m. 11.7 19w Annual , B99938, 0f a Women's, Institute i in rqaorta werl Pi‘!- gé tyoelgdlxy at sesalonb of the "nun convention of tbO Pr!!!" award Island Women's Instit- uiks Z _ PBIllDI-NTS REPORT ia the regiostof the Mrs. WJLA. Stewart: It u my privilege and duty i0‘ lus- ‘m, to you a report of the past "pf; lflllvlflfll. It ll n,“ nweanv, a, m; point in woseedinll i?“ m,“ be given in any detail. 9r 413mg the course of our meetings m, wporis of the Supervise‘: an: m, oonvcners will deal at enst Wm, n11 phases of our work. The eat interest shown in the subject ,1 health at our last annual con- vention pfgmpffid the members of. m executive to feature health as m, keynote of each convenerk 0 illn- wig” o; you who follow and ‘may the monthly bulletin sent m, by the I-Iealth study Bu!!!“ ‘m m-egdy know that one issue qvotld to the r090“ "i"! him, Edward Island, but. whet u may not lcno/w, ll the weeks of ffuma and work thatiwent into making such a report possible. It would not have been’ P0554519 Wiiiii‘ W; m; splendid co-operatiion and sssistance given by therbepartment ,1 Public Health. We ' are declliy indebted to Miss who has on this and many occas- h!“ given so Ifllluiiilli! 0f ii" l5’ vice and assistance to the many gall! from our Offliiiiniimi- Th‘ ma.» work and the whole respon- sibility however, (for this report) was undertaken by 0m‘ Dlil- PKG‘ “wit, Mrs. Julian Herring, who pmehoiw manlflil i" “Wmpmh ‘hi, in an already very busy l!!! ‘m1 I am sure you II"! m“ W!‘ mggnlzation should be very grate- {ul to her. It ls very important to us l4 “m1 people that a report from l’. g 1. be included in this National with Survey and also that tneee monthly reports or bulletins studied. ii not by all. at least by ene member of each branch. _ We are fortunate in having aaarion Biewart from the Hearth gtuay Bureau in the Province at this time and she has kindly wu- aenud to address us later in the Convention. The Music and Drama Festivals and other Institute sponsored ow- pots have had a most successful ar, The Federation of Agricul- aura is putting on a drive for mem- bership this summer and our ex- ecutivc hes pledged its co-opera- lion end support. Some material has already been sent to each branch end I feel sure this Wlll have your actlvebupport and at- tention. ' l-have reg esented you at many meetings and on many occasions, but not so faithfully as my immed- hte predecessor. The loltl. hero winter caused me no end of trouble so r will blame it on that. In closing I would like to thank the Supervisor end her staff for their help end co-operation and also the other members of the ex- ecutive, who have been so faith- ful to their responsibilities and have made our year's work to- gather a very pleasant and I be- lieve a profitable one. May I wish each of you a. very lilfl-iflhig "n" bere tcgethe and a return to your labours feeling refreshed and en- lvurssed. I sursnvssonre narrows i" Miss Mary G. MacDonald, Eng- Ivisor, gave the following fine - port of the year's work. "Once again as we meet in con- vention it gives mc pleasure to pmcnt a report of our activities firing the year. I "It is pleasing to report that our branches now number 27d active iistitutes with sn-enrollment of L060 members. All but three-In- stitutes sent in annual "reports af- ter their November meetinse and heoftheeeiaknowriiobesct- lvely engaged in’ Institute work. Iiwelve new Institutes were organ- hd since last convention at 0’- lmry. Brookfleld, Brackley, Por- tnne ltoad, North Granville. Bourls Line Road south. Hampton. Bald- via’; Road, Hunter River, Desehle, New Dominion and Elllotvale. We welcome these new branches and ilime that each will enioy Instit- ilie work and make a lasting con- irlbuiion to their respective corn- nnmllles and the country as e Provincial Ixcoutlve “Ymir provincial executive has lied an active year. Six full exec- ililve and several committee meet- illss were held and matters of im- liiirlance to our work were dealt "At the meeting held on Sep- iflrlber icth a motion was passed that we should go on record as "ting in favour of the establish- ment o! the Jubilee Endowment Fluid to commemorate the Ooldcn lilbllee oi Institute work. I-Iow- "flr. it waa decided that‘ the mat- ifl‘ should be brought before this convention to ilnd out the feelings if the individual Institutes before "in! any further with our plans. in iltipcrtunity to discuss this "litter will be available during "if course of these aeasiona. ‘We are also interested "in find- "il wt lust what tvpes ofmonth- liiilfflma you wish the Oonvcn- °" '4 liftblrc for next year and "i iliifwrtiinlty to discuss‘ this “m” Wllfalacbe given; I trust ‘i iiillly interesting. suggestions "ill be forthcoming from the dele- "iu in attentional - . h!" "ii" llrtcaate iult recently "ii-lune aaqiaeraaee-irrgsar g ‘Miiiiii-iuutssilq.» win “maneuver-arrest and our will“! of Agriculture for their cooperation in this matter. District Conventions “Following the annual conven- tion .we attended twenty-eight flig- trlct conventions and gave. and demonstrations at each. e conventions wane well attended. and were run in s. very cnpgblg m“. ner by the oflicere in charge. W!!! interesting west speakers were in attbndflhi-ie and presented varied‘ subjects of emicatlonal val- us. “Our Dlitrht convention Project was the hooking of a nursery mat and many. dne examples of this handicraft were on dlqiley at each convention. ‘lihese were frequently lurked for top honours and prizes lWlfdQd. Iiiorty-flve of these mats were sold through the anice and 0316.00 was realised from this sale. This money waa returned to the individual Institutes to help swell their funds, ‘Ihrough this project some individual members have been successful in making eon- tazfs which are proving quite luc- l‘! W. Girls’ Cllib Work "Of the twenty-‘elulit Bowing (Hubs organised this year twenty- five are functioning. Three of the group were forced to discontinue due to illness but intend to start up again in the fell. "Dlring the last two months we have been busy visiting and judg- ing‘ the various Sewing Clubs. "You will find samples of the various years’ work on display a- long with the Boys’ and Girls’ Club plna and crests which are beln glven es prises this year. " "During the few days between annual convention and district conventions, we plan to finish- jiiQing the club woe-k and will hold District Achievement Days early in August. "A mimber of the clubs are int- erested in entering teams for the Dominion Competitions Play Ofls and we hope to have a. good re- presentation of senior girls from which to choose the team. "A team from Caledonia. won the 1047 contest and had a mar- vellous trip to Ibronm in Noveim- ber and I am sure they would a- gree with me that it is something worth working for. “We would like to prepare a Foods Team for this year s well and those interested in this tylpe of work should contact the oflice as soon as possible and l1 there are enough we will try to make the necessary arrangements. "In order to carry on end en- large our Institute and Girls’ Club work it is necessary for us to have snore workers and we are looking forward to having Miss I-Iaszard return to us in lumber and share our numerous activities. Women's Institute Coliolarshlps “Ibis William's. Institute Schol- arships awarded to the rural stu- dents making the highest aggreg- ate in Qoeclal Matriculation and First Year Work at Prince of Wal- es College were won by Miss vera Ramsay, Hamilton, and Miss Ann Woodsld-e, ‘rryon. Miss Ramsay placed nrst in Special Matriculat- ion snd Miss Woodclde in First Year work. ' "We wish to congratulate these students and wfih them the best of luck. Music Festival and Drama Festival Trophies "A Women's Institute Music R81"! trophy for the rural one or two room sdiool was won by Mt. Mellick. This trophy will be forvvurded to them as soon as we receive lt from the engravere. " e Dramarestivtl ironhv won by cit will also be forwarded to them as soon as possible. Institute News “Five issues of the Institute News were edited and sent out durlru the year. ‘Pills pa/per forms. a vital link between the office and the individual branches and I would urge individual members to subscribe for it irl addition to the two copies which ere sent to the Secretary of each Institute. If you do not wish to do so at least make sure that the secretary brings the News to the meeting and reeds the lngiortant notices to every- body. I should also like each 1n- stituta to request the Secretary to mildiase a loose leaf note book in which to file one copy of each News so that there may be a per- maiiesit record kept for reference purposes. ' Conferences "Dining -the year your Supervis- or attended several conferences outside of the province as well as numerous others in Charlottetown. "In November I escorted the Sewlm Club-team to Toronto for the National Competitions and while thcre- attended conferences dealing with girls‘ work. "Iarly m March 1 also attended lfie annual meeting of the Nat- ioual Council of boys’ and girls’ work “and the annual conference of extension workers in Quebec City. both of which were very beneficial to our work. “In April Miss Boswell and I met with Maritime Girls‘ Club Workers in Beckville and while there we planned out a schedule of radio broadcasts with a repre- ssntdtive from 0.3. C. Our first broadcast le to be on June 30th so I hope that many of you will listen in to the Farm News broad- cast on that day and hear Mrs. ltewart and we. MscWillianis be- interviewed by Ilsa. Large of is... to thank ‘the president, thafmeuuva. and institute mem- bers foe their coorrration during use yeavandviah you all a very ‘Ihlseolunafeemervelfevuews orlneeiinteeeatbutalveeiilltef aucway iiatlreualy bellertel at five cents a wold strictly pay- ebleieadvauea- . IDIHII’! TAXI Phone 1Q onalwns. flr Plaoiotleebs. CONPIDIIATION use m- suuauoe, ' IBONI IAUNDIII. 