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THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
Friday, March 6, 1964
I
When New Bern parents shop
for toys, there are several
things to consider aside from
the price tag.
First of all, of course. Is the
plaything safe? Check for sharp
edges, material that Is easily
splintered or broken, and lor
paint that might be toxic.
Secondly, you should ask
For Anything
In Advertising
Phone
Roger White
ROUTE 1
COVE CITY
638-5^83
irs
Braddy's
FOR DRY CLEANING
a LAUNDRY
Pick-Up and
Delivery Service
320 First Street
ME 7-2159
Breeching the Blue Ridge
barrier with a railroad was a
tremendous feat. Rail trans
portation did not reach Ashe
ville until the 1880’s.
The S. $. Parker
Company
ME 7-3397
Lennox Comfort
Craftsmen
Evinrude Outboard
Motors
MFG and G & W
Boats
Long Trailers
Boat Supplies
Kimbrells
Outboard Service
1305 Pembroke Road
ME 7-3785
Where Quality and
Experience Save You Hours
of Boating Pleasure,
GEORGE W. ALLEN
LAND A TIMBER
FARM LAND—TIMBER LAND—DEVELOPMENT
WILL BUY — SELL — APPRAISE
THIRTY YEARS’ EXPERIENCE-
STATEWIDE LICENSE 5620
1001 Broad Street Phone MB 7-6175
Pre-Heating Glads Mokes 10-Day
Difference in the Blooming Time
used with safety on slightly
rooted or sprouting corms, but
corms should be planted
Immediately after treatment.
BY JOHN H. HARRIS
N. C. STATE
yourself 11 the toy is durable
enough to Justify what you must
pay for It. Sometimes the least
expensive ones last such a short
period that they aren’t a good
investment.
Can your child share it with
playmates? The ideal toy is
suitable for amusement when
your tot is alone, but also suit
able for mutual use by several
of the small fry. Don’t expect
to find such a plaything very
often.
Make sure before purchasing
a toy that it will appeal to a
child in the age group you have
in mind. Aiming above Junior’s
level Is a mistake, but probably
less of a mistake than setting
your sights below his level.
Many parents thoughtlessly
buy toys that are too small for
small children. Perhaps you’ve
never considered that fact, but
tots are able to handle big
blocks, big pieces to puzzles,
big balls and the like easier
than they can manipulate less
bulky but more complex gad
gets.
The amount spent for toys In
America annually approaches
two billion dollars. Approx
imately half of this huge sum
is paid out for the amusement
of children between the ages
of two and six.
The outlay referred to does
not include general play equip
ment, sports items, books or
records. As you can see, pro
viding fun for the small fry is
a major Industry. Let’s hope it’s
worth the price.
Want to make your glads
bloom 10 days earlier than us
ual? Mitchell Jenkins of the
Vegetable Crops Research Sta
tion at Castle Hayne, was tell
ing me the other day how to do
this. He says glads will bloom
earlier if stored in a warm
place Just before planting.
In his experiment he used two
varieties—Snow Princess and
Valeria. The corms were stored
at 70, 80 and 90 degrees for
periods of 15 to 30 days Just
prior to planting. All the plants
from heat-treated corms
emerged sooner than those from
un-treated corms. They also
bloomed earlier. The best
treatment was storage at 80
degrees for 15 days. Plant from
this treatment bloomed 10 days
earlier than from the check
What's
COOKING?
There are sdmost as many
varieties of Southern cornbread
in Dixie as there are unrecon
structed Rebels.
Our favorite happens to be
cornmeal muffins, and hush
puppies run a close second.
Both seem to ge better with sea
food than anytiiing else.
The Progressive Farmer's
Southern Cookbook, edited by
Sallie Hill and published two
years ago, Includes most of the
cornbread recipes found below
the mascm-Dlxon line.
For example, it tells you how
to make green corn spoonbread,
Alabama fluffy batter bread, su
perb spoonbread, fried mush,
corn pone, Mrs. Shiver’s fried
corn pone, crackling bread, and
Texas-Kent>.!cky hoe cake corn-
bread.
If these don’t strike your
fancy, there are recipes for Al
abama Mush bread, Blanche’s
com crisps, Lulle’s lacy corn
cakes. Sweet potato cornbread,
wampus bread, Blanchard’s
hush puppies and Alabama hush
puppies.
In addition, you can stir up a
batch of Tennessee steamed
cornbread, Tennessee butter
milk' cornbread, Texas sweet
milk cornbread, Hollis bread,
Awendaw cornbread and corn-
bread ring.
There are a large number of
biscuit recipes In the Progres
sive Farmer’s Cookbook. They
range from sweet potato bis
cuits to, of all things, grape
fruit biscuit. It’s the same re
cipe as buttermilk blscut, with
grapefruit Juice in place of
buttermilk.
It sounds revolting to us. No
thank you, we’ll still stick to
cornmeal muffins.
HAZEL'S HAIR
STYLING
719 DeGraffenreid Ave.
Dial 638-5322
Next to Carpenter's Florist
Hazel McDaniel Pearl Carey
Fumiko Hovey
plots. Yields of flowers and
No. 1 corms were also higher
from this treatment.
He goes on to say that by
treating corms for 15 days at
80 degrees before planting you
can expect to get earlier flow
ers, which often bring higher
prices. Also, if planting is de
layed by unfavorable weather
you can make up part of this
delay by heat treating the corms
before planting.
In a new bulletin on gladioli
I ndtlce pathologists are re
commending treating corms
as an aid in controlling brown
rot or yellows. This disease is
one of the most destructive
diseases of gladioli in North
Carolina.
They also suggest that you
use stock as free as possible
from this disease and that you
follow at least a three-year
rotation in planting. They re
commend a pre-storage treat
ment as well as a pre-planting.
They recommend a pre-storage
treatment as well as a pre
planting treatment. Immediate
ly after digging the corms,
dip them in a solution of Dowi-
clde-B (1-3/4 to 2 pounds per
100 gallons of water) for 20
minutes. The corms are then
stored for the winter months.
In the spring. Immediately be
fore planting, dip them again—
this time using Ceresan-100
or Elclde-73 (2 pints per 100
gallons of water) for 10 min
utes. Either material can be
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233 CRAVEN
EXTERIOR
AND
INTERIOR
PAINTING
Commercial A Residential
Good Work
at Reasonable Prices
Ernest T. Lewis
Day Phone ME 7-30M
Night Phene ME 7-4701
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GROWERS OF FINE
TREES, SHRUBS
AND PLANTS
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