These statistics, prepared by a large insurance company, apply to the 

 "average" car--a composite of thirty-one light, medium, and heavy cars ranging 

 from new to several years old. They apply to average roads in fairly open 

 country with comparatively few stops. Drivers were experienced male operators. 

 Costs--largely represented in gasoline, oil, emd tires — are based on actual 

 records of a fleet of more than 325 state-owned vehicles, supplied and checked 

 by automotive experts. 



There's only one thing wrong with the table: It doesn't mention that 

 excess sp eed is the greatest single cause of automotive deaths and injuries. 

 From now until the war ends — 40 or under i 



Seen and Heard in the Field 



Peach Borers . Last October 30 peach trees ranging in age from 3 to 

 9 years v;ere treated with ethylene dichloride in the Willkie orchard in Lake- 

 ville. These trees, virere badly infested with borers at that time. Care v/as 

 taken in diluting the material and in pouring it on the soil immediately ad- 

 jacent to the trunk, because of reports of severe injury from this material 

 in other states* An inspection of the trees about three weeks ago revealed 

 a complete kill of borers and so far as we could observe no sign of injury 

 to the trees. 



"Ringing." In two recent twilight meetings (Segreganset and Hathorne) 

 a grower has reported success in bringing about fruit bud formation by the 

 practice of "ringing" or girdling. In each case we had demonstrated this 

 method by cutting completely through the bark of certain apple branches in 

 May, 1941. The rest of the tree was left as a check. According to the 

 growers' reports those branches bloomed heavily this spring while the other 

 branches on the trees showed only an occasional blossom. 



Cross Pollination . In the Saari orchard in Ashby there is a striking 

 illustration of the effect of suitable pollen on the set of Mcintosh. A sin- 

 gle branch was grafted to Astrachan or other good pollenizer on certain trees 

 about three years ago. These grafted branches bloomed well this spring. 

 Mcintosh branches in close proximity to the graft show an exceptionally 

 heavy set of fruit while similar trees not grafted show only a moderate 

 set. Trees which are farthest from a pollenizing variety show a relatively 

 light set. 



A Bi g Bl ue berry . A blueberry was found on June 16 which by actual 

 measurement had a diameter amounting to 5/8 of an inch. This berry was 

 already shov;ing signs of coloring. Another bit of evidence that the season 

 is ahead of normal. 



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