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Newspaper Page TextHome and Garden - By Lillie L. Madsen Questions & Answers Birds Have More Than Aesthetic Value For Gardens: They Kill Harmful Pests Bird Enemies Cats; Snakes, jB-B's, Slings -i By LILLIE L. MADSEN Farmers hav long known the economic value of bird. Other i gardener have,' ai a rule thought of them merely as . a charming addition to the Harden. Their color, their preening, their song have ad ded interest to even the smallest spot. - But now gardeners are learning, too, that in the garden the birds have a real value as Well ai the 'aesthetic value (or which they 5 have long been known. , Insects ,'focm a large part of avian sus- tenance and birds are most ac , tiva just at the time when harm ful insects are at their heights ;j in spring. --- Before birds are invited to a . garden and invitations in many ; forms do help bring them there Tall possible protection should bej assured. Birds are not so stupid as they frequently seem. Months ,,t may pass before birds of some ' species will return where one of their number, has been killed or ven injured. ' Cats Tap Eaemy Cats, boys and girls with sling' ' shots or B-B guns, and snakes art f among the most troublesome ea- emies of birds in the gardens. Birds of prey may be another enemy, but chiefly in the rural areas and in the city fringe gar- dens. If you contemplate inviting , birds to the garden, do not let ' your cat if you have une run at large. Estimates say that , the average tame house cat kills about SO birds annually while the ' half wild domestic cat kills double that number. If you do not con fine your cat,' then place a small ' bell to his collar to make birds ,; aware of his approach. You can't confine boys and girls ' with damaging small weapons. The only method to protect birds from . these is to educate the youngsters. Boys and girls can be taught eas 'e ily to become as interested in live birds as m dead ones. Other tar 1 gets will serve as good a purpose. i. gljsfc yarrows i.twhich are ncrt . native but were brought here as were Scotch. Broom and a few other pests) are damaging to other - birds. They enter bird nouses and ! throw out eggs and kill the young ; of ether species. The best way to - eradicate them is to " break up ' their nests before the young ire hatched." .: One of Victoria's Private Gardens Garden Calendar l-,X:ir PA., rMtJ frs27!X Park, - : :: ' v- -z d: lizi .:, . IT' p.m. . '": ' V J' --- kP.TTJU .' 111 ' '-V. .. - ' .fi; nffi sa -V - Here If one of the 35 to 40 private gardens which will be opened to the public it Victoria, B. C, for the annual Spring Garden Festival. Many or these gardens are built around rocky outcropping such, as this and run down to the water' edge along the bays. (Statesman Farm Photo) ; Caver Poisons Extensive use of various pest i poisons such as slug baits is ' taking its toll of birds. While it is , almost a necessity in Willamette Valley gardens where slugs art so ; plentiful a to do away with nu- I merou plant before the gardener I baa a chance to enjoy them, birds . may be protected from these poi I aona by placing the latter under papers or boards which are ar J ranged so' that birds cannot get at them. Putting out newspapers each evening under which baits are placed, and gathering these and burning them each morning : is one way to eradicate slugs snd ' earwigs and yet protect the birds. Tree guards may be placed around tree and nest-box posts during nesting time, to protect birds from stray cats or other climbing enemies. These guards may be made of sheet metal that 1 exicnu cigm- urcnei or mure iruin me trees in an invenea cone shape. They should be placed about six feet above the ground. Once real protection is given to birds from their enemies, the same birds will return to a garden year after year! While I've been at Capistrano when the swallows are supposed to be returning and 1 wouldn't set my watch by this return, a some claim it is -no myth that the same birds "do re turn to the cam spot from yesr to year . . . . and at approxi mately the same time. Biological Surveys show that many birds re turn three and four years to the same station which have been set up for their protection. The same birds of some species, the surveys show, . havereturned as many as eight years. Water Imports at With enemies out of the way, Water and food are the most po tent attraction.. Water should be supplied both for drinking and for bathing. Cement or clay is Abetter material than metal for bird baths. Metal is too slick and doesn't give the secure footing that birds en joy. Ornithologist advocate plac ing -bird bath in the open, away from shrubbery or trees which might barber enemies. Elevated risitions are to be preferred, and have seen some bird lover wrsp barbed wire around the post hold ing the bird bath. The nesting pop ulation of birds "will greatly in crease in any garden well supplied with water. Bird baths on the ground in the open are attractive and furnish considerable interest for youngster who .have been Alaska Wild Life Feature Of Program 'Edwin Baldwin of Anchorage, Alaska, will give an illustrated talk on the wild flowers and wild life of Alaska Monday afternoon at the Salem Garden Club's meet ing set for 2 p.m. at the Salem Woman's Clubhouse. Mr. Baldwin is editor of a wild life magazine. Miss Edith Schryver is arranging the program. Also during the program hour. Mrs. Clifford Taylor will give the March garden w o r k hints, a monthly feature under "In the Garden," and Miss Elizabeth Lord will talk on horticulture, another monthly feature, in which she identifies various shrubs and plants, 'as well as gives some of the points for or against these. '' Mrs. Robert Shinn will arrange the "Table of the Month." Mrs. ,PU.IMwt.OiLVrtoD..ituunb. 