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SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING; FEBRUARY-15, 1925 , m . , , ,. i .. ii. , , . . - .1 1 i . i ! j j m ; ' i j!-M f T ' " -' " r ' The .Home' Gairden: Hints, from National Garden Bureau WKat. is, Home Without a Gardem SEVENTX-FO VRTH .YEAR ' . ... '. : The Home Garden LayOut -4 . . s ... Landscape architecture, he some in relation to its surround ings,, has . become - almost as im portant abactor in building as the construction of the house; itself. It means that the house .will be if appropriately framed and attached to its surroundings by proper plantings, or that ? it will not. A majority. of . the . existing '" home's were not so placed, : so the task of the owner is to do the best that he. can with the. house as it exists. ' - " The location' of the vegetable garden is an important factor to be considered. Vegetable gardens often are not ornamentals An or derly, well laid, out, well ultivated garden is not a hlot on the 'land ftcape, but has ho proper place In full Tiew of .the.street or.th.f ront yard. It must, be placed in a sun ny portion of the premises, so u cniei iacxor is. to - xna&e it as obtrusive as. possible, , . . ; ; Screen plantings of shrubbery, grape arbors ,orr $all growing, .per- eoniais nave Deen usea. A. nedge will make an effective barrier, al though the roots of 'the-hedge rob . the soil of nourishment An east ern designer conceived the. idea of concealing the small garden "plot with a hedge-of asparagus,' which combines utility with an attractive planting. The- eathery foliage..of the asparagus remains green and fresh all season after the cutting period. TheTed berries ar, an additional attraction in the fall. The foliage effect ofL the, aspar agus was further enhanced In this planting by a row of rhubarb in front of the asparagus, the con trast of heavy foliage of the rhu barb and the featherly. asparagus being as ornamental asthat fur-, ,1; 1 I I I I It HETX -Of-JrAlt.5 'AND- 'ASPAILAGO AS J SCR.EEN tC TME-VtGSTJkBCt. GAtJOtN. nished by many ornamental plants, Ths idea of the asparagus hedge bas beenad opted in a number of small - gardens, . The- asparagus plants are set4 2 feet apart and in- the course ef ' two or three seasons, form , a . thick and dense screeni for. the 4 vegetables when the sardep is past Its' prime. planting of tall-growing peren nials or - annual,, such as holly- bocks and cosmos, ; are also effec tively , used to : hide -.the vegetable patch, but the hollyhocks must be cut down in late July. - Combined with cosmos, however,; the screen is- maintained, asr the-.cosmos will have v reached, considerable height by the time the hollyhocks may be' cut. . -' - $ - Another,- effective perennial screen is made of the New Eng land aster,' which, Un good soil. grows ; from four . to five feet tall. The boundrlesjof the vegetable garden may readily be Wade to serve ornamental purposes, con cealing . the vegetable patch from the front yard. 3 1 ACHELOK.'ar BUTTONS ; i gj TILEKpft MA3LIGOLPS . , . ' . ' ' ' " ' . $ 1 ;" SCASIOSA laDXS) s I - C ' NASTURTIUMS QDyAJLP) : i ' ; ; g,',L.T..; .- ... ....... , . t ; , AjT3LS; LAT lHAHCHIHq j; V , ' "' " ; , ASXtKS OSTXICH TEAJHI1L. ' j I y' ' .- t,-;.. ,.4f. .., . . 1 HI , AUKTJAX, ULLRSTUX- M1XTD I . . i, cosmoSj-:! eiKoutAin doublx j P ; TUu foT CutHnrf Garderu. i n Picking Garden of Flowers! - .Annuals furnish flowers for .of the value, of perennials and the everbody. Idiscount of annuals. A flower . The renter may have as' gay a! garden is incomplete and bare for garden as the home owner". The flat-dweller may have his window J or porch box. with a few seeds of - annuals burnishing the basis for summer decoration." Being vege tation of one season .there is no t loss by removal. . Annuals furnish all-summer , bloom, or short seasonal bloom, as , selected. French marigolds, planted the last of April, eather permitting, outdoors, or In a box : Indoors, or in ,tbe hotbed or old frame, will start blooming In mid June and increase in bloom and beauty until frost cuts them down. The magnificent zinnia starts ear ly