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indoor gardening downward trend in holstein shows by john bradshaw garden editor the month of march is an excellent time of the year for anyone in an a- partment or a home to try growing house plants from seed just a few cents invested in the seeds will give you many more plants than you could possibly buy full- grown for the same mon ey begonias and geran iums fuchsias and prim roses gloxinias flower ing maples albutilon even cacti are only a few of the kinds of house plants that may be grown from seeds such foliage plants as coleus and asparagus ferns are other possibili ties actually- theres a long list of plants that thrive in the home and are easy to develop from seeds scrub up some flower pots to use as seedbeds and put half an inch of broken flower pots coarse cinders or gravel in the bottom of each for drainage a mixture of equal parts of good garden soil granulated peat moss and sand will make a good medium in which to start the seeds firm the soil after nearly fil ling the pots over the top of the soil put half an inch of sphagnum moss which has been rubbed through a sieve or you can buy it already milled seeds sown in this moss will not be troubled by disease and their roots will grow down into the soil mixture do not cover such very fine seeds as begonia or gloxinia just press them into the moss with the flat of your hand larger seeds may be covered with more moss to a depth that is twice the diameter of the seed cover the pots with pieces of glass set them in a pan of water until the soil on top shows it is damp drain and then keep them in a shaded place until seeds sprout then move the pots to a sunny place shading them with paper from the hottest sun as soon as the seed lings have grown their second set of leaves they can be transplanted to little individual pots which are set in a pan with peat moss stuffed between pots to prevent drying out keep watering with a fine spray when neces sary and repot when roots fill the little pots read k wall s tribune arm page eveb week agricultural represent rive for the county of york r nows the time for tractor tu tieups and repairs fast service qualified mechanics bring your tractor in now during the quiet season get it in tiptop running order for the busy time ahead right now the men and parts are readily available so youll get the lob done expertly and in record time whatever the make youll get better service at your cockshutt service centre reesor farm service unionville 8875265 curtis clark car- stairs alberta chairman of the extension service committee of the hol- steinfriesian associa tion of canada told the annual meeting of the association held febru ary 14 in toronto of particular concern to the committee has been the continuing downward trend of our shows both in numbers of animals and exhibitors nothing can quite replace the showring in providing an opportunity for the indi vidual breeder to com pare his cattle with the best others have to offer nor in acting as a show window for the breed we urge every breeder to give support to the shows said mr clark 1967 surpassed all previous years for selective regis tration with 39525 head classified a gain of 14 percent over 1966 the highest previous year a total of 3670 herds re ceived service an in crease of 11 percent un doubtedly classification ranks with production testing as one of the two most important steps a breeder can take to im prove his herd and it is gratifying to see that more and more of our breeders realize its im portance referring to produc tion testing mr clark continued the picture is not quite as rosy for record of performance testing with only a mod est overall gain of 185 in the number of holstein herds for a total of 3812 the 346 new herds were counterbalanced by 161 that dropped out a family history of pre mature heart disease can be turned to your advan tage the ontario heart foundation says its a signal to be more care ful about heart attack risk factors that you can con trol with your 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