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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1957
Page
3
A homegrown salad garden yields months of crisp greens and richer flavor. Lettuce varieties such as cos and Bibb thrive in cool seasons while endive, corn salad, watercress, and herbs like cervil and chives enhance flavors. Plan four sowings for spring, summer, and fall crops.
Practical guide lists flowers by germination speed from five days to three weeks. It notes fast sprouters like marigolds and zinnias and slow starters such as petunias require direct sowing or special care. The piece warns new gardeners not to abandon seeds waiting for sprouts and to keep seed beds undisturbed until emergence.
The article promotes friendship folders from camera stores that hold wallet-size prints for easy inclusion in letters. Four corner clips secure the snapshot inside, with designs showing greeting messages like Just dropping in to say hello. Some folders carry Happy Birthday or blank space for invitations and announcements.
A Maryland farm showcases a homemade molasses feed setup for beef cattle. The system uses separate overhead bins, dual hoppers, augers, a crimper, and a mixer powered by multiple motors to blend whole grain and crimped grain with molasses for cattle feed.
This guide explains choosing flowers and vegetables by color and space planning. It covers background middle ground and foreground plant choices with examples like cosmos hollyhocks salvia and petunias and gives yields for carrot and radish seeds. It notes sun needs fence backdrops and seed quantities for small to large plots. It ends with gardening as a rewarding hobby providing fitness color and fresh vegetables.
The article advises turning interiors into subjects for photos, noting rooms are stable backdrops for moving families. It suggests experimenting with composition and lighting, using flash or flood lamps, and avoiding glare from shiny surfaces to evenly distribute light on color film.
An early spring start is advised for new lawns to outpace hot weather. Use porous, organically enriched soil four to six inches deep and mix two or more grasses such as Kentucky bluegrass and colonial bentgrass in the northern United States, or Bermuda and Meyer zoysia in the south. Seed is preferred over sod for a mix, with balanced plant food applied before sowing, thorough raking, and soil compaction to aid germination while keeping the soil moist and shaded during establishment.
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