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diseases of tomatoes by sending for the Dept. of Agri. bulletin for 1934. He had
found 6 diseases among his crop.

Reporting on birds, Elizabeth Ligon told of a flock of hundreds of warblers
that she had seen around noon recently, which were gone in a day. The Canbys
had had a hawk in their yard with a squirrel in its claws. It dropped the
squirrel which ran away. Crows had seen the hawk and had gathered prepared to
attack the hawk but it, too, flew away.

As a committee report, Wm. Heckendorn read a letter Walter Wilson and he had pre-
pared re. the problem of roadside trash. The question of whether this would be
a suitable time to try to get the interest of Gov. Agnew centered on this problem
in view of his preoccupation with the national election in Nov. was decided
by agreement to postpone action of that kind for the present. In the meantime
the committee was to be enlarged by the addition of Harry Goff, Rust Canby and
Alan Thomas Douglas Farquhar. Other organizations in the community are to be approached by
sending each of them a copy of the letter with a request that they join us in this effort
to see that Maryland is cleaned up and kept clean. Our committee was authorized
to get help from others of our members as needed, - perhaps in taking the letter to the
organizations to which they belong and explaining the proposal, getting sugges-
tions, etc. There was a vote of thanks for the fine letter.

There was announcement of the up-coming horse show to be run by the Lions Club
for their benefit on Sat. Sept. 7th. All were urged to attend. We were also
told of the Health Super Mart to be at Ashton Church (Meth.) on 9-9- from 3 to 7PM.
Blood donations are needed and can be given then (also TB & glacoma tests made).
Questions:
The McRorys are looking for an Imperial Paulonia tree. See Ulric Hutton.
Can pansy seeds be planted now? Yes. Also, good results can be obtained by plant-
ing them in flats pre chilled in Jan. and transplanting when ready for pots.
Has anyone used a weedkiller on asparagus beds in place of salt? No one had, so
Dale Thomas will ask about it at Southern States store.
Others had blooms on the marigold plants given out by Wm Heckendorn several
months ago.
Elizabeth Ligon told of dirt constantly being pulled away from the roots of her
ping cypripedium (lady slipper). No one could"speculate"on the cause authori-
tatively.
The lovely sprays of pink begonia admiredas seen in a vase were raised by Helen Farquhar who
calls it prolific out of doors in summer and in doors in winter.
Tomatoes on vines lying on the ground have bites taken out. By what? Turtles
or groundhogs, probably.
Several had green peppers with black hard skin in spots. Hot sun may have caused it.
When is the best time to irrigate? Early in the morning or late PM. There is
likely to be some burning from steam in the middle of the day. It is best to water
at the ground level, not sprinkle. How long do you need to run a half inch hose
to produce a half inch of rain. John Weske said fill a can and time it,relating
it to the number of square feet to be watered.
Can you plant a plant to kill out another plant? No one had an answer at this
time,- but maybe some one will produce one later.

We adjourned to meet on Oct. 1st at Oakwood with the Weskes. John Weske will
show slides of his stay in Siberia, so we will not have a reader at that time.

Mary Moore Miller
Secretary Pro Tem