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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1962
Page
40
A mix of garden poison plant cautions and fallout safety guidance outlines hazards to children and animals from plants such as sumac and castor oil, and explains how calcium helps limit radioactive strontium uptake. It warns of edible missteps, notes toxic species, and emphasizes cautious, informed living with nature, science, and preparedness.
Readers learn to craft hollyhock dolls using blooms of pink red yellow and white. The method uses petals as dolls faces and grass as sashes, with ink for facial features. Also included are notes on transplanting and soil for beets, advising liming for poor sprouting and soil cure.
Beet seeds should be sown thinly as they are fruits containing two to eight sprouts. Thinning is essential since plants emerge in clusters. remove all but one from each group and space plants about three to four inches apart. Beets transplant easily so thinned plants can be replanted. cut off half of the top. Trim.
When garden space is tight a vine offers an attractive backdrop cheaper than shrubs. Kudzu grows 40 to 60 feet each summer with tuberous roots and large three-part leaves. silk vine reaches 30 to 40 feet with dark green leaves and slender pods, but its scent may annoy some near windows or porches.
Olympia report notes Douglas fir timber from the moist Cascade region commands nearly twice the price of fir grown on the drier east slopes. Water rubbed and potted plants require daily attention during hot weather.
Proper cattle handling starts with a well placed chute and sturdy headgate. Key points include 26 to 28 inch inside chute width, five foot high sides, and a solid headgate, with a two foot high side walkway for tasks like grubs or injections. Agricultural Extension office offers further corrals and headgate plans.
Civil Defense drills like Operation Alert 1961 modeled a nationwide nuclear strike with 260 weapons totaling 1 425 megatons. Fallout would cover about 4.5 percent of land above 300 roentgens per hour, with 0.5 percent severely contaminated and 75 percent experiencing none or light fallout. Evacuation and decontamination decisions would follow decay of fallout and medical risk assessments alongside food supply considerations.
A dairyman seeking higher production should keep individual production records and select top herd sires from AI. Rank cows semiannually by mature equivalent figures, remove bottom producers yearly, and cull cows with 305 day ME 2000 pounds below herd average. Raise healthy heifer replacements, give two-year-olds a chance, manage the herd to minimize losses, and ensure every cow has equal opportunity and feed to reveal genetic potential.
A beekeeping correspondence course from Penn State University offers ten lessons on comb and honey production queen rearing disease control and marketing. Enrollment requires $2.50 and a mailed copy to 202 Agricultural Education Building University Park PA. The article also gives garden advice about weed control currant worms and lawn watering to prevent disease and plant harm.
Home gardeners can improve success by choosing disease resistant cucumber cabbage asparagus beans peas melons watermelons and tomatoes. Varieties such as Challenger Hybrid Long Green Hybrid Sensation Hybrid Golden Acre Resistant Jersey Queen Mary Washington Wade Topcrop Alaska Harvest Queen Iroquois Charleston Gray Dixie Queen Wiltmaster Sunray and Indian River Manaluce offer resistance to mosaic mildew rust fusarium wilt blight and other ailments, though suitability depends on local conditions and disease pressure.
The article explores cascading chrysanthemums and how narrow stems allow dramatic forms suited to walls and ceilings. It notes spider, spoons, Koreans, and regular cascade varieties work well for hanging displays and decorative schemes in gardens and terraces.
The Agriculture Department notes farm mortgages grew over 100 percent from 1949 to 1959, with the average loan rising to 10,000 and terms lengthening. Life insurers and banks showed differing maturity gains, while regional patterns favored larger lenders. Separately, U.S. wheat and flour exports for 1961-62 may hit a record 685 million bushels, with shipments rising to Brazil and several European and African nations, offset by declines to Italy, Poland and India. Sweet potato weevil numbers drop to a 20-year low in the Southeast due to a severe January breeze.
A concise guide advises homeowners to read tree signs for health and trouble, noting broken limbs from winter, frost or pests, and the value of professional care. It discusses soil, pollution, and damage clues, plus planning mixed groves with hardwoods, evergreens, and flowering trees to create attractive, low‑maintenance home grounds.
A half acre woodland tract reduces lawn work while boosting property value. The home grown forest provides shade and easier maintenance, offering a practical route to enjoy your own wooded space with fewer upkeep demands.
A historic superstition claims St Swithin’s Day predicts 40 days of rain after his exhumation and burial inside Winchester Cathedral. The verse says 40 days of rain if the weather is foul, or 30 days if fair, but the belief has never proven true in modern times.
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