and stays late, growing, finer with each month " Annual pinks keep up an all eeason display. Ten weeks stocks make a .beautiful bed with their Epicy frangrance. Dwarf nastur tiums in poor soil bloom in re markable quantity all summer. rThn climbine n&stnrtinmn will eir - wreaths iof bloom' for the greater part of the summer. Gardening has had its fads, and i one of these was the exaggeration ; long stretches if perennials alone are depended - J upon. Annuals have again "come into "their " own and cannot be' denied. , They must be used to supplement the bloom, of perennials and to take up the floral ; procession for the last half of the' season after the great burst of perennials In June a happy arrangement. Annu als tucked among the perennials keep np the show. Aster's, bachelor's buttons, bal sams, pinks, mourning brides, nas turtiums, marigolds and others make the season gay and give a wealth of bloom we cannot and do not ' get ' from ' the " perennials in the last half, of the. summer. They grow in almost any. soil and thrive with less care than .many of -the more stately perennials. Plant annuals early, either, in frames indoors, or as soon as the ground -can be worked, to have the plants ready to transplant in to perennial ixjrders ,bulb. beds or the formal 'beds of the garden. -They, are indispensable. Hoes for Every. Task Hoe-making has developed Into something of an art with manu facturers of garden tools;; You can buy hoes for 'almost any par ticular wrinkle of gardeneninff you' need You can get them with cultivator teeth. h Yoti can find them with a blade' for destroying weeds on one side and rake teeth on the back Of 'the blade for pul verizing the soil,-one of the most usefut - general - purpose tools for the' small garden." You' can find them with triangular blades for marking rows or with two points fpr marking double rows. As us ual, there are' the real old fashion ed hoes. . v - - '- ' In addition there is the Dutch or scuffle hoe ,to be pushed ahead of you instead of -drawn' towards you.! For. the small garden, the light-weight hoes are usually the best hoes that are - not heavy enough to tire "the arm in' wield ing them, ' Get a good sharp spade and a spading fork. Sharpen all tools after, you get thenw (They usually, need it and a Bharp hoe' will ;do twice "the work of a dull one 4 with twice the necessary ef fort .in .yielding it. Be , careful to clean hoes and other tools of soil after they have been used. A coating of oil isn't a bad idea to - keep them from rusting when they are put away. If the earth is. left to coat upon them they soon rust and the work of using them, is doubled. - ? A good garden rake is a gar?". necessity, , Trowels have now al most as great a variety as hoes. The small, narrow-bladed ones, either with a rounded or angular blade, are the best for transplant ing, saving the unnecessary lifting of large quantities' of earth. A dib ber which punches a hole in the 80ft earth in which to set the little plant is a useful tool and will be needed when the : bulb-planting time comes around next fail. ' But if you have a garden of any extent, say as much as 50 by 50 feet, by all means get a wheel hoe to speed up and ease, the. work. It D1LAV HOEJ f - - . JM SCUT7LZ" coMWJTATioir'; Ay 1TJHT : , i TWAlf OLX TOX'KAJLKIwO TYPXS QP OAXDEK'KOIJ. is a great . saver of backaches; These whel hoes come fitted with a" variety of' tools, from' a small plow share, cultivator teeth't " hoe blades and rakes to stir the soil.' It is a simple' matter to run them down) the rows in a few minutes and the garden is kept cultivated and free 'from .weeds."" i It is a good time to lay In bug anmuuition while you think about it now. The stores are; crowded and service is slow, in the spring. See that you have arsenic and bor-? deauxj mixture, in stock and that the sprays , are In good order. You can't start too early on the pests. VARIETIES DF VEGETABLES IfJ TO r;"iR:ETir:G.flY PROFESSOR If TtoU Are Planning to Have a Surplus, the Following Sug gestibns of the Best- Authority in That. Field cn This v Coast -Will Be of Interest and Perhaps of Value to You List Alphabetically. Arranged.. . . 