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Evening star., 1949-11-20
D. C. to Get Huge Flower Show
250,0OO May Jam Armory for Week
To See American Florists Spectacle
By W. H. Younomon
Garden Editor

always been the affiliated garden
groups in Pennsylvania, New York
and Massachusetts,, officials Of the
show said.
Robert Rowland of Chicago. Sec
retary of the American Society OF
Florists, will be in direct charge OF
the project soon. During tempo
rary illness he is represented by
Richard j. White. secretary OF the
American Association Of Nursery
men, which has its headquarters
in the Southern Building.
Others at Work on Show.
In addition to Mr.. Guide, Mr..
White, Mrs. Perry and Mr.. Tim
chenko, those on the committee
include: Lloyd jenkins. vice chair
man; Conrad Link, University Of
Maryland, educational participa-
ton; j. D. Blackstone. jr., re-
tailers; John Sharp and Henry
Witt, commercial cut flowers and
plants, and Herbert Sauber. garden
equipment. supplies and furnish
ingS.
The Society Of American Flor
lists has some $500 members who.
with affiliates interested, will build
up q national sponsorship OF ap-
proximately $4,000 persons.
The Board Of Directors OF the
society selects a city each spring
in which to hold the show. Balti-
more was host city In 1885. The
show has nothing to do with the
annual meetings Of the society.
which are held in the summer.
Formerly the two events were held
simultaneously but, because they
competed for interest. they were
sparated.
Nationally known nurseries, rose
growers, seedsmen, landscapers
and garden supply firms are now
making reservations for display
space. Their displays win insure
spring flower show here COM
parable to those held annually In
Boston, New York and Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1949-11-20
In Hog Business by Accident
Charlie Lutz Sells Off 100 to 12O Pigs
Each Year, Mostly Breeding Stock

markets mostly as breeding stock.
The culls are fattened for meat.
That is about all we have
room for here on the farm"
Charlie said. II have noticed that
a lot Of people 60 in for things
too big, and forget about quality.
Right now I'm thinking about
improving my stock, rather than
getting into more numbers"
And Charlie has q head full of
ideas. He believes farmers miss
q good bet on sales promotion.
and he is working on a brochure
that will tell the story Of his
swine breeding herd, and will con-
tain comments from his Gus
toners. This will be added to
from time to time. He thinks
farmers might do more selling by
mail, and he is going to give this
idea a whirl.
The Lutz farm, owned by
Charles father, Philip e. Lutz,
and his uncle. Frank Lutz. is
worth looking at. There is not an
inch Of waste land in the 100
acres, aud, although there is moth
ing fancq. 1t has the look Of q good
farm, well managed and well
cared for.
There Is 24-cow herd of
.Holsteins, with Charlie and his
younger brother Paul. both own
ing a few registered cows. Paul
also feeds q few beef steers each
year. Then there are chickens
and one of the best looking
strawberry beds behind the house
that you've ever seen. 1T all
spells out good country living.
But with all Of the co-opera-
ton Charlie gets from his father
and uncle, he is beginning to
fel q little cramped for space.
1--WE got to get myself q farm"
he said. And after talking with
Charlie, you come away salts
fed that he will do it, too. B.
Evening star., 1949-11-20
speeiol pispoteh to Tn. s,or

