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SEED BOXES AID HOME GARDENERS Pictured above are the proper methods for starting seeds In a seed box, or "flat," de scribed in the accompanying story. Each seed should be given room in which to mature in the outdoor box. Starting Seeds Easy By Proper Everv home gardener should know how to start seeds in a sr-cd box, which florists call a "flat," and move the plants when large enough to their destined place in the garden. In some sections whole gar dens are made of such plants, usually purchased. But your own plant can be grown easily at far less expense, once a few simple methods are learned. There are both advantages and disadvantages in starting seeds this way. It takes longer to grow either vegetables or flowers, because of the set-back which is caused by transplant ing. But when the seed box can be started weeks before seeds could be sown outdoors, an ear lier harvest is possible, even though growth takes longer. 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An advantage of the seed box method is that seeds go farther, since all can be grown to plants, if desired; and the plants are placed in the garden in the ex act position where they are to mature, and require no thinning. It is easier to grow very small seeds and difficult subjects in a box; and when the weather is too wet, or dry, too hot or cold, the box can be moved about and sheltered from damage. While professionals usually sow seed in one box, rather thickly, then transplant the seed lings when very small to pots, or another flat where they are widely spaced, the amateur can save time and make his plants grow faster by sowing the seed thinly in the first place and thin ning out excess seedlings to give ample room for the others to mature, without being disturbed. Precautions against disease should always be taken. This is easily done by using soil substi tutes, rather than soil. Sphag num moss and vermiculite are substitutes widely used and eas ily obtained. Both are sterile and sphagnum moss actually de stroys fungi. Layer of Moil A thin layer of sphagnum moss, passed through a sieve, and spread over the soil in a flat can be used to sow the seed in; covering lightly with similar moss. This will prevent "damp ing off," and similar diseases, which sometimes destroy seeds as they are sprouting, or soon after. The entire box may be filled SULPHUR and MOLASSES To Brighten Up that Floor It'i The Floor Cover Shop ASPHALT TILE DRAIN BOARDS LINOLEUM FLOR EVER Also Carpets end Venetian Blinds LET US CALL AND MAKE AN ESTIMATE NO OBLIGATION Flower Timetable In Home Gardens Given When seeds are sown, the sower should have a definite idea about how long each kind should take to come up. This cannot be told to the hour, or even the day. Among flower seeds different kinds may vary in germination time from 5 to 10 days for mari golds, to 180 days for aconite, or a full year for clematis. Many a supposed failure with flower seeds is due to lack of in formation on this important point. Seeds may be sown, .and when they fail to appear in a week or two, be given up for lost; when all that was required for success was another few days, weeks or months of wait ing. Seeds Tested Seeds are tested for germina tion in laboratories; where con DAYS REQUIRED FOR SEED TO GERMINATE ' Five To Ten Days Acacia Centaurea Marigolds Sweet Alyssum Cheiranthus Mimulus Amaranthus Coreopsis N'icotiana Antirrhinum Cosmos v Pansy (snapdragon) Sweet William Penstemon Aster Dianthus Petunia English Daisy California Poppy Annual Phlox Browallia Godetia Portulaca Calceolaria Hollyhock Mignonette Calendula Baby's Breath Schizanthus Calliopsis Linaria Viola Candytuft Lobelia Zinnia Celosia Lupins Nasturtium Ten To Twenty Days Achillea Snow-on-the-moun- Nigella Canterbury Bells tain Primrose Pyrethrum Gaillardia Cypress Vine Shasta Daisy Gerbera Cardinal Climber Feverfew Helenium Castor Bean Cobaea Scandens Kochia Scabiosa ColeuS Sweet Pea Stokesia Dahlia Linum Thunbergia Carnation Lychnis Verbena Foxglove Forget-me-not Vinca Over Twenty Days Aconite. 180 days lLarkspur, Anemone, 20-60 days Geum, 15-60 days py, 42-84 days Columbine, 12-60 days Impatiens. 15-30 days Thalictrum (Meadow Begonia, 21-30 days IPerennial Sweet Pea.j rue). 14-42 days Clematis. 