Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 December 1950 — Page 25

Commercial Growers Are Rediscovering

Grandma's Methods Milk is OK'ed as Nutritious for Plants By Montana State College Scientists By. MARGUERITE SMITH, Times Garden Editor SCIENCE quite often looks down its nose at “folk

lore” in gardening. But the year 1950 will be noted

- (among other things) for a “discovery” made by some of these learned gentlemen out at Montana State College. > Whereas formerly many scientists practically fainted in horror at the geranium raising housewife's “feeding” her plants with milk, they now have decided milk is just what a lot of

plants need. ‘

So commercial growers are now using Grandma's methods

and giving their plants milk to produce longer, stronger stems, |

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Regular Schedule

- Group to Honor Officers at Reception

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‘Double-Duty’ Xmas. Tree

With the New Year's promise! of new garden activities, nature and garden clubs are easing back into their regular schedule. The, meetings for this week are as follows: | TODAY { Nature Study-—3 to 5 p. m. DAR Chapter House, ‘824 N. Penn-! sylvania 8S! Annual reception for new and retiring officers. | WEDNESDAY

” - s \ » » Ld ! ANOTHER informal fertilizer is the egg shell, long noted for Green Thumb 1 p. m. Mrs. How-| encouraging African violets. Mrs. G. R. Pounds, 4955 8. State St., | has used it to solve the Case of the Ailing Ivy. “I've found something,” she writes, “that certainly made a great change in my |

fvy that wasn’t growing.” Her prescription —put egg ‘ghells in say a quart of water, let stand a week. Then she uses the water on all of her

houseplants though she admits

“it does have an odor.” ” - ” A LOCAL wag suggests that one way to keep water unfrozen in bird baths is to add some alcohol. On second thought, however, -he's afraid the birds might appreciate it a little too much.

. - ” NOTE TO Mrs. Mabel Crull, Fairmount (and others who want to write to folks mentioned in the column) — addresses are always Indianapolis unless otherwise indicated.

5 » tJ Thank you's this week for helpful words about the garden © column go to Mrs. Rachel McKinney, R. R. 10; Mrs. Paul Masteller, 1132 W, 34th St, and Mrs. E. A. Graham, R. R. 5.

” ” o THE NICEST kind of letter comes from Harry Hart, 2447 8S. Delaware St. “I always feel my garden season is not complete unless I make at least a partial report to you,” he writes. (How nice if more readers felt the same!) 2 Mr. Hart's past season was “as fine as I ever had for both

flowers and vegetables,” he . ~says. He put out 25 hybrid tomato plants (five different

kinds) and realized $50 from them, He picked tomatoes

- “from July 9 to around the first Many weighed

of November. from 16 to 20 ounces and their

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fine quality held up the whole season through. “Five years ago,”

he con- |

tinues, “it seemed to me 1 was alone crying hybrid tomatoes | but’they have come a long way |

since then.”

» - n EARL ROBERTS, 2308 Roosevelt: Ave, says that a good treatment with manure began to yank his bush cherries into production this summer. He's also Using bone meal

on them and is experimenting |

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with corncob mulch on his roses, lilies, Oriental poppies and sweet williams. he hilled up six to eight inches with the cobs and will report on his results later.

=» ” » MRS. CLAYTON Horine of Greentown’s Maple Lawn Violet Shoppe has some professional

pointers on that sad situation, |

“Why doesn’t my African violet blossom?”

Check soil, light, moisture, says she. Idea: soil is rich, preferably sandy loam with

added moss or vermiculate. She sterilizes it for her own plants. She likes north and east windows best, waters the plants by setting the pots in water that’s room temperature or warmer. Don’t water again, she adds, until soil feels dry. Another don’t—don’t use water that's chemically softened unless you're prepared for an African violet funeral. And if your household air is dry, put your pets in plastic or painted pots so soil doesn't dry out too quickly.

Not Imminent, Says Agent

WHAT'S THE outlook for ‘the coming year?

Will tomatoes

and cabbage displace roses and zinnias once more on the home front while war rages? Or will we be able in good conscience to neglect the bean and brussels sprout for delphiniums and daisies? Harlan Fulmer, of the county agent's office, who trouble-

shoots for the backyard

1 gardener, sees no drive yet for 1951

Victory Gardens. “So far,” he says, “the Department of Agriculture hasn't handed out the word. Of course, . if this country really goes all out for wat there’ll be a bigger demand for food with every homé-owner encouraged to raise as much of his own as he can. ’

Surplus Now “BUT WE had 12.000,000 in the armed forces in the last war, And the country's maximum goal so far is only three and a half million by 1952, Right now we have a surplus of some 1oods on hand. » “It’s not that- we have more people in our own country to feed during war-time, of course. It's a lot of forces adding up to increased food demands.