MIDDLETOWN, Md. Charlie
Lutz. whom neighbors point out
as being one Of the most promis-
ing young farmers in this area
of good farmers. got into the hog
business almost by accident. But
the fact that he has made a Sue
cess out Of pigs comes from care
full planning and q lot Of hard
work.
It was like this. Some years
ago Charlie noticed better than
average looking pig in a lot his
father bought to fatten on the
farm. That gave him an idea and
he insisted on keeping this par
ticular pig as a herd sire.
"It came to me-" said Charlie,
"that this would be the way to
improve the quality Of our hogs.
It seemed a good idea to breed
from the best, even though we
didn't have purebred animals"
At that time Charlie was q Sc
IlOQo 1ldl dl0"WUlA1l1S s6"x1 S1AO
member, and before long he had
q registered Hampshire boar and
a couple Of sows. From then on
it was q steady climb, until now
he has a hard time providing
enough breeding stock for all Of
his customers.
Every year." he said. "the boys
with All and FLA hog projects
just about clean me out Of pigs.
They do well, too. as can be seen
by the prizes these boys take at
the shows each year."
Charlie hasn't done badly at
shows himself. Last year he just
about monopolized the champion
ship ribbons at the Baltimore
show, and in 1914 he has judged
the outstanding Maryland All
Club boy with a livestock project
Just now Charlie keeps from
10 to IL sows and couple Of
boars. That gives him from 10o
to 100 pigs a year, which he
Evening star., 1949-11-20
Garden Club Activities

will discuss the prepartion Of dish
gardens. He will construct several.
Members and visitors are urged
to bring for exhibit and judging
the following arrangements:
Thanksgiving dinner table, using
fruit and vegetables, free standing
Dried arrangements suitable for
buffet.
The door prize will consist Of a
dish garden.
/ Colorists to Hear Pfister.
/ The 17th season Of the Wash
ington and Baltimore Colorists
will open November % with q
meeting In the auditorium Of the
National Museum, 8 pm.
c. Eugene Pnster of Chicago
will speak. It was through q mu-
tual interest In color charts and
color standards for horticultural
use that the group became ac-
quainted with Mr.. Pfister. the
newly-elected president OF the
American Rose Society. Mr..
Pfister's subject will be Roses oi
Many Hues." The address will be
illustrated.
The Potomac Rose Society and
. number Of local garden groups
have been invited to join In the
meeting.
Evening star., 1949-11-20

Plans announced last week for
the first annual show to be spon-
sored here by the Society Of Amer
ican Florists in the Armory March
% to 20 will include displays Gre
ated by the garden clubs Of this
area, with Mrs. Emmanuel Perry
general chairman.
Boris Timchenko, landscape
architect, has allotted the 10000
square feet in the Armory to ex-
hibitors, with the display areas
shaped attractively.
The Agriculture Department
and the University of Maryland
will be valuable sources for edu-
cational material, and local par
ticipation will run strongly to typi-
cal local settings tn miniature and
flower arrangements. Shadow
boxes will be used. colorfully dec
Grated.
Expect 250,o00 Visitors.
Granville Guide. local chair
man, is enthusiastic about the
prospects of the show becoming a
permanent event here, consider
ing the huge crowds that attended
the Roses. Inc. two-day show at
Woodward g. Lothrop's store and
the long lines of visitors at the
National Capital Orchid Society
one-day show at the American
Security g. Trust Co." Shows at
the Botanic Garden are always
jammed with visitors. Mr.. GUIDE
said that more than 250,000 per-
sons would probably witness the
colorful display.
The tremendous investments in
perishable flowers and the car
pentry and decorative expenses
not to mention awards, makes an
admission charge necessary al
such shows as this and those
staged at New York, Boston and
Philadelphia.
These major shows are, In fact
outgrowths Of the florists shows
carried on since independently
The backbone Of those shows hal
Evening star., 1949-11-20
Pilgrimage Dates Set.

Friday. April 2s. has been an
nounced as the opening date Of
the 18th annual Maryland house
and garden pilgrimage, during
which more than 200 noted houses
and gardens situated in the Old
Line State will be opened to the
public during the following days,
each for one day only. In 1949,
all previous attendance records
were broken by an influx Of more
than 1900 visitors.
Prince Georges County has been
added to the list Of counties TAX
ing part. Information about
routes and housing. the houses
and the gardens, may be obtained
by writing the Federated Garden
Clubs Of Maryland, PIT Sheraton
Relvedere Hotel, Baltimore !, Md.
(Mulberry 7481.)
Evening star., 1949-11-20