0 u This Sane Carpenter Shop lis jNow Conducted by Americans,. 1 Working Under the Direction of the Near East Relief. " (The following- timelr article. is by Prof. A. G. B. Bouquet," in' the Pacific Homestead,; Salem;) . , I , The 'proper selection of. varie ties of market vegetables has a great' deal Uo do , with successful marketing;? In choosing -varieties to' plant, the . grower' , must be guided "by the demand for certain kinds of vegetables. Markets are generally discriminating v and ' in many cases peculiar and -must be catered to. accordingly,. It is often true that success or -failure In sell ing one crop or another may be rery largely due to right or wrong choice of varieties.- Before plant- i ng season ; the , grower should make careful inquiry as to the demand in past" years for certain varieties of vegetabies. " For ex ample, cone shaped or peak cab bage is generally, used J by , the trade in the spring and early sum- Write for ratalofraes today The magazines are full , of advertise-: mer but 'it is displaced by larger mentsj A lot of them are cyloped-! round or nat caooage in wu ana las of information. They all want to distribute them as -. widely , as possible. Drop a postal card today. f, . The markets have been full of celery cabbage ' this winter, It"is easy to grow. Put it, on your seed list for. investigation. There 4re several varieties. , Save! all the manure from the henhouse under cover. , It is val uable fertilizer.- It must be kept dry. and mixed with soil before it is distributed on ; the garden, as it is very strong and "hot." liTITOTIJ FDR THE FEEBLE PJIIiEO' CARES FOR OVER 000 HUMlT PRESTJilT Eighty, Devoted People,: the Employees of the Institution, Working to 3lake Life More Worth While for the Unfit The Sexes About Equal, But the Grade of the Females Is Higher Thari That of the Males. Humanity Is a strange thing as conceived today. If a chicken or cur dog break its leg and seems to suffer, more, than it T can -well bear humanity , immediately -de mands that the animal be put put of its misery. It . is. the humane way to treat the" poor creatures. But when a child is affected with weak mental apparatus, so weak that the child never has and never will be able to leave its bed, and so weak that the child must al ways dwell in a sort of a semi-conscious semi-paralyzed state, neith er hearing nor heeding what goes on about it; then, humanity de mands that life be prolonged as ong as it possibly can,' regardless t the futility of such prolongation or the suffering thus entailed. Admit It Must Bo, S . ' Since, because of the standards of morality in practice today, this must , be, it is better perhaps, ,, to acknowledge that it. must be,, and then; to. turn to those people who are giving their lives to make this suffering as small as it can be pos sibly made, and show them some of the appreciation which they should be shown'. , . j. The Oregon Institution V There! are about 80 men' and women at the Oregon- state In stitution1 for the feeble mnided, who are giving their, lives in this service. It is impossible to be lieve that these' men- and ' women are there because they, enjoy, the workj there, is, too much to pity around such an institution to find much' time ; for enjoyment. Doc tors and' nurses, and teachers are all working together to make the lives of their patients' open up to (ConUnaed on pg 4) m ran hews omrfm EOS OF OUR PIG CLUBS ALL THE MEMO They Are Offered Valuable" Prizes, andThey Are.Shown a New Type of Movable Hog' House,- Recommended by Michigan Agricultural College. . i Figure on planting, dates as nearly as' you can guess the weath er and don't try - to do ' It all at once; Squash and cucumbers, for Instance, -needn't go In before the first or second week in June.- Put aside these late ; packets. - In ' a email garden, rows 18 ; Inches apart are' about the right distance, as you will hoe by hand. .There .are scores of new bed- t vlniila ft f eToA Tila voir "UUAfr w-.v. 'fSomo of jtbe new colors are fas ' ciaating. The pink and salmon - shades mkke gorgeous -beds.