In the Garden By G. E. Sory The Right Touch and Timing Reduces Toil Though many predict | cultivators on the farm THE WHOLE STORY OF VALLEY LUMBER Packaged Homes Get your FREE book of plans and informa- tion on how you can build your own home. ” WALLEY HILLTOP AT JOHNSTON RD. WHITE ROCK | that of sprays containing a fungi- may | cide, a contact-insecticide such soon be entirely replaced by | as nicotine sulphate and a poi- Sprayers, using week-killing! son such as DDT. chemicals, cultivation is far! Knowledge for the successful from outmoded in the amateur | use of these spray materials |garden. There is no practical can be readily acquired by the | Substitute for the cultivating | interested gardener. |tool in killing weeds and break-| Literature is available in the ing the soil crust, to insure | form of spray charts and bul- aeration of the soil. letins helping you to diagnose But with the right touch ind | garden ailments and telling you jtiming, this once wearisome | what to spray for, what to spray garden task can now be done| with and when to spray. Pro- 48 easily as sweeping the floor. Wincial and Dominion depart- | The research scientists, in fact.| ments are always ready to as- Say that the secret of correct sist cultivation is to take it eas Roses at this season should App BEAUTY To Your Home \} | Cultivation should begin as|be sprayed regularly with a soon as the young plants begin | combination spray. And just WITH to grow. |at this moment gooseberries At this stage, if the soil be-| and currants are being attacked tween plants is stirred, it will | by caterpillars. These must be be found to be full of tiny | destroyed immediately. | white sprouts, which are weeds | beginning to develop. | One easy stroke of a sharp hoe} Teen Town Gives The or cultivating tool will destroy Rock Final Touch A final effort to give this | Scores of them before they have city’s famous “rock” face | begun to compete with the veg. etable plants for available plant lifting was engaged in Wednes- | day evening by members of the | food and water. As long as weeds are killed Teen Town organization who, | armed with paint brushes at-| in infancy, cultivation will be are allowed | tacked the mammoth stone with} easy, but once they to begin substantial growth, not enthusiasm to complete the un-} Kk} painted portion only do crops suffer, but wor! are of! A little discouraging was the will increase, and the ca the garden become a chore. discovery that some pranksters Tt is seldom necessary to stir have already made light work | the ground deeper than one} of the Teen Town members ef- inch. This is sufficient to kill fort by defacing the newly young weeds, without disturb: | painted Portion with writing. ing the roots of the vegetable All paint used in the project | has been donated, Reg Davies, plants. It also breaks the soil crust, and allows air and water Teen Town Mayor, reports. Only solution to the contin- to penetrate readily. Deep cul- Pee ena Cie be ual defacing of the landmark, roots of your vegetable plants, Davies feels, is the construc- which may do more harm than eon Cho ues fence around the | the cultivation does good. eee oer: 4 Besides destroying weeds in| 5° intent were the organiza. the space between rows, those ton’s members to complete the whilh grow in the row itself Job they decided to have their | must be pulled when tiny. This|T¢sular weekly meeting at the requires hard work, and is al-, base of the rock early Wednes- ways tedious, but if attended “@y before engaging in their to promptly, it takes little time, | Painting project and once the vegetables h: Reg Davies reports his or- become well established hand zation is very interested in weeding will be unnecessary. doing somehing to help the Free air circulation in the| Newly organized School for re- soil has been proved to be a| tarded Children in White Rock. vital factor in the growth of Through Davies’ effort Teen Plants. In properly porous soil| Town organizations are expect- there is a complete change of on to be organized in Clover- dale, y WroucuT Iron RalLinc Choose from our varied materials and have them made to your own designs and patterns. K. KLANN ORNAMENTAL IRON WORKS 2932 Pacific Highway Phone YE. 7-4601 15 tin POWER MOWER SERVICE ALL MODELS AND MAKES Motors Reconditioned - Blades Sharpened Your Mower Repaired to Act Like New Mitchell Services. Ltd. 1345 Johnston Road WI. 8-7711 SPECIALS — on — i air to a depth of eight inche Langley, Whalley and every hour. When the soil be-| Mission and the original club comes compacted and crusted im Chilliwack is expected to be 1 e surface hie Reoats re-organized. on the surface, this exch is seriously hampered. Crust