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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (June 22, 1958)
PAGE 6 C HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 1958 1 1 t THESE GORGEOUS, .large and creamy blooms are of the General MacArthur strain of iris grown by Mrs. Loella Ku cera. Mrs. Kucera, who has been growing iris for more than 30 years, has more than 900 varieties in her garden at 3951 Summers Lane. Specimens from her collection, which include some of the finest grown, have been sent to locations throughout the United States. GhMMTI By RUTH KING IRIS Author Unknown Endless snow and frosted pane How sure you feel that winter will not wane. "Til suddenly at dawn you feel The air grow sort a robin sing And while the earth, breathless, deep in rain That touches every yearning to be growing things You wait to find the lawn Has had its birthday fling. You'll be enraptured over violets And the joy the jonquils bring. And marvel at the blueness of the sky Where calling birds have ' taken wing. And in the hush that follows. You'll give thanks for everything. But most of all, it's Iris, That you'll think of, For Iris is the heart of Spring. Iris is just about the most easily grown of all the blossoms in the flower border. From Iris expert, Loella Kueera, who scans an Iris catalogue with eagle eye, and who has over !MX) varieties, old favorites and the newest on the market, comes this comment, "Those leal spots seen this year are not the result of a disease, but the result of the recent wet winter, w e t spring." And here we have been moping over the prospect of dis carding some of our own beauties, that came originally from Loclla's garden as a gift. l.eaf spot is prevalent wherever there is excessive winter moisture and spraying in early spring and late full with a Bordeaux mixture is the answer to healthy foliage. Wondered why some of the iris we divided last fall did not bloom this spring and found out from Mrs. K. that we had discarded the new growth and kept t h e "mother rhyzome." The rhyzome that has already produced a bloom is done, except for producing new foliage. If yon as we do, find that come August when plants kbould be divided, you are too rushed to lift all the plant and divide the new growth for setting, take a sharp knife and cut out the rhyzome that has produced a flower stalk. This gives new growth room. The newly developed Mohr strain of iris has larger flowers and less foliage, an advantage in garden displays. Blooms of many of the new strains sez, Mrs. K., are not so fragile, can take wind beating and moisture without too much damage. Pinks are deeper and coming more true to color, June Mere dith and Mary Randall, being par ticularly heavenly. Watch out for barnyard fertilizer when planting . . . 'tis good to spade into the soil for next year's boost but beware using it when setting our rhyzomes . . . use instead a bit of bone meal stirred into the earth . . . good drainage is important too. o . . . happy gardening! Farm Adviser Relates Ways To Prevent Soil Packing It's hard to undo damage once soil is compacted or packed to a concrete-like consistency. This in creasingly common farm problem should be avoided if possible. I he use of heavy machinery in The New Pantry Gives Housewife Much More Room Modern housewives have taken a long, close look at the old-fashioned pantry and decided that it still has an important use in family living Delegates to the second annual Women s Congress on Better Liv ing in Washington added a few in novations to the same pantry that Grandma used so successfully, and came up with an all-purpose room that serves as a food preparation center, laundry area, storage space, writing room or even a snack bar. Washer-dryer units can be built into the pantry quite readily, and their central location eliminates hundreds of steps each day. A folding ironing board can be low ered when needed to keep the en lire operation in the room. All sort ing can also be done in this pantry. bolt pastel walls seem to make the time go faster, and they can be damp-wiped in minutes. Many women consider the pan try their "den" and have equipped it witn a small low-down desk tor handling correspondence and mak ing out grocery lists. A radio or even a small portable television set makes this area a haven for the busy homemaker. A clever decorative touch can be added by finishing this area in handsome woodgrain paneling of the same predecorated hardboard used on the main walls. If more extensive work is to be done in the pantry, a wall may be eliminated to provide space for a snack counter, or a pass-through may be added to facilitate work between the food preparation area and the kitchen proper. If the pan try is to be used primarily as an eating area, it can be finished in woodgrain planks to contrast with the pastel paneling in the kitchen. ORIGIN UNKNOWN Student nf ntnnt m-iaine still trying to determine the ori gin of corn. All vegetables arc known to have ancestral form, but not corn. farming operations may pack cer tain types of soil to form unpro ductive hardpans, . to hard layers of soil, just below plow depth. explains Ken Baghott, - Tulelake farm adviser. These layers reduce a soil's ability to absorb water at the surface, and decrease penetra tion of moisture into the lower lev els. In some cases it also restricts the normal root development of crops. Once soils are compacted, the hardpan layers must be broken up. Though some farm operators and soil scientists have found subsoiling or deep tillage effective in increasing yields, it is still a hit-or-miss affair, according to Baghott. Usually not enough is kftown about the physical condition of the subsoil to make certain that these processes will be bene ficial or profitable. Prevention is still the best way to deal with soil compaction, says Baghott. Here are several tips he offers for avoiding this problem. 1. Don't carry out machine oper ations while the soil is wet. Fre quently, soils are damaged shortly after rainy spells or irrigations, when farmers become alarmed about- the lateness of the season or the vigorous growth of weeds in cultivated crops.. 2. Build up the soil's resistance to compaction by adding organic matter through rotation with grass or legumes. 3. Develop a minimum tillage system tilling the soil as little as possible. This requires judge ment on the part of the operator, but farm advisers can offer ad vice about minimum tillage meth ods adopted to your area. In some cases, the ground may be plowed once and the rest of the soil prep aration left to natural processes such as freezing and thawing, or wetting and drying. Or seed may be planted in newly-plowed ground and weed growth handled with pre-emergence and post-emergence sprays. In addition, look into the possibility of combining sever al operations into one. For those who already have compacted soil, research is slow ly developing machinery and oth er means to meet the problem more effectively under varying conditions. More attention to this problem is needed, says Baghott if we are to avoid permanent, se rious injury to some of our bes' soils. 1 Wooden Fences Q. What are the different kinds of wooden fences that I can build for my home? A. There are numerous indivi dual fence designs possible. The best thing to do is to design one that satisfies the needs of the homeowner and the area it will serve. A popular practice is to construct a fence of ordinary boards of the western pine region available at any lumber yard. CAPTAINS BY DOZENS In the American colonies, any man who could raise a company of 59 men could win a captaincy in the army, according to the En cyclopedia Britannica. 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The publication said that after the helicopter delivered the crews to the nioM- lain construction sites where holfs were prepared for the cement footings, the whirlybird re turned and picked up containers of wet cement at the base camp. it then poured the wet cement directly into the holes while it hov ered overhead. Next it brought up prefabricated tower sections and lowered them onto the footings. Admiral Richard E. Bvrd made his first flight over the South Pole in November of 1929. CORRUGATED EMBOSSED ALUMINUM Per Running Fot 24" Wwto Ail Sfrdfe SioMb Hoy Storage Barnt Sieds Vcnchousa. eta, Swan Lake Moulding Co. 3226 So. 6th Street Phone TU 4-5145
