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• ^ 5 1 THi lilfW BEMI MIRIOR, MiW BEBM,: W. C. Farmers Warned Not to Increase Pkf S it ^ . i- **f3tewer8 have an expresaion of CCMtikeBance as much as mem or' luihaale. Some seem t* mnile; somei fume a sad expresi^; some are 'pensive and difficult; o^en again are plain, honest and upri^t, like the liroad-faced sunaowee and the hollyhock.”—Henry Ward Beecher. As the mid siMnmer flowers hloom, we can, make beautiful af- langements, We may have expres- ,«ions of moods and personality by the flowers we select for our ar rangements. The following rules will keep our arrangements from wilting se early. All flowers should be placed in water over night before being arranged. Cut all flowers with a sharp knife. Flowers cut late in the afternoon will last 12 hours longer than the ones cut in the morning. The following methods will aid in conditioning your flowers: To boil, place one and one-half inch of the stem in boiling water, or 110 degrees. TO char, place the stem over a flame and burn the end, then place in cold water. To harden means to let stand in water until they soak a sufficient amount of fluid. Cut asters in the middle of the day, as they stand up better. Use turpentine oil, sugar or salt to .close up the stem. Cut carnations above the joint, and boil the end ef the stem, Place Beidc acid on of the carnation. Rut chrysanthemums in one-haK cup of sugar to a quart of water. Cut driiha stems and rub alcohol or powdered aspirin in the stem. ■Put forget-me-nots 4n bwling water and then in (xdd waiter. Break the stems of hydrangea mstead of cutting. Then char the ends. Boil the ends of marigolds. Add eight drops of peppemint oil per quart. Place zinnias in water immediately after cutting. Should be hardened befwe arranged. Share your flowers with others. Let them speak the “Language of the Flowers.” Much of your time now may be shared with the ones who could not garden. “In all labour there is profit. — Old Testment— Proverbs XIV—23 North Carolina farmers shouldn’t increase their hog flocks at a reck less rate. j. R. Woodard, animal husbandry specialist, for the N, C. Agricultur al Eidensum Searvice, says that de spite fact that hog prices are around, twice the 1955 low of $11 per hundred, fanners should ex pand cautiously. He advised tanners to contmue to produce higher quality, meat' type hogs that will help increase the .consuniption of pork. This will help keep the market price of hogs high. As he puts it, “We do not want $11 hogs again. A quality product will help prevent this.” Woodard also urges farmers to push their spring pigs and try to market, them by August 15. Prices usually hit their peak in July and early August. The best thing about worries is that most of them never happen. Betting is a convincing argument only when you happen to win. if you’ll be traveling this summer you may want the locations of some of the rose test gardens in North Carolina and neighboring states. North Carolina: All-American se lection trials located on the stu dent horticultural laboratory farm near Meredith college; Raleigh Mu nicipal Gardens at' the Little The atre; Sunnyside Rose Garden, Charlotte. Tennessee: Werner Park, Chatta nooga; Eastern State Hospital, Knoxville; Overton Park, Memphis. South Carolina: Timrod Park, Florence; Edisto Rose Gardens, Or angeburg;. Fairfield Memorial Gar- dent, Winnsboro. Georgia: Ida Cason Callaway Gardens, Chipley. This is a beauti ful place and has a wide variety of plant materials, especially holly. It will soon be time to take cut tings from such plants as azalea, holly, rose, box and many others. Late June is usually best but a more positive guide is to take the cuttings after terminal elongation stops and the plant tissues begin to mature somewhat. The cutting? should be three or four inches in length and removed from the plant with a sharp knife. Early morning is the best time to take the cut tings and preferably, during cool, rainy weather. Keep the cuttings moist and set them in the rooting medium without delay. A goo«l rooting mixture can b« made of equal volumes of peat and sand, well mixed. The sand should be clean and sharp. Sand alone can be used but peat will increase the water holding capacity of the sand. A growing frame, or .structure of some kind, will be needed sp that the plants can be protected from drying winds and direct sun, by shading. An electrically-heated hotbed will be found most useful around the home because it can al so be used as a cold frame. They otc not very expensive. If you are in terested, write the Agricultural Ex tension Service, N. C. State College, or vist your county agent. SBjoy Delicious Dining en ' 4 Seafood, Chicken or Health Afdsfor the Whole Family Prescriptions? We fill them promptly, accurate ly. First aid and sick room sundries? Wg sup ply all family health neisds, . . — FREE DELIVERY — BOGER-BALL DRUG STORE Dial ME 74554 ft" mtmmrn ^theb^foucanbufl 1. MOWS GRASS 2. TRIMS aOSE / 3. CUTS WEEDS 4. PULVERIZES LEAVES ' 5. MULCHES TURF TWb biUlds the world’* ctorliaa Mt moot eomplot* line of power SoV»5U Biowete. Come in and see It today at JOE LIPMAN & SON furniture store 223 Middle St. — Dial ME 74202 New Bern Building Supply Co. 110 Craven Street Phone ME 7-3386
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