-Make a note to try them out. They will ' teflne. plants . to - transplant . over the tulip beds -when the tulips The .climate, isn't changing and perhaps' spring will be the. samo as ever. The climate moves in cycles. Sometimes it is a late sprlng-r Sometimes it : is early. Weather sharps say It will be late again this year, but 'some times they miss- fire. ' Have the . seeds ready and order eirly to be sure to get what "yoiu'want. V. Last year was a poor seed year. New,. Iceland and Shirley ., pop pies are offered this year in shad es previously,. unknown,iinthesp races, j Their delicate beauty is indispensable.' The hugodahlia3,.:the,most. as tonishing of all fall flowers, are as easllygrown" from" seed' "as a zlnnia.t Plant them early . in, the house or hotbed. Make a note' to look over the seed lists and . try BomeofAhesegorgBOua. plants. They will bloom this fall from seed sown this spring and you may liayea new prize 'winner." They must' be kept warm to germinate and flourish. THE MICHIGAN- HOG HOUSE New Type Movable House, Closed. By BEET HALL (National Crop Improvement Serv "One of the first things thfit the pig club members should learn is to ; build a proper movable hog house. V The one shown in the dia gram is recommended by the 'Mich igan Agricultural college, tit is on skids, so that It can be moved from place to place. It has j glass skylights, which ; can. opea both f or Jeeding andforalrtngJ The back of the house is hinged and when opened makes an awning for Bhade,"V says D.' A. 'Merriman of theAmerican Steel" &" Wire company. - Details may be had from your agricultural college and any lum ber yard will be glad to help you figure and cut the material "to sife. If there are 10 boys in your club, you should -have a building bee each In turn, so that you may all have the latest approved .hog shelter; Remember,5 hogs,' do not love ! to'jMfi dirtx?? itVpwSnt photographs f pig elnb stuxifs, not merely (Side eleTatloa- oC boy and pig; f lO for the best photo-graphr-showins - actioiM-bNatlonal Crop Improvement Service, Cliica- winter. Wax beans , are. usually lesser in demand than green beans and a large planting of the former kind might prove disastrous. Mar kets vary r In their, demand for different colors of celery and also the character of the stalks, mak ing it necessaryi, thererore, tor a proper . choice of varieties to be made. For early marketing, it is imperative' that the earliest kinds of sweet corn be grown- which later on may be entirely displaced by the yellow " varieties. Letuce which is of the ' smooth buttery leaf type is a favorite, in the mid die west and east, but the" crisp curled type of New York is' the sort demanded by , the western trade.: Markets vary everywhere in their demand for certain kinds of cantaloupes; the varieties pro duced, therefore, must conform to this demand. -YeljoV. onions have a market preference over reds or browns. Large podded early peas are the best money makers. Toma toes are unprofitable, in many cas es if they are late ripening. Earli ness of fruiting is, therefore, an absolutely necessary character to--gether. with good appearance and flavor; Certain kinds of water melon such . a the- Kleckley Sweets type are acceptable to the trade but others do not find such favor. Large types of squash such s the original Hubbard are being displaced by smaller .varieties such as Kitchenette." Were one not to investigate such conditions as ex emplified by i the above serious trouble and financial losses might result. . r'.- -T ,-"'' y-- I Artichoke, ; (Globe or French.) There is but' one variety of this vegetable, Large Greeri Globe. The plant being propagated by suckers from mother plants.' I Asparagus,! "Mary Washington" represents at the present time the best type of green asparagus.