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Evening star., 1948-06-27

to happen as we plan 1t, for always
an emergency intervenes.
We set out the other day to clip
the pastures SO that the new crop
of weeds coming on would not go
to seed. We haven't gotten to it
yet.
Just when the mower was ready
Queen, our COW, got through the
pasture fence. That called for two
posts and a fence repair job. Then
quarters had to be prepared for a
hen and 20 guinea keets. This re-
quired some carpentering and pen
building, and as soon as it was fin
ished we discovered that another
setting hen was Matching, calling
for a repeat order.
Result: The pasture still needs
clipping, and now the corn is ready
for its first cultivation. And, We al
most forgot, we haven't gotten to
the strawberries yet and the weeds
are getting knee-high.
Evening star., 1948-06-27
Economist Suggests
More Farm Markets

Nearly every county seat in V1r-
ginia could profitably support a
farm women's market, according to
DR.. j. L. Maxton, State extension
agricultural economist.
DR.. Maxton said the farm mar
kets would provide a refuge for
farm producers if prices OF farm
commodities are seriously weakened.
Although facilities for opening a
market may not be available now,
DR.. Maxton believes surveys to de-
termine interest, demand, supply
financial plans and numbers OF buy
ers and sellers expected to patronlze
the market should be made.
There are now, the economist
said. about eight farm womens
markets in operation in Virginia.
Some others have closed because OF
lack of facilities, rising rents and
rising operation costs.
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tirelv of raw meat, canned tomatoes
or canned spinach, or well-cooked
fresh vegetables in season, during
the warm months. Overfeeding
and foods that are too starchy are
the causes of most canine skin all
ments in warm weather.
@. We live in an apartment
in the city and own Boston ter
rier. How many times day should
we take our dog out?-B. A. N.
A. Take him out as often as pos
sible, but never less than four times
a day.
@. Can. feed my dog canned
salmon or is it likely to poison him
unless cooked first? How about
canned sardines?-M. G.
A. 1t is perfectly all right to feed
your dog canned salmon without
cooking it. Do not give him sar-
dimes, they are too oily.
Evening star., 1948-06-27
% dogs have good memories?

I Do dogs nave gOOQ memories!
Charles Wellington, farmer liv-
/ Ing on the outskirts of Cleveland,
raised a litter of collie puppies
several years ago. He was exceed
/ inglv fond of animals and lavlshed
great care and attention on the
new puppies. Like many dog own
ers raising their first litter, he was
reluctant to sell any of the pups.
But as they grew older, he real
lied that he would have to part
with some of them. Putting up a
Puppies for Sale" sign in his front
ward, he soon told all but two,
which he had decided to keep One
of the puppies. King, was sold to
a man living 20 miles away.
Two years later, a thin and
hungry collie appeared at the Well
ington farm. Because OF peculiar
marking, Wellington recognized the
dog as the one he had sold to the
man who lived 20 miles away. After
feeding the animal, he placed 1t In
his car and drove over to the town
to make inquiries as to the dog S
owner. +
Investigation disclosed that the
man had died four weeks before
and that the family had moved to
another State, leaving the dog in
care of a neighbOr, who had pald
little attention to him. Saddened
by the loss of his master and his
present state of neglect, the dog
remembered the care and attention
he had received from the man who
had raised him as a puppy. And
so he had simply set out to find
his former home and owner. To-
day, King is living happily in the
Wellington household.
/ Last week I mentioned that sun
light is extremely beneficial to
growing dogs, but for very young
pups the strong rays can be de-
cidedly dangerous. Puppies under
| 10 days of age should not be ex-
posed TO the direct rays of the sun
/ for any appreciable length of time.
If left in a pen. at least part of
which is not shaded, a puppy might
suffer a slight sunstroke. If this
should happen, cool his head with
damp cloths and place him in a
shady spot. Keep him as quiet as
possible Normally he will recover
quickly, suffering no i'll effects.
I make a practice of feeding my
dogs a diet consisting almost en-
Evening star., 1948-06-27
This Week in the Garden

ment called for 1t will do much to
| stimulate flower bud formation
Continue to prune throughout the
season.
! 4 Il X
! 1t is desirable to remove the
flower stalks of the tall-bearded
iris before seed pods form, This
diverts the strength of the plant
to forming new flower buds and
so practically guarantees better
bloom next year.
If you are transplanting iris it is
recommended that the foliage be
cut back about half, but not other
wise. Iris need all their leaf sur
face to make normal growth.
II =
Speaking of wistaria, have you
tried to grow a tree wistaria? 1t
requires time and patience, but it
is well worth the effort. We know
of a young white one that was
taking this year.-W. H. Y.
Evening star., 1948-06-27

