Garden Notes
Br
C. B. CORDY
County Extension
Agent tor Horticulture
' Editor'i note: Thli U one of
series of articlei on garden
ing lubjecis, prepared for The
Mail Tribune by the Jaekioa
county agent for horticulture.
They will be carried weekly
during the gardening season.)
The blossoming period of
most plants can be extended
over a much longer period if the
blossoms are removed ai soon
as they wilt. It is technically un
true that a plant lives merely to
produce seed. On the other hand
the physiology of many of our
flowering plants is such that if
they are allowed to produce
seed they lase their vigor and
the blossoming season is short
ened. There is a very good reason
for this. The seeds of a plant are
very rich in carbohydrates and
proteins. In the case of our com
mon grain crops a pound of the
grain will contain about three
times as much carbohydrates
and proteins as a pound of the
straw
While it may seem- that the
seed represents only a small part
of the plant, actually the seed is
quite heavy for its size whereas
the bulky stem is very light.
When we leave the seed pods on,
the seeds act more or less as stor
age reservoirs, and any excess
plant food that is made will be
stored in the seeds rather than
being used to produce new plant
growth. Best results will natur
ally follow the removal of these
seed pods as soon as the flowers
wilt. At that time there Is prao
tically no seed development, so
virtually all of -the plant's
energy can be directed toward
making new growth and new
flowers.
Another point in favor of re-
moving these seed heads Is that
a number of our plants reseed
themselves rather readily, and
they develop into somewhat of
a pest if allowed a free hand.
This would be particularly true
of the poppies, including the
oriental poppy. These plants are
frequently looked upon as
weeds, and if allowed to freely
seed themselves they can quick
ly over run a garden.
These seed heads should not
only be picked, but they should
be destroyed and not placed In
the compost heap. Proper com
posting will destroy most seeds,
but most of us just stack up our
MSTS Playing Big Part in
Supplying U.S. Armed Forces
Washington- (U.R) The Mill
tary Sea Transportation Service
is supplying and supporting our
armed forces overseas with ev
erything from doughnuts to
doughboys.
This little-known organization
is doing a big but unheralded
Job in maintaining a bridge of
ships to supply this country's
world-wide military operations.
MSTS has expanded its oper
ations from serving the services
to tranpsorting families, war
brides and displaced persons.
Those additional "lifts" have
supplemented the basic cargo,
troop, and petroleum support
given constantly to the armed
forces in Europe, Asia, North
Africa and to any other base
where this country maintains a
good-sized complement.
Unique in Navy
MSTS was "born" officially In
August, 1949, with the purpose
of consolidating all sea transpor
tation facilities.
Unique in the Navy because of
Its organizational set-up, MSTS
has its own comptroller, legal.
supply and medical divisions. It
is responsible for its own records
and statistics and the prepara
tion of its budgets. Under its un
usual accounting system, MSTS
operates on a cost accounting ba
sis with its three main shipping
services Army, Navy, Air
Force or any other government
agency that contracts for ship
ment of cargo, passengu's or pe
troleum. Those agencies are bill
ed for their proportionate share
of the cost.
Headquarters for MSTS is in
Washington. Major subordinate
commands are in New York, San
Francisco, Tokyo and London
More than 25 smaller offices are
maintained at such ports as Ko
dlak, Alaska, the Canal Zone,
compost in a pile and keep add
ing to it, which makes it very
difficult to allow the pile to heat
clear through, and it Is the heat
ing action which kills the seed.
Bremerbaven, Germany, and Fa
san, Korea.
MSTS is more than three times
the size of the largest U.S. pri
vate shipping concern.
Only two per cent of the 29,
000 MSTS personnel military
and civilian work in the Wash
ington headquarters. About 83
per cent are employed aboard
ships.
A summary of MSTS opera
tions in all parts of the world
for 1931 show that a total of 2,
138,353 passengers, 24,211,539
tons of cargo and 14,532,323 long
tons of petroleum products were
transported.
Some Tasks Unusual
Some MSTS ships have receiv
ed assignments of unusual char
acter. Among those are the
transportation of "mosquito fish"
to Guam to combat the mosquito
menace; 5,000 mules to Turkey;
water to relieve drought in
the Virgin Islands and the Free
dom Bell to Germany.
The service is proud of the per
formance of its Meredith victory
during the Hungnam retreat
from North Korea in December,
1950. Built to accommodate only
12 passengers, the ship crowded
aboard 14,000 Korean refugees
fleeing from the Communists, i
world's . record In "passenger'
transportation.
The captain navigated his ship
with its mass of humanity into
the open seas and to the safety
of Pusan harbor in South Korea
- The immensity of the task is
appreciated when It is realized
that It would be equivalent to
moving the population of Empo
ria, Kan., from Baltimore to
Jacksonville, Fla., through the
open seas, In winter weather, in
a ship 450 feet long and 67 feet
wide.
June is the most popular
month for weddings in North
America largely because the Ro
mans considered it the most
propitious season, especially
around the time of the June
full moon.
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aether's Day June 15, 195
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FEATURING!
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Saturday
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Cal-Or Equipment Co.
A. L. Nash
Sam Jennings Tire
Rogue Equipment Sale
Cullen ft Curry
Barnes Chevrolet
The Red Barn
Oak Grove Furniture
Cal-Ore. Power Company
Brill Metal Works
Crater Lake Motors
Harold Brown
Kaiser-Frazer (Stevens)
Pinnacle Orchards
Gibson Saddlery
Lllenquist Motors
Orchard Park Farms
Becks Bakery
Lamport's Sporting Goods
E. R. Cox
O. K. Rubber Welder
Brown's Cafe
Valentine's Lounge
Refer Fruit
Anderson' Thrift Market
Kogap Lumber Company
Gates Furniture
American Laundry
Barco Chemical
Big Y Market
Wednesday, June II, 1931
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