- All of the "Washington" strains are highly desirable, being rust resist ant, productive ' of tight tips and not given to a low. branching ha bit. "Palmetto' an old standard sort, is still more or less widely planted but has not received the intensive selection nor is it as rust resistant as: the "Washington." Bean, Snapl Burpee's Strlngless Green Pod leads in varieties of dwarf i green podded : beans. The market demands a strlngless, brit tle bean of good stee. Anotner variety in this class J is : Strlngless Refuge, of particular : value, for canners, Wax t Podded beans . are in less demand .than green-podded. Pencil Pod Black ;Wax. and Davrs Wax being preferred. Climbing, varieties of value.. include Ken tucky Wonder. Asparagus Lazy Wife and Oregon Giant. Bean Shell.? Oregon. Lima and Holmes BuUer , Bean., are recom mended for large beans. Red Mex ican and Lady Washington for smaller podded sorts; JH - , Beetv " Varieties ' used should produce roots .that are ,' smooth.' uniformly shaped. preferably globe, having small tap voof nd dark J-ed flesh from Light Zones. For canning it Is absolutely neces sary that tbei roots have a blood red interior, : color , as ' the, light zoned beets aro unacceptable by the trade. Early Moder, Early Wonder, and Detroit Dark Red are superior. Broccoll-St. Valentine is the variety grown for shipment and local marketing, j The best strains produce heads which -are snow whiter compacts smooth and vren protected by the self-carliag Tiead leaves, j Poor strajiisqf, this Jrarl ety. produce. leafy or rkey, curds and often, smali . unmarketable 'heads. f : 7 ri I ..- -.''W ' Brussels sprouts. Lang Island improved and Odense Market are recomciendedi Jfe? ira?3 of sprouts grown must produce solid compactly growing buds, the mar ket demanding hard medium sized sprouts. - Strains of . seed are of greater . consideration than the mere names of varieties. Cabbage. The, -fresh market demands a cabbage of medium size while the kraut.crop can be grown using a variety which weighs more heavily. Spring cabbage should be either of -the peak type such as- Wakefield or-the round, as Golden Acre: A good j succession of cabbags can bo grown by, using either of - the , two mentioned, to gether with Copenhagen , Market, Glory of - Enkhuisen. Flat; Dutch Danish - Ballhead and Drumhead Savory. Cauliflower. " The market . de- I mand is for a medium sized; snow- white head. " ; Successional market ing depends more upon varying time ' of seeding - rather than the difference of varieties la time of maturity. Good crops of cauli flower can be grown from selected strains of Snowball. Dry Weather, Gilt Edge, and Autumn Giant. Celery, ' The preference of the market in general is for a variety producing a long edible leaf stalk of . comparatively , narrow width rather, than, the thick, wide coarser stalk. Golden Plume is a fine strain of celery and the older sorts. Golden' Self Blanching and White Plume are also valuable, the, first, named' variety being pre ferred Carrot. Good carrot; varieties should be more , nearly ! coreless than some of . the older sorts. Table Gem is valuable in this res pect. Chantenay and Corel ess are standard market sorts. j Corn, Sweet. Yellow corn is In greater 1 demand" r.than. the - white, although some -ot the latter varie ties are still valuable for the earU est maturing corn. Excellent yel low kinds Include Golden Market, Golden , Bantam ' and De : Lue's Golden Giant, while the best white varieties are Portland Market, and -IT-MJ A i letter received bv the! state committed ' of Near ;'jEastl ':' Relief from: Jo ilitchell happle of Bos ton, I the well-knoswa lecturer, describes his to the , Holy Land. editor and recent! Visit the . building occupied by the school is the carpenter shop where the - inhabitants clainn Joseph plied his trade and the boy. Jesus received his training with saw and; hammer.. i.. . i .S- S: I: "The I high . .1-i!' : i : i! Ii!. . : 1 i ! - - j ;j ;;t H 1 S'S1Jf?CSSS3S3!8S3!SSf9? is 1 x ' - ,- .- i , I - - - Elf' ftf:,?.!- ;: f . .. it W...,,. v. .... . , , H trip was Nazareth.t he I , jpottof mj writes, "especially tbe very pictur esquei and, delightful - orphanage which yourj organization maintains n that sacred cityj h ' 1 1, j! "Holy Nazareth ljesl in the rea der of a group of rough hils and mountains.! It is a! small' cftv of ess than 12,000 inhabitanis land seventy miles from Jerusalem knd Bethlehem. " jj I i: j : j! X was an oWect of interest !tothe S'azarene tots with jwllom1 1 stopr ped to play. They axe jchubby JSaced youngsters and are! ft glad light In their gowns I of 1 yellow and red. i,,.