6 inches. OF course they will conse-
quently produce fewer berries but
finer ones.
The purple raspberries, which so
much resemble the blacks" both in
growth habit and in favor. should
be pruned in much the same way.
Red raspberries are treated quite
differently. Dormant pruning Is
best. Remove all dead canes; cut
out any that are broken or diseased,
and take out all that are growing
outside the row that would soon be-
come nuisance.
The hedgerows should be about IS
to 1S inches wide and some author
tiles believe that there should be
only or canes per running foot Of
row. Here in the East it seems ad-
visable to head all canes back to 2
to 2h feet.
Blackberries grow stronger than
raSpberries. Their canes should be
allowed to grow to feet and the
laterals might we'll be to II inches.
AS with raspberries canes outside
the row or weak ones should be re-
moved. If there is a good strong
trellis for blackberries, summer
pinching will not be necessary.
Dewberries are trailing black
berries which root at the tip. They
can become real nuisance. If they
are gathered up in the spring after
the buds start to grow, cut back to
about feet. Tied to a stake, they
will fruit abundantly and not be in
the way.
Currant bushes grow fairly up
right. The older branches have a
tendency to droop a little more each
year as though grown weary from
much bearing.
Prune off these low-growing
branches and the old weak canes. A
good plant should have from II to
Is canes divided about evenly be-
tween l. and year old canes, with
one or two that are years old.
Now if you prune PROPERLY, fertil-
ize moderately and keep the rows
clean. water in dry season and get
the ripe berries picked before the
Jap beetles descend upon them you
should enjoy a really fine treat
which will we'll repay you for your
labor.
Evening star., 1948-06-27
No Weeds in This Cornfield
2, 4.D Used as Pre-Emergence Spray
And Once Later, Cost $3.75 an Acre

ing the experiments. The imple-
ment for making the ridge rows was
loaned by a farm machinery dealer
at Thurmont. and a neighbor, Bill
Teaga,, brought his tractor over to
do the work.
Mr.. Teaga was interested said
Mr.. Hopp, because he figured the
experiment might save him money
in years to come
Experts at the University Of Mary
land also helped out in planning
the work, swhich was carried out,
for the most part, by Mr.. Hopp's
manager, r. C. Ellis. The spray was
applied by a reconverted orchard
sprayer.
Mr.. Hopp passed on this tip to
farmers who might use 2. 4-D: Don't
mix chemicals-use all from the
same manufacturer.
This tip comes from hard ex-
perience. He mixed chemicals one
day, got a percipitant and spent
several days cleaning out his spray
equipment.
Evening star., 1948-06-27

Henry Hopp, a research worker
with the Soil Conservation Service
has been trying out little practical
research on his 275-acre farm in
the Yellow Springs section OF
Frederick County, Md.
Mr.. Hopp likes to grow corn, but
dislikes cultivating it. To get
around this job he is using 2, 4-D,
the chemical weed killer, both as a
pre-emeygence and post-emer-
gence spray.
So far, he has pretty good stand
OF corn. And never a weed.
In some of his fields, Mr.. Hopp
planted the corn and then applied
the 2, 4-D few days before the
corn came up. In other fields the
spray was applied after the corn
had started to grow He hopes to
tell which method Of applying the
spray is going to give best results.
Ridge Row Experimentation.
This experiment with the weed
killer is also coupled with an ex-
pertinent in tillage. Scientists at
the Soil Conservation Service sta
ton at Beltsville have been ex-
perimenting with ridge row cul-
tivation, mostly of tobacco. Mr..
Hopp wanted to see how this would
work out on farm with corn.
At Beltsville, scientists have
gotten greater yields with ridge row
cultivation because Of better aria
ton and better utilization of plant
food. Mr.. Hopp goes step further
and reasons that the ridges In his
fields also will help keep weed seeds
from sprouting and will keep the
chemical weed killer at the proper
place in the soil.
Check Plots Retained.
Mr.. Hopp, q true researcher, has
left check plots in all of his fields.
Thus, he will be able to determine
just what effect his various meth
DDS have on corn yields. In his
ridge row fields there are sections
that are planted on the level, and
each field has an unsprayed section
to check results against those sec
tions that were sprayed.
For his pre-emergence spray, Mr..
Hopp used IL pounds OF 2. 4-D per
acre, at a cost of $3.75. He used u
pound per acre for the post
emergence spray, applying the
chemical after the corn reached a
height of 10 inches. He figures
that $3.75 per acre will be cheaper
than cultivating-that is. If the
weather permits cultivating at all
and will allow a lot Of time to be
spent on other farm jobs.
Help From the Neighbors.
Mr.. Hopp, who lives at 1870 Knox
road, College Park. and gets to his
farm only on week ends, had a lot
Of help from his neighbors in max
Evening star., 1948-06-27
Sermon on Silt