Q.—What care does a Jackmani clematis require? Mrs. E, A. G. A. —Mainly these large flowering clematis need good rich soil and plenty of water with pro-

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Soldiers eat more than they do in civilian life. Women in industry have bigger appetites. Transportation is tied up. These all add up to a need for home-raised food.

Interest Sustained

“THEN we're in pretty good shape as far as food gardens go. Interest in gardening that started with the last war's vic‘tory gardens has continued so that we estimate 25,000 to 30,000 gardens in the county right now raise part of the owner's food,

“If we have to contribute to the world's food supply we'll need more vegetable gardens. But Washington isn’t pushing it yet,” he concludes.

Journalists

Plan Dinner Theta Sigma Phi Matrix Table Set

The annual Matrix table dinner

of the Butler University Chapter Theta Sigma Phi Sorority, will be held Jan, 10. It is tentatively

|8poons “teaspoon oyster sauce, one-half {teaspoon sugar, [cornstarch (for thickening), one{half ounce wine or water, one-half {teaspoon pure monosodium gluta(mate. If not enough water, add a little more, serve with steamed rice.

I ein Units to Meet

following units of the NAME .seeeescesccnsessssmesnes

ard Aldrich, 917 N. Bolton Ave.,! hostess; Mrs. H. L. Bischof, as-! sisting. Round table on “New Year's Resolutions for Gar-! deners.” t

Forest Hills-—2 p. m. Mrs. L. L.|

Dick Purdy, 625 E. 57th St..| hostess. Illustrated talk on South America, Mrs. Frederick Gifford. THURSDAY i

Biz-Z-B--11:30 a. m. Mrs. William,

Hartman, 3902 Pasadena Ave.,| hostess. “Phlox,” Mrs. Elmer! Gray. FRIDAY

Prall, 6152 Kingsley Drive, host-| ess. Mrs. L. R. Groendyke will speak on “Herbs.” Election of officers. |

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES _

Taking down your Christmas tree tomorrow? Put ifs green

| branches to double use. Lay them over flower, bulb or straw

Broad Ripple—1 p.m. Mrs. en, bed. When the snow blanket melts, plants will appreciate this sec. |

ond cover. Then the green-all-winter makes your pod look neater.

In the picture, Pauline Barton shows how it's

one. Pauline, an

ardent gardener, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Barton,

(2959 ‘Westbrook Ave.

Lobster, Liver Clever Crocheted Classic

{Chinese Rathskeller is one of the most delicate combinations of {food I have ever eaten. Any [Chinese store can supply the un{usual ingredients. Many quality {grocers carry them, too.

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raw chicken liver, sliced. Pour a little wine or water over the liver to kill the blood taste. One-quar-ter pound bamboo shoots, onefourth pound water one-half pound Chinese cabbage {(Bok Toy), Snow pea pods.

oil in an iron skillet.’ As soon as {garlic is brown, remove it; put {the chicken liver in, then add one{half cup of water. Cook abeut {five minutes and add the lobster meat and raw vegetables with |one-half teaspoon salt and one-! thalf cup water. Cook about eight minutes,

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Chinese Seasonings -Used in Delecacy

Lobster and chicken liver at the

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{Tuesday — Capitol Avenue, University Park and West Michigan; | {Wednesday — Children’s Cheer, | City

{West Washington and St. Mark's:

scheduled in the Atherton Center. |

Twelve awards will be given to

Names New Officers

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t campus. Five of these will bel Rotted a i you an Ber big wheel” awards. Four *“hub”| your soil is cloddy and hard |2Wards will go to Junior women packed and inclined to acidity,|28nd three “spoke” awards to - will both help it. Deep prepara- [Sophomore coeds. tion of the planting hole (tak-!| Committee members include ing out subsojl, filling with Miss Ellen Cox, Peru; Miss Polly rich top soil) is good. A firm Cochran, Anderson; Miss June support for winter as well as Bodley, East Chicago; Miss Marti summer is necessary so wind | Mendenhall, New Castle and does not swish the vine back Misses Marilyn Hotz, Annabelle and forth and break branches Church, Mary Lou Leaf, Carla or bark, so opening the door Jean Stout, Ann Montgomery, for disease. = {Jackie Freers, Betty Ann Lewis,

Ruth Reed and June Lalen . Send questions on gardening |

lar fuerte Smith, The In New Year's Party sensi —— e—— A New Year's Eve party will be given at 8 o'clock tonight by Nature Study Club the De-Bata Subdeb Club. Mary Ann Kempe, 829 8S. Richland St., hostess.

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Want an inexpensive hedge for 1951? Consider Hillsdale’s climbing roses. They're much less expensive than a solid border of shrubs and evergreens. They grow quickly, make a nice background. A mere half dozen will go a long way. Brilliant Blaze is the outstanding red. Good yellow climbers include Hillsdale’s King Midas. Dou-. bloons, or Golden Yellow Climber. Hillsdale has the creamy white Paul's Lemon and fast-growing Silver Moon if you want a white rose. These are just a few of Hillsdale’s, fine climbing roses. Hillsdale Nursery, 8000 north on Ind.

