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MEDFOriD MATL TRIBUNE. MEDFOKD. OREGON. SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 16. 1936.
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Designed for Its Locale
WAKEUPIWAKEUP!
Spring's Here
All the family can Join In the delight of growing a car
den . . . and certainly all the family will profit by Its
completion, and rercl In Its beauty. For the children
there will be outdoor play and mnshlne, and the moat
beautiful way to learn of the wonders of nature. For
the grown folks there will be exhlleratlng exercise and
All winter you've been sort o' dreamtog
about Gardening Now it'i time for Ac
tion ao "stir yourself."
GET STARTED RIGHTI
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the delight of creating growing things. Make yours a
gardening family, and you will have a healthier, happier
family than ever!
Apply Plant Food
To Assist Early Growth
In applying plant food to establish
ed lawns and perennial borders, con
ditions are encountered which differ
greatly from new planting and which
permit much earlier action.
Plants whloh are full grown when
spring begins In which class grass
plants are Included toeg In to grow
much earlier than most or us realize.
They are likely to make their best
growth In temperatures which are too
cold for gardeners to enjoy.
Early growth Is always most im
portant because It determines to a
considerable extent the ultimate de
velopment of a plant. Just as a well
fed infant will grow into a sturdy
man, able to take care of himself, so
a baby plant which Is well fed will
develop a vigor which enables it to
forage for food more successively and
to reach the maximum size for Its
type. Grass plants which are well fed
when growth begins develop larger
roots wmcn enaoie mem octicr w
endure the drouth and trials of the
hot weather. The size reached by es
tablished perennials which receive
ample food supplies from the very be
ginning of their season's growth is
noticeably Increased.
Plant food may be applied to lawns
and established borders as soon as
spring thawing begins. As the deep
frost leaves the soli assumes a con
dition which has been described as
"honeycombed." The surface la pit
ted and plant food applied at this
stage will
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Honeycombed Condition of Soil as
Frost Leave
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heated and thermostatically contra li
ed beds have been tried.
It it is Impossible to have a hot
bed, however, a coldframe Is the next
best. Although seed cannot be started
In It as early by a month or month
and a half. It gives a substantial ad
vantage over sowing in the open
ground,' besides protecting from
changes In weather conditions and
from the destructive effects of heavy
rains.
Frames of varying size may be made
at home, although the standard size,
3 by 0 feet, is most desirable since
that Is the size of commercial cold
frame and hotbed sash.
Seeds of all except the more tender
plants may be sown In cold frames
Cross Section Showing Pitted
Surface
sink into the soil. The ground Is soft,
so that the food elements are quickly
carried down to the roots of plants
to stimulate their early growth. Such
applications should nop be made on
soil which Is to be worked afterwards,
or soil in which crops are to be grown
from seed. It is better In such oases
to delay plant food application until
Immediately dissolve and near sowing time.
SECTION OP COLD FRAME .
SHOWING PLANTS GBOVNING
PUBING WINTER MONTHS.
Seeds Of All But Tenderest May Be
Sown Bv Middle of March
Start Plants Early In Seed Flats
Thousands of seedling plants are
grown successfully each spring in
mall boxes or soil placed in boxes In
south or east windows.
They are a reliable aid to good gar-
den lug if properly handled.
The preparation of the seed box Is
a simple task but one that needs care
to be reasonably certain of bringing
the seedlings to planting size.
First la the question of drainage.
The seed box, whether It is a cigar
. box or larger flat box, needs to haTe
holes bored in the bottom about 0
Inches apart In large boxes and 3
Inches apart In the cigar box. Over
the bottom of the box spread broken
flower pots, crockery or small peb
bles, then coarser soli and last of all
finely sifted soil.
For the finer seeds it is an 'excel
lent plan to cut burlap to fit the box
and lay it over the coarse drainage
and then place the soil upon it so
that the box may be watered by set
ting It In a pan ot water and there
will be no danger of washing the tiny
seeds or seedlings. Firm the soil and
sow the seed thinly In rows. This is
better than sowing broadcast as it
USE 72 V DRAINAGE
LUMBER FOR APART
SIDES, I" FOR EACH VAY
BOTTOM
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USEFUL TOOL TO
COMPACT SOIL.
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will be appreciated when It comes to
transplanting.
Thin sowing Is economy. Quanti
ties of seed are wasted by too thick
planting. The tiny plants crowd each
other and none of them has a fair
chance when they come up thick as
fur. This necessitates early trans
planting before the seedlings are
strong enough to be handled.
Cover the seed boxes with a damp
cloth or piece of paper until germin
ation starts, and place a pane of glass
over the top. Remove the paper or
cloth as soon as the first tiny sprouts
break the soil. Wipe off the covering
glass when water collects on it from
evaporation. This will prevent mois
ture from dripping. 4
During the day prop up one edge
of the covering glass for ventilation
Keep seed box soil moist but not
wet or water-logged. Good drainage
will take care of this.
Start Plants
In Cold Frames
The difficulty in securing fresh
horse manure for the hotbed has led
to a discontinuance of this device In
many gardens and substitutes have
arisen to take its place. Everything
from running a pipeline from the
house heating plant, to electrically-
GOOD
GARDENING
1. The Reed Bed
The best way for the spring gar
dener to get the Jump on the
weather Is to do his first work In
the house. A seed bed Is the thing.
Tender plants can be started while
lt'a still too cold for them to live
outside. Oet a wooden box three
Inches deep, a foot wide and a
foot and a half long. Fill it .with
fine, clean soil. Mark lines in the
soil about half an inch deep and
two Inches apart. Seeds of toma
toes, eggplant, peppers, okra and
the like should be placed about
a quarter-Inch apart, covered with
mine soli. Sprinkle, put the box
away In a warm place. When the
plants peep out put the box in
the sunlight. If it's by window,
turn the box halfway around each
day to keep the plants growing
properly.