THE silt-laden rivers we see rum
ming down to the ocean may look
like nothing but muddy water to
you, but they are beefsteaks and
potatoes, ham and eggs and bread
and butter with jam on it. For
there, with the aid of improvident
agricultural methods, goes the rich
topsoil from American farms at the
rate of 25, ,O00, 600 acres year. Some
groceries!'-D. Darling.
Evening star., 1948-06-27

Spraying or busting should be
regular and thorough. Once week
is the minimum frequency in an
ordinary season. That is not often
enough in the years of frequent
heavy rains. Remember to keep
both sides of the foliage covered
with the protective material.
X X
Prune the climbing roses now
that the spring Towering season
is past. Remove fourth to a
third of the canes. This should
be done as soon as the flowers
have fallen and before new
growth starts. Feed following
the pruning and water when
necessary. You may be delighted
with a scattered bloom from such
climbers as DR.. Van Fleet, Mary
Wallace and Paul's Scarlet.
X *~x
If the frost got" your wistaria
this year, as it did ours, we SYM
pathize. Heavy pruning is the treat
Evening star., 1948-06-27

Help From the Neighbors.
Mr.. Hopp, who lives at 1920 Knox
road, College Park, and gets to his
farm only on week ends, had a lot
Of help from his neighbors in max
Evening star., 1948-06-27

Although to most gardeners an
herb is one of the many savory
plants which have been used for
centuries as perfumes, f1avorings
and medicines, to a botanist it is
any plant with a nonwoody stem.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-06

the best interests of the people. However, Brannan recalled that he came into the government at a time when wheat farms were lylng uncultivated-not because the land wasn't productive, but because the cost of growing wheat was more than the market price. Therefore, Brannon said, he was i deeply moved" when ali opportunity to guarantee wheat farmers mar ket seemed lost. The wheat agreement would guarantee world market for U. S. wheat for five years.
 Lodge interrupted once to de- mand whether Grammar still stood on his original statement.
 But Brannan ignored the ques- tion and went quietly on with his discussion.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-06
SENATE'S JUNIOR STATESMAN

After Vandenberg's stern lecture had run it's course, Lodge broke in: T interpret this charge to have been directed at mel
 Neither the committee nor l should be subject to that kind of charge!" shouted the Boston Back Bay Senator, using his fist for a gavel
 Grammar had mentioned Lodge in the interview as Chairman of the subcommittee which failed to act on the wheat agreement.
 You cant pass that kind of bill in the limited time available" " thundered Lodge, still flushed with anger
 Finally Senator Tom Connally, Texas Democrat, interrupted. Let's get on the merits of the case and close this political show" he urged.
 T never have dragged politics into this committee" Lodge sput- tered back.
 Grammar assured the committee that he held it in high esteem that the teamwork of Vandenberg and Connally had demonstrated the ability of opposing groups ill democracy to work together in
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-06
20 YEARS AGO TIT {fTE EMPIRE
AUGUST 6, 1928

6, 1928
 Ben Thompson nephew Parks who had been visiting his home in Pocateo 
 defective home of Ed Ringuette Franklin near responded quickly and little done.
 Mike Push registered having missed the last ferry fol in Douglas
 Charles to Juneau from Haines on the Alameda.
 Henry oaley Fisheries returned to Juneau after an the in Southeast Alaska holding good
 Sherry wine seasoning advertised at 50 cents Brothers
 Richard representing the Fox Film Corpora tion,w in Juneau
 Lois Wheeler daughter the Wheeler Drug Co., visiting in Juneau
 Valad the Juneau Fire Department visited friends here member of the staff of B M. Behrends Store Weather: High, 46; rain.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-06

