Grqyf Plants Indoors; 0 For The Farm Wife
Use Artificial Light (Continued from Page 14)
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QMtany kinds of plants can be ing consistency
grown satisfactorily with only
two 40-watt fluorescent lamps.
African Violets, Gloxinia, Epis
cia, orchids, Impatiens and
many other flowering plants
do well under artificial light.
The list of foliage plants
that will grow under these con
ditions is almost endless. Chi
nese evergreen, dumb cane and
Philodehdron need very little
flight—only about 50 foot can
dles—to maintain a healthy
condition and grow. You can
even, root cuttings and start
seeds with this method, accord
ing to Stevens. Expose plants
tp 12 to 16 hours of light per
day, he advises.
Use either cool white fluores
«ent lamps or special plant
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bulbs alone because they cre
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provide the proper light qual
ity.
Don’t put the lamps too far
away from the plants, iStevens
warns. The light intensity goes
down rapidly as the distance
increases even a few inches.
Most plants should be 4 to 12
inches away from the light
source. Since the lamps them
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can put the plants quite close
to them without danger of
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What
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(Ed. Note: "What Has the
Housewife Wrought?” is a
Food Marketing Research ar
ticle showing a bit of the
problems the farmers have
when dealing with the city
side of food marketing. This
is Part II of a 2-part series.)
OUTLOOK FOR MARKETING
A rise in total consumer ex
penditures for U S -produced
foods—including a rise in the
marketing bill and a rise in the
farm value of food products—
that’s the prospect for 1966.
Consumer expenditures for
these foods have climbed each
year since 1949—and next year
(Continued on Page 19)
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For the
Farm Wife and Family
Ladies, Have You Heard? ~,
By Dorn Tfho.mas, Extension Home Economist
Soft Drink Sales Increase
The amount of soft drinks bought with
food money has shown a great mciease
During the last five years the sales of soft
drinks have nearly doubled.
More than a billion dollars a year is tiad
ed for bottles of soft drinks.
Low calorie soft drinks, since their intro
duction five years ago, have gamed almost 20
percent of the soft drink market
Some Things Worth Knowing
About Baked Custard
Baked egg custard is a satisfying and deli
cious desseit for family and company meals
Time and temperatui e are important when
baking custaid Custaid becomes watery when
baked too long or at too high , ,
a temperature. tard with chopped nuts, whip
Keep custard chilled until ped cream > or L,it
serving; warm custard will be- If you don’t have a favoiile
come watery around the edge, basic custard recipe, your cook
-1 Serve baked custard in cups book will give you a recipe with,
or invert on seiving plates, variations
then remove cups. Garnish cus- (Continued on Page 19)
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