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Show On Utah County Farms With The Extension ' Agent SPUING TIME IS GAUDKN TIME Spring and garden planting are near at hand. Seed catalogs of vegetables and flowers in bright colors that are being received by . most families nearly everyday now remind us that it is time we made up our minds what we are going to plant in our gardens, says J. C. Hogenson, extension argronomist of the Utah State Agricultural college. Look these catalogs over carefully and they will help you decide what is best. Plan to use only true and tried varieties of seed. New varieties may turn out to be better than the old ones, but let those who can afford it find out. On the whole, everything thus far points to the season of 1935 , as being a good one for the garden. gar-den. Take advantage of it. Make a plan of your garden, whether you have a garden of flowers or a garden gar-den of vegetables or a combination of the two. Decide on how much of each kind you want to plant and where you are going to plant it. Plan for the seeds, the fertilizer and and for any tools you may need. Remember to order the seeds early before the best stocks of the seedsmen become exhausted. Make a shallow box. and fill it with fine sifted soil and sow seeds in the house for plants to be transplanted into the garden later on. Getting your garden started early in the season is the keynote of success. An early start gives yo ua longer season and more opportunity op-portunity to grow crops. Every family that can get hold of a little piece of ground should plant and care for a garden this year for their own protection, ad- ; V vises -Mr. Hogenson. OFFERS SUGGESTION'S FOIl , PRESSING WOOLENS A much better job of pressing can be done on woolen fabrics if a dry wool cloth is placed between be-tween the wet heavy ticking or drill pressing cloth and the surface sur-face of the garment which is being be-ing pressed, suggests Miss Ellen Agren, extension specialist in clothing at the Utah State Agricultural Agri-cultural college. The wool- cloth absorbs any excess moisture but permits the steam to pass through and penetrate the fabric being pressed. This woolen cloth need not be of new material but must be color fast. A piece of white flannel is excellent for this purpose. pur-pose. In pressing wool fabrics, place the garment right side up on the ironing board. For best results place the dry wool cloth over the garment, and over thus put the heavy pressing cloth 'which has been wrung out of warm water. Now press with a very hot iron. The dry wool and heavy pressing cloth protect the fabric being pressed, taking out the wrinkles. When the wool cloth is removed from the surface of the fabric which has been pressed, it tends to raise the nap. If the dry woolen cloth is not used, wet only half of the heavy pressing cloth, fold it and place the dry half next to the fabric and then press it with a hot iron. Experience and careful observation observa-tion are necessary to become proficient pro-ficient in pressing woolens. Try out methods of -pressing on scraps of different fabrics to determine how to obtain the best results. It is always well to press a garment several hours before it is to be worn. Then put' the gav. ment on a hanger and place it where the air can circulate freely around it. By this method any dampness remaining in it will dry out and the garment will wrinkle less easily when worn. . |