The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 22 May 1967 — Page 7

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The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Indiana

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Mowing the lawn is a chore that happens frequently in the spring and care is required in handling power equipment. Be sure those whirling blades don’t pick up debris and hurl

it out the discharge chute, it can be dangerous. Here John McCammack, 907 South Jackson Street, fills his mower with gasoline while his grandson, David, poses for the camera.

Check Quality Of Heating System Before You Buy

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H you’re thinking of buying a new or older home this summer, remember to check the quality of its heating system.

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ATTENTION CARPENTERS BUILDING A HOUSE? Wa have discounts available on all building supplies when you buy all the supplies for the house from your Putnam County Farm Bureau Co-op.

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Many summertime home buyers forget to check the heating because it’s shut down. Then when autumn leaves begin to fly, and the system is turned on, they find there are drafts or cold spots that can’t be made warm enough regardless of how high the thermostat is set. If you find an older home you like, it will pay you to have its heating checked by a qualified contractor. If the system is defective in any way, summer Is the time to have parts replaced, repairs made or even have a new system installed, if that turns out to be necessary. Good heating is important not only to your family’s comfort but to its health as welL

Hydrqnic heat is a quality type in which water is piped from a boiler to radiation in the individual rooms. The most popular type of radiation today is baseboard. The board itself can be fired by gas, oil or electricity, depending upon your own preference. Hydronic heat is clean, even, quiet and draft-free. One of its advantages is the ease with which it can be extended to additional living areas. If you should decide to finish a basement or attic, add another room or heat an attached garage, all you need do is have the pipe extended and baseboard installed. The existing boiler usually can handle the extra load.

Aluminum Foil Repels Aphids In Your Garden

Experiments reports that aluminum foil protects gladiolus from attacks by aphids. Aphids spread a cumcumber mosaic virus that causes “color break” in gladiolus flowers and streaks the leaves. The aphids carry the virus from plant to plant. The virus has become a serious threat to the industry in the northern part of this country and in Canada. Researchers at Cornell University and the Connecticut Agricultural Station say that aphids were repelled by aluminum surfaces and that use of aluminum mulch on gladiolus was highly effective. If the drought is continuing in your area: 1. Do not cut the grass too short. Leave it at 1% to 2 inches to reduce scorching. 2. Use water-saving mulches. Place a substantial layer (of several inches) of organic materials include cocoa bean, buckwheat hulls, salt marsh hay, | straw, compost or peat moss. The mulch alsq will retard growth of weeds while keeping the soil moist. Of interest to wildflower gardeners in an item in the New England Wildflower Preservation Society Notes by Will C. Curtis on ways to propagate shortia galacifolia. Curtis gets a large number of plants in a relatively short time by division and cuttings from a crown. Shortia galacifolia is a low growing evergreen perennial herb with a waxy white flower. It is native to the Carolinas and Japan. Curtis suggests that when the plant completes flowering in June, remove dead blossoms, dig up the crown, shake off dirt and gently pull apart the roots. One crown may produce a dozen plants, for planting outdoors in acid soil, fertilized moderately with cotton seed meal. Divided in June, new shortia plants will be sturdy by autumn and most will bloom the following June. Some of the left-over material, Curtis says, may be used as

cuttings. After crown division, five or six small shoots consisting of a leaf with a stem at least two inches long will remain. they may be set in pots of strained, dried milled sphagnum moss. Set the pot in water nearly to its rim until the moss is soaked. Then remove the pot and cover with glass to hold the moisture. The pot should be kept in a pit of cold frame through the first winter, with the potting mixture kept moist. After rooting (3 weeks to 6 months) plants should be fed cotton seed meal. Yellowing of leaves is a sign of plant trouble. The discoloring may be caused by bugs, disease, insufficient fertilizer or water, or iron deficiency. Iron anemia, which appears as yellowing between the veins of leaves, may show up in good soil because the iron cannot get through to the plant.

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