SECTION B— PAGH 2 a erst Many of them are edible. Purs- lane, which comes up in every gar- den, is cultivated in Europe to be boiled or chopped into salads. Dan- delion leaves are even sold in our stores. Lambs quarter, or goose- foot, an equally common weed, with small triangular leaves, is an excel- lent substitute for spinach. The In- dians ate docks for greens and pounded the seeds into flour. People who make a new garden or lawn are surprised to find weeds coming up in it and are apt to think the seeds they used were respon- sible. Not so—the reason weeds are weeds is their extraordinary ability to survive. They produce “seeds quickly and in abundance— a dandelion as many as 10,000. - Weed seeds have been known to germinate after being buried for SM lL errr stirring of the soil brings them to the surface. | Being quick starters and vigorous growers, they can beat our plants in competition for food and water. Some of them are hosts to insects and diseases that come to plague us. They also spoil the appearance of any garden. We must eliminate them and the best way to do it : depends on their habits. The peren- nial weeds are the most difficult, as they have deep roots or wide- spread rootstocks. Docks and dan- delions, are best dug out, if there are not many, or treated to a few drops of gasoline when the top has been cut to expose the root. Thick stands can be killed by spraying with 2, 4-D, which must be handled with care so that it does not get on other plants—even a whiff of it will shrivel beans, tomatoes and many flowers. | i | | With the annual weeds of the | flower border or vegetable plot, the old way was to hoe and hoe the season through. It was thought, too, that the dust mulch so created was helpful in conserving soil moisture, GETTING THE MOST... FROM YOUR GARDEN By Lyman N. White ASSOCIATED SEED GROWERS Weeds are plants that persist in growing where they are not wanted. Some of them in other, circumstances can be pretty or useful— ~ marigolds are weeds in Mexico and the Spider Plant, Cleome, of our borders sheds seeds so pr ofusely that it can become. a nuisance. 50 years. They spring into life when - a notion that has been disproved by tests. The modern way is to scrape off the young weeds with a light hoeing, perhaps two or three times until the cultivated plants are hand high, then mulch heavily to exclude light from the weedlings. Many materials are used as mulches—peat moss, grass clip pings, chopped hay or straw, chaff, ground-up corn cobs, buckwheat hulls. Black plastics, tinfoil, paper have been used but not happily in gardens; they are better in fields. Before applying the mulch it is well to sprinkle the soil surface with fertilizer. This assists in decomposi- tion of the lower layer, adding hu- mus to the soil and providing food for the rootlets which will come up close to the surface. With the old practice of dust mulching they would have been cut off by the hoe; now the plants benefit. The roots also thrive better from the more even temperature which is maintained in the soil-—cooler in the heat of the day, warmer in the night. A major advantage of mulching is the saving of soil water which is essential to plant life, but is rap- idly lost by evaporation both from the soil and, in astonishing amounts, from leaves, which can be seen to wilt and droop in hot weather when supplies do not come up quickly enough from the roots. Yet water costs money, is often scarce and its use sometimes forbidden. Save your plants and your pocket by avoiding surface sprinkling. Wait until the soil is fairly dry, then drench it, preferably with a length of perfor- ated hose which lies on the soil and lets the water seep in. The best time is morning or evening, not in the midday heat, and the water should get down to a foot deep, which you can test with spade or trowel. This will make all the dif- ference to your garden, Colorado = Springs, Girl Round-up, July 10, 1959: On July | 7 we toured the Air Force Academy and the magnificent Garden of the Gods. The stone formations in the Garden of the Gods are sandstone which has been worn into odd ly sand-storms through the centur- ies. On top of one of the formations | we were caught in an unexpected 65 mile per hour sandstorm which showed us just how it was possible to wear away the sandstohe as it did. Upori completion of the tour, we had dinner, chuck-wagon style, at the Flying-W Ranch, when 1700 ate at the same time. Besides serving their now famous dinner, the Flying- W raises nearly 1500 quarter-horses and 2,000 head of cattle. After din- ner, the hands provided entertain- ment in the form of western singing. Colorado celebrated its centennial of the Gold Rush to Colorado on Wednesday, July 8. A three-hour pageant was put on by the Western- aires, a group of boys and girls ages 9 to 18, who do trick riding and roping, and by the Kashare Indian dancers. I believe that the one thing most enjoyed in the Round-up’ is swap- ping. For one or two hours every day, girls crowd the main camp area as they swap from girls from their own state, from other states, and from foreign’ countries. Many girls brought as many as 400 swaps, and are already down to 25 or less. | Forty-one died at home, 24 in gen- There is so much to see and do. THE DALLAS POST, FHIURSDAY, JULY 16; 1954 Highlight Of Girl Scout Round-Up Is Swapping With Other Campers by MARILYN ECK, Correspondent Scout | space problems. An Air Force wedther station is open to all. The astronomy tent has a powerful telescope through which we may view planets and stars. We participate in such activities as camp E fires, square dancing, and swapping. shapes by all kinds of erosion, most- | , tien here, with 808 girls. We were proud, although some- what surprised, to hear that Penn- sylvania has the largest representa- New York is second with 800, and California with nearly 700. This morning our patrol partici- pated in colors by raising, along with 290 other girls, the 99 flags on the Avenue of Flags. Tomorrow we will give our demonstration of Polish cooking. Now that the Round-Up is near- ing its end, we