TTith TTlde oarbohy^TBie-nXtrogen ratio, normally has leaves of lighter green or 

 jn3lloTd.3h color» But the demand for carbohydrates exerted by a 25-b\iBhel crop of 

 apples is such that fe\T carbohydrates are stored. That tree would be in the "low 

 carbohydrate" class, and having relatively narrovf carbohydrate-nitrogen ratio, its 

 leaves TOuLd take on a darker green color* 



Blueberries . In tvro plantings an occasional plant sho^red abnormal leaves. In 

 ^'^e case the leaves were entirely brovm. In the other certain plants showed yelloiJ- 

 ish leaves, the result of mineral deficiencies. Here a bulldozer had levelted off 

 a fevr knolls and the plants had lost a layer of fertile . soil, fhere plants ;rere 

 turning bro^m, mnter injury may te responsible. We suspect late stiiiulation of ai 

 occasional plant late last summer, and consequent injury to the conducting tissue 

 last fall or lanter* 



Viru3»Free Strawberry Plants . Thus far we have seen tvro virus-free strawberry 

 plantings, They are off to a very promising start, Many runner plants are develop- 

 .ing and the original plants are very vigorous. The leaf petioles are longer, giving 

 the plants a taller appearance. The stra\Tberry nurseryman should get considerably 

 more plants from a virus-free planting v;hile the producer of berries has the pros- 

 pects of a much better crop. 



Fall Set Strawberry Planting. It is a well knoim fact that runner plants 

 wl-dch take root early are among the highest producers the following season. One 

 strawberry grower visited recently tried fall planting for the first time last year 

 and is delighted \d.th the results* The planting was mulched to provide winter pro- 

 tection. At this season the rovr is already fairly well filled in, some jpunner plants 

 having taken root by mid-June, There may be little difference between fall and 

 very early spring planting, but a big difference where late spring planting is in- 

 volved. Fall set plants have a chance to get their roots Yiell established before 

 warm v.-eather begins. 



Only three counties have been visited since our return from Europe, In the 15 or 20 

 farm visits made thus far many observations have been made. The above are a fevr of 

 them, 



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Seventy-five percent of recent fatal accidents vrith farm machir^s, involved 

 tractors. The annual total is increasing at a rate of kO per year. These accidents 

 fall into the follovTing classes: overturning, 55; '] falling from tractors, 16,,, j run- 

 ning over individuals, 8;'j crushed between t ractor and sone farm machine, S'>; en- 

 tanglevaent in power takeoff, 3'jj and other causes of accidents vrith tractors, 13>« 

 There are 75 non-fatal accidents to each fatal accident, 



V/hat can vre recon..iend not to do? (l) Never refuel or service the tractor or 

 other farm machinery while the i.iotor is hot, or while it is runninr. Do not add oil 

 to uioving or stationary parts of the tractor vfhile the motor is still running, other- 

 Yfise, you rvsLj be injured or your equipment damaged, (2) Do not run your tractor 

 inside a building, carbon monoxide gas cani:iot be tasted or smelledj you ..lay be the 

 next fella to get it, (3) Never allow riders to occupy your tractor. Ask yourself, 

 "^'fhy only one seat on a tractor?" "No riders" is a safety must, (k) Don't walk 

 back on the drawbar End step back on the other machine to make any adjustments. You 



