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Completely assembled (except blades) • All metal construction 60" diameter blade sweep • Effective up to 60 ft. ceiling height • Aerodynamically designed blades for max imum air delivery • Down rods available in 10” lengths • Fans and controls are warranteed to be free from defects in materials and work manship at the time of shipment from the factory and for a period of five years. EQUIPMENT, me. Many stores display racks of seeds, garden aids, and garden miracles as unpulse sales items at this time of year. Before buying any of these products, know what they can do, advises University of Delaware Extension horticulturist Charles Dunham. The convenience of a particular item may or may not be worth the tune and effort saved. No gadget can substitute for all the factors necessary to grow a plant successfully from seed: light, nutrients, growing medium, water and optimum temperature. HELPS TO HEAT IN WINTERS HELPS TO COOL IN SUMMER! • MANURE STORAGE • SLATTED FLOOR SYSTEMS Garden gimmicks don 9 t always pay Here are descriptions of some of 1,000. Some preseeded packs of six the most popular seed-starting are available. It also comes in supplies, with Dunham’s com- strips, ments on their usefulness. 2 - Kys-Kube—a firm peat moss Preseeded indoor trays and cube with a hole in the top. After planters come in many forms moistening, it can be used for plastic or aluminum tray, box, or direct seeding, a seedling tran cube. Seeds (it is hoped) are near splant, or starting cuttings. It is the top of an inert medium like available in trays and packs, vemuculite. There are few seeds 3 . BR-B—a fiber-pulp cube, in compared to those in a seed dozen-cube strips, 3x 10 inches, packet. This item is touted for with a hole in the top. Different growing garden seedlings on size holes are available, windowsills, but a started “pac” of The windowsill "greenhouse” is transplants can often be bought for often a small plastic tray with a the same price, Dunham says, dome or cover of stiff, clear Newer varieties are usually not plastic. Some have a bottom available, and mixed colors are heating cable and a ventilating common. facility. Though this item is ad- Seed tapes have seeds imbedded vertised as a quicker means to in water-soluble material which germinate seed, a seeded tray in a should disintegrate on contact with plastic box can be as effective, soil moisture. These tapes are for Dunham says outdoor use, and a furrow must be opened as for regular hand seeding. The spacing may not be appropriate for the flower or vegetable seed packaged. The tapes do not eliminate spacing and weeding. Plant cubes or containers are preformed, compressed or full size, peat moss cubes or pellets designed for direct seeding or for receiving seedlings to be grown to the transplant stage. 1 - Jiffy 7—a large, round, compressed pill, about 2 inches in diameter and less than 1/2 inch high, enclosed in nylon mesh. When placed in warm water, it will swell to 2 1/2 inches in height. It can be used for direct seeding or seedling transplants. It is available in trays of six, 12, etc., and is very economical in lots of Lycoming plans Dairy Days MUNCY The Lycoming Co. Dairy Princess Committee has chosen June 22 through 25 as Dairy Days, and plans celebrations at the Lycoming Mall. The highlight of the events will be the dairy princess pageant on Friday night featuring the following contestants: Linda Berger, 16, daughter of Mrs. Beverly Berger and the late Russell Berger, R 4 Muncy; Wanda Muffley, 16, daughter of Stella Plank, R 3 Cogan Station; Tina Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 18,1983—813 Soil-free mixes, such as Jiffy mix, Eedi-Earth and Pro-mix are combinations of peat moss, ver miculite and perlite in various proportions. Being weed-seed and disease free, they’re excellent for indoor seeding and houseplants. Some contain nutrients in the form of slow-release fertilizer. They’re available in small to 3-cubic-feot bags. Since these mixes are hard to wet, be sure they’re full of moisture before seeding or tran splanting. Combinations of some of these products are also available, the specialist says. Before buying one that contains seeds, compare its price to that of good quality packet seed. Remember, these gadgets can’t take the place of good gar dening practices. Myers, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Myers, R 1 Cogan Station; Lon Rupert, 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carmen Rupert, R 4 Muncy; and Tammie Ulmer, 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Ulmer, R 1 Cogan Station. Thursday’s celebration will include ice cream eating and milk chugging contestants. On Saturday, a fitting and showing demonstration, a butter churning contest, and a calf dressing contest will be held. • SILO REPAIRS • GUNITE CONSTRUCTION • PRECAST CONCRETE PRODUCTS