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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1950
Page
11
Chemical weed control methods kill most broad leaf weeds in corn and oats with 2 4 D based sprays. Ester and amine forms require specific weights per acre and amine often reduces crop injury. Cultivation remains necessary. misuse can cause loss. Informational circular available at Agricultural Extension office in New Castle.
Strawberry plants should receive nitrogen fertilizer three to five weeks after setting. Apply about 150 to 200 pounds per acre or two pounds per 100 feet of row, using nitrate of soda or equivalent. If ammonium nitrate is used, half the amount suffices. With mixed 5-10-5 fertilizer, triple the amount is required.
Apply fertilizer to strawberry plants in an eight to ten inch circle around each plant or beside the row with a distributor. Avoid leaves. fertilizer on foliage may cause burning.
The note outlines ready to use salads with washed vegetables and greens, suggests quick dressings such as sour cream with lettuce radish scallions and tarragon, and offers recipes including a pineapple tart dressing and honey lime sauce. It also mentions avocado cottage cheese cip as a crisp raw relish pairing.
Silent film actress Ruth Roland, nicknamed Baby Ruth, was born in San Francisco on August 26. She began on stage as a child actress and first appeared in pictures in 1912, later starring in serials such as Ruth of the Rockies The Avenging Arrow The Timber Queen Ruth of the Range Red Circle Tiger’s Trail Haunted Valley White Eagle Love and the Law.
Reader questions span gifting etiquette and gift acceptance, proper telephone self introduction, and salad service. Answers emphasize courtesy, potential oversights by hosts, using names appropriately, and setting place settings with a left salad plate and fork for post meal service.
Mrs. Minnie McFarland visited her sister in Sharon while Albert Double recovered from illness. Families from New Castle and New Galilee called on relatives here and in Rose Point. The Scott Township school held a Friday closing with grade picnics. The Friendly Missionary society met at Mrs. Dorothy Cameron’s home. Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord Myers of Rose Point and Dan McDeavitt hosted relatives. Mrs. Ethel McDeavitt and her son visited Thelma Polanski in New Castle.
Dr W A Womer, City Health Superintendent, discusses heredity in a health talk. He uses simple examples of plants and animals to explain how children inherit traits from their parents and the influence of parental behavior on outcomes.
A historic note explains that about 2 500 pounds of violets are needed to yield one ounce of the essential oil used in violet perfume. The fact highlights the plant to product conversion in fragrance making.
Railroad freight rates have risen 57 percent and passenger fares 34 percent since 1939. Blue laws were enacted by Virginia’s colonial legislature in 1619. Some beetles can lift as much as 500 times their weight.
Slippery Rock Presbyterian church hosts Vacation Church School at Wayne Consolidated School with about seventy five attendees. The program features scripture memorization prayers songs catechisms bible and missionary stories life of Christ games and handwork. Registration available daily at 9:00 to 11:45 through June 16 for children aged 4 to 14. staff includes Mrs John H Houk and Rev Ralph I McConnell.
Corn import from America brings 36 corn hybrids for experimental planting in New Delhi India. Authorities note feasibility of testing these varieties under local conditions and assess VAT implications.
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