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Palatable Trio

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Appear Here Mrs. H.-M. Kistner | To Speak in Ayres’

If you want to see how an expert uses the materials that nature provides to build a real picture you'll want to hear—and see——Mrs, Henry M. Kistner at) Ayres’ Auditorium, the afternoon] of Jan. 9. il Community minded garden clubbers who belong to the Asso-| ciation of Accredited Judges are! bringing Mrs. Kistner here from| the East for a démonstration| open to anyone interested in flow-/ er arranging. Mrs. Kistner is a nationally known lecturer and teacher, and co-author of “Flower Arranging for the American Home." Tickets will be available at the auditorium. Mrs. Kistner's subject will be “Nature's Gift to the Flower Arranger.” The demon-| stration begins at 2 p. m. The] committee in charge is Mrs. Ray] Thorn, chairman, with Mrs. Jules Zinter, Mrs. W. L. McCoy and Miss Ruth Matthew of Anderson.

The Ten Best Dressed

(Continued from Page 19) and Mrs. 8. I, Newhouse of New York. Among Washington women, Mrs. Alben Barkley, Margaret Truman, Sen. Margaret Chase Smith of Maine, Mrs. Anna M. Rosenberg, newly appointed Assistant Secretary of Defense, and Mrs. 8. Kent Legare, Washington socialite, received many votes.

Runners-up STAGE and Hollywood personalities who figured high in the poll, though not reaching the top 10, were: Mary Martin, Gene Tierney, Mrs. Clark Gable, Gertrude Lawrence, Rosalind Russell, Lo- . retta Young, Anita Colby,

“Lynn Fontanne, Gladys Swarthout and Mrs. Gary Cooper.

Society names most often cited after the first 10 were: Mrs. Edward F. Hutton, Mrs. Gilbert Miller, Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, Mrs. Harvey Firestone of Akron, O., Mrs. Millicent Rogers, Countess Corti, Mrs. Kingman Douglass (Adele Astaire), Mrs. Walter Hoving, Mrs. Nicholas du Pont of Wilmington, Del., Mrs. Henry Ford II of Detroit, Mrs. Morris Bush and Mrs. William Dexter of Birmingham, Ala, and Mrs. James Bush of St. Louis. The Duchess of Kent received 37 votes and her niece, Princess Margaret Rose, | polled 13 votes.

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Pinworms Persist Unless Treated

By EDWIN P. JORDAN, M.D. TINY WHITE worms in the lower intestines are usually pinworms or seatworms, These are only one kind of animal parasite which can lodge in the bowel, but like the others pinworms often are difficult to get rid of. Pinworms are most common in chil-

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lies or in children living in institutions. They are comparatively rare in families in which separate bedrooms are used. This is because the worms get on the bed linen, pajamas and other clothing and are picked up by others who come in contact with such objects. When children live in an institution or dormitory or when

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~ ” » AS SOON as an outbreak of infection with pinworms has been discovered, treatment should be prompt and tharough. Children who are exposed as well as those who have the

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‘players would have got a much ‘better resylt than did this par-

[ticular North-South combination.

| South might have opened the |bidding with a club rather than {a heart and In that case there {would have been a better chance {to reach the best final bid of six |clubs. But he elected to open with {a heart, North felt that he couldn't {stand no trump with no diamonds {in his hand and although he

{knew his partner had only a four he decided to

{card heart suit, gamble it out at four hearts because that bid counts more than five clubs.

» n # t WEST OPENED his singleton |elub and South won with the ace, {What would you do at trick two? {This South was undecided. He {thought a long time. It seemed to him very likely that the six outstanding trumps were not divided 3-3 and as you see he was right. { Finally he led a club with the {vague hope that the opponent {holding the four card trump length would be the one to’ ruff, {In that case he could remove the {remaining trumps in three leads {and run the balance of the {clubs, But it was West, with the {short trump holding, who ruffed {and after that there was no play {for the contract. { Declarer could have made his (bid, double-dummy, by cashing {the ace and king of trumps immediately after winning the first jtrick. This would have removed {all the trumps from the West (hand and left the burden of the {defense up to East alone,

” » - { AFTER THE' two rounds of | hearts, clubs could have been run land East could have ruffed in ‘any time he wanted to. His side could then have cashed only the

{aces of spades and diamonds. * .: 2

Declarer, with second round control of both those suits, would then have stepped in, led to the (queen of hearts on the board | (picking up East's last one) and {collected the good club tricks, i EE ————————————————— Miss Mary J. Cain To Be Speaker Miss Mary J. Cain, Indianapolis {public library consultant, will be {guest speaker at the Jan, 9 meeting of the Cathedral High {School Mothers Club. ‘high school. The speaker will discuss current books. Hostesses will be mothers of sophomore students,

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