61 the Salem club, will be tea hostess chairman, assisted by Mrs. R. B. Winslow, also of Silverton, as co-chairman and Mr. M. C. Blackmail in charge of decora tions. - Garden Gabbing 1 By Garden Gadder IN SELF-DEFENSE We get a lot of letter from folk who scold us because we've advocated using soil -insecticides;-tell us we are "poisoning the public" and "just advertising for chemical firms.". We have not advocated using soil insecticides only when some one asks us what to use to rid carrots of worms or -to control root Jet Show. weevils or some other such question. Then we tell them that aldrin June 11-14 Men's Garden Club is one of the irfsecticides that has had wide use and has been tested 'of America annual convention. March I Salem Begonia Society YMCA I p.m. Mrs. Phil Brady speaker. Marck It Men s Garden Club of Salem, 7:30 p.m., YMCA. Marrk 11 Lvona Garden Cluh. i Catholic Community Hall, 2 p.m. Plant and bulb exchange. Marck 14 Oregon Orchid Soci- p m. Oregon Journal Bldg. itorium, Portland. March 11-24 California Inter national Flower Show, Hollywood Inglewood, Calif. Marek IS Salem Rose Society, YMCA. April 1-7 North Bend Primrose Show. April IMS Salem Camellia Show, Meier k Frank Auditorium. .April l Santiam District of Oregon Federation of Garden Clubs, Riverside Community Hall, Albany. April ls-Capital District of Ore gon Federation of Garden Clubs,1 VFW Hall, Salem Garden Club, South Hill Garden Club hosts. April M-Z7 Rock and Alpine Show, Victoria. B.C. April U-ts Salem Lion's Club Home and Garden Show, State Fairgrounds. April IS Mt. Ansel Primrose' Show, St. Mary's dining hall. "May 1& Multnomah Garden Show, County Fairgrounds, Gresh-am. May 1-4 Victoria Spring Festi-1 val. 40 private gardens to be oponed. May 4 Cadboro Bay Club Show. May 14-11 Salem Garden Coun cil Spring Flower Show, Izaak Walton League. May 17-IS Annual Oregon Home Economics Association meeting, Marion Hotel. May tS-24-AU West African Vio- Quest! South side of my house 'is shaded by the neighbor's house sod trees. There is no sun. What can I plant on that side of my house. C.F.J.' Answer Ferns, myrtle, astilbe, tuberous begonias (when danger of frost u past). The astible and be gonias will need a lot of moisture, and should also- be mulched in summer. QuestUa Bulldozers years ago destroyed a nice patch of brownish, ruffled wild mushrooms the only kind I was sure oT. Enjoyed them so, but haven't found any since; Wonder if any of your readers knows where 1 could .get another start? E.M.H. Aaawer Let's hear from 'the readers .who might know. Queatiaa Received a tree as a gift from an Ohio relative. Tree labeled C. White Cloud. Can't.make out what it is. Will it be a great big tree? We have plenty of room and have planted it where it can spread If necessary. But have looked through the catalogs we have and can't find this listed. We are curious. Also we are supposed to know a little about trees sn didn't want to expose our ignor ance to our relative. Piease help. CR. - Aaswer I looked through my catalogs too, as I didn't know the name, and find a dogwood (Cor nus) named White Cloud. As the catalog in which I found it listed was from Mentor, Ohio, this could very well be it and this is said to be an excellent doewood. Hope 'almost like carnations. Have QueitUa Bought a tree labeled Pseudolarix kaempferi last spring. It was an evergreen and looked something like a fir, but the needles were much finer. In fall the tree turned yellow and later needles dropped off. We asked an other garden editor what to do and we were told it had suffered from the November 1955 freeze and to take it out. Now my husband happened to cut a little branch off if which he wanted for s stake, There was life in it. Do you think we could save it? It was a lovely tree. Just started taking States man. Are we limited to questions? We like your page very mucHf. If this tree doesn t come, do you think it would pay to have another of the same kind? Have lived here only three years. L.B.W. Answer This tree is a Golden' larch, a beautiful tree which looses its foliage in fall. When, in leaf this tree resembles an evergreen. It even bears cones. This tree should continue to grow here, and I don't believe the freeze injured italthough it did injure an awful lot of our trees which have taken colder weather. But this particular freeze caught the trees unawares with their sap up., No limit to ques