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Evening star., 1952-03-05
REMOVING BLOOD;
BIRD FEEDER?

A11G MO1GNAN AOL4
(Fron, Mrs. E. H. K, Clinton)
If Mrs. r. K. III. has not found
a way to remove blood from cloth
ing she might try hydrogen per-
oxide. Even on fairly old stains
we have been very successful, and
so far have not found any mate
rial or dye that it harms.
I wonder if the lady who was
interested in bird feeders has ever
tried a wire coat hanger for
squares of Suet? Cut the wire
on one corner and bend the upper
wire to make q safety pin of the
hanger. Put the suet on the pin
part. fasten it and hang it on a
tree or bush above a dogs reach.
I wonder If any one could tell
me where to find the poem "The
Morgan Colt? I do not know
the author but it is about a colt
in a snowstorm.
Evening star., 1952-01-27

A leash is not an instrument OF
torture. It's sole purpose Is to
keep d dog gently within bounds,
When you jerk it sharply. the
dogs collar wrenches the Ani-
mails throat agonizingly and
sends pain through his whole
body. That is not good for him;
nor Is it necessary.
It is unpleasant enough for q
dog to have to plod slowly at the
end Of a leash instead Of romping
and running at will without add
ing to his discomfort by wrong
handling. When he halts abruptly
during a walk, turn to see why
he has stopped. Then when you
want him to move ahead again,
call him to you instead OF giving
the leash a violent tug. ii
When a dog strains at a leash
in an effort to move ahead faster
than you can comfortably follow
bring him back by q word, not a
|yank. In a dogs early training
days, a slow gentle pulling Of the
leash may be necessary to show
him he must accommodate his
pace to yours. Never give an i'm
patient jerk. A pup will soon
learn.
s.y..s. ,s5t So
This is the season when 1t is
|up to you to see that the bedding
in your dogs kennel is kept fresh
and dry. He comes in from a
|gallop in the snow or slush. The
warmth of his body melts the
snow on his coat and paws, and
his bedding becomes damp and
soggy. If he has to sleep on that
kind of bed, there is a chance
Ito catch q bad cold or rheumatism
or even pneumonia.
It is simple and easy to see
that his bedding is renewed and
that the floor of his kennel-h house
lis kept dry. Straw or hay will
serve the purpose. Personally ]
prefer cedar shavings. Not only
are they a first-rate bedding, but
they are supposed to drive away
fleas. Also they give pleasant
odor to his coat.
Every year there are more col
leges' where owners may send
puppies to receive the highest
canine education. It is becoming
a recognized line Of industry. You
have a first-rate pup, but you
have not the time or the knack
or the patience to train him into
what you want him to be. So you
send him to one Of these colleges.
Apart from obedience. house
manners and watchdog prowess,
he is taught to do certain stunts
to make him highly educated.
Perhaps you want him broken for
the hunting field field broke"
or perhaps for farm work or
perhaps m erely for q perfect
chum. Slime of these colleges turn
out the kind Of dog you ask for.
They do their work thoroughly
and well. But there is q catch In
Evening star., 1952-01-27
New, Hog Breeds
Reqistry Allowed

Two new breeds Of meat-type
hogs, both developed from crosses
of the Danish Landrace and do
mestic breeds. have been admitted
for registry by the Inbred Live
stock Registry Association, the
Agriculture Department has an
nounced.,
The breeds, the Beltsville No. /,
and the Maryland No. l, were de-
veloped at the Beltsville research
farm and at the Maryland expert
ment station at Queenstown.
The Beltsville No. l carries
about rs per cent Landrace and
about Is per cent Poland China
blood. The dressed weight is about
80 per cent of live weight, and the
five preferred trimmed cuts
hams, loins, bacon, shoulder pic
MICS and shoulder butts-average
49.5 per cent Of the live weight
The Maryland No. carries
about 62 per cent Landrace and
38 per cent Berkshire blood. The
dressed weight averages about rs
per cent Of live weight and the
five preferred cuts average about
$50 per cent of the live weight.
Evening star., 1952-01-27
Vegetable Plant Growers Schedule

border can seldom be completed
at one season. Some plants, such
as peony and poppy. are dormant
in the late summer and should
be moved at that season. The
tall, bearded irises are best moved
after the Towering season. Others,
such as the daylilies, may be
moved in spring or early fall.
The veronicas, chrysanthemums
and many others may be set out
in the spring, although most peo-
pie plan to put them into the
ground in September, so as to
gain a season.
After planting. the bed should
be given a good. heavy coating Of
whatever mulching material is
available. This is to keep the roots
cool, the weeds down, conserve
moisture and to keep the soil open
and porous, so that ample air
reaches the roots and the soil does
not crust. Without this protective
soil cover the plants in the peren-
nial border will not thrive as they
should, and think of all of the
wedding and hoeing it will save.
Evening star., 1952-01-27
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Evening star., 1952-01-27
GordenCIub
Activities

