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Importance of Vegetable
Gardens Is Stressed
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results on all vegetable crops,
lawns, shrubs and trees. Buy a 100
pound sack, you can always find
plenty of use for it. Use 1 lb. to 10
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By Bob Murdock
feet by 10 feet square of garden.
Vegetable gardens are needed Using an equal amount of super
this year as much or more as they phosphate will increase the min
ever have been. Money to buy the eral content of the vegatables.
necessities of living is becoming
Complete Fertilizers are also
harder and harder to find by most good, but 3 to 4 times us much
people, and a good garden can go must be used. Apply to the soil and
a long way in making your money work lightly into the surface a few
go further. Vegetable seed is plen- days befoie planting. A later ap
tiful now and of good quality. Any plication to the growing plants wil,
reputable seed dealer can supply hurry them along.
growers with the seed needed and
Booster Solution is prepared by
give you some very helpful infor dissolving 2 heaping tablespoon.-
mation on planting. Before you (’« ounce) of complete fertilize)
buy your seed or plant your gar- in a gallon of water. Use a cupful
den, sit down with a piece of paper to each transplant or to t> inches of
and draw out the size needed. It a row like radish.
will be a time saver wh.en planting
Sawdust applied about 3 inche-
as well as a guide when buying.
and wor’;e.’. into the Dp soil will do
Buy the garden fertilizer now if | wonders to loosen heavy soils. It
you can find it, as there probably will also ruin your garden unless
will bV les-» later in the summer. I you u.-,e a lot of sulfate of arnmon-
■>•¡11 bri fly discuss some of the :a. Apply 2 po .nds to 3 10 ft. X 10
garden fertliz<*rs and you can
ft. square before pl.,.nting, and tt •
judge b?' t which suits your no*d>*.
-wjdust 'J.ill hav»» no ill effect. A
'’lanure is*’ I t ^et> rai fvrt- late r application of ’■_• that amount
ili rfbnd should bv u .d i hftt ver of feitili.fr is also d:• irablca '. iy
it c:m b ■ obtained. I a .ivy anutu.l ¡find olf it - sh wjdwst is ;^v>d and
ppli.ei.tions nii.inti;;i>:i h:/h fertbl- you m 1 d not Sorry afbovit pitch or
it»y and also serve to loosen I: avy resin. Sta'.vdu.st is also a g,>od
oils. Spread 2 to 4 inches deep mulch for shrub-, strawberries anu
and work well yito the top 6 inches cane-berries. The sulfate of am
of soil. Use poultry manure with monia must be med for four ye.,.s
caution as it will burn plants.
after application of sawd»:> t.
Sulfate of Ammonia contains
You will find it best if you ma’.-e
lots of nitrogen and will give good a succession of planting for crop-
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SYSTEMS
What kind of 2,4-D? Ester o:
imine? These are questions asked
nany times. Since the amine am
•ster forms of the weed-killing
■hemical are about equally e*’fec
ive, the kind you buy will depend
ipon what you want to mix it with
»nd where you want to use it.
The ester will mix with oil
Amine won’t. But for most farm
«praying water is as good as oil.
You must be extra.careful wher
'sing the ester form. Both it and
.lie amine will drift, if there is a
■ reeze when you apply them, and
they can cause damage to nearby
.rops that are susceptible. How-
•ver, the amine doesn’t volatilize
(go ii.to gas form), like the ester.
Vhen spraying near susceptibh
.•rops—or around the farmstead,
lay« or garden, use only amine
It’s sjfer.
Spray on a calm day. Use watei
ss a carrier.
When buying 2,4-1» weed killer,
ion’t fUSrt ask for 2,4-D. Be speijif-
c and get the form you want. If
hs sb ;,iuin doesn’t Ln >w which
form he ii • .selliu^ he doesn’t tx'ive
iny bu ini s . ■ Ilin« 2,4-D; he’s a
lari’erou 2,1-D salesman.
• Eaty to install — inexponsive to operate
• THEY STAY PRIMED - Your doolor will
»how you why.
Th» »ingle »tog» iy»t»m shown hero it built
in oil sixes from Ve to 2 HP. Capacities up
to 2000 gallons per hour; depths to 100
foot at 40 lbs. pressure Ask us for Bulletin
505. For greater depths or capacities ask
for Bulletin 506, describing Berkeley 2- and
3 stage systems. If you have no electric
power, ask for Bulletin 507 which show»
Berkeley engine and belt drive systems.
ILLINOIS VALLEY HARDWARE
AUCTION
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SERVICE Ai Well Ai SAVINGS
ILLINOIS VALLEY NEWS
FRIDAY. APRIL 25, 1952
t ies.
The cost will be approximately
he same as last year, $15. This
igure pays transportation from I
dedford to camp and return.
“We are well on our way to <
claiming several Eagle Scouts in
he local Troop anil certainly need '
he training given at the summer ■
amp by experts to attain that |
goal,” Mr. Morey said. "We hav, ■
a great Scout Troop and through
the parents help will be able to
keep up the good work.”
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Avoid the messy inconvenience of
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night* sec cool”. Mi. Morey said.
■’Camping is a laboratory of scout-
ng where the Scout can put to use
til those things learned at Troop
meetings during the year, where
ie can complete his advancement I
requirements often so difficult at I
home."
Physical examinations befon
leaving home and again on arrival '
st camp are required. Personnel
trained in first-aid are available
for any emergency at camp.
Swimming and boating, with
rained life guards present at all
times are among the many activi- j
Parents of Boy Scouts are rc- !
' imber S tructures I nc .
ninded by George Morey that the
summer sea-on of Scout Camp is
ilmost here.
Mr. Morey, Illinois Valley Scout
master, urges parents to begin ,
planning for their son. trip to I
Ph. 5309
Camp McLaughlin
on the Rt. 1. Bo> 13G-!
GRANTS PASS
shore of Lake O’ the Wood; in 'he
Rogue River National Forest. Be
neath Mt. McLaughlin and at an
elevation of 5,200 feet, the camp
sight consists of 00 acres of heavi
ly wooded land, surrounded by .
miles of virgin forest.
“The days are perfect, the ;
from »hollow to doop well by
changing jot.
• Quiet — no radio intorforonco.
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Type of 2-1-1) Depends
On Mix to Be Used
Camping Season for
Boy Scouts Nears
BERKELEY
WATER
such a* | m -* s , lettuce, caiiot.-,
beets, radishes, etc. Some othei
vegetables that can arid possibly
hould be planted by now are spin
ich, onions, cabbage, cauliflower,
wiss chard and turnips. The later,
«arm season crops such as corn
■eans, cucumbers, and melons
hould not be planted until the soil
s warm and the danger of frost is
»ver.
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GRANTS PASS, OREGON