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Evening star., 1947-05-25
Garden Tasks

Examine peony buds for
blight. Do not confuse this
disease, however, with ball
ing" which is not a disease but
is caused by hot, muggy
weather. Bud blight turns the
buds dark and extends into the
center, whereas "balling" may
be recognized by the browning
of the outer covering. The
petals do not become discolored
for some time. I
Thin the ANIMALS" so that
each plant has ample space in
which to grow and thrive.
Crowded plants cannot make
normal growth. Crowding also
favors the spread of disease,
especially mildew on zinnias.
When the hardy chrysanthe-
NUNS, except the azaleamums
and articum hybrids, are 10
inches or more in height, the
tops should be pinched to in
duce branching. In June a
second pinching is desirable for
the stronger growing kinds and
varieties.
The recent hot weather is
ideal for the development and
spread of plant diseases. Dust
or spray as frequently as neces-
sary. In view of last years ex-
perience with the potato blight
on tomatoes 1t is desirable to
protect them also.
Evening star., 1947-05-25

2. Farmers will save by being able
to eliminate their herd bulls, many
of which are inferior.
3. The value of salable surplus
COWS that are sired by proved bull
will be increased.
| Mr.. Beard pointed out that costs
to Dairymen for the breeding serv-
ice will be much under the costs
of maintaining a herd bull. For
example, a dairyman with a 10-cow
herd joining the association will pay
SIS membership fee, plus a $5
assessment for each COW. or total
of $55. In addition, he will be
charged S. fee for each COW bred
This will bring his total first-year
costs to $105.
The $55 assessment charge will be
used by the association for capital
outlay, and will be considered loan
to be repaid when the association
Board of Directors sees fit.
After the first year. members will
pay only the S. breeding fee. For a
10-cow herd this would amount to
only $50 per year.
Mr.. Beard explained that the Fair
fax County Association will have
the use of the bull stud now being
set up at Culpeper. This stud will
Evening star., 1947-05-25
Fairfax Dairy Leaders Boost Artificial Breeding Association

contain outstanding sires represent
ing the major dairy breeds.
Pointing to the rapid increase of
artificial breeding groups through
out the Nation. Mr.. Beard said that
last January there were 140 active
groups with $50 bulls and men,
bership of 2,296 herds.
In nearby Maryland, he said, 10
counties are successfully breeding
IL 800 cows by artificial means. Vir-
ginia has only four associations.
Members of the committee or
ganizing the Fairfax County asso-
citation are Paul G. Kincheloe, Burke; !;
James King, Pender; Ray Harrison,
Chantilly: Granville Berry, Mclean;
H. T. Marrs, Merrifield; Edwin
Lynch. Annandale; Wilkins Ayers,
Centerville; Lewis Bradley, Floris
Robert w. McNair, Herndon; Ronald
w. Blake. Fairfax; A. Spencer Lee,
Hunters Mill; D. o. Hileman, Lew
inwille, and r. L. Palmer, Forest
vile.
Evening star., 1947-05-25

/ Successive paintings should be
made to provide adequate food fol
canning and storing.
Make early and late planting oi
tomatoes. This will give harvest te
early winter. Likewise for corn
successive paintings will insure a
full harvest.
Seeds or plants for succession
paintings should be arranged fol-
well in advance of the time needed
| If carrots, beets, beans come uI
spottily. replace vacant spaces ir
same row. In paintings of beans II
is good idea to plant a few extra
seed "off to the side" They can be
used for fill-in for those vacant
spots.
! After young plants have reached
a height of to inches, depending
on kind and variety, additional
paintings should be made.
1t is important to replace plant
food by additional fertilization when
succession paintings are made.
Later in the summer, when vacant
areas occur, plant to crimson clover
to make green manure for the next
of gardening.
Evening star., 1947-05-25
Sheep Men Warned
To Make Contacts
On Wool Shearing
By ]. A. Coeffey
culpspsr County Agriculture Agent

