Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 July 1944 — Page 2

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rations to make the 20,000,000 ga

tration designates rye as the most hol because supplies are better in ‘relation to necessary uses. Sugar ‘programmers, However, ; aré not sure that the month's holiday from making war alcohol € could not have been handled so that there. gf would be a carrying over of molasses that might 4 : have given you ann Stevick more a in the future. That is, war alcohol made from molasses might have been cut and left-over molasse§ used later, instead. of _ taking future supplies-out of all over sugar stocks, o

Still Hard-Pressed

Sugar rationeers “in .the office of price administration they are still hard-pressed to meet demands of industrial users and housekeepers who ‘customarily do

By ANN w NGTON, July 3.—Distillers will not dip into your sugar |

production board has allowed for August. ©. The war production board says no molasses, corp. or | ghums will be used to make drinking alcohol. The war food adminis

report ¥ come to the homefront after the

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lions. of beverage alcohol the war grain Sore

likely grain to make beverage alco

cbming into the country have led to. congressional statements that sugar rationing was no longer | necessary. * . | © The next few months wi see’ ® scasonal decline, sugar marketing experts -point out, with the possibility that needs-in liberated countries will be high.

Odds and Ends

More commercial fertilizer isforthcoming for farmers and gardeners in the 1944-45 season. The problem is to get it delivered, “the war food administration ‘points out, since fertilizer production has been classed essential, but the distribution has" not.

orders. in early and do theif own hating when possible. , , . Waterresistant . matches, developed for service men in jungle areas, will

war. , , . If you need any incentive to use wild blueberries when you can get them the department of agriculture points out they're

Jots of baking and canning. PresNt tremendous receipts of sugar

and all acid soils,

T— Goed_drainage is essential. Mountain “Laurel is native to the territory frqmi Quebec and a . New, Brunswick south To Flgrida and wes Unto Ohio and Tennessee, : It is relatively slow ~- growing; in + its native haunts it may reach a’ height

» F 4 of 30 feet, but 8 wheat planted N = x about the house, Mr. Pree “seldom attains a height of 10 feet. An east or south exposure and protection from strong winter winds is’ rec, : “ommended. CN . J * Laurel at Its Best

Mountain Laurel is at its best

-ericaceous (acid soil) plants, such as the azalea, rhododendron, - andromeda, ferns, blueberry, _,. heather, trailing arbutus, winterberry, leucothoe and hemlock. _ . Mountain Laurel transplants easily from the wilds but the gardener must first of all try to give ‘the plant conditions similar to

dug. Many plantings:of Mountain Laugel have been a failure largely

Ly because the gardener disregarded 1 - the fundamental ecological requirements. ' Nurserymen make ‘a. practice

of collecting seedling plants and growing them-on, in nursery rows, for several years before offering them for sale. Such plants are to be preferred, since they are young, ‘well-rooted and -usually « very bushy. Much collected material is rather leggy and not healthy. Cs . When planting Mountgin Laurel _-at home, be sure-to choose a spot where there is a fair supply of moisture; dry, hot soils will not do. Remember that its natural Habitat js in deciduous weedland, ~~ not evergreen, where the cover is rather sparse, Half shade is best, while full sun and heavy shade are equally undesirable,

July 3, 1944

Garden marches on.

som-end rot is showing up on the tomato fruit. This disease starts on the nearly matured green fruit The blossom-end of the fruit is

flattened and rofted. The dry brown rot extends ‘up into the fruit,

Cucumber and melon vines are being killed with the wilt. A few _ leaves wilt at first_followed shortly by others on the stem until finally the entire plant is killed, After the plants are once infested with wilt there is"no contro] for ‘the disease. Qécumbers. seeded in late July will*oftentimes produce a crop without serious loss from

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If you ‘have a patch “of sweet €orn in your garden, you certainly do not want to share the fruits of your hard work with hungry earworms. . Control measures for

per and a small bottle of mineral Oil is all you. need, :

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~ The following: insects dre at: facking gardens now: .Mefican bean beetle, flea beetles, | leaf

hopper, tomato worm, European

Lorn borer, cucumber beetles, #phids, and. cabbage worms. All

taken as. ~O0]

_ YOUR VICTORY GARDEN— LL Mountgin Laurel af Its Best -

With Other Acid Soil Plants

, © Scripps-Howard Staff Writer ] IN ‘LAUREL, botanically named . Kalmia . latifolia, Is

mo«{ suitable for’ planting either about the house or in the shrub "whrder. This broad-leaf evergreen, with its—many stiff, crooked branches and a round, compact head, is tolerant of many. locations A loose, peaty soil is to be preferred, but the

addition of humus and tannic acid will make clay soil acceptable.

when planted among. the other gor 1 gallon: R and R1 not valid

those from whence the plan{ was |

~ Weekly Garden Almanac

By A. A. IRWIN We are now half way through this Gardeners ‘have discovered that even tho times lack “eye appeal,” they have table appeal. The Battle of the 2

During the past few days. blog= |

Sweel corn earworms are simple | Le and inexpensive—a medicine drop-.

emcee pa. .