The wonder is not that so little done, but that there much substantial agreement among dele gates of disparte backgrounds Representatives of 54 nations down to probe into the basic stuff of freedom which heretofore has had only the haziest sort of recognition What emerged was the concept of freedom of information as fundamental human right over and above individual governmental policies This concepthat will take time to ell but it it an impressive start.
 The conference forward with three draft international conventions two articles for inclusion in the U. N. Declaration and Covenant on Human Rights and 43 resolutions It is significant that the United States delegation able to support all but handful of the proposals adopted and on only one point did the conference vote to accept statement seriously contrary to American views. This was the Indian amendment to the British convention. an amendment which admits the right of government to impose penalties the press for systematic dic- tortion of news None of the conventions become binding of course until ratified by individual govern ments: and even then the conventions are permissve rather than mandatory.
 In no small degree the tack taken by the confer ence represents victory for American attitudes on press freedom The accent gradually shifted from responsibilities of the press, assduously promoted by the Soviet bloc to the rights of peoples to receive ,mhampered information. While recognizing the dangers in abuses by the press the American delega tion took the stand that the greater danger was in governmental control and that responsibility is itself the outgrowth of an uncontrolled press. The American convention adopted by large vote recognizes as un- restricted the right of correspondents to gather and transmit news calls for freedom of entry for cor respondents and sharply defines and limits the jus tfcations of censorship.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-06
History Repeats
fCincinnati Enu,lirer)

Cincinnati Enquirer
 We're hearing considerable talk these days about the death" of the Democratic Party. And, as III an- other weknown we're inclined to tniilk Iha1 e reports are highly exaggerated" In 1act' sucn a contingency would be most unfortunate. The United States has thrived long and prospered under the two party system. There is no reason to peheVe "eu uo better under single party
 Todays discussions carry us back-a little regret fullv perhaps-to another day when the rufhor poys were tolling prematurely the death knel o1 another great political party In 1882 when F D. R. was run ming for President the United States conditions were similar in many ways to those of the moment. But the COP didn't die as predicted It surVWeo IT minority years and back to win both houses oi r,onoress in 1q46 It will win the White House come November.
 Tn 1892 the Democrats were in the ascendancy' Their candidates had been voted to majority leaoer- ship in both houses of Congress two years earer It was foregone conclusion that they'd win the Pres- dency in the fall elections Under those conditions as now-dire predictions were issued
 Certainly the Republican Party of 1852 was m a poor position The great depression hao brought eo @ leadership much undeserved discredt There was distressing disorganzation within it's ranks But the lasting inner strength of the party and the driving u,ll of Americans to maintain the tWo-party system carried the COP through to it's current success
 The same probably will be true of the Democrats. Today they are as disorganized asand perhaps more so than-the Republicans were in 1882 But we oon believe the group will be dissolved that US useiu- ness as the party of the opposition will evaporate. We foresee a vigorous service TOT the ioho"eis oi Jefferson during the next years It will be service as the minority to be sure. But the minority can do oreat things for nation. Witness, if you please the Conservative minority in England; remember too the work of the Republican minority during the lohg wears of the Roosevelt administration
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-06
AUGUST 6
DR. JOSEPH MARSHALL
 ASSIGNED, ANCHORAGE

Dr. Joseph T. Marshall, Tuber- culosis Consultant, has left Juneau to head up the tuberculosis con- trol program activities in the An- chorage Branch Office of the Health Department Mrs. Mary Huston. who has previously been in charge of the Tuberculosis Case Register in the Juneau Office, has been transferred to the Branch Office, Tuberculosis Control Divis- ion.
 Dr. Marshalls program for the Interior is part of the accelerated tuberculosis program which was started throughout the Territory, beginning in 1946. Mass X-raying in towns and isolated communities including the Arctic regions, will continue. with Anchorage as h. terior headquarters, and the X-rays taken will be read at Anchorage instead of being sent to the Ju- neau office as in the past A pneumothorax refill station is plan ned in Anchorage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-06
HE'S A SUCKER, TOO

