in the herd are registered in
his name.
A few miles from the Remsberg
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farm, Cecil K. Hotter farms with
the help of three sons. A fourth son
manages a farm in an adjoining
county, and some day will probably
be landowner there.
Mr.. Hotter took over about Is
years ago from his father, now rs,
who lives in Middletown and occa-
sionally gives advice. The elder
Mr.. Holter's chief advice just now
is to take better care of the horses.
He hasn't gotten used to the trac-
tor idea on the farm.
Three Generation Farm.
Mr.. Hotter operates general pur-
pose farm. While he milks 80 Hol-
stein cows, he also raises purebred
hogs, produces eggs for hatcheries
and produces grain. When his
boys finally take over they will
represent the third generation on
the Hotter farm.
Over in the Frederick Valley,
Walter ]. Hahn and his son Staley
are another father-son team. The
Hahns produce only milk, and every
thing raised on the three Hahn
farms goes into the herd of 10
purebred Ayershires.
Mr.. Hahn likes to tell how he
got started in farming. That was
back in 1918 when he borrowed
some money from his father-in-law
The next year he paid back the
loan, and the following year he
bought his father-in-law's farm.
Since then he had added two others
to his string
Its good life" he says. "but it
takes lot of close figuring. I'll
tell you that a lot Of nights when
was in bed I wasn't sleeping. No
sir-I was figuring"
Young Staley was recently mar
ried, and it won't be many years
until his father will sit on the porch
while Staley takes over, perhaps
beginning another line of Frederick
families who will till the same land
for generation after generation.
Evening star., 1946-05-05
|Purebred Cattle
Offered This Month
At Nearby Sales

Five sales of purebred dairy
and beef cattle will be held this
month in Maryland and Virginia.
Important to both Virginia and
Maryland dairymen will BE- the
10th annual consignment sale OF
the Frederick County Holstein
Breeders Association May IT at the
fair grounds in Frederick, Md.
The Virginia Aberdeen Angus
Breeders Association will sponsor
a sale Of purebred Angus cattle
May II at the Berryville horse
show grounds, and the following
day purebred Shorthorn cattle will
be sold at Winchester.
On May 20 another purebred
Angus sale will be held at the LIE
Baron Farm, Warrenton, Va, to be
followed, May rs, by the Winches-
ter tri-breed sale of % Angus, 10
Hereford and 13 Shorthorn cattle.
At the Frederick sale, which will
begin at noon. 10 Holsteins will be
offered, including 16 cows, AZ heifers
and IL bulls. The stock is backed
by production records of over 500
pounds of fat. Consigned by "a
leading Maryland breeding farms,
the cattle are negative to tuber-
ulosis and Bangs disease. Forty
four are sired by sons and grand
sons Of Donloggin Woodmaster, one
Of the finest Holstein sires.
At the Berryville Angus sale 50
cows and four bulls will be offered,
consigned from principal breeders
In Northern Virginia. At the VIM
chester Shorthorn and the War
renton Angus sales some of the
finest breeding stock in the area
will be offered, according to sales
officials,
Evening star., 1946-05-05

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Evening star., 1946-05-05

tomatoes and q favorite in even
such faraway places as Australia.
The plant scientists kept on ex-
perimenting, and in 1941 they intro
duced variety known as Pan
America, even more resistant than
Marglobe. Pan-America Is the re-
suit of cross between Marglobe
and rusty little wild tomato from
the Andes Mountains of Peru,
smaller than a cherry but immune
to wilt.
I asked a plant scientist how they
knew the Peruvian variety was i'm
mune to wilt. and he told me how
they took small plants Of the wild
tomato. dipped the roots into a
mass OF the live organisms that
cause fusarium wilt, and then set
the plants in warm moist soil where
the fungus could do its worst.
But the fungus simply couldn' t
hurt that rugged little plant from
Peru. and that was good news to
the plant scientists, for they were
pretty sure they had what they'd
been looking for-disease resistance
Of very high degree. They crossed
the wild plant with Marglobe, hop
ing to get Marglobe's fine eating
qualities plus disease-resistance of
the Peruvian tomato.
Choice Of $4,000.
They continued their tests for fu-
sarium wilt, growing the plants
each time in soil thoroughly infect
ed with the fungus, selecting the
surviving plants that had the best
fruit. In all they grew over 10000
plants. selecting out of these the
one plant that was better than all
the rest, the popular Pan-America
You might think the plant men
would be satisfied by this time. but
no-they are already crossing PAN
America with other varieties, in the
hope of getting the disease resist
ance of Pan-America into varieties
that are otherwise very good.
But to return to my own garden
Marglobe is good enough for me
The plants set out in May kept right
on bearing through August. Sep
tember and late into October, as
witness the final entry in my note
book:
October "a. Cleaned up garden.
Brought home last of tomatoes. For
once have had plenty of fresh to-
matoes and loads to give away.
Do believe in gardening by bull
letin? As my young nephew would
say, We'll, natch!"
Evening star., 1946-05-05
Many Plants Grow
lust as Well in
Deep Shade Spots
Rv | ou;ea Aandav
By Louise Hendey