90-365 days' 21-28 days iStrelitzia (Bird-of-Par- Cyclamen, 25-30 days Meconopsis I 180 days LEAF LETTUCE COS UTTUCE BQO10 LEAVED CURLY LEAVED OR ROMAINE ENDIVE. ENDIVE CHERVIL CHIVES CORN SALAD CURLED I GARDEN CRESS. RICH IN VITAMINS In the line-drawings above are shown some of the green leaves which have high vitamin content and which are also easijy grown by the home gardener. Their uses in preparing outstanding salads are described in the accompanying story. Tempting Salads Grown In Home Gardens With Ease Home gardeners have a won derful opportunity to enjoy taste ful, tempting salads all summer long. The fact that green, leafy foods stand at the top of the list which nutritionists say you should eat daily, may be ignored if you feel that way about nu tritionists. Healthful they may be. but salads also stand high with gour mets. Many a popular restaurant gained its reputation by special izing in a fine tossed salad with well-mixed dressing. This is a man's dish, and much more suit able than cooking, as a specialty. Dressing Important ' The dressing is important, but this discussion is about the green leaves which you can grow all summer long, and pick fresh just long enough before the salad is with sphagnum moss, or ver miculite, and the seedling plants grown in these substances up to transplanting size. But in that case some fertilizer must be used when the plants have reached a sufficient size to need it. This will be about when they have made their second pair of leaves, called the "true leaves." Stir a level teaspoonful of bal anced chemical plant food into a quart of water and use this to water the plans. One application weekly should be sufficient. SOUTH RIVERSIDE I ditions are to temperature, mois ture, light and air can be con trolled. The table which accomp anies this article was obtained from laboratory experience. In the garden, allowance musty be made for adverse factors wmcn cannpt be controlled and which mav delay germination. KeeD fhe accompanying table. if you plan to sow seeds this spring. You will find it useful in many ways. When several varie ties are sown in the same seed box, they should all have ap proximately the same germina tion period: so growth will be even, and when the time comes to transplant them, all can be moved. Otherwise, slow growing kinds may be seriously injured when faster growing neighbors are lifted from the sou. 15-25 days.Matilija or Tree Pop- Baileyi, adise Flower), 120 or more I days eaten, for the leaves to be washed, dried and chilled. Lettuce starts the list, and not the tight, white, head lettuce of commerce. Any salad chef will tell you that it is tasteless and "does not take the dressing well." What he prefers, if he can get it, is cos lettuce, also called romaine, which cata logues list in several varieties. Loose Heads Good Loose heading varieties are also excellent, with bibb or lime stone lettuce possibly a favorite. You can grow this in the early spring, and fall, but it goes to JOHNSTON 18 Inch LAWN PATROL Power Mower ENGINE 1 I ITflJ En99" VkW I Wl I conven DRIVE power shaft, oiling, self-aligning brome bearings. From power shaft to reel, drive is through heavy duty roller chains and harden ed steel sprockets. D E E I 6-inch diameter. Five heat-treated chrome W mm C mm molybdenum steel blades. Rugged reel shaft mounted on New Departure precision ball bearings, oil and dust shielded. o a 7.25 CONVENIENT TERMS HUBBARD MAIN at RIVERSIDE lE 12 Lumbermen To Aid In Promoting Area's Products Twelve ' Rogue River valley lumbermen have been asked to help shape plans for selling west coast lumber to American con sumers in greater quantities, ac cording to Dr. W. Gossard. presi dent of the West Coast Lumber men's association. "Rogue River valley prosper ity," Gossard said, "depends up on whether local mills can main tain full production and full em ployment. We have had ample demonstration, during the past three years, of sales possibili ties when we get out and really promote west coast lumber." Won Acceptance Gossard said that douglas fir and other west coast lumber species have won the widest ac ceptance they have had in more than a quarter of a century. Each year since 1936 sales from this region have increased, with 1949 the biggest year since the roar ing '20 s. The twelve Rogue valley lumbermen named to key WCLA committees to aid in this