tionsbut we won't guarantee not to make mistakes, too. Glad to hear from you anytime. Question Can you tell me the name of the little shrub which we have seen bloom so much in early spring. It is low growing almost like a ground cover, and is covered with sort of rose-colored bunches of little blooms. It is very fragrant Statesman, Salem, Ore., Sun., March 3, '57 (Sex. IV)-21 HOI SING OUTLOOK , Normal population growth Indi cates that by 1976 almost two mil lion homes will have to be built every year in the U.S. to meet de mand. Part of this need will be created by some II million exist ing homes becoming substandard in the next 20 years it does well in our climate. Mr. Jack Hennlngsen will teach the monthly flower making class at 10 a.m. Monday when ribbon will bd used to make lilies and roses. Mrs. J. J. Foster and Mrs. Frank Test have asked members to bring miniature vases snd flowers with the 10 o'clock classes also to include instructions in arrangements. taught to sit quietly while the birds bathe. While number of birds winter here which will soon be looking about for nesting facilities, it will also be but a short time . until birds begin to arrive in big droves fromvthe south, and bousing spots. may pe at a premium unless space' has been provided. In the country there is always space for an extra bird nest. But this is not always so in city gardens. The males of some species xome a few days in advance of the females and begin at once searching for a place to house mates. After i bird has chosen his mate, he stops roaming for the season. Most of the smaller birds that we know In the garden, choose about an acre for their wanderings. Housing Discussed Birds which by nature prefer holes in limbs for nesting, will take more-kindly to nesting boxes that areeqmpped with small en trances. House - wrens, swallows, chicadees, bluebirds are among those which will nest in boxes or so-called .'-bird houses." These houses should be about six by six by eight inches, with a hole about one and a half to two inches in diameter for en trances. They should be placed in trees or on poles from six to 10 feet high. Few birds are apart ment dwellers.. The average bird prefer a house for his own fam ily. - While many types of bird houses are seen, most of the birds prefer vboden shelter, with a sharply pitched roof and eaves that ex tend well beyond the entrance. The "little entrance pohramf the entrance hole had best be placed weu up under the eaves. Ever greens, both shrubs and trees, will also furnish good nesting spots for those who will not enter bouses. (Planting for bird food will be discussed next week.) by our state college. If it is applied at the rate of two pounds ver acre it will control (the college tells us) ilea beetle which causes wormy potatoes at well as the carrot rust fly which causes wormy carrots. Now you can buy aldrin mixed with fertilizer with the correct amounts to use, printed right on the package. It should be applied before planting and mixed very thoroughly in with the too six inches of soil. The college says it is not poisonous to humans if used correctly,' and does not change the taste of the vegetable . , We make no other recommendations ... WHILE WE ARE ON THE SUBJECT Of commercial ferti lizers for home vegetable, gardens, we might say that best re- suits are had if applied at planting time. Out' country agents tell us to place the fertilizers in bands about two or three inches te 'the tide and at the same distance below the seed. If fertilizer is placed after toots have formed, there is danger of breaking off some of the roots and even of some burning.' A balanced Begonia Society Speaker Listed The Salem Begonia Society will have as (he featured speaker at the Tuesday night meeting Mrs. Phil Brady of Portland. The meet ing will be at t p.m. in the YMCA. Mrs. Brady's topic will be "Care ...fertilizer. -suck as44u0u ot-4-JOi .1 good for- batr kyjud-gardca. and-,, Propagation of Fuehsiasr" ers. If you are aa experienced gardener and snow when heavy nitrogen should be available there is the 10-1C-8. The first num eral refers to aitrogen, the next to phosphate, and the third t pouts. ; - THAT TIME OF THE YEAR When we like to start driving around the Salem streets and viewing the Salem gardens from out in front . . . there are a lot of crocus blooming now ... EVERGREENS RATE AGAIN But for t new use which the or chid gardener is appreciating. Potting orchids in the difficult os- munda liber has long oeen quite a cnore. now inert is a new pot ting medium wnich is being quite nigniy endorsed, l his new me dium is made from fir barks, both Douglas and white fir and comes under a variety of trade names listed as .shredded .hark of.iirsl and so on. wooa snavings nave not provea successiui, as iney con tain soils and acids which seem toxic to orchid plants. The plants are prepared, for potting in the bark just as they are jn osmunda. Feeding is also suggested for the bark-planted orchids-just as it is for those in Osmunds. A balanced organic or high-nitrogen (30-10-10) fertilizer in the dilutions recommended by the' manufacturer, is