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.djflerenw Ln this month and August.
,ew . .. , -1 Over-dryness is reflected in
performance for next year in most
,11 nlants. Buds on Camellias are
in growth now for next year's
flowers. This period of warm wea
ther is excellent for growth, but
the possible drying out of roots
can be reflected in bud drop,
nnnr foliage and a general break
down in vigor. Injuries now will
cause a setDacic irom wjucn re
covery may take two years or
more. For Camellias a little feed
; anA humus mulch will nay
H If1fl dividends. Don't hesitate to spray
II I" the plant with water inside and
Itlliri s U out to control red spider and keep
i'-" the foliage clean and healthy.
FALL FLOWERING
This same attention to watering
will produce better second spikes
on Delphinium and other repeat
bloomers. A side dresing 01 fertil
izers on these a couple 01 weeics
after cutting back will improve
the new growth, with better flow
ers resulting. Primroses that have
not been divided should be allow
ed a rest period, but should be
watered enough to keep root
erowth plump.
It is imperauve on me iau
blooming plants like Asters and
Chrysanthemums that ample mois-
? I" V ture be given. Chrysanthemums
1 1 CJ!1 should be fed this month and the
fX final pinching back done not later
I ... TTOOAP than month end, for the really late
lERAL PUKrU varieties. Early bloomers should
Vaiain I be pinched not later than this
JllkllrS weekend. The summer flowing
w tvni should be fed. but not
shortened.
SUMMER SPRAYING
For all plants some regular at
tention must be given to insect
disease and control. Most insect
control can be handled by dusting
or spraying at longed intervals
than during the spring ana early
summer. Holes and chewed-out
edges on most all plants are the
result of chewing insects which
are killed by lead arsenate sprays.
The chewed edges of camellia
leaves are probably caused by the
adult beetle of strawberry weevil.
A rather uelv brownish beetle
Lh. P.imA JW7rc which is not often seen because
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Mildew and various blights are
prevalent now. The need is for
prevention, as cure is impossible
after the leaf or plant is affected.
Use sulphur on roses and del
phiniums for mildew and termate
or copper on all plants for control
of blights. Annual asters need
Outdoor Fireplace
Is Easy to Build
A backyard fireplace to add en
joyment to summer living is easy
and inexpensive to build. Fire
brick laid in fire clay mortar is
best. Other materials needed to
build a 36-inch cubclal fireplace
are 10 pieces of H-inch pipe 36
inches long, one length of 8" x 8"
flue lining tile, a metal grill 2 feet
square and a 32-inch length of
heavy angle iron.
Make the foundation 36 inches
square, extend it below the frost
line, and slope the top slightly to.
ward the front for drainage. On
this erect rear and side walls 8"
thick. This leaves an open-front
20" x 28" firebox.
Build the three walls up 14
inches, then place the pipe lengths
across the top course ol brick 3
inches apart to serve as a Krate.
Space below provides draft and
an ash-pit. Mount the pipe ends
soudly in thick mortar, trfsn con.
tinue the walls up another 22"
leaving a space slightly less than
8 x 8 at the rear center of the
firebox for the flue. Set the grill
in mortar for the cooking surface
which will be at the comfortable
height of 36" above ground.
Lay one more course of brick
on the three walls and place the
angle iron across the rear of the
firebox where it joins the chim
ney opening. The iron is to sup
port me rront edge of the flue,
the other three sides resting on the
brickwork. Lay up brick around
the tile to within 2" of its top and
complete the fireplace with a slop
ing mortar joint from the top of
me me to the outer edges of the
cnimney bricks.
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careful watching as they are eas'
ily ruined by wilt. Sucking in.
sects spread the disease, so their
control Is the best method to
avoid its spread. Infected plants
should probably be destroyed by
ourning.
SUMMER PRUNING
ransies and Violets are more
apt to carry over the winter
they are cut back heavily when
blooms are over and tops become
ragged. Heather will remain more
compact and produce more bloom
next year if cut back soon after
flowering.
Pruning whic his generally con
sidered a fall or early spring ac
tivity does a great deal of good
when judiciously practiced in
summer. It can be used to avoid
strength going into growth which
is poorly placed and direct it
where growth is slow. Frequently
diseased growths can be removed
and burned to prevent the spread
of infection.
SUMMER LAWNS
Brown tired looking lawns are
much too common during sum
mer. While most grasses are not
vigorous summer growers a gen'
eral brownness is usually a result
of other trouble. Watering may be
done frequently but not suffi
ciently. The soil in most lawns is
so solidly packed that water pen.
etrates slowly if at all. A fast
sprinkler may apply a lot of wa
ter, but it runs off the surface.
The application of a sandy loam
after spiking will help this. If that
is impractical try watering more
slowly to allow penetration in
depth.
Set the cutting bar of your
mower to the maximum height.
Low cutting which is fine in
spring is very dama3ing as mois
ture decreases and heat increases.
Summer cutting should be fre
quent enough to avoid the remov
al of growth longer than half inch
at the most.
