Show apple and pear growers now are u using sing new sprays and dusts cont containing aim 1 n g a plant hormone or growth sub stance that practically eliminates p pre r e harvest drop of these fruits fruit this new moreast increasing ng 0 of f the salable yield of apples and pears discover ed by scientists of the department of agriculture is already saving for wartime food uses fruit that might otherwise be wasted victory gardeners who clean out old plants that have finished pro timing and add them to a compost heap will not only be preparing fertilizer for their gardens but will b be e protecting against insects and plant diseases which winter over in old leaves roots and vines leave material in the compost heap until on t well delayed decayed at I 1 least s t a year and there them a little danger don g that insect pests peat and diseases will live over the average american will eat only about a pound of nut meats this year instead of the pound and a third he ate before the war according to USDA estimates j f 1 an HI alabama 11 n P 12 life f a in ur byh I 1 yh I 1 I 1 ind n b bi insurance in w m A baj baad LI nil i no a or a total if f 2 24 1 0 fl f r the tid year and asi el alta is |