Sheep farmers OF Culpeper County
should make arrangements for
shearing.
AS in the past, the United Wool
Growers Association will purchase
the wool and it is hoped that every
farmer will have his sheep sheared
by the time the shipping date Is
announced.
Farmers are encouraged to carry
out few important steps in regard
to preparing their wool for sale. Be
sure to shear when the wool is dry,
and separate the dead, black and
bury wool from the clean feeces.
Tie the wool with paper twine and
store 1t in a well ventilated dry
place.
Farmers who depend on custom
shearers should get in touch with
these men Immediately so this job
can be completed on time.
Quite few farmers in 1946
missed the shipping date due to the
fact they had no one to shear the
flock.
Evening star., 1947-05-25
Rake Lawn With Care

Householders who want luxuriant
green lawns should spare the rake
The common practice of removing
all the dead grass, including clip
pings, with a steel rake removes
valuable organic material which
could add to the water-retaining
capacity and general fertility of the
soil. Heavy raking exposes roots,
allowing them to dry out. If many
leaves and twigs are scattered over
the lawn, they can be removed by a
light raking with bamboo or wire
lawn rake.
Evening star., 1947-05-25
BY james BirchfieId

Fairfax County dairy leaders are
hopeful enough cows will be signed
in the county's cooperative arti-
flcial breeding association to enable
the organization to begin function
ing by the heavy breeding season
this fall
According to Joseph Beard
county agent. more than TOO cows
already have been listed. Mr.
Beard said 800 more should be
signed to enable the organization
to function to the best interests of
county dairymen.
The Fairfax County Artificial
Breeding Association, Inc, will
Evening star., 1947-05-25

Shows continue to high light In
terest of the clubs.
Several, the latest being the Silver
Spring Club, have decided to op-
pose passage of a bill to give the
Secretary of Agriculture power t.
suspend the importation Of bulbs
and nursery stock.
Woodbridge Garden Ciubs's rose
and spring blooms show will be held
Wednesday at the Sherwood Church
Hall, Twenty second and Rhode
Island avenue NE, 8 to 10 pm
Mrs. r. G. Peterson and Mrs. H. A
Linger are co-chairmen of roses
and H. j. Clay Is chairman of the
spring show section. Novel classes
are scheduled for arrangements
such as flower hats and book IL
lustrations. Judges-Neils J. Han
sen, Frank S. Pohanka and Mrs
Robert Ash.
Bradbury Heights Club will hold
its annual show Tuesday at the
Bradbury Heights Methodist Church
Mrs. Martha Albrecht, chairman
A silver cup is awarded the member
earning most points. Show open
from 2 to 9 pm but entries must
be In by noon. A plant and bake
sale will be held in conjunction.
Bethesda Community Garden Club
will hold its oath annual flower show
Wednesday at Battery Park Club
house. "Beautify Bethesda" is the
theme. Special feature-a new
comers' class in which nonfnember
residents are invited to submit ar
arrangements and specimens. Judges
w.. H. Youngman, William T.
Simmons, Edward K. Bender, Mrs
Perley G. Nutting, Mrs. Arthur
Sturgis. Special prizes will be
awarded at Y2:15 pm. from mer-
chants for best rose, iris, peony,
perennial or biennial, annual, fruit
or vegetable, and for most points.
Mrs. Arthur J Hilland Is show
Evening star., 1947-05-25
Tomato Crop Urged

WINCHESTER, Va, May "a
Apple growers In this area whose
crops were damaged by recent cold
weather are being asked by pack
ing firm to devote part of their
orchards to growing tomatoes.
The company has offered to un-
derwrite the cost of tomato plants
and to guarantee the sale of the
crop. The company plans to operate
this year a tomato juice processing
plant at Martinsburg, w. Va.
Evening star., 1947-05-25

enable county dairymen to obtain
the services of the best sires at
nominal costs, Mr.. Beard explained
He said dairymen must abandon
slip-shod breeding methods soon OF
60 out of business. Every effort
now must be directed toward in
creasing dairy herd production in
order to reduce COSTS" Mr.. Beard
said.
When the new association begins
operation, a trained man will be
brought in to take charge of breed
ing operations. Mr.. Beard listed
these advantages to dairy farmers
l. More high quality bulls will be
available
Evening star., 1947-05-25
Chemicals Aid Tobacco Plants
Field Tests to Be Run This Year
On Newt Growth Regulators

