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Most economical of hot-beds, and
perhaps the most convenient, is pos
sible for any home that has a base
ment window facing south. In front
of this a miniature greenhouse can
be constructed, where plants can
be given an earl; start in the spring,
with plenty of sunlight, plus warmth
from the basement, which usually
has plenty to spare.
Uses for such a hot-bed can be
found the year around; and the cost
of construction Is small, especially
If you build It yourself from the com
plete working drawing which ac
companies this discussion. Dimen
sions In the drawing provide for a
frame covered with two standard
1x8 sash; but these can easily be
changed to fit any size sash you pre
fer to use.
Start by making an excavation in
front of the window about a foot
deep. Its area must be figured care
fully, so that it will hold a frame
fitted to your sash. As in the case
of other hot-beds, a plastic substi
tute for glass may be used if pre
ferred.
Build a frame to fit in the exca
vation. The sides must slant sharp
ly from a point above the window,
almost to the ground. Fit the sash
on this frame, using hinges at the
top so the sash may easily be raised
for ventilation. Earth may be
banked around the frame to keep
out the cold; and the sides should
be as tight as possible to kcci out
the wind. The frame should be
caulked where it joins the founda
tion to prevent drafts.
Heat is supplied to this bed by
opening the basement window. The
window is left open at night, and
may often be closed during the day,
when the sun Is shining. Hotbeds of
this type have been tried and tested,
and although they do not maintain
temperatures as high as other kinds
the heat will be more even, and the
ventilation much better.
The main things to watch are
temperature and drafts. Ventilation
is necessary on warm days, and for
very short periods on cooler days.
Rogue River
Rogue River, Apr. 18 Ralph
Athey of highway 99, left Mon
day on a business trip to Kansas
City.
Mrs. Bentley Shaw and Mr.
and Mrs. Al Beattie of Grunts
Pass, returned from Van Nuys
and Burbank, Cal., In a newly
purchased house trailer, ending
a two weeks' visit. Mrs. Shaw
visited her three daughters and
a son, and attended the Easter
services in North Hollywood
Baptist church and saw her baby
granddaughter dedicated at the
church service. The Beatties are
planning a trip to Canada In
their trailer.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Hopper of
Eugene arrived Friday for a
short visit with his parents. Hop
per Is a pre-medlcal student at
University of Oregon.
Mrs. W. L. Badley ot highway
99, reports they entertained 29
members of their family at
Easter vacation and Mr. Badley
was well enough to enjoy the
visitors and the reunion.
An entertainment for fathers
and sons will be given in Fellow
ship hall Thursday April 20, at
7:30 p.m. by the men's council
of the church. Reuben Smith,
member of the Sheriff's Posse
of Grants Pass will show motion
fiictures on Mexico, including a
Iger and snake fight, bull fight
and scenery and pictures of the
people of Mexico. All fathers
and sons are Invited. There will
be a business meeting at 7 p.m.
The Scout troops are planning
a clean-up day at the cltv park
on Saturday, April 22. All or
ganizations and individuals are
asked to assist. Workers are to
bring their lunches and their
own tools.
The National Old Age Pension
club will meet Sunday, April 23,
at 1:30 p.m. In Live Oak Grange
hRll in Rogue River.
Quick-grown young v e g e
tables are the best, and only the
home garden, where they may
be harvested as needed, can pro
vide them.
Boy Scout News
Troop 27, Rogue River
Troop 27 expects to be well
represented at the forthcoming
district court which is to be held
at Grants Pass on April 22.
Coming up for star rank will
be Charles Marshall and Gordon
Mekvold. Gordon will receive
also merit badges for marksman
ship, pnthfinding, music, dog
care, carpentry, home repairs,
first aid, personal health, public
health, animal industry and
painting.
Other members of Troop 27
due to receive merit badges are:
Wayne West, rocks and min
erals, and carpentry; Bobby Wil
liams, farm home and its plan
ning, and wood carving; Teddy
Stanfield, home repair; Robert
Marshall, wood carving, wood
turning, cement work and farm
mechanics: Norman Bean, bird
study, pathfinriing and marks
manship: Llynd Morrow, swim
ming, cooking and art; Harry
Elledge, cooking and cement
work; Eddie Lilly, carpentry and
cement work; Richard Davis,
home repairs and farm home and
its planning; Michael St. John,
Aeronautics, airplane structure,
carpentry and automoblling;
Clifford Ostermeier, carpentry,
art, and farm home and its plan
ning; Bohby Hoover, home re
pairs, and David Williams, mu
sic and farm home and its plan
ning. Advancing to first class scout
will be Bobby Allen, Bobby
Hoover, Gary Johnson, Lloyd
Morrow. Robert I'erie and Teddy
Stanfield. Stanley Green. James
iMcClanahau and Lawrence Wag
ner will advance from tender
foot to second class scout.
