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By HENRY Scripps-Howard

L. PREE Staff Writer

Tree feeding is much more important than most of us realize. ~The average gardener prepares the soil well when setting out his frees, but for some unkncwn reason, neglects to give them another

meal uniil something goes wrong.

Lack of food in the soil is one

of the common causes of the unhappy appearance and even the

death of many of our prized trees.

Regular feeding will result in

conspicuously more beautiful and attractive trees.

cared-for trees are improved not only in

but they will withstand drought better, | are more resist ant to attack by

recover more quickly from injuries. Contrary to common belief, trees may be fed at any time of the year. A sick tree should be lightly fed immediately and the dose repeated in a couple of months,

Leaves Scanty

The leaves of undernourished trees are small and scanty and of | an unhealthy green color. They | appear later in the spring and drop earlier in the fall. Excessive dead branches and twigs a’so indicate a need for feeding. How much fertilizer should one apply? The amount varies with the type of tree to be fed. Spreading trees such as elms, oaks, and pines should be given five pounds

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per inch in diameter of trunk, while slender trees such as poplars and arbor vitae should be given but three pounds per inch in diameter. The diameter measurement is taken at a point three feet above the ground line, Feeding is easily done.” A simple method is to make a series of two-inch holes in the soil with a crowbar or a large auger. The holes are made beneath the spread of the branches, 15 to 18 inches deep and 2 to 3 feet apart.

Hole Is Filled

The estimated amount of fertilizer is then equally distributed in the holes to within 3 to 4 inches of the top and the hole filled with sand or other porous material to permit easy entrance of water. A well-balanced fertilizer, organic if possible, such as 10-6-4 or 5-10-5, is satisfactory, Mixing it, before placing it in the holes, with an equal amount of peat moss or other form of humus will increase its availability over a longer period. Manure, when available, is highly recommended, and is best applied by digging into the soil under the spread of the branches. (June 12, 1944)

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Army Shoes to Be Sold

By ANN STEVICK

NEA Stat

Writer

WASHINGTON, June 12—A few of God's chillun’ may get sturdy work shoes out of a 200,000 pair surplus returned from military stores. The treasury procurement office, salesman for our surpluses, is dickering with the original manufacturer, who gets first chance, ac-

cording to resale rules. describing the shoes. They may be civilian uses.

So far, treasury officials responsible are not

a special model adaptable to few

Anything in the way of a shoe surplus seems cheery to civilians. Treasury officials point out that all government regulations must be complied with, ; including rai tioning. It is unlikely that rationing regulations would be eased for these shoes, or others released in the near future, The office of price administration and war production board have announced that there are | 53 million fewer pairs of shoes in | stock than at 1943's beginning, | with another 25 million pair deficit expected this year. So 200,000 | surplus pairs of shoes will not go | far.

Ann Stevick

Lone riders who have tried to get a gas ration for occupational needs but failed to arrange for the required car-pool customers, can have a probationary ration for 30 days. During this time they must make every effort to find. riders to share their car. After this time it's up to the local board to decide whether to renew the ration if ride-sharers have not been found.

Odds and Ends

Don’t ask your ration board to give you a new ration book because stamps not yet made valid have been accidentally torn out, OPA says. Many of these stamps may never be needed. . . . The early gardener catches the sweetest garden peas, the department

| of agriculture points out, because

peas have the most sugar before the day’s heat starts changing th s#gar to starch. :

Weekly Garden Almanac

By A. A. IRWIN The gardens are looking fine and most of the victory gardeners

are having plenty of fresh vegetables from their

tables fresh out cf the garden taste

gardens now. Vegebetter, are richer in natural vita-

mins, minerals, and energy food. For health’s sake—eat more fresh

vegetables, Summer transplanting requires more care than spring setting because of the longer days and the greater possibility of hot, dry weather that may follow. Wilting of the plants after trans- | planting is due to loss of moisture | from the leaves and the lack of soil moisture around the roots.

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One of the chief problems in the garden during the next two months will be the matter of securing satisfactory stands from seeds planted during dry hot weather, Under these conditions it is almost impossible to secure good stands of carrots and beets, Keep planting — we can expect four months of growing weather before frost.

The cabbage worms have made their appearance on cabbage and . related crops. The small light green worms are hard to see on the leaves, but as soon as you no- _ tice holes eaten in the cabbage leaves it is time to get busy.