to look out for Is the nightshade
usually found around barnyards and
gardens.
Farmers may learn how to identity
poisonous plants by writing to the
Maryland Agricultural Experiment
Station ut College Park and request
ing Bulletin A-10.
And. speaking Of bulletins, the
Agriculture Department has an
nounced the publication of a new
one on Farm Fishponds for Food
and Good Land Use" The bulletin
No. 1883, was prepared by the Sol
Conservation Service and may be
obtained from the superintendent OF
documents or from the Agriculture
Departments Office of Information
j, B,
Evening star., 1947-05-25
Tour Arranged.

Arrangements have been made
for interested farmers of Culpeper
County to make a tour of the
Orange Experiment Station Tues
day from 10 am until noon.
Crops at the experiment station
are at the most interesting stage of
growth at this time. On the plats
can be found demonstrations of
orchard grass grown from seed
taken from Culpeper farms. Most
important will be stands Of sn nlall
grain varieties seeded at different
times In the year and the different
fertilizers applied. Also of import
ance are the varieties of alfalfa
under test and the different rates of
plant feed used at various times
throughout the year.
Evening star., 1947-05-25
Poison Plant Menace.

uASuA AAnb SsACldCCs
Comes a warning from Russell G
Brown, botanist at the University o1
Maryland, to watch for poisonous
plants that are cropping up in pas
lures at this season of the year
They may cause serious loss to the
livestock farmer.
Wild cherry limbs that have been
trimmed or blown from trees In pas
lures should never be left to wilt
Mr.. Brown said. If eaten they may
cause death to cattle. Another dan
gerods plant, usually found In
swampy places or along bitches ir
pastures, Is the water hemlock. This
plant has small, white flowers that
resemble the wild carrot, and will
cause injury II stock eat the young
shoots or the roots. Another plant
Evening star., 1947-05-25
Garden Club Activities

chairman with Miss Sue Thoma!
co-chairman. Proceeds from re.
cent plant sale went to the Sub
urban, United States Naval anc
Children's Hospitals.
American University Park Garden
Club will meet Tuesday evening at
at the home of Mrs. C. s. Connolly
1875 Asbury place NV, for a flower
show for members with three
classes: Miniatures, roses, mixed
bouquets. Mrs. John B. Yates will
assist Mrs. Connolly.
Last until fall will be the meet
ing tomorrow night at 8 for mem
bers of the Takoma Horticultural
Club in the Fifth and Cedar Branch
of the Library. William H. Gan
naway will show a color film from
Sherwood Gardens.
At the Silver Spring Garden Clubs
spring flower show Friday night
and yesterday, a hit was an exhibi-
ton of architectural miniatures
Houses, complete with Landscape
features and including even such
items as trees and porch furniture
are made by Bernard Holtzhauer OF
81 Farragut place, who has been de-
veloping his hobby during the last
two years. His scale Of modelling
is 5I32 inch per foot. The clubs
information booth. regular fea-
ture of the clubs shows, handled
many questions.
Bethesda Chevy Chase Harvest Show
will be held September IA, all clubs ir
Eleventh Annual Rose Show Of Po.
tomac Rose Society will be held septembeI
20 and 21 at the National Museum.
The Annual Dahlia Show will be held
at the Botanic Garden September ~
and s2e.
Evening star., 1947-05-25
Start Tender Crops

