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Friday, May 15, 1959
THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
Page Three
Every New Bern mother looks
forward to her baby’s first birth
day. If it’s the first beby w the
house, there’s quite a celebration,
with a lovely cake that is topped
with a single candle.
You’ll get quite a kick out of it,
but likely as not that youngster of
yours won’t enjoy the occasion par
ticularly. For one thing, he or she
won’t appreciate being fussed ov
er, and pulled and poked at by
admiring relatives and friends.
Babies, more often than not, suf
fer from too much attention. Not
the sort of attention that an infant
actually requires, but the affec
tionate pestering that is usually
their lot.
In the first twelve months they
spent on earth they are too help
less to do much about it, but this
helplessness won’t last long. Very
shortly you’ll be confronted with
a brat who is as energetic as a
greedy bumblebee, as stubborn as
a mule, and as nagging as a neg
lected toothache.
Maybe you’ve figured on this
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ahead of time. Perhaps you’ve even
worked out an elaborate plan to
assure you of the perfect child
So perfect, in fact, that he will
never sass you, reifuse to eat the
proper food, or insist on staying
up late.
You’ve probably read all the
books available on child care, and
now you know all the answers. We’
ve got bad news for you. You’re
S^iog to flop as a parents, just
Uke every other New Bernian.
Wh^t the books said isn’t going to
work out the way you were told.
Your child may be a better child,
as a result of your guidance and
your love. It’s something to hope
and pray for, anyway. But after the
first year. Junior has a mind of his
own. He is an individual, and un
less you break his spirit (which
isn’t good) he’ll grow progressive
ly individualistic.
You’d better enjoy that first
birthday party, and keep your fing
ers crossed.
Top Ten Tunes
In New Bern
This Week
1. The Happy Organ—Baby Cor
tez.
2. Sorry I Ran All The Way
Home — Impalas.
3. Kansas City — Wilbur Harri
son.
4. Cookie Cookie Lend Me Your
Time — Connie Stevens.
5. Pink Shoelaces — Dodie Stev
ens.
6. A Fool Such As I. — Elvis
Presley.
7. A Teen-Ager In Love — Bel
monts.
8. Turn Me Loose — Fabian.
9. Come Softly To Me — Fleet-
woods.
10. Quiet Village — Martin Den
ny.
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NEXT TO BRADDY'S LAUNDRY
GARDEN
TIME
By M. E. GARDNER
N. C. Stats Col leg*
A lady from Benson writes that
her camellias are covered with
SjSale and requests a remedy. This
If jCfuDelUf leaf scale and requires
ap oil spray for control. I would
nfcomnaend suHnnoer oil, Volck, and
thorough coverage. Dilute accord
ing to instructions. This is a aufikr
ing iiMoet so the spray solution
S u|^ strike the bbi|y of the incept
A lrie«d was complalojiiui about
toing t« mow bis grass w often.
Tkip seiewwf a litWe a.tran» he-
(sum many people don’t have nice
ftands of grass. My advice is to
keiw it by ton dressing
^ith fertilizer, as needed- l^’t
amv top close- If you do, you will
be serrijr when the temperature
fifes and the hot dry winds set
in
set your m.Oiwei' to leave one and
f .balf to two inches high after each
plowing. Avoid straddling terraces
or high places with a rotary mpw-
er. They will dig in apd take your
grass out by the roots. If you have
some spots which seem to be low in
nutrition, not wet, try a liberal ap
plication of cottonseed meal. 1 have
used it with good results.
If you have not planted tomatoes
the mountains, use a starter so
lution. Weigh out five pounds of a
5-10-10 fertilizer and stir in 50
gallons of water. For a small quan
tity, use four level tablespoons in
one . gallon of water. One-half to
one pint of the solution, per plant,
is about right. Stir the solution
well before applying because much
of the material will be in suspen
sion rather than solution.
If you have already planted toma
toes, and most people in the lower
Piedmont and Coastal Plain have,
make plans to mulch and stake your
plants. The stake should be five or
six feet high and substantial
enough to hold the plant when in
fruit. Use strong, soft cloth strips.
Tie the cloth strips firmly around
the stake and loosely around the
stem of-the plant. Pruning is de
sirable andi easy if you will pinch
Qut the suckers that form in the
fxils of the leaves when they are
about two or three inches long.
Keep plants free of weeds and
mulch heavily with grain straw or
pine needles.
Blossoms sometimes fail to set
fruit due to low temperature (50
degrees) or high temperature
(about 90 degrees). Try spraying the
blossoms with one of the plant reg
ulators such as Sure-Set. This may
help if conditions are not too ex
treme. Another common cause of
poor fruit set is over fertilizing
with nitrogen.