First, do transplanting late in the afternoon. Second, water should be added around the roots and filling of the hole with dry

| soil completed. Third, shade the

newly set transplant with a small leafy branch about a foot long, inserted into the soil on the west side of the plant.

‘bining land, sea and air,

Action on French Soil will Be Used to Measure Use to Army.

By. CHARLES T. LUCEY Scripps-Howard Staff Writer

would be a good time to down the romantic but inaccurate idea of the paratrooper as the cocky, different kind of guy who goes on suicide

up the vital bridge emplacement and gets himself captured. He's cocky and a different kind of guy, but parachute troops have grown to full-fledged tactical unit stature. They can operate in their

glider troops to form airborne di-

the invasion, There was some criticism of para-

they performed to magnificent advantage under Gen. MacArthur in New Guinea. They've proved themselves as superior fighting men once they hit the ground—functionally, as army men say. Now they say, comes the big test from the operations point of view—to show how well airborne troops can be integrated into overall operations com-

Contain 12 Men

The basic parachute unit is the rifle squad, consisting of two noncommissioned officers and 10 privates, carrying rifles or carbines, a submachine gun and light machine gun. The old concept was of an harassing action, but rarely now, say army officials, is a group as small as a squad dropped. More often, it's a battalion, some 600 men, or a combat team consisting of a parachute infantry regiment, fleld artillery battalion and engineers company. Airborne divisions are about twothirds glider troops and one-third paratroopers, and their employment is roughly of two kinds. The first is as close support of ground troops, when, for example, they may be dropped to attack from behind a city with which assault troops have been having plenty of trouble in frontal attack. The second is in hitting key spots behind a beachhead or other area being attacked, as in closing off the flow of supplies to the enemy in the combat area. ‘

Operate on Own

In Italy and Sicily the airborne troops were used mostly in close support, but in the current invasion, it is believed, they are being used in a more general way as tactical units operating on their own. The threat of airborne divisions, army men say, may he almost as great a weapon as their actual employment. Hence, in the theory of airborne officers, the idea is to get airborne troops into a sector and out before too long a time—in this case, to get them back to England poised to strike again. This is supposed to force the enemy to maintain defense in depth much greater than otherwise would be necessary. The paratrooper is a volunteer who receives $50 more a month than other soldiers of comparable grade once he is a qualified jumper. He must be between 18 and 23, be not more than six feet tall or weigh more than 185 pounds.

May Get Increase

Some officers hold that being in the glider troops is fully as dangerous as being in the parachute troops, yet glider troops up to this time have been listed at only regular pay. There's legislation before congress, however, to step up the pay of glider troops, and many already are getting increased pay through volunteering for paratroop duty,

If the soil is dry, mark the furrow somewhat deeper than for the spring planting and apply water in the furrow. Sow the seed immediately in the mud in the bottom of the furrow and cover with dry soil. Cover the row with boards or .a mulch until

seeds germinate, then remove the cover.

A rotenone or rotenone-sulphur

dust is the safest contro] for the cabbage pest. ‘A home-made dust may be made by mixing one part of calcium arsenate with four parts of lime. Calcium arsenate or cryolite may be used as a spray to contro] cabbage worms.

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while actually remaining in the glider units. A paratrooper gets his wings after five jumps; there have been more than a half-million jumps in U. S. paratroop training and the figure on fatalities is considered low. A paratrooper is vulnerable to enemy fire when in the air and so he jumps from the lowest safe height, between 400 and 800 feet. Each paratrooper brings down about 75 pounds of amazingly diverse equipment, intended to keep him self-sufficient at least 48 hours. A carbine—a light rifle—weighs about five pounds, and a light machine gun 30 pounds. In his jumpsuit pockets are stuffed grenades, rations, extra ammunition, rope and other handy items, Men are scattered when they land, but gather speedily at designated squad-assembly points on which they have been thoroughly briefed with maps, aerial photographs or sand-table models of terrain. The aim is to drop a whole airborne division in a circle of five or 10-mile radius. Contrary to what many believe, the paratroops and airborne troops are not part of the army air forces. They're tough fighting units trained in ground warfare to which airplanes are just a quick way of getting to work.

MEXICAN BORDER VETERANS TO MEET

The Indiana Association of Mexican Border Veterans will meet in annual convention Saturday and Sunday at the Columbia club. A stag party is scheduled Saturday night, with business sessions Sunday. Registration will begin at 4

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