1t is not at all uncommon to hear
some one explain that he does not
have garden because he has so
much shade. There is very little
shade on city lots so dense that
nothing will grow. Even in perpet-
ual shade, a few plants will grow
and some will flower. These can be
divided into very low-growing and
taller groups and into spring and
summer bloomers.
In the low-growing spring bloom
ing group are Bunchberry (cornus
canadeniss). Trailing Arbutus (Epi-
gaea repens), Iris verna or cristata,
Partridge Berry Mitchella). Eng
lish Ivy Hedera Helix, Pachysan-
dra, Periwinkle, and Oconee Bells
(Shortia).
For taller plants choose Jack-in-
the-Pulpit (Arisaema), Canada May
flower, Solomon's Seal Polygona-
tum). Leucothoe, Mountain-L Laurel,
Rhododendron Maximum, or some
of the Trilliums.
For summer Towering, Winter
green (Gaultheria), Dalibarda and
Linnaea, all three ground covers,
are suggested. There are a few
taller plants that will bloom in full
shade: Rattlesnake Plantain, Ca
lax and Geranium Robertianum.
Plants Thrive in Shade.
Many plants like the sun Of the
early spring but are happy under
the shade trees during the hot sum-
mer days. Many Of these do espe-
cially well under the shade of dog
wood and redbud. For such situa-
tions plant Rue Anemones, the COM
mon American Columbine, Bleeding
Heart (Dicentra eximia), Hepatica,
Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata), Early
Meadow Rue CThalictrum), Foam
Flower (Tiarella). Wake Robin (Tril-
lium erectum), Trillium grandifio-
rum and many species of native
violets. The bloodroot (sanguinaria)
Virginia Cowslip Mertensia). Trout
Lily CErthyronium). Maynower,
Dutchman's Breeches Dicentra Gu
cullaria and the dainty Spring
Beauty all adds beauty to the shady
garden.
Many Of our cultivated flowers
grow equally well in partial shade.
These are better for cutting purposes:
Aquilegia (Columbine, especially the
long-spurred hybrids), Astilbe, Bell
flower (Campanula lactinora), Lark
spur Delphinium elatum), Fox
glove Digitalis), Day Lily (Hemer-
ocallis), several lilies including the
Goldband Lily, Phlox paniculata
Conefiower CRudbeckia), Globe
Flower (Trollius), tulips and daffo-
dis.
For the shady rock garden, add
violas, deciduous shrubs and ever
green shrubs. Many beautiful
species of ferns. a number Of the
small bulbs and tuberous rooted
begonias might well be included.
Many combine two or more of
these shade-loving plants like the
Evening star., 1946-05-05

ee1S1 Ho1N D 2'1 IIlo, VUU, average IUU
acres, units that are not too small
for economical operation.
Frederick County farmers are
Evening star., 1946-05-05
TOMATO PLANTS IN
CORN COBS?

