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Address By Dr. Gartner* Tuesday
Dr. I. B. Gartner, horticultural
specialist of the State College
Extension Service, Raleigh, ad
dressed the March meeting of the
Boone Cfcambor of Commerce
Tuesday on the growth and core
' of tree*, shrub*, and flowers.
Tn attendance as "guests of the
Chamber were members of the
Blue Ridge Garden Club and the
Home Demonstration Club.
After being introduced by Mrs.
B. W. Stalling*, Dr. Gartner op
ened hi* remarks with a discus
sion of tree-trimming. He said
the life of a tree is shortened by
improper trimming, and advised
strongly against the cutting back
and topping of trees, thereby
ruining their natural contour. He
said hortlcultura lists know how
to tunnel through the foliage of
trees for power lines to pass
through without destroying the
beauty of the tree, adding that
there is a movement underway
to enlist the cooperation of pow
er companies in this respect.
Declaring that the goal of the
extension service is the beautifi
cation of every home and farm in
the atate, the speaker advised
owners to engage the services of
a horticultural architect for their
landscaping problems and to ad
vise in the proper pruning of
plants. He said that with proper
planning and planting, replanting
is unnecessary, and that expert
advice will pay dividends in the
long run.
He pointed out that beautifica
tion enhances the value of any
property, and that a well land
scaped place is easy to keep neat
and attractive in appearance. He
also cautioned growers to use
care in selecting plants that are
adapted to the locality in which
they are to be grown, and stressed
the importance of keeping
ground* clean to prevent disease
In plants as well as for beauti
fication purpose*.
The meeting wa* closed with a
question* anw answers period, -
during which Dr. Gartner helped
questioners with individual prob
lems.
Weed Measuring
Now Available
The Watauga County ASC I
Committee i# now accepting ap
plications for pre measuring Bur- 1
ley tobacco. The coat of pre
measurement must be borne by
the farmer and will be $7 per
farm. The closing date for accept'
ing applications is March 31.
VFW Auxiliary
To Gather
The Ladies Auxiliary to Wa
tauga Mountaineer Post 7031 Vet
erans of Foreign Wars will hold
its regular meeting Thursday,
March 11, at 7:30 p. m. Misa Erie
Gilliam, District Preaident from
North Wilkesboro will be pre
sent. Each member is urged to at
tend.
Legion Plans
Memorial Day
A meeting of the American '
Legion and Auxiliary will be held '
at the Legion Hut Friday night, I
for the purpose of making plans <
for Memorial Day services.
' All veterans are requested to i
attend.
Then there was the new bride i
coming into the dining room bear- I
ing a large platter and proudly |
exclaiming, "My first turkey." I
"Why, It looks wonderful dar
ling," responded her spouse, "and <
you've stuffed it so beautifully."
"Stuffed 't?" echoed the bride. 1
"This one wasn't hollow when i
I bought It."
Garden
Time
By ROBERT SCHMIDT
If you, haven't already done ao.
It it time to low }omato, pepper,
and eggplant Med in hotbeds,
coldframes, Or flat* In the kitchen
window.
Although It i? much easier to
buy plant* for the garden, we
like to. grow our own tomato
plants, tfhen we know what we
are getting. The seed sowing
date will dfpend on how soon
the weather <wilt permit setting
in the field. It uaually takes from
five to eight weeks to produce
tomato plants large enough to
set, depending on the tempera
lure of the plant bed.
Pepper and eggplant are a little
?lower in developing. By figuring
back from the last proftable frost
we can determine when to aow
the seed. By sowing the seed
thinly, it may not be necessary
to transplant, but usually trans
planting to two Inches apart
tbout a week after the plant*
:ome up wiQ give much stronger
ind stockier plant*. Thet-e is no
idvantage in growing plants to
blooming size before setting in
the field. The younger plants
will stand the shock of trans
planting better than the older
?nes.
Where no fuaarium wilt is pre
lent, good early varieties are
Valiant and Urban Earliana, of
jourse, is an old atandby. For the
nain crop Rutgers and Marglobe
ire popular. Of thf hybrids, Bur
pee's Big Boy haa done very well
tor us.
If the garden aoil is infected
with fusarium wilt, it is advisable
to use only such varieties as
Homestead and Jefferson, which
tre highly resistant to fusarium
wilt. These are not early varie
ties but will surrivt the wilt.
The best variety of pepper i*
probably California Wonder. It is
a food grower and has heavy,
meaty fruits.
Eggplant is not a common' vege
table in North Carolina gardens
but should be grown more. The
Florida Highbu^ and Ft. Myrn
Market are good varieties, lis
soon as eggplant are set in the
field, the plants should be cover
ed with a DOT dust or spray to
prevent flea beetles and. potato
beetles from destroying them.
Planting* of these three crops
can be made at least two weeks
earlier if the plant* are cohered
with hotcaps or other plants pro
tectors.
General News
Brevities
Easing of import curbs by West
Germany may add $100,000,000
'in new United States exports.
The Administration bars a
world price war on food.
Paris feels Western unity met
Soviet tests at Berlin.
The Post Office has inaugurat
ed air delivery of three-cent mail
from New York, Chicago and
Washington to three Florida
cities.
Phillippine bases expansion
provides a bulwark for Asia.
Eniwetok, hydrogen bomb test
site, is closed to planes.
Tlie Ford Foundations grants
$25,000,000 for education.
Five passenger vessels are plan
ned for Canadian service.
15 nations agree to continue
the weather ship program.
COPS CONFUSE THIEF
Chicago? The politeness of a
police squad in 'giving the right
of way to a large truck driving
away from a warehouse saved a
wholesale grocery firm $10,000
worth of coffee. The driver, ap
parently believing the police had
been summoned to the ware
house, stopped the truck and fled.
The van was loaded with 400
cases of coffee, 9,600 pounds,
which had been stolen from the
warehouse.
Alexander To
Run Again For
Congress Seat
HUGH Q. ALEXANDER
Representative Hugh Alexander
has filed with the State Board of
Elections notice of his candidacy
for Representative in Congress
from the Ninth North Carolina
District.
In making his announcement
Representative Alexander says:
"During my tenure of office, I
have conscientiously tried to
faithfully serve all the people of
our Congressional District rela
tive to legislation affecting them,
our state and the Nation. If no
minated and re-elected I shall
continue to support Federal
Legislation for the best interest
and welfare of our entire popula
tion."
Alexander is serving his first
term in Congress, and succeeded
RobeH L. Doughton who held the
ninth district seat for 42 years.
Alexander, a former Kanna
polis attorney, once was state
commander of the American Le
gion.
Alexander studied at Duke
university and the University of
North Carolina. He was graduat
ed from UNC law school in 1937
and started practice shortly there
after in Kannapolis.
He is a veteran of 44 month* of
Navy service in World War II, 34
of which were overseas. He ii a
member of First Presbylerian
church in Kannapolis, a past
master of Cannon Memorial
lodge, AF&AM, and a past presi
dent of the Cabarrus Shrine club.
The Ninth district, which he
represents, is composed of Iredell,
Ashe, Alleghany, Alexander,
Caldwell, Cabarrus, Rowan, Stan
ly and Watauga counties.
THIEVES STRIP HOME ,
Van Nuya, Calif. ? When the
George Russell Pierson family
went around to look at their new
home just prior to moving in,
they had the surprise of their
life. Thieves had broken in and
taken the family rapge, refrigera
tor, teep free?e, automatic wash
er and dryer, radio-phonograph,
livingroom suite, bedroom suite,
rugs and their trunks. The only
piece of furniture left was Mrs.
Pierson's sewing machine.
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