Lettuce seed germinates best
in a soil temperature of 60 to 65
degrees. If necessary to sow
when temperatures are higher,
place the seed between moist
cloths and store for several days
on ice. Dry the surface of the
seed before sowing.
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Northwest Gardens
By John H. Hanlty, PhD.
Strawberry root weevils are
among the most insidious of our
home garden pests. This you be
gin to realize as the questions
appear with Increasing frequency
on how to control them. "What is
the worm that is in my tuberous
begonias?" Or, "Why did my
azalea plant start to wilt and
then just die completely?" Or
and here's the prize-winner
How can I kill strawberry wee
vils? I counted 1S4 of them in
my living room." You get the
point, don't you? It's just that
this pest is building up in great
er and greater numbers each sea
son. Not only that, but it is found
attacking a gradually extending
list of garden plants until now it
Is found on many, many of
the very pest and most pop
ular. Let's take a look at
the list . . . tuberous begonias,
fuchsias, primroses, strawberries,
rhododendrons, azaleas, camel
lias, rhubarb, raspberries, blue
berries, perennial phlox, colum
bines, lily-of-the-valley and the
report has come in that they
have recently been found on
peony roots and on michaelmas
daisies, f rankly, it begins to look
as though we are in the process
of building up to a major infes
tation of these obnoxious fellows.
Oregon Does Beit Work
The best work on strawberry
weevils has come out of Ore
gon. The report indicates that
there are several (too many) dif
ferent kinds, varieties or species
of closely related insects which
make up the group which we
usually call strawberry weevils.
The largest of the gang is the
black vine weevil. Control is by
two methods: (1) Work into the
soil one of the good dusts that
have been prepared for the pur
pose and which are available at
all garden supply stores, and (2)
use a bait during the time that
the adult weevils are above
ground (June to mid-September)
laying their eggs. Every garden
where the susceptible plants
(above) are grown will profit
from the use of both methods.
The worms (grubs) work beneath
the ground, on the roots of their
favorite plants (or on the tubers
of tuberous begonias). They also
may develop to such an extent in
beds of young camellias, rhodo
dendrons and azaleas that the
nlants may die from the fact
that each one has Been girdled
girdled just as effectively as rab
bits sometimes girdle young trees
in an orchard or nursery. The
girdling action is done by the
worms (grubs) and always is
found just at or immediately be
low the soil surface. By all
means, dig the soil dusts into the
ground when tuberous begonias,
fuchaiaa, primroses, rhododen
drons, camellias, azaleas, etc., are
being nlanted. or dust it over
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plantings, and employ the bait
in me indicated period, too.
Small Garden Tree
Among the most satisfying of
all small garden trees are the
several types of magnolias which
grow so well in the northwest.
These are sometimes called "tu
lip trees," but should not be
confused with the giant tulip
tree of the Appalachian country
(which also happens to be one
of our best for ornamental pur
poses). Magnolias of the cup-and-saucer
types are about the best
for general use. They yield heavy
crops of bright, showy blooms in
early spring, before the leaves
appear. For white, get the vari
ety alba or alba supcrba; rustica
rubra gives a two-toned effect,
rose to rose-purple outside and
white on the inside of each
petal; lennei (pink to rose) Is
very, very good. About the only
difficulties encountered with
magnolias arises from a fungous
disorder which sometimes dis
torts the leaves and causes them
to fall prematurely. Dormant cal
cium polysulphide sprays should
help control It. West of the Cas
cades (and In warmer sections
east) the evergreen-leaved mag
nolia called grandiflora is won
derful. The creamy-white
blooir.s, of large size (and fra
grant), are produced all summer
long.
Cutworms and bulb flies can
be controlled by the same soil
dusts which arc used for straw
berry weevils, or one can em
ploy a good cutworm bait for
former. Bulb flies (on narcissus
and daffodils) lay their eggs
among the leaves. After bloom
ing time is over, dust the foliage
witn something containing lln
dane. Don't forget the moss
phloxes when you are planting
the rockery, rock wall or slope,
They spread out beautifully
among the rocks and bloom is
exceptionally heavy. Colors are
wnite. pink, rose ana rose-rea
Tomatoes Adaptable
Tomatoes are among the most
adaptable vegetables for the
small garden. West side garden
ers will find that they can tuck
in a plant or two of a reliable
variety like early Chatham, any'
where along the house or out in
the border, and get plenty of
fresh fru t. With the rise in in-
terest of vegetable gardening, to
matoes should be among the
first types to plan for. Corn is
next in iine in our own garden.
