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Show EVERY TOWN NEEDS CLEANING There Is Always Good Work for Vlllaga Improvement Society to Do. Even If you live In a well-kept town there Is much that can be done to make It still more attractive, says the Kansas Industrialist. Work that you do with trees, shrubs, grass and the tin cans back In your alley -will Increase In-crease the value of your property and give you a good appetite. "Pot village Improvement to be most successful the city government and the private citizens must cooperate," co-operate," says M. P. Ahearn, assistant assist-ant professor of horticulture at the Kansas agricultural college. "Let the clvlo improvement clubs, together with the municipal government, offer prizes for the best appearing lawn and the lawn showing the greatest Improvement In looks. Garden contests con-tests should be started and the producer pro-ducer helped in selling his product. Get everyone interested In the work. Try to develop a community spirit and make each citizen feel that his aid is essential In carrying out the plans for the betterment of His municipality. "Have a 'cleanup' day to begin with. Qet the people interested in keeping the streets and especially the alleys clean. Dirty alleys breed flies and disease. Plant shrubs and trees and sow grass seed In the parkings. Prune the trees and fight the tent riterptl-lars riterptl-lars and other troublesome insects and tree diseases. Doctor those trees that are injured. HouBes should De painted and the building of cement walks and paving of streets started. "A village improvement society can bo organized to look after the different differ-ent phases of the work. Encouraging the better cultivation of flowers, fruits and vegetables will be one of its duties. du-ties. The society can give an annual flower show and demonstrate the artistic ar-tistic possibilities of each' flower. Lectures Lec-tures given by the organization will be useful, also. A great deal can be done In cleaning up and beautifying the school grounds and when Arbor day comes let It be observed by planting plant-ing Borne properly selected shada trees, the work to be under municipal control Instead of being done wholly by Individual landowners." |