In the remaining match from
the second round Of the District
Chess League. Naval Communica-
tions defeated the Naval Gun
Factory by 7h-4h, and thereby
Joined the Bald Eagle Club, the
Diyan and the Federal Club in the
two-win bracket. The detailed
results of this and the Library Of
Congress Army Map Service bout:
Evening star., 1949-11-20

; my fields worked, and this fall II
has been too dry. I wanted tc
prepare the pasture out front
next to the fescue field, and seed
it to a good grass mixture. But
the ground got so dry and so hard
that I couldn't dent it with pick
much less my little disc harrow
I've sent a notice to the weather
man that I want rain. Not toe
much. but just enough to dampen
the ground 80 I can work 1t uI
a little. then I'll plant my grass
In the spring. What will happen
probably. is that it will start In
to rain one Of these days and won't
stop again until spring.
Well, at least the weather makes
for good excuses for not doing
any work.
++**
The Virginia Extension Service
announced recently that q limited
amount Of Kenland clover seed
will be available to farmers in the
State next spring. Farmers who
want to try it, they said. should
see their county agents.
Kenland is q new variety of rec
clover. II anybody in my neigh
borhood would like to see a good
stand. he can drop by Paul Strick-
ler's farm up near Waterford.
Paul likes Kenland so much he
plans to seed about Is acres II
the spring. He said the new va
Friety acts like a perennial and
seems very promising for this area
Evening star., 1949-11-20
By jones birchfieId

BY the time she Is ready for
college. she probably will have q
small herd. and be better OF flnan-
cially than her parents.
4 +
Whatever the current weather
I find it never suits a farmer
When it rains, it Is too wet, and
when 1t doesn't 1t is too dry. A
warm fall worries him because Of
what is to come later on, and a
cold fall is just as bad. because
it retards the growth Of small
grains.
There is just no use-you simply
can't beat the weather. Now last
fall It was too wet to get any Of
Evening star., 1949-11-20
4 Million Seedlings

Three Florida pulp and paper
mills have ordered nearly 4,000,-
900 pine seedlings from the State
nurseries for free distribution this
winter to North and Central
Florida landowners.
Evening star., 1949-11-20
Club

The Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Camera Club will meet
tomorrow evening ct 5 o'clock In
the fifth-hoor auditorium Of the
Mather Building. ele q street
NV.
Evening star., 1949-11-20
Livestock
Notes
By Don Henderson

Over at The Plains we ran into
Dick Kirkpatrick, who was full of
interesting news Of his farm &C
tivities. When he went on active
duty at the beginning of the war
he had about 10 horses, stations,
broodmares and polo ponies. Now
he feeds about 100 Herefords in
stead.
A few weeks ago he marketed
in Baltimore Is head of February
and March home-raised calves.
They went at $3.50 round, and
had only been fed $40 worth of
grain in their feeding days.
On the other hand. last Au-
gust he sold 2-year- and only
realized $235 apiece. He is very
strong on early calving.
Horses in training which be-
longed to the late Harry Straus,
the Polled Shorthorn breeder,
have been leased to Downey
Bonsal, who has trained for this
stable so long. Disposal Of the
extensive breeding establishment
has not been announced yet.
Many are unfamiliar with the
Galloway Breed Of beef cattle. They
are all black, polled chunks. able
! to rough it with the best on
lands that will starve some others.
L. w. Trester of Warrenton
writes that his new farm. bought
over in Madison County, is ad-
mirably suited to the breed, and
that his herd Is fine and will be
moved to the Dark Run" 500
acres December /.
Those who knew Rank Forbes
when he represented the Short
horns in this section will be glad
to know he is now secretary Of
the Galloway Association. The
breed is quite strong in parts Of
the more rugged country Of the
/ West.
A trip to Willie du Points. place
at Boyce for an opportunity to
appraise Brahmas at their best.
Then over to J. D. Patch's farm
at Philomont to see a. herd of
Santa Gertrudis, which are a cross
of Brahmas and Shorthorns.
Then there are the Brangus,
which consists OF three-eighths
Brahmas and flve-eighths Angus
blood. The Brangus has quite. a
following in Texas, Missouri.
Kansas, Illinois. Colorado, Okla
homa, Florida. Canada, Oregon
and Arkansas. They have now
formed an association and are re-
cording the breed. While there
are about $4,000 animals Of the
breed there are not that many
eligible to record. They have to
be 37h parts Brahma and 62h
Angus.
The biggest breeder is Raymond
Pope, in partnership with Frank
Buttram of Craig City, Okla. If
you are inquisitive and want to
try something different. there is
the chance. They stay polled and
are black in color. g
Evening star., 1949-11-20
Dish Gardens TO Be Made