The BroOkmont Garden Club
|wfl1 meet Friday evening at 8
o'clock at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Emmanuel B. Perry Of 1891
Porter street NV. Mrs. c. c. Car
son will be co-hostess. Edward K.
Bender, University Of Maryland
horticulturalist and Hugh Reyn-
olds will lead a discussion on
Earlier Yields with Better
Plants"
The National Gardener Asso-
ciation will meet Friday at 8 pm.
at Bolgiano's Feed Store, AL New
York avenue NE, and members
will hear Donald Hyde Of Boston
in a talk on Habits of Wild
Birds" Mr.. Hyde, a member OF
the Audubon Society and widely
known for his bird studies, will
explain methods Of attracting and
retaining the birds every gardener
welcomes.
The Glenwood Road Garden
Club elected officers at a recent
meeting, held at the home of Mrs.
j. Paul Bowker, 5706 Glenwood
road.
Newly elected president is Mrs
w. Paul Brannan. and serving
with her are Mrs. j. Paul Bowker
vice president: Mrs. j. H. Quain
corresponding secretary: Mrs. r
b. Anderson, recording secretary
and Mrs. j. H. Sidebottom, treas
urer. Mrs. Brannan will name
committee chairmen shortly.
The Forest Garden Club o1
Prince Georges County met al
Chelsea, the home Of Mrs. Wallace
w. Young, and elected these OH.
GERS for the ensuing year:
Mrs. T. Hammond Welsh, jr.
president; Mrs. Chase Kirtley, first
vice-president; Mrss Ralph dc
Clairmont. second vice president;
Mrs. Lansdale G.. Clagett. record
ing secretary; Mrs. Otho Beall
corresponding secretary. and Mrs
William II. Brooke, treasurer.
Mrs. Welsh appointed the fol-
lowing as chairmen Of commit
tees:
Director, Mrs. Walter D. Addi-
son; program, Mrs. Chase Kirtley;
conservation, Mrs. Paul A
Scherer; wild-life, Mrs. Charlie.
M. Berry; county Identification
Mrs. Breckenridge Long: horticul.
|ture, Miss Margaret Slingluff;
ways and means. Mrs. Kent r
Mullikin; billboards, Mrs. JAIME!
ISasscer and publicity, Mrs. May.
fnard Roberts.
Mrs. Hanson Boyden gave ar
informative talk on point scoring
of winter flower arrangements
The members afterward scored
seven arrangements. Mrs. Booth
Bowie's arrangement took first
lnri1n
Evening star., 1952-01-27
Il |T1olibieLd drf1b rop''
lis Goal Of Newly
Detected EIorrrOnel
Special Dispoieh 70 The sior

KALAMAZOO. Mich-A new
sex hormone which makes possible
doubling the annual lamb crop
lin the United States and has
proven highly successful In treat
ing stefility in cattle. swine and
Eother domestic animals has been
developed by chemists Of the Up
John Co. It has been announced.
Df. j. L. Davidson. head Of the
department OF veterinary medi-
Ecine at the pharmaceutical firnn
identified the horInone as ECP,
lIt is known technically as estra-
Idiol cyclope entylprop opionate.
He added that the hornnone,
which will be widely available by
March /. has been tested at 50
agricultural colleges, State expert
(n1ent stations and By 90 vet
teTinary practitioners,
Tests already concluded. said
lDr. Davidson, indicate that ECF
win bring ewes. which normally
are fertile only IN late fall arlc
winter, into heat twice q year and
make possible q doubled laml
crop.
Under the single crop p-per-yeal
lamb cycle, he pointed out, tha
market is lowest when the supple.
iare largest and highest when thu
run Of animals is smallest. VIII
the use Of ECP, Or. Davidson
NOTED. these peaks can be levelet
Ito the advantage Of both farmer
land consumer.
He said that in one preliminar!
experiment reported by two scien'
ltists, two f1ocks Of sheep wer'
given ECP during the summer
when the animals normally do no
come into heat. Within "a to II
hours after they received thl
lhormone. the scientists reported
1.-THE ewes showed signs of eStrus.
DR.. r. j. Williams of Lebanon
Tenn, who injected 100 ewes witt
Ithe new hormone during an of
season, reported that more thai
100 per cent came into heat withil
the first five days.
4 DR.. w. j. Gibbons, head Of tn
large animal surgery and medicin
department at Alabama Polytech
mic Institute, treated 1l6 tenn
Iporarily sterile cows with ECP an
reported that he was successful il
1881 per cent Of the cases. Thi
lis against 58.8 per cent success Il
treatment with an older hormona
stibesterol, and 81 per cent by
manual expression method whicl
lis expensive and often Injuries o
kills a valuable animal.
!; DR.. Davidson said that best esti
mates are that some 3 million Q
, the II million sows held back fror
market for breeding purpose
each year develop partial or com
. |plete sterility. cutting the annua
pig crop by almost 20 million hog.
Evening star., 1952-01-27
Work Meeting Set
Wednesday for
lShoW Exhibitors

