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Tommy Barker
Extension Agent
Plant Your Fall Garden Now
Have you ever grown a fall gar-
den? If not, you're missing a golden
opportunity. Virtually all
knowledgeable gardeners will tell
you that fall-grown vegetables are
more tasty. They also have fewer in-
sect and disease problems.
What vegetables can be grown in
fall gardens? The answer to this
question is that all vegetables grown
in spring gardens can be grown in
a fall garden with the possible ex-
ception of corn and sweet potatoes.
Beans are excellent for fall gardens.
Snap beans are the best.
Either bush or pole beans will
grow in the fall, but the bush type
are recommended because they
produce in a shorter period of time.
For a steady supply of beans, plant
several plantings at 10-day intervals
Tomatoes, peppers and eggplants
produce well in fall gardens. Use
transplants instead of seed. The
transplants should be set as early in
August as possible to add length to
the growing season Be sure and
plant varieties that will mature in
the shorter fall growing season.
Several recommended fall tomato
varieties are Big Set. Bonus and
Spring Giant. Rio 66 is an excellent
pepper variety for fall gardens.
Black Beauty is the best variety of
eggplant for the fall growing season.
There are a number of "cool
season" vegetables that are a must
for fall gardens. These include broc
coli, cabbage, cauliflower, onions,
turnips and radishes. The Irish
potato is also a cool season plant
that produces an excellent fall crop.
Plant your cool season vegetables on
one side of your garden and the
warm season plants on the opposite
side.
This will allow you to work the soil
on one side of the garden after the
warm season vegetables have been
killed by the First "killing frost." The
cool season vegetables will continue
to produce until the very heavy
freezing weather of January arrives.
Peas are an excellent vegetable for
fall gardens. They should be planted
early to allow benefits from the
warm soil, as most peas germinate
Angela Phillips wins crown
Angela Phillips, 17 year old
daughter of Benny J and Marilyn
D Phillips of Superior, Wisconsin,
has been named as the state queen
at the Wisconsin Modem Miss finals
recently She was one of 15 comes
tants
Vliss Phillips parents are 1961
graduates of Van High School Her
mother is the former Marilyn Starr
of Van She is the granddaughter of
Mr.and Mrs Thomas Starr and
Mrs Verne Norris of Van, and she is
a niece of John and Rosalind Nor-
man of Canton
She will now be representing Wis
consin at the pageant s national fi
nals to be held April 2 5 in Hou
ston, and compete with 49 other
winners from each of the 50 states
for the Modern Miss national crown.
I he winner of the national title
will receive cash scholarships, a
SI4 000 tuition scholarship from
Centenary College in Shreveport,
queen's gown travel contract, per
sonal appearances plus other prizes.
For winning the state title. An
gela s prizes include a $7,000
scholarship from Centenary College,
personal appearances and an all-ex-
pense paid trip to the national fi-
nals
In addition to capturing the state
title Angela also was chosen to re
ceive the talent and citizenship
awards She received the talent
award after her piano and vocal ren
Social Security
anniversary due
CANTON - Wednesday, August
14 is the 50th anniversary of the day
when former President Franklin D
Roosevelt signed into law the Social
Security entitlement program
N an Zandt County Judge Sam
Hilliard has declared August 14
Social Security Day" in Van Zandt
County
In 1935, when Social Security was
formed, older workers could not ex
pect to receive any stipend after
retirement; extended families were
the rule, and often, the only hope
for retirees in the middle of the
Great Depression
The Social Security Act had three
major components: old age in
surance (which evolved into what is
now known as "Social Security"),
unemployment insurance (almost
one fourth of the nation's workforce
was unemployed at the time), and
public assistance.
When Social Security began, only
27 4 million workers in commerce
and industry were covered. In 1939,
benefits were extended to families
and certain dependants of covered
workers. In 1950, legislation added
coverage for nine million more peo-
ple. including regularly employed
farm and domestic employees, most
urban self-employed, employees of
state and local governments, as well
as nonprofit organizations (on an
elective basis), and others.
By the end of the 1950s, nine of 10
employees and self-employed people
were under Social Security.
Disability benefits were added in
1957 for workers aged 50 to 64, and
adults who had been disabled since
birth, and dependants of disabled
workers were extended benefits in
1958. In 1960, the age limit for
disability was removed.
Medicare and Medicaide, pro-
viding hospital and medical in-
surance. became available in 1966.