The Neighborhood Garden Club
Of Arlington County will meet to-
morrow at 8 pm. at the Mount
Olivet Methodist Church. George
q. Gordon, landscape architect
Evening star., 1949-11-20
Orchid Show Slides

National Capital Orchid Society
will meet tomorrow at 8 pm, ct
the New National Museum. Henry
8. Spencer. Of Richmond, Va, q
grower. will lead q question and
answer program on cattleya cul-
ture. Miss Ruth Rodier will show
kodachromes Of exhibits at the
Second Annual Orchid Show
sponsored by the Society October
% and 20. Miss Rodier and Miss
Dorothy Sawyer took the pictures.
Any person interested In orchid
culture Is invited.
Evening star., 1949-11-20

Judge Quinn, in discussing
chrysanthemum culture before
the. USDA Garden Club recently,
made a point every home gardener
needs to keep in mind. Chrysan-
themums need perfect drainage
to be winter hardy. On sandy
soils the gardener has no prob
lem. On heavy soils we may ridge
the ground sufficiently to take
care of this problem, or we may
mix sufficient sand into the soil.
Most gardeners will do a little of
both if they wish to keep their
NUNS.
The Potomac Rose Society an
nounced in their current news
letter the three rose varieties
which will be in competition for
the Barrett Trophy at the 1850
Fall Rose Show. They are Suffers
Gold, Capistrano and Mission
Bells. These are new varieties
and rose growers interested in the
show will want to buy and plant
them this fall or early next spring.
These varieties and only these
three-one flower of each, three
blooms in a vase-may be entered
in competition for this particular
trophy.
The best mulching material for
delphiniums is coal ashes, pref
erably crushed clinkers which also
repel the garden slugs, a most
destructive pest.
At last Sundays African Violet
Show, sponsored by the Metro
politan African Violet Club. many
new varieties were on display. The
variety Spoon, with its spoon
shaped leaves and deeply colored
blue flowers, drew favorable COM
ment.
New varieties of African violets
appear in bewildering and never
ending array. In seeking new
varieties it Is easy to put too much
emphasis on minor variations in
Evening star., 1949-11-20
Rose Society to Meet Here.

bV8C SVCbCty W NACCS AAVACs
Garden association groups are
already beginning to prepare fdr
the meeting here In October
1850. Of the American Rose So
ciety. the national association Of
which the Potomac Rose Society
is q branch. The meeting will
probably be held October I, 2 and
8. conforming in part with the
annual rose show Of the local So
ciety.
Potomac Rose Society has made
record growth In recent months.
The membership now totals more
than 800 and average attendance
Is well over 200.
Talk on Rhododendrons
Silver Spring Garden Club will
meet tomorrow ut 8 pm. at Jesup
Blair Community House. Georgia
avenue at the District line.
M. q. Coplen Of the Rock Greek
Nursery, will discuss the culture
and propagation Of rhododend-
rons. There viii also be demon
stration Of the correct method Of
making cuttings Of hardwood
plants. Public invited.
Mrs. Kistner to Lecture.
The Garden Club Of Chevy
Chase. Md. will present Ruth
e. Kistner. nationally known au-
thority, at q benefit lecture and
demonstration December Z at !
pm. at the Woman's Club Of
Chevy Chase. Md. 743l Connecti-
cut avenue. Public invited,
Tickets available from Mrs. E
Barrett Prettyman, 106 Woodlawu
avenue, Wisconsin 3263.
The lecturer has spoken in
many States. is q tri-color win
ner at the international in New
York, and is co-author Of a book,
Flower Arranging in the Amer
ican Home"
Mrs. william s. Corby is ar
ranging luncheon at. Columbia
Country Club in honor Of Mrs
Kistner. preceding the lecture
Guests will be received by Mrs.
Robert Ash, club president, and
Mrs. Arthur Crawford, program
chairman.
Evening star., 1949-11-20
Workshop Meetinr Tuesday.

