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Show Health of Nation Shows No Serious Decline Despite the strains of throe years of wartime living and working, and an increasing shortage of physi-ians, physi-ians, psycriatrists, nurses, and hospital hos-pital facilities, the- physical and mental health of America's civilians civil-ians shows no serious indication of decline. A warning from Surgeon General Parran that our lines a-gainst a-gainst disease are lightly held, and that our shortages of health and medical manpower leave us vulnerable vul-nerable to a breakdown on many fronts. The shortage of doctors continues con-tinues to be more acute in rural areas than in towns and cities. Sanitation in many rural parts of tre country remains at a low level. Correction of dificiencies in the Nations Na-tions sanitary equipment would require re-quire construction of about 11,500 water systems, adequate sewerage facilities in more thanlO.OO communities, com-munities, safe water and privies for 5,000,000 rural homes, 400 milk pasteurization plants in 34 states. ing wounds should tre protected with a good wound paint of asphalt asp-halt type, or a pigment paint containing con-taining copper sulfate as a fungicide. fungici-de. Bordeaux paint, made at home by mixing lineseed oil with dry powdered Bordeaux spray, makes a good fungicidal wound paint. In general, most trees will need thinning out of the weaker branches, bran-ches, the thinwood" which produces produ-ces small, poorly colored fruits, also branches .which are being shaded out. A good rule is always to remove the "weaker branches, and leave the stronger. In other words, help nature along by taking lout the branches that are going to be shaded out anyway. Of course, dead and cankered wood should also be removed.' Dormant pruning in late winter and early spring before the leaves appear is best for all kinds of fruit, shade and foliage trees, vines, and shrubs. Hardy kinds, such as shade trees, apples, pears, prunes, and sour cherries, can be pruned during mild periods any time after the leaves fall. Peaches, Peach-es, sweet cherries, apricots, and Japanese Ja-panese plums, however, should not be pruned until after February 20th in the Salt Lake and Utah Valleys and March 1st in colder, upper valley, val-ley, on account of danger of greater great-er winter injury if zero weather occurs oc-curs after pruning. Some years the coldest weather occurs in late February, so it is best to play safe and prune hardier fruits first. Old canes can be cut out of. raspberries, rasp-berries, blackcaps, blackberries, and dewberries any time now, but it is better to delay heading back until the extent of winter-killing can be seen, and the canes cut back to live wood. Gooseberries and currants are hardy, and can be pruned any time while dormant. Grapes are best pruned in March, to avoid the bleeding they do when pruned late after buds are swelling. If you need help, watch for notice no-tice of Pruni.ig Demonstrations or call at the County Agents Office , for help. New Shipment of Weskets. Bright Sprins Colors . . . $2.98 1 At Mabel's Style Shop. |