This is the time to begin such
crops as bush beans, cucumbers,
sweet corn, muskmelons, squash,
pumpkin, lima beans and water
melons. Consider successive plant
inps of beets, carrots, kohlrabi.
Evening star., 1947-05-25

udruen SuPPly bedieFS
AMER. PLANT FOOD CO. |
esl5 BIair Rood NV, &C. z44o
BALDERsoN SEED CO.
626 indiana Ave. NV, MA. e7sI
r. W. BoLGlANo & co.
All New York Ave. NE, FR. 1900
GOT E St. NV. MA. oosl
A. GUIDE G. SONS, INC. |
1918 Eye ST. NV, Ma. $3.50
Rockville, Nd. Rockville 1858
c. F. ARMIGER, INC.
s25 Pershins Drive SH. 6767
}. FRANK CAMPBELL
1900 Good Hope Rood Ii. osos
cAVANAGH e. KENDRIcK
327I M ST. NV. MI. 2878
CIRCLE pr. e. HDWE. co. |
z124 Penn. NV. RE. oIe8
259 18th St. Sc. IL. 5z56
DlSMER'S HARDWARE
5ll7 l4th St. NV. CO. o5sl
FRAGER'S HARDWARE
i1l5-I5 Penn. Sc. IL. 6lS7
HARDING Pr. & HDWE.
1910 R. !. Ave. NE. MI. $500
FRED M. HAAS CO., INC. |
2oi2 r. |. Ave. NE. NO. 1906
S. KANN g. SONS
7th, 9th 6 D sts. NV. DI. 72oo
LANSBURGH g. BROS.
7th 70 9th to E NV. MA. $500
MEENEHAN's HARDWARE
2olo 18th St. NV. 324l IA St.
NV. NO. $500
MOORE HDWE. CO.
545o I4sh 81, NV. co. oszz.
P. T. MORAN co.
32Ss-6l N ST. NV.
tMI. 1soo-l8oD tvisnna 4o)
oLSEN'S HARDWARE
5sls Georgia Ave. NV. &C. oz4s
MALoNEY'S, INC.
sl2e Georgia Ave. NV. sH. $500
PEOPLES HDWE. STORES
Woshinsto Observation-Disclosures
FIR. 47oo
FRANK r. Pooh
45ls Wise. Ave. Wo. 4si7
r. ROBINSON. INC.
23oI Pa. Ave. Sc. FIR. $500
YoUNGBLooD Pr. g. HDW. |
54I Cedar ST.. Tokoma Park, D. c.
ICE. 5216-34sD
SEARS RoEBUcK G. co.
4 Stores
SILVERHlLL HARDWARE |
521e Branch Ave. Sc. Spruce os7s
GEO. B. STEVENS |
1859 Nichols Ave. Sc. II. 4317
WlMSATT-JARDEN, INC. /
4s35 Wise. Ave. NV. or. 100
WINsLoW ASSOCIATED STORES
Silver Spring fPs. 8 Hdws. Co..
Chevy Chose tPt. 3 Hdws. Co..
Tokomo pr. 8 Hdws. Co..
Bethesda tPt. 8 Hdwe Co..
Loeoi Pr. 9 Hdws. Co., HyaftsvilIe
BERWYk FUEL g FEED co.
5lo7 Berwyn Rd. tTower so46)
1895 Baltimore Blvd, Tower 57e7
HYATTS. .HDWE. CO., INC.
5l2I-5Iz5 Baltimore Ave-, Hy-
attsviIIe, Nd, HY. o2o5-kA.Isi5
HAAS BROS. HARDWARE
s54s Go. Ave. sH. $3.50
DEWEY HARDWARE
475s Lee Hwy. Al. Va. cH. osso
L. G. HoGE CO.
500 n. Foyette ST., Alex. Al. osz7
MENDELSoN'S HDWE.
100 King St., Alex. Al. o76s
MILLER'S HARDWARE
500 King ST., Alex. Al. 1877
WALTER ROBERTS, Inc.
1o6 S. Union ST., Alex. Al. oiSs
STERLING HARDWARE
r. =. D., Alex, Va. Alex. $500
STAR SUPPLY CO.
AnnandaIe, Va. Alex. 1875
G.. M. YEATMAN 6 Son, Inc.
3o2I Wilson Blvd. ArI. oW. 1900
J. z. NICKEL g Son, Hdve.
Fairfox, Va. Foirsox az
SNYDER 8 CO.
es47 Lee Hwy, 2. C., "a. ifs5
WORTH HULFlSH 3 SONS /
31l King S., Alex, Va. AL. oios
r. Z. KNIGHT & SONS
ezi Ming ST., Alex. Va. AL. oo4I
Evening star., 1947-05-25