market ing program include George Flanagan and H. C. Sampert, of Elk Lumber company, Medford; B. L. Nutting, R. J. Hogue and K. P. Pickens, of Medford cor poration, Medford; Floyd Hart, Timber Products company, Med ford; Thomas Ross. Ross Lumber company, Medford; A. A. Laus mann, Kogap Lumber Industries, Medford; Harry S. Dowson, Southern Oregon Planing Mill, Inc., Medford: E. W. Pease, Trail Creek Lumber company. Trail; H. E. Brown, Brown Brothers Lumber company, Williams; and James A. Pack, Moore Timber products. Grants Pass. seed In hot weather. Leaf lettuce is also excellent in salads, and can be grown for a much longer period than the heading types. Use leaf lettuce as soon as leaves are two inches across, but be sure to thin out plants, so that they will mature. Endive comes In two types, broad and curly leaved. Both have a distinctive flavor. They stand both hot weather and frost. A late sowing should al ways be made to mature In the fall, when frost Improves the flavor. Corn salad has a fresh and spicy flavor which makes it a welcome ingredient of the bowl salad, and is grown easily in soring and fall. Curled garden cress thrives with ordinary gar den culture and imparts a pun gent flavor to the bowl salad. Watercress Is highly prized and casilv grown where there is a good supply of fresh water to keep it constantly moist. Chervil is an aromatic plant somewhat resembling parsley but superior in flavor; and can be used both in the bowl salad and as a garnishment for meats. Like parsley, the seed is slow to germinate. Sow it with a few radish seeds to mark the row. Chives is a most useful salad vegetable. It is a cousin of the onion of which the leaves are used. They have a delicate onion flavor, just enough to season the salad. Chives grow from seed easily, and a plant lives many vfars Tt hears an attractive lav ender flower and is often used as a border along the garden P. . . At ICasi IWO sowings snuuin always be made of these leaf vegetables, one in the spring and one in midsummer for the fall crop: and as many as four sow ings may be made wnn gooa re sults. The extreme softness of chin chilla fur is due to the fact that as man as 80 hairs sprout from single hair follicle. Briggs s Stratton, 4-Cycle, develop ing V horsepower. either automatically or by convenient knob on handle. Simple V-Belt from engine to sturdy which is mounted on self- BROS., Inc. PHONE 2-6189 Wednesday. March I, 1930 Tubeless Tires On Display Here, Advantages Cited The new puncture sealing tubeless tire which was demon strated recently to press and civic officials in Portland, now in available for the first time to motorists in the Medford area, Roy P. Stoy. manager of Rogue Service and Supply company, an nounced today. George Fernandez, of the Rogue Service sales staff, re cently attended a meeting of B. F. Goodrich dealers in Portland, where he saw cars equipped with tubeless tires run over three inch spikes without losing a pound of air. He said a tube less tire has been the goal of tire engineers since the dawn of the automotive age. Has Inner Layer The tubeless tire has an In ner layer of special gummy ma terial that automatically seals punctures effectively and per manently right on the running wheel. It is easier to mount and take off than ordinary tires. Cold rubber has been added to the tread to give longer mileage, according to Fernandez. "The new tire has been tested under the most severe condi tions during the past four years," Fernandez said, "in the labora tory, on taxi fleets, on state po lice cars and on a special fleet of test cars. It gives an easier ride, maintains correct air pres sure for months and combines safe performance at high speeds with puncture scaling protec tion." Canadian Apartment Fire Takes 8 Lives Ocean Falls, B. C, Mar. 8 (U.R) Eight persons were killed in an early morning blaze which swept a frame 25 suite apartment block at this riorthcrn B.C. coast al town yesterday, 350 miles north of Vancouver. Two children, one eight months old, were among the dead. The others were two men and four women. The dead were Identified as: Mr. and Mrs. F. Whntmaugh; Mr. and Mrs. H. Wonnacott and (heir eight-month-old daughter; Mrs. L. W. Phillips; and Mrs. Ra nie Phillips. The eighth victim was not identified. 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