Feeding is important and par
ticularly where lawns are planted
in a fill of sandy loam which has
been hauled in. It may be of ex
cellent consistency, but without
available food. Old lawns in orig
inal soil may have completely ex
hausted the food supply. For
quick greening use a fertilizer
high in nitrogen and plan on fur
ther food of a long lasting type for
fall application.
Lawns may also be damaged by
sod web worm, a grub which feeds
on roots. Where large irregular
patches of brown dead grass occur
cut out a plug three or four inches
deep and look for these small
dirty grey grubs. An application
of lead arsenate or a specially
prepared bait will eradicate them,
ARMCHAIR GARDENING
To get back to that comfortable
chair in the shade we might do a
little planning. Early as it may
seem, the fall bulb season begins.
Places must be planned now for
some of the earliest, actual prep
aration of beds may wait a while.
Tubers of the small outdoors cycl
amen are ready now. Yes cycl
amen, hardy enough to be left out
over winter. They are small edi
tions of the florist flower, but
nonetheless charming. Since they
flower in winter and earliest
spring, early planting is impera'
tive. These will be followed by
Iris, Peonies and Oriental Poppies
where the planting season is quite
out of line with one s established
planting habits. Late July and
August is the time and now the
decision as to the place.
It is really only a few short
months until all the spring flow
ering bulbs come in. Plenty of
planning can be done from the
armchair as to kinds, colon, and
placing. A little thought now will
improve a great deal the results in
next year's garden.
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Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore., Sun., July 17, 1949 Page 7C
New Infra-Red Cooker
Speedy, Cool Simple
Women especially working women, who are fortunate enough
to own one of the new Dorby infra-red cookers, are finding their
tummer meal problem solved from the standpoint of heat and speed.
The compact cooker, 15 inches high, 12 inches wide and 12 inches
deep, weighs only IS pounds, and can be set on the stove or drain-
board and put away HKe a large saucepan wnen not in use.
Owners of the interesting neV
minutes. ' -i
This cooker is available at a
Eugene home appliance and tie-
trical store. . '
stoves probably won't want to put
them away at all. however.
They're too much fun to pay with.
What makes the Dorby cooker
so unusual?
In the first place, there is the
element of speedy cooking. A
working wife can rush home, pop
good-sized pot roast into her
glass windows in them which may
be left open during cooking, or
may be closed, at the choice of the
cook.
The cooker, which sells for just
under $45. is equipped with a
General Electric infra-red lamp
rated at 3000 cooking hours. Fig'
uring the length of time it takes
cooker, and be ready to serve it , to cook in the cooker, this should
in 18 minutes witn no loss oiimean years oi use on me one
A SATISFIED USER of the new Dorby infra-red cooker Is Mrs.
Jj. W. Stratton, Eugene, who here demonstrates on ber own cooker
how food should be prepared. The small size of the cooker makes
it useful for even the tiniest kitchen, and Its speed In cooking
makes It an invaluable asset to the working housewife. Mrs. Strat
ton, herself a working housewife, would like to have more time
to experiment with her cooker, but finds that her husband and
son have turned domestic, and monopolize It most of the time.
(Staff photo, Wiltshire engraving.)
flavor, vitamins, or juice.
Satisfied users are claiming all
sorts of miracles. One reported
that he served frozen fish to a
guest just eight minutes after he
took it from his home freezer. An
other claims that tough cuts of
meat, usually reserved for the
stewpot, are almost as tender and
I the infra-red method. Still an
other a salesman who took one
home to play with says he serv
ed his family delicious scrambled
eggs with ham in three minutes
or less,
By the application of radiant
energy in the form of mira-rea
rays, many foods can now be
cooked in no time at all. It is not
necessary to turn the food over,
the cooker cooks it evenly from
top to bottom. By cooking in clear,
colorless, heat-resistant dishes of
the Pyrex type scrubbing and
scouring of cooking utensils is al
most eliminated. The company
recommends cooking some foods
In1, ween two sheets of celophane.
If this is done with meat, for in
stance, the cooking dish need not
be washed, and the Inside of the
cooker will not become dirty from
splattering grease. The celophane
is not absolutely necessary, however.
No preheating of the cooker is
necessary, and this saves time, too,
Just turn the switch to "on," and
cooking starts. Turn it to "off,"
and cooking stops. There is no af
ter-heat. While a dish is cooking,
the housewife may put her hand in
the cooker and move the dish or
food about. Her hand will not
burn, or even become warm. In
cooking items which require but
a few minutes in the cooker, the
food will cook completely, but the
dish will not become too hot to
take out with bare hands.
The Dorby infra-red rays are
harmless to the eyes, hands or any
other part of the body. The little
cooker has two doors with green
lamp.
The booklet which comes with
each cooker makes fascinating
reading in itself. It contains cU
rections for cooking meats, fresh
or frozen: eggs, frozen vegetables,
fresh vegetables, soups, puddings,
and snacks.
