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Page Two THB NBW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C. Friday, May 20, 1966 Most of you New Bern par ents will agree with the cynic, making a play on words, who says a baby that’s a healthy pink may also be a loud yeller. And, remembering delivery costs, could there be a better way to describe the stork than to say It is the bird with the big bill? Incidentally, there’s a great You're Missing Something If You Haven't Tried the Delicious Fried Chicken and Tasty Seafood at HARMONY HOUSE Bayboro Hightway Just Outside Bridgeton deal of truth In the observation that children are often spoiled because you can’t spank their grandmothers. It should be add ed, of course, that a lot of grand fathers need spanking even worse for the selfsame reason. We’re not saying this to be critical of you oldsters who in sist on making a fool of your self. Rest assured that if we have the good fortune to become a grandparent, we’ll give proud Cramps like Ronald Ipock and Shorty Kafer a run for their money. Unless we’re badly mistaken, this editor has the dubious dis tinction of being the only father since the turn of the century who used to roll his firstborn along Middle Street In a baby carriage, and later a stroller, without the Infant’s mother on hand to take care of unfore seen emergencies. Seeing a man pushing a baby carriage all by himself, on a W. C. CHADWICK GENERAL INSURANCE Ctarh MulMlna TatophonM ONIc* Ml 7414*—Ham* Ml 7-Mll PROTECT YOUR FURS IN OUR MODERN FUR COLD STORAGE VAULTS ...tniT'the G . * • • • • • •* / % ♦ It'S just another part of our complete professional fabric care. ASKEW’S CLEANERS AND LAUNDRY MAIN OFFICE — 1109 POLLOCK ST. BRANCH OFFICE — 502 WATSON AVE. >•••« >••• Advantages and Disadvantages of Mulches Discussed by State Writer BY M. E. GARDNER N, C. State University What about mulches? Wltal are some of the advantages? Disadvantages? Let’s see what we can learn about mulches. Nature mulches the roots of plants with fallen leaves. This means that no cultivation is practiced where plants grow naturally. The forest floor Is a good example. Moisture Is conserved and plant foods are manufactured due to the de composition of organic matter. Soil is conserved by the pre vention of erosion. Under these mulches, wheth er natural or man-made, many things happen. Chemical change is taking place. Bacteria by the billions play a part, as do the fungi^ Moisture Is necessary for all life processes. Good soil Is teeming with living things and we who live on the soil are dependent upon its good performance. I guess that we could agree, then, that the use of mulches is one method of duplicating natural processes by provid ing a happy soil environment in the flower, vegetable and fruit gardens. Now let’s see why this Is true by reviewing some of the advantages of mulching. Probably the greatest advan tage of a mulch is the conser vation of moisture. Evapor ation is greatly reduced by protecting the soil from the direct rays of the sun; and from air movement. Raindrops are gently and quickly absorb ed and the soil is protected from compaction. Erosion, the greatest enemy of our soils, is prevented. Mulches are es pecially helpful during prolong ed periods of hot dry weather. Don’t expect a mulch to control all weeds completely. It Will help, especially with the annuals. Where pre-emergence treatments are used to control weeds, the mulch Is more ef fective. The soil temperature is re duced under a good mulch. This is of material help because some beneficial soil micro organisms are not happy under high soil temperature condl- busy downtown thoroughfare, would look somewhat ridiculous to us now, and probably looked just as ridiculous then to a lot of New Bernlans. It was worth the smirks, how ever, to have fellow pedestrians halt us and rave about a young daughter who was as bald as a peeled egg. 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Mice and moles may be more trouble some under mulches but can be controlled by ground sprays, traps or baits. This is the one you want to watch for—nitro gen starvation. The more woody or fibrous the mulch the greater the need for nitrogen to decompose it by favorable bacterial action. The bacteria are going to get their share of the nitrogen supply first and the leaves may turn yellow on the plants unless the supply is adequate for both the nitrifying bacteria and the plants. This is not difficult to adjust if you use good judgment. There are many mulching materials available: peatmoss, old sawdust, pine straw, grain straws, ground corncobs, pea nut hulls, milled bark and com post. Choose the one that has given you best results. Your Monday, Wodnofdoy, Friday Mitt. Worsted-Toiif suit of DocronVWinlid Fopliii, This suits looks as trim at the end of a scorching day as it did at breakfast. The difference is Dacron and worsted. 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