Mrs. Herbert H. Greger, general
chairman for Garden Club parti-
lcipation In the National Capital
Garden and Flower Show, today
emphasized the Importance of a
l"work meeting" February s. from
1880 am. to 4 p.m., in the audi
ltorium of Woodward 6z Loth-
1rop's Bethesda Chevy Chase store.
Sponsored by the Society OF
American Florists and the Allied
Florist Association of Greater
Washington with the cooperation
LOT the National Capital Garden
Club League, the show will be held
at the National Guard Armory
March 6-l2.
Prospective entrants are invited
to attend the meeting which is
for the purpose of acquainting
Exhibitors with flower show pro-
lcedure. Work tables will be pro-
vided. but each person brings his
own container, flowers and Access
sorieS.
Mrs. Northcutt Ely. flower ar
ranger, will act as chairman. A
number Of experienced arrangers
will help and advise. Mrs. Ely ex-
poets about 125 people.
Assisting Mrs. Ely win be Mrs.
A. F. Striker. Mrs. ]. Paul Bow
ker. Mrs. r. L. Tolson. jr.: Mrs.
Arthur Ringland. Mrs. Mark Lans-
burgh, Mrs. James O'Neil, Mrs.
Harry Councillor, Mrs. Benjamin
McElhinnery and others active in
garden club circles.
Mrs. Humphrey Daniel, jr.. en-
tries chairman, will be present
Ito accept entries for the show.
Models of the three sizes of inches
will be available to help in judging
scale and background.
Evening star., 1952-01-27

The unusually warm weather in
this area for the past two week
ends has produced a few problems
Tulips are poking their heads
Through the ground in many yards
the forsythia and jasmine are
showing yellow flowers, while the
|quince and the Thunbergi spirea
lare also preparing a floral dis
Iplay. There is no cause for worry
because Of these precocious plants
They are hardy so a freeze will
only check the unreasonable
growth. Do not attempt to protect
them because that would keep
them in active growth. When the
ground freezes again, cover the
tulips and, If you wish, the shrubs
with pine boughs which will help
Ito keep them cool and dormant.
During a spare moment, 60 over
the evergreens and pick off the
cocoons of the bag-worm. Hand
picking is the most satisfactory
method Of control. Each cocoon
destroyed now will put an end tx
numerous eggs. The eggs normally
hatch before the middle Of May
so by spraying the evergreenS witt
lead arsenate at that time, many
of the greedy young worms will
oe destroyed. Arborvitae is a favor.
ed food, but they also work or
jumpers and number Of othel
trees and shrubs.
In pruning roses next spring tr,
covering each stub with a tret
dressing or other material thai
will protect the cut ends Of the
canes from the cane border OF
"saw-fly." This pest boring dowr
through the cane kills the wooe
for a considerable distance. otter
destroying the shape of the bush
If tree dressing is unavailable, use
furnace cement .(asbestos) ever
brass tacks will help to keep thu
lpest out.
If the mummied fruits beneath
grape vines and fruit trees were
not removed earlier. they shoul6
be raked up and carried away
now so as to destroy as many
disease spores as possible.
The control Of insects and dis.
eases Of plants has always beer
more or less a puzzle to the home
gardener. The gardener is not 6
chemist, pathologist or .entomol.
ogist and has no desire to be one
He wants to buy q material thai
Evening star., 1952-01-27