Give tomatoes the warmest spot
in the garden and boost them
along with a fortified chemical
mixture until the second "hand"
of flowers opens. Anywhere In
the vegetable garden one can
and should employ some of the
materials which supply the so-
called minor or trace elements
which make for healthier human
beings. Tuberoses, in either the
single or double forms, are out
standing as summer-flowering
bulbs. Wonderful fragrance is
one of their important contribu
tions. Sow cosmos seeds where
vou want the plants to bloom.
Remember fuchsias and tuber
ous begonias for that shady or
semi-shady bed or window-oox,
and protect them against weevil.
The sassafras tree of the east is
excellent for the small home
grounds and our native, wild,
red-flowering currant is among
the best of its kind.
The Grange
Roxy Ann Grange
Roxv Ann Grange met Friday
last and celebrated with a color
ful Easter program with 123
Grangers out for the occasion.
The ceremony was opened with
a candlelight parade of tne Old
Rugged Cross with a tableau oi
the "Mount" with Donna Lou
Pfnister singing Ava Maria.
After this Impressive drill,
Donna Lou sang "The Lord's
Prayer." This was followed by
a recitation by Myron Lee
Pfnister entitled "The Thrush."
The Roxy Ann quartette con
sisting of Mrs. Wickersham, Mrs.
Quackenbush, Jack Burns and
Ivan Wolfe favored with "In the
Garden." A highlight of the eve
ning was an entertaining yes
and no puppet show operated by
Frances and Shirley Moffatt.
The show was climaxed with the
showing of the latest styles in
Easter hats. Frances and Shir
ley Moffatt. Mrs. Al Slmms. Mrs.
Jack Burns, Mrs. Nelson Shober
and Mrs. Marie Pfnister naraded
their head dress bedecked In kit
chen utensils, etc. Mrs. Merrick
and Mrs. Check accompanied.
Refreshments were served
admidst colorful Easter setting
by Mr. and Mrs. Pfnister. Mr.
and Mrs. Kellogg and Mr. and
Mrs. Orval McClanahan.
Next regular Grange meeting
will be Friday, April 21. All
members are reminded that
Sams Valley degree team will
put on the work. Ladies are ask
ed to bring pies.
Of the herbs which have sur
vived in cooking, parsley is the
most popular. Dill is next. Tar
ragon, which is the favorite flav
oring for vinegar, is a tender
perennial, but there is an an
nual form which gives much the
same flavoring.
Sweet peas, lupins and gar
den peas usually grow better if
the seed are treated with one
of the inoculants available for
the purpose. Treatment stimu
lates the ability of the plants to
obtain nitrogen from the air,
where other plants must get it
from the soil.
Flowers which do not like to
be transplanted Include annual
poppies, salpiglossis, mignonette,
annual phlox. If necessary to
transplant them the seedlings
should be grown in small pots
so they can be moved without
disturbing their roots.
Best Peas Grown
In Own Gardens,
Freshness Cited
Whether you buy them fresh,
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den peas can be until you grow
your own.
Not only does the sugar in
peas begin to turn to starch as
soon as they are picked, but the
skin toughens rapidly, and with
in an hour or two their quality
has been materially lowered.
Only the home gardener can
enjoy them at the peak of their
tenderness and flavor, and he
must take care to serve them
'garden fresh." They are not one
of the "efficient" crops, since
only the seed Is eaten, and for
the space required to grow them
the yield is small. They are a
luxury crop, but how delightful!
Peas thrive in cool weather,
and burn up when the sun
grows hot; so they must race to
harvest, and do best where the
ground does not freeze deeply
and can be prepared in early
spring; or far enough north
where summer is relatively cool.
In sections where hot weather
comes soon after the ground
thaws out, only one crop can us
ually be grown, and that of the
earliest varieties.
The best way to obtain two
crops is to sow an early and a
later dwarf variety at the same
time. Where the spring season
is long enough to allow tall peas
to mature, a third crop can be
obtained by sowing one of this
type, which bears the largest size
pods and gives the heaviest
yield.
Soil well supplied with nitro
gen is needed for peas; they
should be planted soon after the
ground has been prepared; and
in new gardens it will pay to
inoculate the seed with a cul
ture which seedsmen supply for
the purpose, containing nitrogen
fixing bacteria.
Edible pod peas, varices
Valleyview 4-H club had their
regular meeting on April 7 at
the school house. We had a short
meeting and the leaders gave re
ports. Mr. Bigham told how to
judge the pigs the children are
buying.
The game committee turned
the program over to Mr. Pierce
from Pierce's Freight company.
He showed a motion picture of
Rogue river from Grants Pass
to Gold Beach. Mr. Pierce and
his wife went on the trip in
1941. The picture was very nice
and all enjoyed it.
We had a box social. Next
meeting will be May 9.
Aria Williams, Reporter.
The 4-H Booster Sewing club
of Eagle Point met at the high
school, business being conduct
ed by President Joan Gossit. For
roll call each member showed
her dress pattern and how near
the dress was completed.