suggested. . HOME REPAIR DOs and DONTs June 14-15 Salem Rose Show, Meier ii Frank Auditorium, Salem. Jane ll-tt Victoria .Horticulture Society, annual Flower Show, Vic toria, B.C. Mrs. Brady is now in Salem with her husband who it in the State Senate. ' ' Members of the society report that anyone interested in fuchsias is invited to attend, Question Read something about planting dogwood for winter-color ed "twigs." Was in an advertise ment. We have one dogwood, with white flowers, looks like your na tive one here only has more flow ers, but the "twigs" aren't colored. Would like something to brighten your dreary winter landscape here in the Valley. Are from Eastern Oregon where we had more sun shine. But are now here to stay so hope we can brighten a little. Cattle Country Folks. Answer The dogwood to which you refer Could be Cornus Alba Var. Sibirica which has vivid red bark, or C. sanguinea, having a darker shade, or perhaps C. stolon ' if era flaviramea, with yellow branches. The white-flowering dog wood, either the native or the Florida doesn't have particularly bright bark, but certainly is lovely in flower. What about using some winter flowering jasmine for bright yellow flowers in December and .January? Or some witchhazel? We do have some very gloomy days here, but they are few and our nice days are many more . . . Hope you learn to like us. j asked neighbors but have not been able to learn what it is. G F. Answer Could be a Garland Flower iDaphne cneorum), a lover ly Utile spring-flowering shrub. " Question Can you tell us when the International Flower Show is in California? The one that usually has so many orchids? Some of our friends have attended it in other years, but they don't have dates for this yesr. SL. Answer See Garden Calendar on tfiis page: PLANTING TIME TREES Shade Flowering Fruit FLOWERING SHRUBS OSES EVERGREENS MIDDLE GROVE NURSERY ' . 4329 Silverton Road We Give frK Green Stamps USING A PORTABLE BELT SANDER ' DO ... use- a portable belt sahder for heavy duty work, es pecially on large, flat surfaces. DO . . . allow the belt to gain momentum, lower the machine slowly so that the back part of the belt touches first, then quickly brine it to a horizontal position as you move R, forward. DO . . . guide the sander back and forth in a sort of stroking motion, applying very little pressure'.' DO-. . . when you decide to stop for any reason, lift the sander from the wood to prevent taking off anexcessive amount in one Spots DON'T ... push the machine too far over the edges of the surface being sanded, as this will cause the machine to tilt and produce rounded edges. RENTER DISAPPEARING '. The renter ia gradually disap pearing from the American scene. Today, the Small Business Admin istration says, more than 55 per cent of all homes are owner-occu pied. This compare with 44- per cent in 1940. Younger couples, es pecially, want their own home where tbey can dictate httw M shall be built, with plenty of wood stor age, wooden cabinet and paneled walls, and friendly wood tiding like western red cedar on the out side.., ... . . "--- DON'T . . . forget to check the alignment of the belt every so often to be sure the abrasive it not rubbing against the frame; every belt sander has s screw ar rangement to keep the belt sun ning in a straight line. DON'T . . . turn on the sviit while the sinder is on the work surface, otherwise it .may "run" off onto the floor. DON'T . . . use a belt sander on thin veneers, as it is a power-plus machine that might cut through the surface before you realize it. BEAUTY IN DIVIDER In open Srea homes, divider half walls and space breakers are be coming increasingly useful to sep arate kitchen, dining area and liv ing room. One of the cleverest dividers is a planter up about hip high with compact storage space all around the planter. You can build the storage unit out of some attractive wood like west coast hemlock and finish it so that it looks, like an expensive piece of furniture. Design it so the 'copper or stainless steel planter will fit snugly and securely. It can -be any length. .' NEW TINTING USED If you like a little color in your wood paneled walls then you might find out about the. new pig mented resin finishes, which are a thin, tinted varnish. When used on woods likj-Dduglas fir, the color ing pigment is absorbed by the wood and becomes a part of it while still showing the beauty of grsin and texture. RENT-A-TOOl Do It Yourself,. It's Cheaper OPEN SUNDAYS Salem's Oldest Tool Rental 11M South 12th St, HOWSER BROS. RADIANT ' GLASSHEAT By Continental "The Sanshine Beat" No Fir Hazard No Noise .. No Dirt or Oder No Malntrnatxe ' The only fully autan-.atic best . . .guaranteed by Geed Bensekeepiag ' -Fee Free Estimate Fheae IM 4-tHM 1541 FalrgTwnads Ki, tales a(( tjour qwden' heeds tlAT MOSS ... in Various Slit Packages W Recommend NULIF! ORANGIC FERTILIZER r Various Other Fertilisers Many Namod Varieties M . . ' Top Quality ' GLADIOLUS BULBS BEGONIA BULBS GARDEN SEEDS , .' . ONION SETS , .'. SEED POTATOES . Far Sale by . '. : .. 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