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PAGE EIGHT (Setond Sectioay ME tfAfNtSVUXE MOUNTAINEER Take Care In Picking Seed For Gardens Agriculture Leader Gives Method For Treating Vegetable Seeds By H. W. HOCHBAUM Extension Service, U. S. D. of A. (Written for The Associated Press) WASHINGTON Long before home gardeners start preparing the soil for spring planting they usually select the seed they intend to plant. One of the traditional joys of gardening is the seed catalog. Long sessions over these provoc ative volumes are a pleasure to the entire family. Imaginations run riot and optimism is the keynote. This is a fine attitude, for gar dening is iun, and all the family can share in it at the same time contributing substantially to bet ter living. However, as every per. son who has gardened even for one season knows, there is more to it than buying little packets of seed and dropping them in the ground. The kind and quality of seed selected is vital to success. Buy your seed from a reliable seed dealer, and take his advice about varieties suited to your locality. Read carefully any information printed on the seed envelope. The Federal Seed Act of 1939 requires that all seed shipped in interstate commerce must be fully and accur ately labeled to indicate the qual ity of the seed. The law requires that seeds must have been tested for germi nation within six months prior to the date of sale and that the label must carry the date of the test. Vegetable seeds which are below standard in germination may be sold only when so labeled. But even high quality seed, suit ed to the region and climate and planted in fertile soil may bring little or nothing in the way of a crop if precautions are not taken against the ravages of plant dis eases and the depredations of in sect pests. One of the things new gardeners do not always realize is that many plant diseases are carried by seed and that harmful fungi are often present in the soil. Plant diseases can rarely be cured, but they can be prevented by taking precautions against these sources of infection before planting. Chief of these precautions is seed treatment. Seed treatment falls into two groups: seed disinfectants which kill the bacteria or fungi carried on or with the seed; and seed protectants which safeguard seed from attacks by decay-producing organisms that may be in the soil or on the seed. The process of treatment for small quantities of seed is simple and the novice gardener need not be dismayed at the prospect of undertaking something unexpected. Id many cases the treatment con sists only of putting a very small amount of certain chemical com pounds in dust form as much as will stick to a tooth pick into the little seed envelope and shaking it for 3 or 4 minutes with the seed, then screening off any excess dust. Since the quantity needed for even a fairly large garden is small, Freedom gardeners will be wise to buy the smallest available pack age of the proper compound and get other gardeners to share it with them. As a caution, do not use red copper oxide on the cabbage group Cauliflower, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts. The key to success is using the proper treatment for the different kinds of seed you plant. Zoo Keeper Does Impossible' In Mating Lion, Tiger SALT LAKE CITY (UP) Throw ing out all textbooks, the Salt Lake City Zoo has accomplished the supposedly impossible: mating a full grown lion and tiger, tradition ally deadly enemies. Mae and Huey are boxing play fully in their cage at the Hogle Zoological Garden here these days, and the zoo keeper, Joe Naylor, said Mae, the three-year-old tigress, was "expecting her first offspring either in mid-April or early May." Lions and tigers have been mated before, but as far as zoolo gists know, not when brought to gether after reaching maturity. The German animal expert, Carl Hagenbeck, experimented success fully in the field but his method was to rear the lion and tiger to gether from cubhood. Some of the resulting progeny were sent to zoos in England and this country, but no case is on record of a successful mating in the United States. The hybrid off spring are variously called "tig lions," ligers" and similarly coined terms. Cautious Approach Used Naylor took nearly ten months to get his pair together. Mae had a twin sister, named Daisy both COEDS COST MONET NEW YORK lUP) American industry loses $,OO0,000,000 a year through worker absences, 40 to 50 per cent of which are caused by the common cold and its complica tions. The figures are from J. Lanza of the New York University Bellevue Medical Center. Use Want Ads for quick results. born in the San Francisco Zoo. When the Hogle Zoo acquired Huey from Miami, Fla., he was placed in a cage four stalls from the young tigresses. Gradually Naylor moved the young lion closer to the pair, cage by cage. Finally they were In ad joining cages and began a friendly, if somewhat cautious roaring ac quaintance. Last summer Naylor told his boss. Joseph Sloan of the city parks department, his plans for mating the pair. "I was told 1 was crazy," Naylor said with a chuckle. "And not only by local authorities. We had a visit last summer from, experts of the Bronx Zoo in New York, and from several West Coast cities, includ ing- Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego. They all told me I was nuts in even think ing about it; that I'd find a dead lion on my hands some morning." Trouble at First In mid-December Naylor kicked open Huey's cage. "I literally shoved him in with Daisy and Mae," he said. "At first they snarled at each other and the two tigers backed Huey into a cor ner. There was a little blood and some fur flew, but that lion was just plain scared to death." After a few days of armed truce, Naylor removed Daisy and left Huey and Mae together. Two days later they were as friendly as a couple of puppies Naylor said. "They'd box together in the mornings and romp all over the cage together." Event Expected He said that on Dec. 28 the pair were mated, and that the mating season lasted until Jan. 24 Naylor added that Mae shows all the signs of being expectant, and that if she is, the kittens are due in late April or early May. Tigers have a gestation period of 105 days and usually produce three cubs. Watching the two animals lying fondly together with the tigress' head nestled against the lion's shoulder, "Cupid" Naylor rubbed his hands cheerfully. "They're mated now for life," he gloated. "lt d be a shame to break up such a happy home. And they said it couldn't be done!" 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