Mrs. Ray Palm gave a talk on
how to conduct a good demon
stration. This was followed by
discussion of the topic. Refresh
ments were served.
Lois Farlow, Reporter.
Upper Applcgate Dairy club
held their meeting at Ruch
school on April 15. After the
business meeting refreshments
were served.
Next meeting will be April
29 at 7:30 p.m. at the home of
Hilda Sutherlin. Mr. Cate will
be there to talk with members.
Hilda Sutherlin, Reporter.
Oil Along Coastline
Surprise to Residents
Astoria. Ore., Apr. 19 (U.R)
Reports that 30 miles of Oregon
and Washington beaches were
covered with oil were received
with surprise today by Clatsop
county's coastal residents.
A check ot oeacnes lanea to
reveal any disastrous oil depos
its as reported yesterday, police
officials said.
Coast guardsmen denounced
the story and residents in both
Washington and Oregon beach
areas said the story was highly
exaggerated.
The reports yesterday said
that more than 30 miles of Ore
gon and Washington beaches
face ruin as vast sticky, smelly
patches of oil threaten to disrupt
a multi-million dollar tourist
business.
All cucumbers will climb if
they are permitted to do so. In
a small vegetable plot, cucum
bers, tomatoes, peas, beans and
melons can be grown on the
fence.
which are grown for their pods
like snap beans, and are harvest
ed before the seeds form, are
well worth trying.
For best yield, sow peas two
inches deep and not closer than
one inch apart in a single row.
Even dwarf varieties appreciate
something to climb, and the
semi-tall and tall growing peas
require support.
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Lawn Also Best Way
The easiest way to improve a
lawn is also the best way. Vou
begin when the ground is soft
enough to allow a pointed stick
to be thrust into it six inches
deep.
First, spread over the lawn
area a balanced commercial
plant food at the rate of four
pounds to 100 square feet. Dur
ing the spring thaw, when the
soil alternately freezes at night,
and thaws during the day, the
surface is pierced by tiny holes,
extending several inches deep.
This condition is commonly call
ed "honeycombed."
Seed "Muds In"
When plant food and grass
seed are spread on a "honey
combed" surface, both find their
way down into the soil. Farmers
say the seed "muds in." by sow
ing at this stage you avoid the
necessity of loosening the soil
of bare spots, and top dressing
the seed, and also avoid any
danger of the plant food burning
the grass. The early start gives
your new grass plants a chance
to grow up in the cool, moist
weather of early spring.
Having fed your lawn Its
first meal and sown seed with a
minimum of labor, your next
saving comes from not rolling
your lawn. Research has estab
lished that grass does not thrive
in compact soil; it needs a loose,
porous condition, which a heavy
roller harms. If you try to level
off the lawn surface with a rol
ler, harm may result. The only
reason for rolling the lawn is to
press down the sod against the
subsoil, from which it may have
been separated by frost heaving.
There has been plenty of such
heaving this year, but use a light
roller, and wait until the soil be
gins to dry, so that it is moist,
not wet.
Don't Dig Weeds
Next, don't dig weeds. The
weeds of spring are easily de
stroyed by spraying the lawn
with 2.4D as soon as the grass
begins to grow vigorously. Spray
before the dandelions flowers, If
you still have dandelions. And
do not mow your grass, unless it
is creeping bent, closer than oni
and a half inches. This avoids in
juring the crown of the grass
plant, and permits a rich green
color to be maintained, with vig
orous growth. Do not remove th
clippings on a lawn, except in
hot weather, when they are very
heavy, and if left to dry might
smother or overheat the grass
beneath.
Mrs. Tom Ginn Opens
Newberry Flower Shop
A new cut-flower department,
operated by Mrs. Tom Ginn, hat
been opened in the J, J. New
berry company store, according
to a statement by Robert Agard,
manager. The new department,
just inside the south entrance,
will feature cut flowers, potted
plants, and corsages every day
in the week.
Mrs. Ginn, who was credit
manager of the local Montgom
ery Ward store for a number of
years and on the credit staff of
Frederick and Nelson's in
Seattle during the war, is a mem
ber of the pioneer Eads family,
which has had at least two mem
bers in business here for the past
50 years.
It is Mrs. Ginn's plan, according
to Agard, to make flowers easier
to purchase so that more people
can enjoy them. The flower de
partment at Newberry's is oper
ated in a manner similar to the
San Francisco sidewalk flower
stands. The growing of flowers
has been Mrs. Ginn's hobby for
many years. She took training
in floral work and design in
Seattle.
Savoy cabbage is a fine home
gardui vegetable. It is not often
found in markets though its
crinkled -leaves have a special
flavor.
Tuberous Begonias
Fibrous Begonias
Fuchsias
Petunias
Geraniums
Chrysanthemums
Vegetable Plants
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