SoltlN Nooo.
(Fron1 Mrs. T. w. H., Washington. }
Some time ago you had sugges-
ton for growing tomato plants in a
hole filled with corn cobs. I would
like more information concerning
this procedure.
HELIOTROPE?
From Mrs. N. p, Falls Church,
My grandmother had a flower in
her garden which she called garden
heliotrope," a tall plant with pale
pink flowers, very fragrant. Another
name I have discovered is Vale
rian." Can any reader tell me where
I can get either the seed or plants?
RUSSIAN vIOLETS.
(Fronl Mrs. H. W. G., Alexandria,
I happened on a catalogue Of Bur-
CESS Seed & Plant Co., Galesburg
Mich, 1943 edition, which lists
double sweet Russian violets.
GLOXINIAS?
(Fron, Mrs. r. E. T.,
Chevy Chase, Md)
Do any of our readers know how
to raise Gloxinias from bulbs? Do
they require watering and atten-
ton similar to that given the st
Evening star., 1946-05-05
Tuck Appoints Two
On Livestock STUDY

Gov. Tuck last week appointed
DR.. I. D. Wilson, head of the biology
department at Virginia Polytechnic
Institute, Blacksburg, and Hugh
Camp. Franklin CVa) cattleman, tc
commission to study the States
livestock and animal industry ano
determine the advisability of estab.
fishing Virginia veterinary schoo,
of medicine.
Other members of the commission
authorized by the last session o1
the General Assembly, are John B
Boatwright, Buckingham; John D
Daniel, HaylaS, and John w. Cooke
Mathews, members of the House o1
Delegates, and State Senators j. D
Hagood, Halifax, and Lloyd C. Bird
Chesterfield.
Evening star., 1946-05-05

! u Z a l people
who look on
agriculture as a
culture and a
way of life. Slow
to accept new
ideas until they
have been test
ed. the coun-
tvs agriculture
shows a steady,
pra C tical ad-
vance t h r ough
the years.
Early in the
history of the
soil conSerVa-
S;o~ poo,,o,,,o-t
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Maryland. Virginia
Farm Calendar
MARYLAND.

Tuesday, University Of Maryland
Meeting of the Maryland Artificial
Breeding Cooperative Board.
Saturday, Braddock Heights-An-
nual spring conference Of A1l-Staf
All Club leaders.
Saturday, Chestertown-Soil Con-
servation tour for Washington Col
lege students.
Evening star., 1946-05-05
arm and Garden
Frederick's $500 Farms Active
Land Owned for Generations Makes
Stable, Progressive Agriculture
By H. R. Shoemaker
Frederick County Extension Agent.

many years Frederick County Nd
@ agricultural counties in the United States
!and IN most crops produced farms.
reasons underlying this leadership
ana ey Fredercks
ol reoecks $500 farms have
or more than to nd that
e passed from father through
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-09-09
AROUND TOWN

Continued from Page Ons9
when they came up for air and
went sPhoooo", declare I
thought they sounded exactly
like Ernie Paschall, the printer,
coming up for air at South Beach.
%
Little Bits: On a table in the
hall at The Tides is one of the
largest conch shells I've ever
seen 1t measures "a inches
from end to end A group of
people in Key West who Get
Things Done are thinking about
trying to enter local Conga Line
in Miami's big New Years car
nival, They think it would be
great advertising for the old town
Ralph Hutchinson is ready
ing his boat, Two Veterans, for
q fishing voyage Coming to
the office the other morning, /
counted Is dogs in one drove s.
Before entering the front door 1
saw six more Goodbye for
now. See you again next Sat
urday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-09-09
TOO LATE TO
CLASSIFY

Maybe I'm silly and old FASH
Toned, but it seems to me that
any condemnation of Col. j. M.
Lee and Tom Watson for their
action in refusing to sanction the
transfer of several million dol
lars OF state funds from one ac-
count to another until the legal
ity of such action was determine
ed by a court of competent juris-
diction, is both unwarranted and
uncalled for.
The inference, pretty generally
disseminated, to the effect that
their action caused the states en-
tire building program to be held
up appears equally ridiculous in
view of the fact that at no time
has the building fund had bal
ance of less than $1,000, 900,
which certainly means that mon
ey was on hand to pay for build
ing operations without any OBJ
struction to the program arising
from lack of funds.
A lot of folks seem to have
lost sight of the fact that certain
officials are elected to perform
certain duties in the public in
terest and if we are going to take
the attitude that any official
who questions the action of other
officials and insists that proper
evidence of authority for such
action be forthcoming, when the
matter affects the handling of
millions of dollars of public
funds, then we have been vast
ing our time going to the polls.
/ don't know how you feel
about it, but if l were charged
with the responsibility of hand
ling large gobs of other peoples
money, I'd durn sure want to
know where / stood before !
dished it out willy-nilly, to who
ever happened to want it.
AS / understand it, the Budget
Commission, desiring to transfer
certain balances from other funds
to the building fund, passed a
resolution approving such trans
fer and called upon Comptroller
j. NJ. Lee to record such trans
fers and make the money avail
able, and at the time the resolu-
ton was passed, there was still
a balance of over two and half
million dollars in the building
fund, so it wasn't an emergency
to meet payrolls or purchase ma
terials.
Action Of the board was based.
on the provisions and require
ments of an act of the last legis-
lature which apparently author
lied such transfer, but the word
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-09-09
Music Courses
To Be Offered
liz City Schools