Tobacco farmers may have q
new chemical labor saving weapon
and as result lower production
costs, If field tests OF new growth
regulating chemicals bear out re-
suits In greenhouse experiments,
according to the Agriculture De-
partment. Field tests will be con-
Quoted this summer with Maryland
type tobacco.
According to DR.. Robert A. Stein
berg, plant psychologist with the
division Of tobacco, medicinal and
special crops, five synthetic chemi-
Gals have been used in greenhouse
tests in regulating the growth of
tobacco. These are chlorobutyric
acid, chlorophenoxyacetic acid,
chlorophenoxypropionic acid, methyl
ester Of napthylacetic acid and me-
thyl ester of 2, 4-dichlorophe
acetic acid. This last Is the methyl
ester Of the weed killer known as
2, 4-D.
Researchers believe the new
chemicals, when applied to the fresh
cut when tobacco plants are topped,
will retard the growth Of suckers.
Normally, after topping the plants
must be suckered several times to
insure a good leaf crop. This re-
quires time and labor, and If the
chemicals prove effective In field
tests their use should add to the
income of tobacco farmers.
Apple Thinning Spray.
At the Virginia Agricultural Ex-
pertinent Station at Blacksburg, re-
searchers have reported that a
"latex' spray mixture that has been
tested recently shows promise of
filling the need for an effective
post-blossom thinning spray for
York apples. Researchers pointed
out that the spray, developed by
Goodrich chemists at the Boyee
Thompson Institute, may avoid the
danger OF overthinning with blos-
som sprays prior to a late frost and
might, If used early enough, have
little Ill effect on bud formation for
the crop of the following year.
More Trees Sought.
A campaign designed to bring
Virginia's idle acres back into pro-
duction has been started by Virginia
Forests. Inc, in cooperation with
the State Forest Service, the Soil
Conservation Service and the Exten-
sion Service.
The campaign, called the Virginia
tree farm program, is part OF
Nationwide program that Is being
conducted in an effort to save the
Nations dwindling forest resources.
Any State forest land owner IS eli
gible to compete in the program for
annual awards, to be given on the
basis of management and use and
protection of forests.
Evening star., 1947-05-25
Green Thumb Book

(Fron 1916 records OF J. Francis Moore champion pic
tory gardener OF the United StatesJ
Techniques of Successive Planting
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-27
Twilight Song Services

Wrightsville Beach is overlooking
an opportunity for service that could
so easily be accepted. That is Sunday
twilight song services on the beach.
Years ago the Methodists held such
services at their great camp meeting
town, Ocean Grove, New Jersey. Ere
quently Ira D. Sankey, the gospel
hymn composer, and for years Dwight
l.. Moody's song leader, was on hand
to direct the singing. Almost always
some noted singer was present as So
loist.
Ten to fifteen thousand persons
gathered on the boardwalk and beach,
and for a solid hour hymn after hymn
rose ~heavenWard with such heartiness
as one would not find anywhere else
in the country.
This was long before the first pub
lie address system wa used. Always
there Was the deep undertone of the
breaking surf. But the soul must be
dead indeed that could not share the
inspiring effect of these thousands of
voices.
A similar service at Wrightsville
Beach throughout the summer could
not fail to draw a throng regularly on
Sundays.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-27

unless they had their Foreign Minister
on hand, and as the Moscow meeting
had been called to deal with treaties
for Germany and Russia, MI. Molotov's
proposal was out of order anyway.
The matter lay dormant until yes
terday, when Mr.. Molotov agreed to
Mr.. Marshalps proposal for written ex-
change of information on China. This
is a definite backdown. Is it not pos
sible to attribute it to MI. Truman's
plain talk before Congress?
Again, may we not credit this same
plain speech with Russia's decision to
end the Dairen episode, and withdraw
her troops from the Manchurian port
which she had previously agreed should
be an "open" port?
Instead of precipitating war with
Russia it would appear that President
Truman has found the only method of
dealing with Russia. Having proved
that a~ppeasement is futile, it is time
that this country took the leadership
in stemming the spreading communist
tide. If more plain speech Is needed,
let there be more plain speech.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-27
1t Just Can't Paw.