Workshop Meeting Tuesday.
|, The Brookland Garden Work
shop will meet Tuesday and every
subsequent Tuesday at 8 pm. ct
Slowe School. Fourteenth and
jackson streets NE. Randall r.
Evans, instructor in landscape
architecture at Phelps Vocational
High School, will lead In q course
Of discussions on landscaping and
ornamental horticulture.
Evening star., 1949-11-20

Perhaps you have noticed that
by instinct a dog when first con-
fronted by a barrier will crawl
under it rather than Jump blindly
over. Out in the field with one
of my hunting dogs I have no
ticed that perhaps 90 times out
of 100, he will crawl under a
wire 5 or inches above the
ground rather than go through
two widely spaced strands just
above him. Many times dog
coming to a single strand Of wire
over which he could easily jump.
will crawl under it instead. Yet,
II taken over the same course
again, he will invariably Jump
over the single strand Of wire. I
wonder why?
Some dogs need practically no
lessons In house behavior. Others
are hard to teach and slow to
learn. Don't beat your dog or yell
at him when he forgets his teach
ings and don't expect dog under
8 months of age to become 100
per cent housebroken. Use COM
mon sense and patience. See that
he is put out of doors at the very
first sign of uneasiness.
Let him out, also, the last thing
at night and the first thing In
the morning. Let him out at once
after he has been fed. Also sew
eral times during the day. Soon
he will learn to conduct himself
accordingly. Don't whip him II
he misbehaves or forgets: just
scold him. But after scolding him
put him right outdoors.
Section 192A, Article 16, Of the
penal law Of the State Of New
York reads in part: "T1e unau-
thorized possession Of dog or dogs.
by any person not the true owner.
for a period exceeding 10 days
without notifying either the own
er, the local police authorities or
the superintendent of State police.
Albany, N. Y, Of such possession
shall be presumptive evidence OF
larceny"
That's not a bad law and ] won-
der why some Of the other States
don't pass similar ones.
Game Warden John Hart ct
Evening star., 1949-11-20

The best mulching material for
delphiniums is coal ashes, pref
erably crushed clinkers which also
repel the garden slugs, a most
destructive pest.
Evening star., 1949-11-20

The biggest breeder is Raymond
Pope, in partnership with Frank
Buttram Of Craig City, Okla. If
you are inquisitive and want to
try something different. there is
the chance. They stay polled and
are black in color. "
Evening star., 1949-11-20

Game Warden John Hart Of
Smyrna times., 1949-10-20
Achievement Day Planned
BY Negro All Clubs

Negro All Clubs in Kent and
Sussex Counties will hold an
Achievement Fair November 5 in
the Milford Junior High School,
announces Mrs. Camille w. Jacobs,
home and youth agent.
The program will start at $3.50
am, with general assembly.
The remainder of the program
will consist of contests in clothing,
handicraft, foods, gardening and
poultry. Various clubs will get to-
gether to sponsor continuous dem
onstrations in the above projects.
The committee of local leaders
Gertrude Johnson, Blocksom Club;
Mrs. Sarah ID. Cook, Trinity Club;
Mrs. Mildred w. Henry, White Oak
Club; Mr.. ]. Stanley James, Mills
boro Club; Mrs. Irma Reese, MT.
Olive Club; Edward Gibbs. Wood
side Club; MFR. Webster Jolley,
Greenwood Club; Mrs. Mary T.
Adams, Blocksom Club; Mrs. Lola
Gibbs, Woodside Club; Mrs. Cam
lille w. Jacobs, and Mrs. Cora N.
Selby, Ross Point.
Smyrna times., 1949-10-20
NATIONWIDE ALERT
FOR * DISEASE