j. r. Marcellus, Key West High
School Director of Music, am
nounced today that many new
features of the music depart
ment in the schools of Key West
will make their appearance with
the opening of school In addition
to the continuation of the High
School Band and Chorus. Mar
cellus said, instruction Of all
band and orchestra instruments
will be offered in the Harris
School, Poinciana School, and
Division Street School
A choral music program be-
ginning in the Seventh Grade
and continuing through the High
School will be instituted with
the formation of a Seventh Grade
Chorus, Eighth Grade Chorus
and eliminating with the High
School Chorus.
Will Form Band
The instrumental music pro-
gram will consist of the forma-
ton of band or orchestra at
each grade school; a Second
Band, open to beginners in the
Junior High and High School;
and the High School Band.
Glasses in the playing of the
various instruments will be of
fered in the High School program
and will include beginning
violin class which will meet the
First Period each Wednesday.
A group of those interested in
learning to play the Hawaiian
Guitar will meet at sos each
Tuesday afternoon. A number of
Hawaiian Guitar players had an
enjoyable time during the sum-
mer meetings just concluded.
A class in baton twirling will
be held each Thursday at 3:05
pm, and Swing Band rehearsals
will be each Monday night at
7:30 o'clock.
To Play AT Opening
The High School Bond will be
on hand for the opening exer-
cises at the High School, Monday,
September 8, and will play sew
eral numbers, beginning at 8
a.. m, in the High School Audi
forum.
Parents interested in having
their children take part in the
musical activities of any of the
schools are urged to see MIR. Mar
cellus at the conclusion of the
opening exercises Monday morn
ing at the High School.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-09-09
Disaster Relief
Of Red Cross
Always Ready

Wartime developments in
science, transportation, and COM
nlunications are now speeding
American Red Cross disaster re-
lief operations as well as
strengthening disaster prepared
ness plans.
Today more than 1900 Red
Cross chapters in the United
States are prepared, on two
hours notice, to house and feed
100000 disaster victims in 49,
900 shelters. Facilities of the
Army, Navy, and Coast Guard
are available to the Red Cross
when emergencies strike.
Two Hurricanes Yearly
An average of two hurricanes
per year lash the United States.
In the period from $780, 945,
there have been 1853 major hur-
ricanes, 900 floods, and 1885
earthquakes.
Tornadoes average 156 pei
year. From 1918 to 1915, records
show that 4,381 tornadoes swept
sections of the nation.
There have been 500 seriou:
urban fires in the past rs years
During the year 1913 alone
railroads reported 16,061 train
accidents with more than $l5(
property loss each.
Prepares in Advance
Forest fires numbered 124,.
728 in 1945.
Using these figures, the Amer
lean Red Cross disaster service
can in large measure prepare in
advance for the emergencies
which will inevitably occur in
any given year.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-09-09
Key West Lad
Sails On FDR

Hamilton Salvador. IL, seaman
second class, son of Mrs. Florinda
Pastsen. COS Virginia street, Key
West, is serving aboard the air.
craft carrier USS Franklin d.
Roosevelt, which is making a
good will tour of the. Mediter-
ranean area. The Roosevelt first
dropped anchor at Lisbon, Por-
tugal, and continued on to visit
the Mediterranean ports of Malta,
Gibraltar. Naples, and Tangiers.
The FDR, with its sister ships,
the Midway and Coral Sea, are
the three largest carriers in the
United States Navy and the
world.