This writer on the Pacific Coast &C.
eused OF thieving is an example Of the
ease with which clever persons with
warped minds may get away with
wrongdoing for indefinite periods of
time and also how liable they are to
be caught when least expecting it. Raj
Ties exists in real life.
There is that jeweler in San Fran.
CISCO who, before the earthquake, spent
MS nights robbing homes of wealthy
citizens. His store was The
man himself was in high standing with
MS associates. He belonged to the
church, and ever the Chamber of Gem
merce and the Bohemian club, the lat
ter the city's equivalent of New York's
Union League club.
Every so often, when members If
the Flood or the Croker or the Spreck.
les families were away from home. San
FRANCISCO newspapers contained sensa-
iona articles of bound watchmen.
tne1ts In their dwellings, and missing
gold and silverware. :
linen, one foggy night a patrolman
crossing an alley spotted a mans form
dropping from a back fence, and took
a pot shot at a flying target. The bull
let had caught the man in the thigh.
He had q. sack containing some thon-
sands of dollars worth of plate.
At the hospital Identification was
not difficult. In fact it was STRANGELY
easy. The inferno who tended him had
bought an engagement ring at the
jewelers. store only a week before, and
had chatted with him across the coun.
ter during the transaction.
Then the whole story came out. The
5eweler had been robbing homes for
years, melting down the metal and sci.
: ling it to the mint. Being in good stand.
. ing, mint attendants assumed he Oh
:. tanned the stuff in the ordinary courst
!. OF business, and never questioned tn,
= source of his offerings. Once his wount
healed, San Quentin penitentiary hat
another longtime prisoner.
The moral, Of course, is the trit
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-27
ne Doctor Says
ALL SORE THROAT
REQUIRES CULIl1|R{,
by WILLIAM A. o'BB1p>,

In more than half Of , NJ D,
Army recruits who wer q Group Of
t t1ea IN 1o. Fort Bragg, n. "cS''i5'l,
tonsillitis and sore tb 5po %s,1qdaaT.
teenean was not caused br . The il,
sococeus. This is contr 9y a st's9.
p [seoa4l notion that al, 10 III
that treatment reu ,ufpa'S' aat
drugs Or p~enicillin, sui,
The Fort Bragg Conn;,.
Acute Respiratory Disesssssalcon oa
ports in the Journal Of the sn ts
1nroat cultures and special b> ,a't
means of determining tbe le o l.
OF sore throat, but usuaI,v I'a "
streptococci and non.strany II.
varieties may be disadvantages
many cases. y
Patients with streptococcic
throats usually become sl6d s0;s
Ill with fever, headache. 'I "S.1,
and generalized aching pairs '' II
throat is red, swollen I c9r. IN,
with a yellowish exudste, '0s s's',
lowing is difficult. oval
Average duration OF ~strento,..
cic sore throat is about fou 5p' S.o:
win illness ending by sudder Vf y
provement if complications d. ~, I'M
develop. ~ MOI
Non-streptococcic sore throat !,
lection starts more slowly than M m
"strep' variety. There is = ar. we
er tendency for other throat ', "a,
chest pains S. The infect 4,a
lasts about four days, but ~.
fever is not as high. Difficri.'s
in swallowing is about the saw.
in both groups. ~'
Patients with sore Threats sha,,
consider that they have a N,
tagious disease and isolate Them.
selves. Bed rest IS advisable ~,
warm applications are bsin,
full. Hot plain Or salt water as,,
giles are soothing to 4,
famed membranes.
While sulfa drugs and peniciIr,
may be of value in streptococrI,
sore throat, they are useless /,
on-streptococcic cases.
QUESTION: What is an iD,s.
riority complex What are Il,
causes?
ANSWER: All of us have FEEL.
ings of inferiority at times, and
such feelings are not abnormal.
No one can excel in everything
and few reach the limit Of the,
ambitions in anything. Those who
fail to realize this suffer with an
in~feriority complex.