-. l 'l Mi 1 A vocational school fori Orphan chUdren has recently . been I estab- ilshed in this city through! the! e forts of Near.East Ielifef. I One rIn that carpenter shop at Naz- reith. ' Ksaw thnr Armenian hnv Of ,12 the, very age when Christ met me doctor? Jn,the Temple I vorking at their benches, plowing n the fields, turning the very eoili that His feet trod. " . I' "Surrounding Nazareth today is f n atmosphere of your own Amer ica.' . American tools, saws and , hammers, but best of all, Amer ican home-love, are given there to--, group of sturdy boys whose numbers are only, limited by the . water-supply of the little village." j The state committee Is seeking contributions for the extension of this work In Nazareth, which Is annually . vlsltid. by , thousands of American tourists to the Holy I , ' " . ' '- i I l,i II I,!-!'; Scotch are extensively grown. jDo not confuse this excellent jmarket tirpe ,of kale with tb4 thousand headed for stock feeding, 4 jj J Howling Mob. Black Mexican is f,6r'ul Jf3 An4elK i8 i . "xmnuu luau out of value in the home garden. Suc cessional - marketing ef .the yellow corn can be made by planting con tinuously up to July -1. Cucumber.' Numerous good strains of cucumbers run under Lettuce. New York, which also as synonymous names ; of Won? more klndj especially for spring! aid fall let tUCfl CTOD8. ' Iceberp HaBfcort other1 I Muskmelon. different names. Th ideal out- I uniformly netted: melons iifc the ' Ppper. .mere are other varieties door-grown slicing cuke is one cantaloupe class are Wokt pbpuiarlii tliat are earlier such as Simon's . . ... r- . -, . Dnrtsll 1 l. 1 -i.j.L j; I Wnndorfnl ITirrl, IT'orlfaoi- ' V ie first nanfed and Hanon I hotweath mat is or aaric green coior, even 1 fitfijipu 1 'ir" " i and straight. mAssm-ini? annmti. I Emerald Gem is an early smaller I 'or a, main crop tl matelv 10 inches inu leneth.. Davis I nielqn Suitable, for Cornel marketil P superior Perfect is still the standard vari ety. Chicago Pickling used for the pickle Industry and the Le mon" cucumber, is a good home garden sort. . ; Eggplant. Black Beauty Is the most desirable variety. Horseradish, Maliner Kren is other colors. Oreeoa Yellow Dan made -by root cuttings, the value I lsl most widely grown, Australian of the radish lies largely In being Brown is better for some !parts ot grown from selected roota. ; Uie state. Yellowi Strasburg, Kale. The more curly this veg- White Portugal anal Australia etable is the greater the market I Brown are varieties Of onioni sets vaiue. . iswari .or, uu cuneo proaucea. i ! Peas', ..The' market demand4 dark green pods of good size. Lax tnlan Gradus and Stratagem lead- Till varieties such as Earl5 Moth, Telephone and Quite Coa 3 nti are valuable for home use.. Parsnip. Tender' Heart and tfllow Crown are good strains of this1! vegetable. The roots should be smooth, thick and heavy at J the top 'with a" tender flesh. are of greater value e-.rT, , , , pCDDer;-Tuby Glant ha'i'ali of Salmon fleelied I the characters of a good market! iing. Pollock 10-25 has no supi eHor for flavor, but! ripenj f jltaj fruit later. - Golden "t8e!autir!'ciiM b&s are valuable In areas whre they-will ripen. v I ii ! ;,' Onion. r Yellow' onions Sare 1 In! gfeater demand thsh those ! Iof Pumbkln'. Winter Lnxurv la prolific in production and has ex cellent quality and is distinguish ed! frbpa. Sugar Pie by its exterior netting as opposed to the latter's smooth orange skin. Table pump kins should ; not be, large. . 1 Jltadish.i Markets vary in their demand of varieties of. different Bhape'and color. White Pearl is a I good .white-" sort. Scarlet Tur nip1, 'WhiteTipped combines . two goodi 'market colors of red and white: Early Scarlet globe Is -a H , f v - -'' - , -I 1 I i- hi til ill n--mM ' . M pvi be. v-csl.. ..... Ae Equipped to serve those at a distance just as effectively and conveniently.' as those closer,; iMjodern motoreq.uip ment and other facilities make this possible. 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