bed might better be located some-
where else.
However, If q drain cannot be
installed to take care Of the sur
plus moisture. the plants win do
much better planted in the soil
as is, because in a properly pre-
pared soil the rainfall will enter
more freely than into an unpre-
pared one. The. larger accumula-
ton Of moisture will remain In
the soil, excluding air and caus-
ing injury to the plants. For
tunately most of the soils in this
area have good subsurface drain
age and this problem does not gen.
orally exist.
Assuming that the soil does
have subsurface drainage, the next
step is to incorporate some form
of humus to a good depth. Usual
ly the humus. compost. peatmoss,
well-rotted manure, Sawdust, ETC.,
is piled on the surface and mixed
with the soil as it Is Spaded. This
is satisfactory II the soil Is dug
to q depth Of 8 or 10 inches,
Shallowly dug soils do not pro-
vide a big" rootrun for the plants
and they will not thrive as well
as in soil spaded to a depth of
10 to 18 inches. Personally. ! be-
lieve a bed that is worked q good
spading fork deep is only salts
tory for ANIMALS.
Go Deeper for Roots.
For bulbs, peonies and other
'heavy-rooted plants, the bed
might well be worked to depth
of is to is inches. This is most
easily accomplished by removing
the first spade depth, filling the
trench thus made with compost or
other form of humus, and mixing
it into the second spade depth.
The next spade width is then
placed on top and the humus
material mixed into it as it is
turned. The bottom spade depth
lis then covered with humus and
bit is mixed into the soil. This lis
"a modification of the English sys-
tenn of trenching.
Such a method Of bed prepara-
ton will raise the level of the
bed several inches above the sur
rounding ground, but it should
be left that way since it will settle
fairly rapidly. Summer heat and
moisture will help the bacteria
reduce the humus to finely di-
vided particules before the sum-
mer is over. If this work can be
completed before planting time
and the ground allowed to settle,
the placing of plants an6 roots
will be much easier and they will
be at the proper level for good
growth.
The planting of the perennial
Evening star., 1952-01-27
|2-Yeor Cutting
Kills Black Knot

A disease which makes a black
knotty growth on cherry and plum
twigs and which often plaques
home fruit growers, can be reduced
by pruning out infected knots.
John M. Amos, plant patholo-
gist at VPI. advises making the
cuts 4 to 6 inches below the knots
Pick up pruned out twigs and
burn them Immediately, because
they can spread infection. The
knots usually do not show up until
the second year, SO two years Of
pruning are necessary to make
headway against this unsightly
disease.
Evening star., 1952-01-27
The Perennial Border
Location and Soil Preparation Are Steps
To Take Long Before Planting Time
By w. n. Younomon

The planting Of a perennial
border should not be started until
certain steps have been taken
which will have much to do with
its success. The proper location,
drainage and soil preparation are
steps that can be. determined and
started any time the soil is dry
enough to be worked. Much of
this work should, in fact, be done
before planting starts the last of
March or early April.
The location Of the perennial
border generally is a matter of ex-
pediency. 1t is located at the back
or to one side of the yard so
that it will not interfere with the
play of the youngsters or perhaps
because there is less subsoil from
the basement in that situation.
No doubt those are valid
reasons, but the perennial border
might well provide the main in
terest from the picture window,
should the house have one on that
side. Still more important, it
should be located where it is not
subject to the wash from sur
rounding areas. A further point,
it must not be located where it is
in competition with tree or shrub
roots, because its life will be rela-
lively short in such place.
Perennials do not thrive in a
wind-swept situation, thus the bed
should be so located that it may
have the protection from strong
winds. Shrubs in the background
will cut off strong winds, but a
protection close by is usually con-
sidered best. This may be shrubs,
provided they are not gross feed
ers which will rob the plants. An
ornamental fence is good. Climb
ing roses tied to wires will provide
both a background and a wind
break.
Keep Out Of Water.
The location which will avoid
surface erosion was mentioned. It
is also important that the bed be
high enough to avoid standing
water. Water-logged soils are
nearly always fatal to dormant
roots and tubers. If they do not
rot, the lack Of air keeps them
from thriving and growing Wig
orously. If the bed is in heavy
soil, the subsurface drainage
should be checked. Dig a hole
2 feet deep and pour in pail of
water. If, after 2 hours. the water
is still in the hole with practically
no seepage loss, the soil may be
considered impervious and shows
"a need for drainage. The drainage
may be provided by a tile drain
If there is an outlet nearby. Lack
ing an outlet for a tile drain. the
Evening star., 1952-01-27
This Weekin the Garden

