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Do You Know 



That sawdust is being used successfully as a mulch in nut nurseries? 

 A mixed oak and pine sawdust applied three inches deep over the surface has 

 given highly satisfactory results in conserving soil moisture and in retarding 

 weed grov.'th at Beltsville, Maryland. The sawdust aided materially in capturing 

 light rains. 



That a reduction in freight rates has been granted to apple growers in 

 the Northwest amounting to 2 to 11 cents per box? This will mean an estimated 

 saving amounting to approximately $1,600,000 for the growers in that area. 



That "Banged-up Fruit Means Knock-dorm Prices?" This slogan on a 

 placard is being displayed prominently in some of the packing houses in Maryland. 



That the 1942 Marginal Tree Removal Program provides for a payment of 

 75 cents per tree for trees over 20 inches in diameter? The rates of payment 

 offered by the AAA for the "removal of diseased or uneconomic fruit and nut trees, 

 the major portion of whose fruit is of inferior quality" are as folloi.vs: Trees 

 5 to 12 inches in diameter, 30 cents per tree; trees 12 to 20 inches in diameter, 

 50 cents per tree; trees over 20 inches in diameter, 75 cents per tree. 



That the commercial apple crop this year is estim.ated to total 125.6 

 million bushels compared vdth 114,4 million last year? Indications are that the 

 greatest increases in production over last year are in the summer and fall var- 

 ieties. 



That the California Valencia orange production is estimated this year 

 at 27.1 million boxes? Last year 26.9 million boxes were produced. The esti- 

 mated lemon crop will be 16,2 million boxes compared vifith 12 million last year. 



That more than 5,000 ounces of apple pollen was gathered by commercial 

 companies for use in hand pollinating orchards In Chelan County (Washington) 

 alone during the past season? 



That smoked, sugar-cured ham, boiled in cider, is considered a delicacy? 

 It is reported to have been one of George V.'ashington' s favorite dishes. 



That tender grass, dried, is estimated to contain about 23 time^ as much 

 Vitamin A as carrots, 22 times as much B-2 as lettuce, 9 times as much B-1 as green, 

 leafy vegetables and 14 times as much Vitamin C as tomatoes and citrus fruits? 



That a nev;, promising, non-inflammable weed killer (ammonium sulfamate) 

 is now available in small quantities at a moderate price? 



That the Damson is one of the few self-fertile plum varieties? A few 

 days ago the writer sav; a Damson tree in Bristol County bearing an exceptionally 

 heavy crop even though there v.'ere no other varieties of plums nearby, v/hich seems 

 to support the above statement. 



That there are approximately 624,000 species of insects in the world? 

 Of about 20,000 recorded in this country, 6,000 at least, are actual pests. 



That there are about as many rats as people in the United States? The 

 Federal Fish and Wild Life Service says there are about 123,000,000 rats in this 

 country, almost one for each human inhabitant. The annual "rat loss" is estimated 

 at $189,000,000. 