1M fer group and wedding pictures ea location. ‘ HOWARD Melrillll‘ litted Footwear at McQueen Qtreet. BOTANICAL IOCIIT! MIM- BElb-Mr. C. Ralph Machean, Prince of Wales College,‘ faculty. has received woird of his election to membership in the Botanical So- ciety of America. Inc. There is a limited Canadian representation in the Society, Mr. MacL-ean being the only mern-ber from this Prov- irice. CIT! POLICI COURT-At the City Police Court yesterday morn- ing a man charted with drunken driving was givenaeven days. Al- other accused on a similar charge was remanded one week: A drunk and incapable was remanded for four days. In a. case of non-sup- port the accused pleaded guilty and was remanded until today. CONSERVATIVE MEETING - Speekers at Tuesday night's Pro- grcsslve Conservative meetinl in- cluded Wing Coimmender Angus Maclaan. and his father, Mr. George MacLean. whose were regrettably omitted in yester- day's report. Mr. Rcagh Bngnah. Provincial president, presided at the meeting at which the princi- pal address was delivered by Miss H. I-Iessen. ~ ELECTED DIIIECTOID- Mr. P. J’. MacDonald. Mount Stewart. was elected a director of the Mierltinre strawberry Growers Association at a meeting of the Association at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College at Debert, N. B. President l! M0 J. Leben. A bumper crop of straw- berries is in sight for Maritimo consumers the meeting was told. Strawberries are expected ti? aP- pear on the market eibout the first week in July. Mr. Leben predicted the berries would retail at b0 cents a. box, dropping to between 35 ants 30 cents as the season progressed. About go‘ growers from vurious points in the Marltlmee attended the meeting. Amonl ill“ passed at the meetlnl W" I T9‘ quggt, tothe provincial governments that study into diseases of straw berry plants be continued and that the Department of Amrlcfllllill‘? propagate a hardier variety of strawberry which would be m0" suitable to culture in the Marl» times. Personals '- Mrs. A. W. Downs, Mrs. Riendle Inrter, end Mrs. W. A. Alley. l‘!- presen atives of the Provincial Grand e of the L.O.B.A., leave this morning for Hamilton. Ont, to attend the M. W. G. D0486 l9!‘ slori of the L.O.B.A. of B.A. which convenes there at the Royal C011- mmght Hotel from June 21 to 20. IWNY SPEED The tuna fleh has been timed by scientists at a med vi 44 mil" en hour. , _'i- and successful year for Home Country." REPORT OI‘ 110M! ECONOMIC! i CONVENII. Mrs. Ernest Poster's report said: “My report as Home Economics Convener is very short. with 1W1’- I great deal aocomfllilllfid. I 19H‘- 1i was hard to decide what wmild interest the fellow members most. "Home monomlcs covers such a wide, range of sublects. and I did not wish to intrude on some other convenerb Irwhil- "Wo finally decided. ll 30m? Impiuvernent is such a live subject for discussion on the Island, that I would send out a. DID?! 0n ill‘ proving the outside of our homes. "The first articlcwaa on ‘Foun- dation Plantini’ Ind i-i" "WM ‘Flowers for Busy Women’. It was late in the fall by the time these articles were received by the Insti- 'tutcs. Thiy could have been used with good results early this Qrifl at say, the Marcia or April meet- ing. “A number of members saidthey wished they could get a list of per- ennials that were suitable to this climate, to help than choose for their w. anent border. I mailed a suggested ‘list of such plants with their height, color and season of blooming. Copies of this list may be had at the Women's Institute Rooms, by any member or Insti- tute wishing additional copies. "Ibr the March meet-inl- some rousecleanlng and interior im- provement suggest one were sentto the Institutes. I td not aend any questionnaires in connection with these papers. Very few answers come in to them at any time, so why ask any" questions. how many Institutes ever read or used any of these eullls pro- grams sent you by the t conveners. Now this is shopper- tu a time to ask the representa- tiv of fie various Institutes here to answer the following questions by a show of hands: " "l. Did your secretaries read or peas around these articles? "2. How many used any cf the Home Ioonomiosprogremaii. "l. Do you» want-these program, sent to you twice a year? I not, in‘ what way can. your convencrs help the local Insti- tutes yith‘ their programs!" Iiilllill- our... A “I would like to know, however. ' 1077. 