Good Lawns begin with proper soil for new yards
FINE LAWNS enhance an entire neighborhood and give pleasure to their owners, but often are a serious drain on the budget. Good soil has three basic ingredients basic soil of sand and/or clay and fertility. Lawn areas having sandy soil base need more hind er ingredients than those containing a mixture since clay acts as a water retainer. Peat moss filled into the soil acts as an excellent root promoter. Lawn soil is especially poor after builders finish. Tomorrow, raking and rolling the soil.
Plow King Dean Wilson Pursues Third Straight National Title
Urbana farmer Dean Wilson, 24, who won national contour plowing titles in 1948 and 1949, aims to capture a third crown at the 1950 national plowing match in Champaign County. His wife and two children will watch as he seeks to extend his record, with Paul Dill aiding and timekeeping crucial to his success.
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Age and gossip mingle in town reflections and wry humor
The column muses on aging and its varied effects while teasing a local romance between two eligible young men and a sought after blonde. It mixes quips about love, age, and everyday city life with brief digressions on crime reports and light bits from other papers.
People Refuse Two Dollar Bills At $1.98 Deal
In Waynesboro Pennsylvania the First National Bank displayed a 1.98 offer on two dollar bills. Hundreds laughed but ignored it until 2:30 p.m. when a woman bought one stack and earned two cents. Also notes cancer research by electrical shock in rats at Florida Southern College and Florida tornado death toll averaging over 200 annually.
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Machines Sort Eggs by Size and Clean Them
Devices have been created to both clean eggs and sort them by size, offering improved processing efficiency for egg producers and distributors.
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Border Prices Leveling Off in Carolinas Flue-Cured Tobacco
RALEIGH August 17 prices on Carolinas flue cured tobacco leveled off after a week of declines. Tuesday sales total 6,493,772 pounds at an average of 56.11 per hundred, with South Carolina moving 2,799,924 pounds at 56.44 and North Carolina at 55.87 for 3,695,848. Poor weather blamed for inferior offerings. market volumes show little change as early season prices stabilize after prior gains. A note on global grains cites Encyclopaedia Americana figures. Also a random line on duck life expectancy appears.
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