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Show THE JOURNAL FEBkUARY (Continued from page 8.) part of the L floral county industry. Another case of a business that just seems to keep growing." For another glimpse at the flori culture business in Davis county, lets take a look in on Horace, J. Steed at Kaysville, who specializes biished as a I?', 21, 1950: find Mr. Carvel Rasmussen at Kaysville. Mr. Rasmussen took over the Sutton Greenhouse from George H. Sutton, the company's founder, in March of 11)10. It still carries he trade name of Sutton's Flower Gardens. In three greenhouses, Mr. Rasmussen produces a large variety of blossoms each year, but he takes his greatest pride in his annual crop of Sweetpeas and Snapdrag- ons. Mr. Rasmussen is a modest unassuming man, who speaks quietly and with reserve except when it comes to the subject of snapdragons, and then he becomes more expansive and his face lights up as 'ie states: We grow the finest in the state, if not the najulragons ntire west." An inspection of lome of his snapdragons blooms "ully bears out this statement. We looked at one mammoth white "lower with a spike at least four inches across, that would reach to H) inches in heighth. The entire nlant from earth to tip stretched ipward at least four feet. Anyone who knows flowers would admit hat it was an outstanding species )f snapdragon that it would be difficult to equal, and practically to surpass. This was not im-ssib- A Jilt ' Cliff Klliottv Kaysville, ducer of Gladiolus bulbs. pro- in the culture gladiolus bulbs. Mr. Steed has over 100,000 high quality Gladiolus bulbs in stock right now. lie plants about 200,000 seeds each year. He calls his enterprise The Steed Home of Good Gladiolus," and there is no more appropriate way than that to des- cribe it. Raising Gladiolus bulbs started as a hobby with Mr. Steed, back in 1017. Prior to that he had devoted his spare time to fishing. In describing the transition from fish to Gladiolus, he says: I became more ind more impressed with the folly of sitting on a rock trying to catch indifferent fish. Finally I decided to give up the fishing and adopt a hobby more eventful and condu-sv- e to results." So Mr. Steed grew Gladiolus bulbs as a hobby, and the hobby itself grew, and before Mr. Steed knew it he was in business. He recently filled an order for 0 bulbs. gladiolus Mr. Steed seems to be an idea man in the Gladiolus business. He is constantly seeking better methods for prdoucing and distributing the bulbs. At the present he is toying with the idea of distributing the Glad" bulbs packed in cellophane containers, with a set of instructions on growing the blooms. The of different blooms, to produce a superior and more attractive breed of plant, is a source of great fascination for Mr. Steed, and the hours he has devoted to this process have made him an expert at it. Another producer of Gladiolus bulbs. is Cliff Elliott, in Kaysville. Mr.Elliott turns out thousands of high grade gladiolus bulbs each year on land that he rents for this purpose. Returning to greenhouses, we an isolated speciman. There were rows of the plants, of equal size and equally striking in beauty, in deep reds, brilliant yellows, and learning whites. Some of the largest and finest Sweet Peas grown in the county are those of the Sutton Flower wardens. Mr. Rasmussen has been Picking these flowers since Christmas, with stems averaging a size of 14 inches and up. He will continue to pick the flowers until the season ends around June. A 14 inch Sweet Pea is the average size, but a large proportion of the flowers come with stems up to 18 inches ong. From now, until the close of he season Mr. Rasmussen will send pproximately 00 bunches of Sweet eas to Ogden and Salt Lake floras. each week, in addition to hat he distributes to local flor-Between 1500 and 1000 bud-m- g plants leave here each year or Utah and Idaho markets. Each K f I f I x-r- ay ay apparatus will enable small hospitals and clinics to upgrade their as patient load grows and finances allow. rjOSPITALS In small cities and towns now may increase their facilities one step at a time as their patient load grows and their finances permit. x-ra- y A new line of equipment, as Maxicon, splits apparatus into a series of component parts which can be added to one another at the users option, to increase the versatility of the machine. The new line will make it possible for even the smallest hospital, industrial medical department or clinic to use as an aid in diagnosing human illness without heavy initial investment and without the x-r- ay known x-r- ay .. j--- , , & v- - two-billion-dol- lar four-legg- w x-r- ay to end up with a full machine designed for use in large institutions and private radio-logicclinics. All of this equips ment is available, piece by piece, to hospitals in less populated communities as they wish -- cri to purchase it. Q The Maxicon, developed by On . V eral Electric, embodies knockdown features of military iJSpf ray units, making the Maxicar: highly transportable and maneiis f verable despite its size. It will answer the need of grow3 r mg hospitals for lower costs of op eration. It will relate the cost d IP equipment to the present and potential patient load. x-r- ay al j x-ra- y Crossword Asks World Peace Puzzlo XI HORIZONTAL Small seed 4 Distinguish1 ing tasta upset Fruit drink 9 To 12 13 skirt Hoop IS To compare critically IT Flaps vigorously 18 To permit IB Sun god 21 Before 22 Mental Image 24 Land measurt 26 Part of a circle 28 Encountered 2B Besetting of a fortified place aJiiJl Typical of the retail floral out lets in Davis is the Vird-An- n floral, Layton, operated by Mrs. Vird Cook (above) and her husband. (Pi.) II Brother 82 Suttons supplies a largf astern market with Easter Lil- 37 The floral and nursery industry 40 w Earth goddess Large fruit Literary scraps South Ameri- can wood sorrel y associates with an industrial rca. It gives birth to none of tht langing factories, nor clouds of jlack smoke cascading skyward hat one pictures as belonging to m era of industrial activity and xpansion. For that reason the full cope of the industry is not readily apparent to the easual observer. It is when a person goes out and investigates that he really discovers tins great and thriving segment of 'n-l'I Davis county. It is an industry that furnishes i good living under pleasant and '.ongemal conditions to many local people. It is an industry that has combined the rich fertility of Davis Carvel Rasmussen, of Kayscounty soil and the ingenuity and ville is a producer of ouknow-hoof man into products and that are known and praised tstanding Snapdragons from coast to coast. Sweetpeas. f en- pl.) 38 ies. gen-rall- Ones tire property 34 Omitted 36 loes not create the scene one of Odin ear 1 ed Hill-Burto- facilities one step at a time x-r- ay necessity of discarding or sacrificing small equipment when patient demands require larger and more versatile apparatus. This is especially Important now that the n hospital survey and construction act is encouraging the building of hundreds of small new hospitals in sparsely settled areas throughout the United States. As each part of the Maxicon is acquired, it can be assembled to the original equipment with assurance it will be perfectly integrated. In only 15 minutes, two men, starting with a simple table, can add one feature after another on U i A new stepping-ston- e line of equipment which can be Constructed Into more than 300 tynes and mode s of x-rmachines has been revealed. Here is the fully outfitted model complete with all special attachments for use in large institutions and private radiological offices. The versatile new x-r- ay v 1K0,-(0- cross-pollinftti- le 42 6 14Ul U. 8. 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