HI NTS TO
llfmowmmA
H ' Ruth c u l k f n t
STATf HOMl DtMONSTRATtON AC, IN!
Let’s talk about water, in gener
al, and then apply its use to the
needs of plants.
You could, perhaps, write the
history of the growth of a man in
terms of his great concern about
water. The habits of men have pro
bably been influenced more by
their close association with water
than with the land by which they
earned their bread. Like air, water
is so closely bound to man’s
evolution that it may well be the
limiting factor in his destiny.
Maybe we can better understand
the need for water in plant growth
if we examine some figures to see
how it constitutes the greater part
of living plants: 90 per cent of the
edible parts of such vegetables
as cabbage and spinach; 85 per
cent of the fruit of the apple
and strawberry; 66 per cent of the
green weight of leaves and suc
culent twigs; and 70 per cent of the
weight of roots. It serves as a
solvent for mineral nutrients that
enter the plant through the roots
and acts ^ a medium through
which substance are transported
within the plant tissues. Apprpxi-
mately 3J)00 gallons of water per
tree, is required to mature a crop
of peaches. This is the amount
actually used by the tree and does
not ijaciude water Ipst by run-off,
seep^e or evaporation from the
soil surface.
Tremendous quantities of water
are lost by transpiration from the
leaf surface. Some plants have
structural adaptations which re
duce water losses. These include:
reduction of the leaf surface in the
needles of conifers, heavy cutin
SPRING (^LEANING MEANS
WORKING, WASHING, AND WAX
ING—$pjring house cleapigg can
be a haz^dioMS jipb. so 4k fiallow
safety practices when you are
cleaning house.
WASHING—“Garments tl^t are
definitely labeled ‘pry Away fropj
^eat’ should not be put into the
djtyeiF. ^ade of foam rub
ber, ici^ber-coated tenig^s shojes,
galqsi^ api} fabrics impregnated
wijtjl .cheniwsfe^leaniqg cloths,
mops, etc., saturated with wax—
should not be dried in a dryer.
Under no circumstances should
garmwfs wkfeh have been cleaned
with ftomp)9kl« fluids be placed
in tlje for drying . . .’’ (Ex
tract from a manufacturer’s man
ual.)
WAMNfl FLOORS^Many prepa
rations are available for cleaning
and caring for floors in the home.
They make cleaning easier, but can
also make floors slippery. You can
wax floors sO they will not be slip
pery.
Be sure floor is thoroughly wash
ed with a mild soap or a syndet.
If the wax has accumulated or the
covering is discolored, use a special
floor cleaner. Rinse floor surface
thoroughly. Allow it to dry com
pletely. Apply a very thin coat of
wax. It can be a water-base wax
or the solvent-base wax in liquid
or paste form. Use an applicator
for water-base wax so wax can be
applied evenly with light, easy
strokes. Don’t retrace or rub the
same spot.
For a solvent-base wax (liquid),
follow the manufacturer’s direc
tions and apply a thin layer.
Paste wax can be applied by plac
ing the wax between two layers
of cheese cloth- and rubbing floor,
leaving a thin, even coat. Polish
the wax, preferably with a hand or
machine polisher,' until you have
a hard finish—soft wax is slippery.
Wax may. be soft and slippery if
detergents and cleaning agents
haven’t been thoroughly rinsed
from floor, or if you are using a
soiled applicator. Be sure to fol
low manufacturer’s directions for
drying time because wet wax is
hazardous.
Use only a dry dust mop on wax
ed floors. Treated mops make wax
soften, become smeary and slip
pery. Wiping up spilled agents im
mediately will prevent many falls.
Be sure to wear shoes that will
give traction on floors; and be care
ful of throw rugs.
REMOVING STAINS—Stains in
on the leaves of the jade plant,
pubescent (hairy) leaves of the
African violet and modified stems
and leaves on the cactus.
How much water to apply? How
often? Only you can determine
this because so much depends upon
your soil type, the equipment used,
the competition from the roots of
shade trees, rainfall, wind and
temperatures. A suggestion or two
may be helpful. Water infrequent
ly but soak when applying. Avoid
the common mistake of just sprink
ling a little every day.
the bottom of a tall slender vase
can be removed by using cleeining
powder and ammonia or cleaning
powder and clorox—don’t use clo-
rox and ammonia together.
If you have any cast iron uten*
site, don’t lyash them with a synthe
tic detergent. It removes all the
seasoning (absorbed grease) C4iqsing
theni to stick or rust. 6ni^ soap
will protect the seasoning.
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