‘pests are very | spap beans, bee

a superior source of vitamin C.

Ration Calendar

MEAT—RéEd stamps -A8 through W8. in-Book 4 good indefinitely for 10-poinits each, Co " CANNED GOODS—Blue stamps A8 through V8 in Book 4 good in‘definitely for 10 points each.

SUGAR~—Stamps 30, 31 and 32 in Book 4 are good indefinitely for § pounds. Stamp 40 in Book 4 good for 5 pounds of canning sugar, ~ Applicants applying for canning sugar should send in one spare. stamp ‘37, attached to the -application for each applicant. i ‘ “" GASOLINE—Stamp A-12 is good for 3 gallons and expires Sept. 31.

5 gallons. T good for 5 gallons through June 30; E and -El good

at filling stations but consumer may. exchange R for E at his local board U. he wishes to purchase non-high-way: gasoline at filling station. A, B, C, D and.T coupons are not valid until they have been indorsed in ink or pencil with automobile registration number and state. Motorists should write 1944 numbexs on book |} ‘and coupons. SN FUEL OIL—Period 4 and 3 20upons valid’ through Sept. 30. Al changemaking coupons and reserve coupons are now good. TIRES—Inspection on passengel automobiles discontinued. Commerciai vehicle tire inspection every six | months.or every 5000 miles. Inspec

|site in obtaining replacement tires |B card holders are now eligible for | {grade 1 tires if they. can prove ex-| | treme necessity. All A holders are | eligible for grade 3 tires, including factory seconds, if they find tires which may be purchased. SHOES—No. 1 and No. 2 “air | plane” stamps in Book 3 good in- { definitely.

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SORORITY GROUP TO MEET

The Beta Iota chapter, Tau Phi] Lambda sorority, of the Supreme | Forest Woodmen circle, will meet. | Thursday at 8 p.m. at 3242 College | ave. -

B3 and C3 and B4 and C4 good for ||

tion certificates still will be a requi- |.

Farmers and gardeners should get

year's garden season. Victory | ugh their products may some- |

Control measures for blossom | end rot are: Avoid soils that dry out quickly; mulch around the | plants with-two or three inches of straw, grass clippings-or old newspapers; water plants heavily at | intervals but avoid frequent, light | sprinklings. ’

The wilt bacteria: is carried by | the cucumber + beetle and are | spread to cucumber and melon plants on: which the beetle feeds, Controlling .the cucumber beetle will contrql this disease. Start. dusting with an arsenical-copper dust the day the sprouts first ap"pear, repeat-tWo days later and continue dusting at five-day in- 7] tervals until the crop.is harvested;

{ a : {~— Watch your sweet cori for || -

wilted, faded silk. When you find a. wilted silk, fill your medicine | | dropper’ half full of ‘mineral ofl | and drop the oil into the base of ' the silk. Be sure to treat the

corn ears just as soon as the silks-| wilt, : ¥

| Por the Indianapolis area the ! { average date of the Mist killing | frost is October 16. That means planting in the garden is not over | ! yet. This week you _may plant |

I are ts, broccoli plants,” Ye and control measures | cabbage plants, is iui, 1 as you I caulifiower plants, sweet corn, cu

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the boxes of firecrackers Pop had brought home the night before. Boy, what noise! And then we'd tune in on the radio and Pop would listen to the patriotic: speeches. about our gloricus freedom and independence.

And we'd always be warned by the newspapers and the radio about a safe and sane Fourth and to be careful.

and not to hurt ourselves or get burned. Good old days they were. So

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But Brother, this ain’t fireworks for me this Fourth of July. When 1 Hear a sizzle and a flash,

pinwheel on the apple tree, or a roman candle. No sir. “When I hear that this Fourth: of July, I'll duck

You know I'd kinda like to get back to celebrate another good old-fashioned safe and sane Fourth. It’s pretty much up to you to see that I get the stuff to fight with and get this thing over. How about diggin’ down: iinko your jeans and celebrating this In-

dependence Day with an extra bond? It'll make ‘our “Fourths” to

come safer and saner.

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