June Gardening Tips From T D Gray Extension Architect WVU
Homeowners should prune flowering shrubs in June removing old wood. Zerlate controls black spot on roses with full foliage coverage. Plant gladiolus at two weekly intervals through mid July. Delay dahlias until June for better bloom. Dig bulbs only after foliage browns to store food. Divide and transplant German Iris promptly to avoid next year's bloom loss. Cucumbers need cheesecloth enclosures then methoxychlor dusting. Watch Mexican bean beetle and dust underside leaves with methoxychlor.
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T. D. Gray
Gardner
Better Corn Than Ye Rena Garden Rivalry Over Planting Styles
Neighbors clash playfully over corn planting methods with two schools of thought. One favors hills, the other rows with 30 inch spacing and 12 inch plant gaps. The article explains hills mean clusters of kernels later thinned to three vigorous stalks.
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Rena
Planting Guide for Hybrid Sweet Corn Yields and Tips
Neighbor report outlines planting corn in multiple short rows 12 to 15 inches apart to improve pollination. Notes Hybrid Sweet Corn offers heavier yield, uniform maturity, and disease resistance including Stewart's, with pelleted Spancross and Golden Cross Bang tam varieties available. Recommends dusting ears with 6 percent DDT during kernel fill for worm-free ears with multiple two day interval applications.
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al Press Association
Calves Equal From Grass Legume Silage Study
At Wardensville substation over five years, beef cows fed grass-legume silage showed slightly heavier winter gains than those fed corn silage. Calves from both groups remained equal in all respects. Cow development from yearling-plus heifers progressed similarly across the two silage diets.
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Wardensville
Grass-Legume Silage Rated Cheap Fattening Roughage
County agent Ralph Fike notes studies compare grass-legume silage to corn silage oat silage and mixed hay for fattening two-year-old steers, wintering bred cows, and yearling steers. Across tests, grass-legume silage proves good and among the cheapest roughages on an equal dry matter basis.
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Ralph Fike
Rebuilding Warsaw Grows Amid Massive Construction Drive
Warsaw undergoes a vast reconstruction drive with 80,000 of 624,000 residents engaged as plans run through 1955. German bombing left 77 million cubic meters of lost building space, a quarter of which has been rebuilt, with state apartments for 200,000 underway. Some rise where the Ghetto wall stood.
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Warsaw
Parrish Agency Presents City Area Home Bargains
Local real estate notes list several affordable properties for sale including a 7 room modernized home on Country Club Rd with front porch view and a 60x120 lot on Fet terman area. Prices range from 1500 to 6500 with owner financing and quick act notices.
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Cherry St. Beaumont
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