realize just how much the persons in charge of training us have done to make this 1959 Round-Up the success it is. We are indeed grateful for all they have done. : 100 Cantonsrians Died In Pa. In 58 An even 100 persons 100 years old and older died in Pennsylvania last year, the State Health Depart- ment’s Division of Statistics and Records reported recently. There were 74 females and 26 males in this group. Three of the females were over 110 years old. | eral hospitals and 25 in convales- We have movies on the Air Force | ¢ent, county or nursing homes. Academy, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, | Pikes Peak, etec.; we have mineral | | ‘total deaths. Heart disease claimed fifty of the Hardening of the art- displays, conservation displays, swap | eries accounted for 14 deaths, deter- items from each State and countrys; | demonstrations by different patrols, | nervous system 12 deaths, photography, camperaft, nature ses- | monia and influenza five, sions; press consultants give lectures | four and aid campers; about everything from racial troub- YOU'LL TAKE ONE EVERY DAY... IE YOU HEAT WATER THE ELECTRIC WAY An Electric Water Heater has hot water waiting Ask about the new models to-day . and end your waiting for really modern water for you! | Showers PREDICTED heating service. GO ELECTRIC. . See your electric appliance dealer or plumber right away. LUZERNE E An Electric Water Heater gives you plenty of really / hot water at the turn of a tap. No need to worry about having enough! An Electric Water Heater is completely automatic, fully insulated and costs only a few pennies a Jay to operate on Luzerne Electric Division Special Low 1c per KWH water heating rate. in the pneu- cancer three. oration of blood vessels and accidental falls youth forums Twelve died from other causes such as malnutrition, kidney infection, les and careers, to the atom and! Bengal senility, skin ulcer, etc. gd | year. LEGION NEWS Election of officers was held Thursday from 8 to 11 at the Post Home. Cards were presented in order to be eligible to vote. Candidates were: William Moran, commander; William O'Brien, vice commander; Thomas Templin, junior vice commender; Edward Buckley, treasurer; Paul Shaver, chaplain; Wayne King, service officer; Thomas Kane and Richard Fuller, sergeants at arms; Hugh Carr, historian; Ed- ward Buckley, William O’Brien, Alexander McCulloch, Thomas Temp- lin, Richard Fuller, Arthur Garinger, home association. Legion Convention Twelfth District American Legion. Department of Pennsylvania held a caucus at Post 132, Wilkes- Barre, on Monday at 8 to make plans for the State Convention in Pittsburgh from July 15 to 19. The following delegates left July 14: Thomas Reese, William Moran, Hugh Carr and William O’Brien. Plan Picnic its annual picnic. bers are Mrs. Doris Mallin,: Wilbur Henning and Mrs. Harvey. Date and place will ‘be announced soon. 4a Third In State Daddow-Isaacs Post has oh ot: ified that it placed’ third ‘in the state for Post activities. Commander Thomas Reese will receive the award for the Post on July 16 at the State Convention in Pittsburgh. The pre- sentation will ‘be made by State Commander Paul Walters. Mrs, Clambake of the Legion and Home Association will be held at. the Grove at Beaumont Inn on Saturday | August 1 from 1 until 8. Fees. for members $3; for guests $6. Mem- bers of the committee are Bud Mathers, Thomas Reese, Buckley and William Moran. Pneumonia, Flu Deaths Decline A decline in the number of deaths from pneumonia and influenza in Pennsylvania last year (1958) was reported by the State Department of Health. Records of the Department shew from pneumonia and influenza in 1958, representing a drop of 2.8 percent from the 3,833 deaths caus- ed by/the respiratory. diseases re- ported in 1957. The diseases ranked sixth among the most frequent causes of death in Pennsylvania last The pneumonia and’ influehia death rate for the state was 34.2 per 100,000 population in 1957 and 815 in 1958. The rate for" the United States in 1957 was 35.8 per 100,000 compared to an estimated 33.1 for the nation in 1958. The state figures for 1958. show a decline of more than 50 per cent from the 1940 pneumonia and in- flenza death rate of 67.1. : Penn: sylvanie’s lowest rate was recorded in 1954 when there were 22.1 deaths 100,000 population. Deaths of newborn infants, at- tributed to pneumonia, were not included in the 1958 totals, but the Health Department records show 226 babies died from the disease less than four weeks after birth. . Among children under 15 Yorrs of age, pneumonia and influenza were the third most frequent causes of death. They ranked fifth in the age groups 15 through 24 and over 64 years. For persons aged ‘45 through 64 pneumonia and influenza were found to be the most fre- quent fatal diseases. They ranked seventh for persons aged 25 through 44. Seventy per cent of the deaths from pneumonia and influenza oc- curred among people over 45 years of age, and approximately 18 per cent among children less than five years old. The remaining 12 per aent of the deaths were distributed among persons aged five through 44 years. The statistics show a ratio of 14 male deaths for every female death from pneumonia and influenza in Pennsylvania. Fred Mintzer, Guest On Eleventh Birthday Fred Mintzer entertained a num- ber of friends at a party to cele- brate his eleventh birthday anni- versary. Present were Robert Long, Sandy Long, Duane Long, Donna Long, Brent Long, William Tredin- nick Jr., Carol Ann Williams, Carol Calkins, Susan Spencer, Micky Ann Witik, Sandy Witik and the guest of honor. “We are passing into a new era of labor problems. For a period of a few decades wage demands were reconciled by increased prices and increased purchasing power; but it looks as though this course has about gone its limit. There is much evidence of labor pricing itself out of the market. Foreign imports are making noticeable inroads on Amer- ican production ahd into Atherican export markets by offering goods produced more cheaply. 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