Among the various fool-catcher promises and arguments with which Henry Wallace and his Con- munst entourage launched their Progressive Party at Philadelphia the notable Wallaces asser- ton that if he were President he would not be having trouble with Russia in Berlin anywhere else.
 That probably the most nearly true thing that was said at the convention Had such calamity befallen the country to have Wallace in the Whe House. our government would have been so thoroughly infiltrated with Reds guruists fellow travellers and plain crackpots that policy would be guided by telephone from Moscow-if we assume the people would stand for it.
 Wallace is wrong, of course, in his assumption that he could avoid trouble" with Russia merely by getting out wherever the Kremlin wants us out, II he has read the papers in recent months he should have noted that not countries which submit to Communistic vassalage get along with Russla
 Henry should ponder sometime, the sad careers oi Jan Masaryk Edouard Benes, Marshal Tito and few others Then he might not be sure that he could De a comfortable bedfellow of the Kremlin gang
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-06
] NURSES JOIN STAFF,
 HEALTH DEPARTMENT

Miss Gertrude Hansen and Miss Mary Brimberry have joined the nursing staff of the Alaska Depart ment of Health.
 Miss Hansen was formerly as- sociated with the Milwaukee City Health Department for 12 years. Military service included four years as surgical nurse and supervisor. She received a B. s. Degree in nursing at Marquette University and will leave shortly to conduct timer ant services from Haines
 Miss Brimberry comes to Alaska from the Michigan State Depart ment of Health where she served as supervisory nurse in a county health unit for the last three years. Prior to that time Miss Brimberry spent 13 years with the Chicago Visiting Nursing Association. She holds a B. s. Degree with a public health major from Loyola Univer- sity She will be assigned to service l in the Interior.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-06

Even hotter under the collar with resentment, junior statesman Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts pounded the table and tried to jam respect for the 8oth Congress down Brannan's throat. But after Republican tempers had cooled, Grammar still hadn't etracted his statement.
 Facing his first congressional firing squad since taking ofiice, the young Secretary of Agriculture met behind closed doors with the Senate Foreign Relations Commit tee to appeal for ratification of the international wheat agreement, of great importance to farmers. In- stead of taking up wheat, Vanden- berg, scowling sternly, ordered Grammar to read an interview he had granted to the New York Times. In the text, Grammar called Congress irresponsible" for not ratifying the wheat agreement.
 You had no right to use that scrt of word" snorted the big Michigan Senator.
 Then he pointed to the Senates bipartisan record on foreign pol icy, demanded to know how Con- gress could be called irresponsible after passing the European Re- covery Program and the peacetime { draft His own Foreign Relations Committee, Vandenberg insisted, had voted unanimously on all inn portant issues.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-06
The Washington Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON
Continued from Page One,

ton wanted ,o know whether the Republicans pianned to issue de- tailed statement answering Tru- mans message. Speaker Martin re- piled the job had already been done in a speech before the house by Illinois Everett Dirksen He also mentioned radio addresses by Taft and Halleck.
 The Speaker urged the members, when returning to their districts, to refute President Trumans charge that the 8Oth Congress was the "second worst" in history.
 The 8Oth Congress has done a splendid job he defended. And it will become known as soon as the members get back into their district and let the people know thetrue record
 Halleck said reporter had call ed him from Indianapolis ano asked whether it was true that the Democrats would be able to over- ride the Republican leadership by getting enough Republicans to sigr discharge petitions.
 T told him I didn't think theR was anything to it. the major ity leader added.
 Ncte-New York's Jack Javits leaped to his feet and demanded changes in the Displaced Persons Act and action on the S65 ,000,00( loan for building permanent LIN ilcme in New York.
 We already have the hole dug, he shouted.
 Broke in isolationist Frederick Doc" Smith, the Ohio horse doc tor: "Inasmuch as you already have the hole dug, you may as well put the whole United Nations ill and bury it."
 Note-Presidential candidate Tom Dewey telephoned Senator Taft and Speaker Martin that he would like the special session to act on at least two points in President Tuman's message-liberalize the Displaced Persons Act and approve the loan for building United Ma tions headquarters in New York.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-06
Daily Lessons in English x. L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN He is bad fix" Say "in a bad CONDITION"
 OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED Decade Pronounce kad, in DECK Aasin in syllable.
 Timbre Quality of distinguish from TIMBER
 SYNONYMS: Eminence glory repute reputation, celebrity
 WORD STUDY times and it yours" Let each Todays troublesome The country has trying years this debt