Dale News, Volume 5, Number 17, Dale, Spencer County, 29 May 1942 — Page 4

to twelve inches into the ground, close to the plant, and four and one-half to six feet above the ground. To support the plant on the stake make a loose loop under a fruit cluster and tie firmly to the stake. This prevents the choking of the plant and the sagging of the vine. When pruned to one stem, all lateral growths should be pinched off when not more than an inch or so long.

ate. He plans to start early too — when the plants are about six inches high and put on at least four applications a week or ten days apart.

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Purdue University Agr'l Extension Service

Mrs. Herman Hulsman of Kyana is in the hospital suffering with a heart condition.

EQUIPMENT ESSENTIAL FOR PROPER INSECT CONTROL

A manure mulch around the plants or between the rows if more than one row is grown will benefit growing conditions and aid in the production of more tomatoes.

Betty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Florian Mundy, underwent an emergency appendectomy early Saturday morning.

Regardless of how much or how many different kinds of insecticides the Hoosier Victory gardener buys, he will not be successful in controlling insect pests until he has a good sprayer or duster, says G. E. Lehker, Purdue extension entomologist. The person who spends cash for an insecticide and then dusts it on his plants through an old burlap sack is getting the cart before the horse. The same principle applies when one tries to apply liquid sprays to garden plants with a sprayer such as one would use in applying household fly sprays.

Mrs. Stella Hasenour of St. Anthony had her tonsils removed Saturday.

POTATO INSECTS

A good farmer came to me the other day—said his potatoes hadn’t done so good last year—seemed to all die down early and those he did get were very small. I asked him what he thought was wrong with them and he didn’t quite know, but he did say it might have been the fertilizer or the soil or perhaps they were planted at the wrong time. Now, of course, all those things may have had something to do with it, but I asked him if he sprayed or dusted them and he had. He gave them a good “shot” of lead arsenate for the old Colorado potato beetle and I guess it sure fixed the bugs. I explained that the biggest cause of potato failure in Indiana is a couple of little insect pests so small a fellow must have good eyesight to see them. I was referring to flea beetles and leafhoppers. Now flea beetles are tiny black insects which eat the leaves full of little shot holes, and leafhoppers are sucking insects which poison the leaves and cause them to turn brown at the tips and curl up.

Ronnie, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Austin Flanders underwent a minor operation Saturday.

Nancy Gardena, 2 1/2 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Lane of Taswell is seriously ill with dysentery.

Paul, 4 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Sollman was brought to the hospital Friday to have a compound fracture of the right elbow reduced.

dered pectin. Mix well; quickly bring to boil, stirring. Add 3 1/2 cups sugar, 3 cups light corn syrup; bring to full, rolling boil, stirring. Boil one minute. Remove from heat; skim. Quickly pour into ten hot sterlized 1/3 pint jelly glasses; paraffin at once. Cool; cover.

In view of these facts, any victory gardener who sincerely wants to grow a good garden should first invest a small amount of money in a hand duster or a two or three gallon compressed air sprayer. A hand duster with a long tube and an upturned spout is recommended for the small garden, because they are inexpensive and simple to use. Rotenone Sulfur Dust will get most garden insects if applied at the proper time with a duster.

WAYS TO SAVE SUGAR

By Lois Ashley, Home Demonstration Agent

In making jams and preserves you may replace up to half the weight of sugar called for in the recipe with honey or corn syrup. To substitutions by cupfuls rather than by weight it is necessary to know that one pound of honey or corn syrup measures approximately 1 1/3 cups, while one pound of white sugar equals two cups of sugar.

10% OF INCOME IS OUR QUOTA IN WAR BONDS

STAKING TOMATO PLANTS Where space is limited and quite valuable it may be advisable to stake tomato vines. This permits the plants to grow upwards rather than out or spreading, explains W. B. Ward, Purdue Extension gardener.

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My farmer friend said that was the way his potatoes had acted and wanted to know if it was the leafhoppers that flew around by the millions like tiny green flies every time he walked through the patch. I told him it was and that their damage was usually called hopper-burn or tip blight. Well, he agreed that he had plenty of both the flea beetles and the leafhoppers but he couldn't figure out why because he thought the lead arsenate was fine for the potato bugs but it didn’t do any good against leafhoppers. He me what was good for them and I told him, so this year he plans to either dust them with copper-lime-arsenical dust or spray with a 4-4-50 bordeaux containing 1 1/2 pounds of lead arsen-

Any variety of tomato may be staked but some varieties such as Pritchard, Bonnie Best, John Baer and a few others do better.

Strawberry Preserves 1 quart strawberries 1 cup sugar 1 cup syrup Select large firm berries. Wash drain and remove caps. Combine fruit, sugar and syrup in alternate layers; let stand two hours. Heat to boiling, stirring carefully. Boil rapidly for 40 to 45 minutes or until syrup is somewhat thick, stirring occasionally to prevent burning. Skim white foam from top and pour at once into hot sterlized jars; seal. Crushed Strawberry Jam

The little matter of the placement of the stake is another item worth considering. A stake placed upon the west side of the plant will shade a few more blossoms from the hot afternoon sun. Tomato blossoms are somewhat sensitive to high temperatures and may fail to pollenize, thereby reducing the fruit set. The shading, even from a stake as small as a broom handle, may permit three or four more fruits to develop per plant.

Miss Mabel, Hobart and Billy Wedeking were visitors in Evansville Sunday afternoon.

MAKE EVERY PAY DAY WAR BOND DAY

STOP SPENDING—SAVE DOLLARS

Wash two quarts strawberries; hull; crush. There should be four cups pulp; if not, add sugar to fill. Place in large saucepan over high heat; add 3-oz. pkg. pow-

The stake should extend eight

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