Cattle raisers everywhere should
on the alert this year for pos
sible outbreaks of tx disease"
the strange new malady that af-
fects cattle of all ages but seems
to be especially common among
animals under years old.
tx disease" already has caused
cattle losses in more than 80
states. In some of the worst out
breaks, as many as 81 per cent of
the animals in affected herds have
been stricken. Among diseased
cattle, the death rate has been as
high as SO per -ent.
Just what causes TX disease"
and how it is transmitted from
one animal to another. no one yet
knows. But extensive research in
vestigations are being pointed up
by the u. s. Bureau of Animal
Industry and veterinary research
leaders. In the meantime, veteri-
narians are isolating identified
cases Immediately and developing
techniques to combat the disease.
Symptoms usually include pro-
longed securing, loss of appetite
and weight, wart-like Jumps in the
mouth and on the tongue, and
scurfy hardening of the skin over
Smyrna times., 1949-10-20

with most sales around the s125.O0
figure.
A few heavy bulls we're offered
and sold from $3.50 to S19.1O.
Light bulls from S14.10 to S16.sO.
Receipts of hogs were heavier
than during the previous week.
Trading was active. Light hogs
$3.50 to $500. Animals in the
40 to 240 lb. range were light in
supply and sold at $3.50. Sows
over 400 lb. brought S14.00. Bears
under $50 lb. went at S16.10. Stays
SIPS. A large number of heavy
choice shoats ranged from $1,000
to $17.60 each. Medium shoats
$500 to $3.50. Feeder pigs were in
liberal supply and medium quality
sold from $3.50 to Ss.25 while com
mon pigs were as low as S4.00.
Good work horse went Tor s51.o0
each.
Smyrna times., 1949-10-20
Here's welcome wherever YOU drive

Around the corner from your home
or in strange cities-along lonely
roads-high on the mountains and
deep in the valleys-the nations
250,000 service stations are ready to
welcome you and help you wherever
you drive.
The men in these stations play an
important role in the life of every
American community. They are on
the job for you, ready to keep your
car fueled, serviced, and rolling
smoothly, doing their part to keep
America constantly moving ahead.
The competition among these deal
ers for your business results in high
er standards of service. helps bring
you better. more efficient oil pro-
ducts. And the same rivalry pays off
for you in other branches of the oil
industry-in research and production,
in refining and transportation. More
Smyrna times., 1949-10-20

than $4,000 individual oil companies
and the services of more than a mil
lion men and women provide the oil
products that result in better living,
greater comfort, more conveniences
for you.
The helping hand of your neighbor-
hood dealer. the part he plays in
the daily life of his community. the
friendly, efficient service you will find
at his station, symbolic the progress
that, spurred on by rivalry, will con-
tinue to mean so much to you and to
all Americans in the years ahead.
Smyrna times., 1949-10-20
FARM NEWS
Continued From Page Ten

coin, with Id cows that averaged
10,864 milk and 473 butterfat; Tull
Brothers, Seaford, with 48 cows
that averaged 1906 milk and 464
butterfat; B. Brinsfield, Vienna,
Md, with % cows that averaged
11,941 milk and 458 butterfat; and
III. Wallace Cook, RID. 2, Elkton,
Md, with 16 cows that averaged
2,409 milk and 449 butterfat.
The number of herds on test dur
ing the 1949 year has increased to
95 with the fifth association being
formed in the early spring. This is
the highest number of herds that
has been on test in Delaware.