will keep his plants reasonably
free from such troubles. Today,
with new materials on the market,
buying something for his garden
lis a problem. For this reason, it
lis suggested that he conflne his
purchases to an all-purpose spray
or dust. There are three such on
the market: !. For vegetables
(non-toxic to warm-blooded ami
mals). 2. For fruits. 8. For orna-
mentals. Each Of the major manu-
Ifacturers produce one or more Of
the three types, either in the form
of spray or a dust, perhaps both.
Time for the sowing Of seeds
indoors for early spring crops is
not far away. but it should be
carefully timed, since the handling
of seedlings. other than in hot
beds and greenhouses, is a chore
after they reach transplanting
size. The usual planting date
given in the table which appears
on this page should be varied ac-
cording to the location of the
garden. In the more protected
sections. paintings might be a
week earlier and in the more out
lying areas Q week later than
shown.
Growth Of interest In garden
ing might well be measured by
the number Of travelling statesmen
and mail-order ads. The mex
lperienced often fall victim to the
glowing descriptions SO freely
given, always In the superlative,
and buys from unreliable firms.
In case Of doubt, because of lack
of experience. ask your friends
and neighbors. Reputable firms
welcome investigation.
Evening star., 1952-01-27
BY james BHchfield'

to bother with onion favored
milk in the winter. too.
Onions are hardy things, and I
suppose the few warm days we
have had, has bought them up.
OF course, the cows are on hand
tc get at them.
A wild onion is like a spring
tonic to a COW, but it's not spring
yet, and I would just as soon wait
"a little.
haven't got in a supply Of
chlorophyll pills yet-you know.
they are the new pills that will
take. the onion off a cows breath
and out Of her milk. too.
Evening star., 1952-01-27
BYPeter Boaas

lit. This Is the catch: Suppose you
had received a good grammar
school education many years ago
land then never again read OF
wrote q word or worked cut q
lpr obiem In mathematics. You
would have gradually forgotten
almost everything you had
learned.
1t is the same with your dog
Unless you are careful to keep ur
his newly acquired education after
lyou get him home, you have
wasted your money and the train
er's time.
Q. Can you tell me If Dalma'
ltions are considered sporting dog
or working dogs?-T. L.
A. Neither. They are claSsed al
a transporting breed.
\ Q: My friends dog has chorea
What is it and will my dog catcf
it?-S. E. c.
A. Chorea usually makes it
appearance during or after dis.
temper. It causes repeated convul'
vulsive twitching Of a group O
muscles, but Is rarely fatal. Have
seen dogs that have lived fol
years with 1t. It Is not communi.
cable.
(Released by McNaught syndicate. Inc) J
Evening star., 1952-01-27
Life in the Country
Shorp Winter on Both Ends Forecast
BY Observer in Blue Ridge District

I'VE received the last word on
the weather from an old observer
.up Bluemont way. This is what
|he says: ITS going to be a win
ter mild In the middle and sharp
on both ends"
We know that r. r. osburn is
right about the first part OF the
winter it certainly has been
sharp on that edge. We viii wait
and see how he comes out on the.
last part.
Mr.. OSburn depends somewhat
lon the wooliy bears for his pre-
|dictions. Last fall, he said. the
woolly bears around his part Of the
country were solid In color except
for q small black tip at each end.
This, Of course, means that the
winter win be mild except for cold
spells in the fall and spring. And,
so far, it has worked out that way.
on The 40 Acres we checked a
izero-minus night or two about the
time winter began.
| But, in addition to consulting
the woolly bears. Mr.. Osburn also
lgoes directly to the sun. This year,
lhe reports, the sun didn't get quite
as far south as usual, and seems
to be hurrying on its trip back
north.
| Back during the shortest days
of the year, he said, the sun
seemed to lack about Q inches OF
reaching its usual southernmost
lpoint as II went down over Bull
'IRun Mountain. This q inches
difference as marked on the
mountain. might mean thousands
of miles in actual travel. he points
lout.
i Now, he observes, the sun seems
to be hurrying north again, al
evidenced by the position it takes
when 1t sets under the Blue Ridge
Mr.. Osburn said he doesn't be-
gin to understand these strange
,ldoings of the sun, If indeed they
Iare strange. II just observe" HI
said, "and will leave the study tx
| you"
Il But there is one thing. Mr.
!; Osburn is q man of faith. He /.
getting his garden ready, and ex.
,1pects to start planting about st
! Patrick's Day. And he already
llhas his early vegetable seeds.
:. +
There Is something wrong some
:. where. You shouldn't go into th'
COW stall in the middle of Janu
larry and be almost knocked ou
slagain by the smell Of wild onions
i We go through the onion strug.
gle in the spring. and that shoult
.lbe enough. It isn't fair to have
Evening star., 1952-01-27

Pruning out dead, diseased canes
and knotty inSect-infested wood
will do much to improve the vigor
of grape vines and to reduce dis
lease infection.