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Show Page Six THE Proper Watering of Lawns is Vital For Good Covering Proper watering of lawns is very vital to all home owners of this area, according to the county agent, Robert L. Hassell. The agent is not speaking of a water shortage, but he is' speaking of good management practices for home owners as far as their lawns are concerned. The agent lists three items of importance: 1. Apply enough water in each application to soak the ground the depth of the root zone, which is approximately a foot to 18 inches. 2, A time lapse of several days before watering is again applied. 3. Proper application of fertilizer to keep the lawn in good growing condition. Many home owners sprinkle their lawns each day, which is wasteful of water and fertilizer and will lead to other problems, such as weed infestations which otherwise would not enter causes the lawn. depercolation of water, which robs the surface soil of its fertilizer. It also causes the lawn to retain a yellow color due to lack of air in the root zone. Every home owner should allow his lawn to become partially dried out before water is applied, in or def-inte- Over-waterin- g ly SUN-ADVOCA- Thursday, May 26, 1955 der for the roots to receive the air that they need, and for the roots to penetrate deeper into the soil. Watering once or twice a week is sufficient for all well established lawns. This does not apply, of course, to newly planted lawns which would need watering every day or of tenon until they become established. Many lawns of this area lack fertilization, especially with nitrogen. Home owners should realize this and apply a good commercial Nickel Production Higher high estimated at 390,000,000 duction by Canadian producers of Production of nickel by the free pounds about 50,000,000 pounds about 320,000,000 pounds last year world in 1954 reached an greater than the 1953 total, and also surpassed any previous year about 50 per cent above the and accounted for over 80 per cent 1949 output. Over-al- l fertilizer at a rate of pro of the free worlds output. pound per one hundred square feet, This should be applied at least twice a year and watered inE. BERT0T PAINT & GLASS to the soil. Proper fertilization plus proper I AUTO, PLATE AND WINDOW GLASS PAINT FOR EVERY PURPOSE watering will eliminate many of 3 the problems which home owners I STORM WINDOWS MADE TO ORDER are experiencing with weeds and I 244 East Main Price poor growth of lawns. all-ti- pre-Kore- one-ha- lf SHOP FOR TWO DAYS if Thi JL SUf Prices! Jell Well. irr1. Marshma Hows Ripe Olives Ripe Olives Crackers IZJTI Mustard 3 19c .... 25c 27c year (oin the throng of smart shoppers head ing for Safeway' quality foods at the lowest shelf prices in town. At Safeway you will find a large selection of the freshest foods to make your Holiday "a pleasant one." 33c . k29c ,.J5c Severaaes! Soft Drinks Safeway guaranteed Frankfurters Round Steaks Ground Beef 15c Beef Roast U.S. Choice and Good. Tender Shoulder Blade Cuts lb. JLe and Pickle Prices! O7C Flavorful '. . lbs. $1.00 lb. 67c lbs. $1.00 3 Grade: 3 -- ...b. r1 Frankfurter SOS Swift's Premium, Skinless 40C Morrell's Pride r 4oC a lb. 4-l- b. z. . r IC can 1.0 Slicad, 7 V- 14 -1 ... 29c Ib. Swift's Premium Dressing LtT.'".....' ... 37c Shank Piece 39c Whole or Butt Plece 53c 87e Center Slices ib. U. S. 49c r- lb. , ib. - Bread FRYERS HAMS 29c , Fleet Mix 20-o- 33c Lunch Box Moyonnali 225c ,-- 235c Cooked Picnics a ... Wore Snarl Wee h end Prices Pork& Beans Corn 3S". Peas Garden oan 2 for 35C Pork& Beans Pi,rN. m an 22c No. Potatoes tSZ ,b.m20.17C Real Roast 53c Juice -- 25c ib. 40c Sunny bank 2tr 25c IZZ ... Spaghetti Club 39c Chip. .family itza County Van Camp's , 21c butch Mill, American, ILJfcJoC Swlu or Pimento ZC 10 Flour SSZ"!: Preserves Strawberry. .... or 39C '-- Pickles 82S Relish Van Zee Wicklow, Good Quality RelishI Pickles NuMade rr Sliced Bacon SUf y. Special! lfjeats r- Coffee Inspected Rice Ib. 49c Kellogg s lb. 53c (Cut Up) Kn.pi. Pineapple SJB F.ancy'No. Juice Grapefruit Tomatoes WWCL n tan 2 h. i A 1 ,, '.J m """ " ".nenuten nAuatma , K W.r.. con Safeway & Ice 45c 27c 25c 25c 3-29- Cream Cockta i I Kr 43c 27c 2 ! . pfcfl. -- Fig Barsja- - 41C ... uu-ei.pk- Wax Paper Sarm Sredit , No. Fresh .up 27c 13c jT L D IDS QjT ODC 29c Watermelons Full Flavored Red Klondykes b. fI UC Carrots OUnKIST, Full of Juice 25c 23c jprodu Potatoes Dug White Rose 1.45 Wyman' S Blueberrlet. .No, 303 eon 15c Napkins Kh.n ....aopotk Plates 20 39c Drinking Cups 9 ox. pkg. of 6 10c Fancy Full Cup Now at Peak of Goodness 1 29c c .9.1 STRAWBERRIES LES. OOC ar 14-o- Pudding ST"' 49c ' ESS".. 37c rjn. Pack Train, "Rich Maple Flavor" Candy&F:h:B.u.rB!.PWpk,. 235c 3 Libby's srg. Shrimp . can 46-o- America's Greatest Educational Value! Q. oyrup 90c 75c Shortening - 98c 35c SSvtJSu. 3 Shortening Grade A, Whoje 00C 28c 99c Ib. 13c U Na 1 lb- - 10c |