Tomorrow Baked Soli.
Seed Box Construction and
Operations
We Have a Complete Line of
Fresh Garden Seeds
Both Packaged and in Bulk
Just Arrived a nice stock of
SEED POTATOES
We also have a complete line of
Field Seeds and Fertilizers
MORTON' MILLING COMPANY
West Jackson at Railway Crossing. Phone 657
Fresh, High Germinating
FLOWER and VEGETABLE
SEEDS
The success of your garden depends upon
the seeds you plant. Look over our very
complete stock.
Lilly's Lawn Morcrop
This is made especially for Lawns
Lilly's Garden Morcrop
The most successful garden fertilizer
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A New England house ot local stone
is shown today.
The words of the designing archi
tects may best describe it:
"It sold long before it was finished
. . . It Is being copied ... It is all
meat and no bone ... It Is built of
local stone, all too little used In small
New England houses,"
The house contains. In compact
form, many accommodations.
The plan Is a variation of the cen
tral-hall type, but departs rather
radically from it in the use of half of
the first floor for bedroom tfpace and
In the extension of the living quar
ters around a fenced-in garden.
Living room, dining room and ter
race combine to form unusually com
fortable living quarters.
Kllham, Hopkins & Greeley are the
architects, and the house it one of
a series of distinguished small homes
appearing In "Architecture."
by the middle of March except In the
more northerly states and by the
first of April It Is usually safe to put
them all in.
Covers must be provided in the
shape of straw mate, old quilts or
blanlceU or similar protection if a
sudden cold snap comes along.
In addition to giving an early start
on seedlings, a cold frame la a great
convenience for wintering perennials
that are too tender to stand thawing
and freesing and winter wet such as
wallflowers, pentstcmons. some of the
pinks, foxglovea, canterbury bells and
others. They will be protected
throughout the winter In the frame
and may be set out again In the
spring ready to bloom.
Air Comic Weds
BALTIMORE. Feb. 15. (AP) P.
Chase Taylor of the comedy team of
"Colonel' Stoopnagle and Budd" and
Kay Bell, former New York news
paperwoman, were married here to
day at a quiet ceremony in a Balti
more hotel.
Card of Thanks
We wish to thank our many friends
for the floral offerings and their
kindness during the illness and death
of our father and grandfather. Mr.
and Mrs. H. P. Nordwlck, Mrs. R. B.
Webb, Mrs. Lawrence udge, Mrs. J5.
W. Anderson, Mrs. Stewart Hansen,
. Ellen Merryman.
E POLE
i Let The
Monarch Seed & Feed Co.
BE YOUR HEADQUARTERS FOR
"Everything For Your
Garden, But the Rain"
SEEDS, FERTILIZERS
GARDEN TOOLS, INSECTICIDES, SPRAYERS
YOU'LL FIND WHAT YOU V ANT WHEN YOU WANT IT AT
Monarch
Seed & Feed Co.
PLANT SWEET
PEAS NOW FOR
BEST RESULTS
"YOUR SEEDSMEN SINCE 1910"
SPRAY PEAOH
TREES NOW
FOR LEAF-CURL
A hand-made salmon fish pole was
brought to Med ford Friday by Archie
Parker of Central Point for exhibition
in the Jackson County Chamber o
Commerce but before he could place
It on display It was bought by 8. O.
Mendenhatl, noted . Grants Pass
sportsman.
Mr. Parker then told A. H. Ban well,
chamber manager, he would make
another one for exhibit purposes but
before he left town Toggery Bill
Isaacs ordered one and Mr. Parker ;
had to tell Mr. Ban well the display i
pole would not be made until the 1
second order had been filled.
The pole Is- ten feet three Inches
long, made of India Bamboo. The
bamboo Is wrapped in vari-colored
hand-woven cord and decorated with
hand -woven ribbon of sporty design.
It la tipped with a sponge rubber ball
on the butt, Mr. Parke? said It took
him a week to make It.
"Will It catch larger salmon than
an ordinary pole?' Mr. Parker was
asked."
"No," he replied, "but It will make
fishing more nJoyab."
MAKE MEDFORD HARDWARE YOUR STORE
FOR SPRING GARDENING NEEDS
GARDEN
TOOLS
GARDEN RAKES
$1.28
SPADING FORKS
$1.Q5
Hand Cultivators
Flower and
Vegetable Seeds
Hand Tools
Trowels
Forks
Weeder
Hooks
Sprinkling Cans
HEAVY GALVANIZED
4 quart size . 69
6 quart sire - 83
8 quart size
10 quart slz .......
12 quart size .......
16 quart size
95
?1.03
. $1.23
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MEDFORD HARDWARE CO.
N. Bartlett St.
Phone 134
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Real Estate Values Are
ADVANCING
Influx of settlers from other states is being reflected
in greatly increased demand and sharply rising prices
in the real estate field. This applies to city, suburban
and farm property. Particularly m the city, where
there is an actual shortage of desirable homes, prices
are rising.
BUY YOUR HOME NOW!
BUY PROPERTY and BUILD!
Persons wanting to own their own homes and shrewd investors are,
therefore, buying now riding a rising market on their investments.
This is the time to buy property and build, through convenient Fed
eral Housing loans, or buy homes at real value-giving prices See the
listing of desirable homes and other real estate listed today and
eveiy day in
The Members of the
MEDFORD,
REALTY BOARD
Are at Your Service!
This board, identified with the
national organization, provides
snch qualification for member,
ship as to assure a trained and
dapendable service to home or
property purchasers.
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Phone 803
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