Some interesting facts about the
cooker: sweet potatoes can be
baked, but white potatoes are not
recommended for baking although
they can be fried, boiled, or
creamed. When potatoes are boil
ed, the heat energy of the infra'
red rays Is absorbed by the po
tatoes, which in turn heats the
water. This process of heat trans
fer continues until the water boils
and the potatoes are cooked,
Since cooking Is accomplished
at high temperatures in a short
time, the cooker is not recom
mended for baking. Under no cir
cumstances should foods of the
type that raise be cooked in it,
Thin cookies and pies may be bak
ed by using care. The cooker can
be used to heat or freshen finish'
ed bakery goods such as rolls,
muffins, coffee cake, doughnuts,
etc.
A few typical cooking times list
ed in the book include 2 to 8 min
utes for steaks, depending on
thickness: hamburger, S to 6 min'
utes: roasts, about three inches
thick, 10 to 16 minutes: bacon,
to 4 minutes: ham steaks, 8 to 12
minutes; fried eggs, 2 to 4 min'
utes; frozen vegetables, 8 to II
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Use Ammonia Water
For Clean Windows
Window washing is dreaded by
home owners and apartment
dwellers alike. Yet if convenient
equipment is used, it can be one
of the simplest routine household
chores.
The easy way Is to use the same
equipment as professional win
dow washers." These include a
small squegee, a sponge, and a
lightweight pall.
Fill the pall about half full of
ammonia and water solution.
About four tablespoons of am
monia will do. Dip the sponge in
the solution and rub it over the
window pane. Then wipe off the
pane with a few quick strokes
of the squegee. .
This procedure takes little time
and results in sparkling
windows.
ROSE GARDEN OPEN
Visitors to this vicinity are re
minded that the rose gardens at
the home of Dr. and Mrs. A. H.
Norton, 2176 Charnelton Street,
and also at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles M. Anderson, 1965
Alder Street, are always open to
the public. Residents of Eugene
who have relatives or friends vis
iting them from other parts of
the country are invited to take
their visitors to these gardens to
see how roses flourish In this cli
mate. These two gardens are listed
nationally with the American Rose
Society, as open to visitors. Only
one garden in Portland is so listed.
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Bookshelves should not be built
over radiators or where the books
are exposed to strong sunlight
Heat and sun will fade the bind
ings and warp the covers.
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Committee Approves
Power Line Bill
WASHINGTON (U.B The Sen.
ate Appropriations Committee has
eiven its approval to a $590,685,-
911 Interior Department bill, in
cluding a budgeted Item for the
McNary-La Grande, transmission
line.
The McNary-La Grande project
was okehed in the general ap
proval with the specification that
it must tie-in with the regular
McNary dam integration in the
Pacific Northwest power grid.
Committee approval cleared
the way for meeting with House
conferees before final submission
to the floor of the 1950 appropria
tions measure.
New Rolling Pin
Easier to Handle
A new developed rolling pin,
made of plastics, has a great ad'
vantage in that dough will not
adhere to it. This lightweight,
easy operating kitchen aid, is
priced about the same as an or'
dinary rolling pin, and also makes
it possible to roll pie dough so
thin that a newspaper can be read
through it.
The texture of the rolled dough
that thin is such that it will sur
vive handling and baking heat
without breaking.
The dough roller operates some
thing like a small-scale caterpillar
tractor. It consists of a circular
frame, seven inches In diameter,
and ranging In length from three
to five inches. It Is produced m a
variety of bright colon.
Florence to Get
Phone Building
Plans for a new manual (com
mon battery) telephone office in
Florence, a replace the present
magneto (hnd crank) system, were
announced this week by L. S.
Eade, manager for the Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph Co. in
Eugene.
Disclosing that a building lo
cated on Front St. between Lin
coln and Washington already has
been acquired on a ten-year lease
from the owner, Ray Bentley, of,
Westlake, Eade said the office is
expected to be equipped ready for
service by sometime next spring.'
Installation of four positions of
manual switchboard for handling
long distance calls will be started ;
as soon as remodelling of the new i
office quarters can be completed.
Operator's Quarters
In addition to a much larger
business office and more room for
switchboards, Eade said space has
been provided in the new building
for enlarged operator's quarters.
Public telephones, to be placed
in the vesttibule for making calls
at any hour of the day or night, as
well as a depository for after-
hours payments, also are included
In the building plans.
After the cut-over to manual
service, the magneto switchboards
will be removed from the present
telephone office. However, Eade
said, the adjacent equipment
building will not be affected, but
will continue to be used for ter
minals and other long distance
equipment
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sulation between the furnace
chimney or smoke pipe and near
by flammable wood or other ma
terial will eliminate the danger of
many fires which start at such
points.
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ROSE SOCIETY
Eugene Rose Society will hold
its July meeting, in the rose gar
den of Dr. A. H. Norton, 2176
Charnelton Street, Sunday after
noon at two-thirty o'clock. No for
mal program Is planned, but of
ficers for the omlng year will
take charge, at this time.
TWIN FAIL SETS
Galvanized twin pail sets now
available at some hardware stores
in the city consist of two pails
fastened together by an easy-to-hold
handle. The pails may be
used for soap and rinse water to
facilitate routine cleaning chores.
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