Now, 94 percent of residents who
reach age 65 are eligible for monthly
Social Security benefits; 95 percent
of young children and their surviv-
ing parents are eligible for benefits
should the family breadwinner die;
and four out of five workers are in-
sured, should they bsensns disabled.
dition during the pageant and was
selected for the citizenship honor
Angela will be a senior at Superior
Senior High School this fall and is
active in the school’s Drama Club as
well as being a member of the Na
tional Honor Society. She will be the
drum major in her final year at the
school
The state contestants ranged in
age from 13 18 years and were judg
ed on scholastic and civic achieve
ments, speech or talent presents
tions, judges interviews, and poise
and personality
better in warm soils. Peas will
produce up to the first frost.
Protect your fall garden from
both insects and disease. Soil-borne
insects, especially white grubs, can
be very damaging to a fall garden.
Before planting, treat your garden
site with diazinon granules. This will
prevent most soil-borne insects from
destroying the root system of your
fall vegetables. It will also prevent
cutworm damage. Watch out for
army worms in fall gardens. These
can be controlled with Sevin dust.
Diseases can be a problem in fall
gardens due to heavier dew and in-
creased rainfall during the fall mon
ths Benomyl is an excellent fungi-
cide that will help prevent a number
of diseases such as powdery mildew,
leaf spots and fruit rots.
Folpet is another excellent fungi
ride Maneb, Zineb or Captan will
help prevent leaf spots and fruit
rots, but have little effect on
powdery mildew. Karathane is a
good fungicide for powdery mildew
if Benomyl isn't available.
Treat for Peach Borers
August 15, or close to this date, is
the maior time to treat for peach
tree borers If there is a jelly-like
substance accumulating around the
base of your peach trees, or on the
scaffold limbs, this is a sure sign that
you have borers present. To con-
trol the borers, purchase an insec-
ticide that contains chlorophyrifos
Both Lorsban and Dursban contain
this chemical ingredient.
If you purchase a 10 percent
solution of either Lorsban or Dur-
sban, mix at a rate of eight to 10
tablespoons per gallon of water and
saturate the damaged area. Remove
the jelly-like substance first
Greenlight also has a product
called Greenlight Borer Control that
is effective, but it does not contain
chlorophyrifos. Chloropyrifos is the
best borer control chemical I have
ever seen used. If you thoroughly
treat the infested areas, one treat-
ment per year will Eradicate borer
problems in your peach trees.
Farm Pond Weed Control
I have received numerous calls in
the past few days requesting infor-
mation on controlling weeds in farm
ponds. This is a very touchy subject
during the hot summer months. If
there are fish in the pond that you
do not wish to kill, I don’t recom
mend putting any type of weed con-
trol chemicals in a farm pond
during June. July and August
You can get a fish kill during
these months, regardless of the
chemical used, due to the high water
temperature and low oxygen level in
the water. Technically, the fish kill
is due to the decaying plants rather
than the chemical
Blue-stone or copper sulfate will
control many algae type weeds It
will not control lilly pads and cat
tails Apply at a rate of three pounds
jaer acre foot of water. An acre foot
is 210 feet x 210 feet x 1 foot in dep
th. Chelated copper sulfate is
another good chemical for aquatic
weed control. It is sold under a
variety of trade names such as Cut
rine, Algae Chek, AV70 and others
Follow label directions when using
these.
To control lilly pads, use 2.4 D
Amine Be sure it is Amine Mix one
gallon of the 2,4 D in 50 gallons of
water and add eight ounces of liquid
detergent. Spray this over the sur
face of the lilly pads Rodeo at a rate
of two ounces per gallon of water,
plus one ounce of surfactant, will
also control lilly pads plus most
other weeds in farm ponds
To control cattails, use dalapon
which is sold under the tradename
Dow-pon. Mix 7V£ pounds of
dalapon in 50 gallons of water with
eight ounces of liquid detergent ad
ded Thoroughly wet the cattails
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with this mixture for control. Rodeo
will also control cattails. Rodeo and
Round-Up have the same active
ingredient.
If the above herbicides are used
according to label directions, they
will not harm livestock or fish. But,
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you can get a fish kill in the hoc
summer months from other factors
in combination with the herbicides.
If you don’t wish to risk killing your
fish, do not use herbicides for
aquatic weed control between May
31 and September 1.
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