3:6 e@@“ ‘- w?‘ ‘a i‘ Eb?“ °“\Y a . Lesa ollyyeleurer-wlth Ga et ro skin bio yoluekinbccome g '2 out ofi3wome ' l "My akiarlsecame lcee oily," Ella May rte. Excessive oilineae often leavcl y. The l4-Dny Palmolive Plan brought actual definite gains to 89% of the women who had oil skin. See if it won't help oily—clearcr. Fresher, brighter caller! -—iwl|h Palmolive 2 skins out of 3. Start youl Palmolive Plan today! Pr...» .1... "mo. it. M4 / Yes, it's true! 36 denture-leading skin r ' ling _ _ —t.eeted the Palmolive Plan on 1285 women ofall ages, {mm fifteen to fifty. witlfall types of skin. Dry! 0i! Young! Older! And2 out of 3 of these women‘ ' t noticeablg complexion improvements in just 14 days! No matter what y! Normal! skin care they induced before. Reason enough for every . woman who longs for a lovelier complexion to start this new - Fewer IQ! Palmolive "7' filth-Sterling Relationship ls, Problem (By June Balnbridgel IIQNDON, June 16-(R.eutersl- Relationship between the Europ- ean Recovery Program and the sterling area is believed to be the first major problem Thomas K. Finletter, newly-arrived Marshall Plan administrator to Britain, will discuss with Britain's official fin- ancial experts. Informed circles regard the mat- ter as particularly urgent, in view of the sterling balance negotia- tions between India, Pakistan and Britain. now taking place in Lori- don. Finletter is understood lo think it "quite wrong that the dollar cx- penditure of the remainder of the sterling area should in any on,‘ prevent Britain making. not merc- ly the maximum possible use. hut the entire use, of all European Re- covery Plan, loans and grants made to her. It is believed that Finletter has formed some clear ideas about haw dollar expenditures of Britain and the remainder of the sterling area coulr; be serpamted (to ensure that BB1‘. dollars are spent solely on Britain's economic recovery) with- out in any way breaking up the sterling area. In this, es in all other aspects of E. R. P. administration, it is be- lieved that although the United States has no right in dictate to anyof the E. R. P. countries what they shall or shall not do. she has a right to specify on what condi- tions American money shall be do- nated or loaned for the purpose of lfiimpean recovery. Unofficial financial circles here agree that this is an unanswerablc sument. But they add that in Europe's present impecunlous state it would seem to be a distinction without a difference. WEST INDIE! UNIVERSITY KINGSTON. Jamaica - (OP) will/fore then 6'73 acres of land at Mona has been provided by the government oi’ Jamacla lc-r the new University College oi’ the West Indies. The United Kingdom Itwernment has m-ade available 069M900 to meet the capital cost of building and equipment. ' i _19i0 act the i939 wage levels were I tal employer contributions _to the Amendments To Ila-employment V Insurance Act . The amendments to the Unem- ployment Insurance Act, whlcn were recently approved by Parlia- ment.‘e.nd which will increase the benefit rates, will not become ef- fective until they are officially proclaimed. Mr. J. B. Murley. man- ager of the local office of the Na- tional Employment Service’ said yesterday. The arrangements ne cessary for this change may take some time,‘ he said. The increases will raise the highest weekly benefit, which can be paid to e person with a de- pendent, from $14.40, the present rate. to $18.30. The maxlnrum weekly rate of benefit for a per- son without a dependent will be raised from $12.30 to $14.40, he ex- plained. _ Chan-ging economic conditions since the act came into force in 1940 havrmade amendments ne- cessarhfrom time to time, Mr. Murley aid. The present ones are to com ate for the change in wage rates. When estuaries were making their calculation for the set at the 100 index, This index Beauty Plan with Palmolive Soap! tiny blemishes-with Palmolive Tiny blemiahee-incipi blackheads, d in most eases lo the Palmolive Ian. "M complexion improved a lot,‘ Helen cCoy. The declare found clearer skins in more than half the cases. See what Palmolive can do for you! Doctors Proved! "Sk' bri ! [ass _ _ cynblrgipinghhytzrof» “y: A Wash your face with Palmolive Soapl 9d“ ‘"5 '77‘ ' l“ Than, for 60 seconds, message with iu'fl'3hge'nstfiig° t Pelmolivei soft, lovely lather. Rinse! improvements like t boo for c Dn this 3 times n day for l4 dnyl. Palmolivis lull beautifying effect! PS: For Tub, For Shower, get the New, llg, Thrifty leash Size Palmolive! rin lien’: the Palmolive i Pion This cleansing massage brings your skin . .. ... .... . -, ...........A Ask for the PALMOLIVE BATH AND COMPLEXION SPECIAL ~ ar your dealer‘! plcyees in the higher classes which has resulted in higher total corr- tributions by employees than by employers. so to restore that bal- ance a new contribution class for persons earning more than $34 a week has been established. The weekly contribution in this class will be A2 cents each by employer an dem-ployee. This will serve to equalize the total employer-em- ployee contributions. Mr. Murley said. He explained that the act is bas- ed on certain actuarial calculations and the new rates have been care- fully planned ln order to provide increases. where possible, without getting away from sound insurance principles. He pointed out that if the benefit rates were fixed too high the fund, which is for the benefit of all insured when the need arises, would be materially reduced. The amount in the fund now, approximately $447 millions may seem too large to the average per- son but, he said, lf only l0 per cent of the insured persons were to be- come unemployed. payments from the fund ln one year could total about $150 milllion. In the peak oi the depression of the 30's unem- "wient. reached 23 per cent. When the amendments are of- ficially proclaimed and become ef- fective all the changes will be ex- plained fully to ell emlllvyers ind workers“ interested, he said. ,_,_.i_i_i._ has continued to increase each year and at the end of 194d stood at 155.2. It. was this increase,‘ne said, that has been responsible for the rais- ing of the so-called ceiling for monthly rate ernlpoyees and is a good indication of thevchange that has taken place in wage rates in the past seven years. When the act was first proclaimed, monthly paid persons with an annual salary of over $2000 were not insured. In 1944 this coiling was raised to $2400 but again wage and salary in- creases took e great many people out of the insurable class so. re- cently. the ceiling was egain rais- ed, this time to $3120. New Contribution Class It was always intended that to- fund should equal the total of em- ployee contributions. At present in the lower wage brackets, the em- ployers pay more than hall the combined. contribution. In the higher classes the reverse ls the case and the workers pay more than the employers. The increases in wages have placed more eni- ary birthday of Buddha. Al the amount and variety of merchendl ccrraqiondent- Warren Lee). Th! lfifillll BIIKOtIIiiKII-I bigday in Shanghai. hit this lad seems bored by the festivities. The lair commsanoratea the legend- ‘rhieboy’: stall contains wooden basins. \ number of worshipers grew, the se for sale grew proportionately. (Photo by NBA-Acme staff OUR CHILDHOOD HOME Within these humble rustic gates The flights of memory roam- Around this hallowed ground of youth- Our childhood! sacred home. White blrches stand as sentiriels In arching portals o'er- The gateway to this sweet retreat Close by the homestead door. ivlhere every zephy!‘ lmlilltl I balm Thru birch and maple uses- That stand on guard around the yard To keep the heart at ease. As leaves soft rustle in the breeze Wooe me away from care- In soothing litanles of love Per frmn the city's blare. _ Methinks as standing at this shrine of childhood! long ago- I hear the vibrant songs of dud And mother's voice so low,- As we eat in our humble horne Of luxuries so bere- To read the Book and sing the psalms And worship God in prayer. Ay me, what heritage of birth What noble gift of youth- To know such veritles of life In their eternal truth. The zephyrs still sigh thru the trees- Al in -the days of yore- And slanting rays of evening sun Shine thru the open door,- In farewell to another day That make the yesteryear- A book of memory in the soul And in the hear-e. cheer,- Aa we return to view those scenes Left there when but a lad- And join again the family group Of mother; boys; and dad. ‘II-re voice is not so vibrant now- The eye ls not so clear- But faith is stronger in the heart And G0d,-e.nd Home-more dear. —Peter A-ltellly Boston, Mass. e-ranrmo ssEv - Nhticnal health auiihoritles say that a child should be asked to undertake certain duties from e very eerly age. For example he, should be trained to put away his toys as soon es he is finished playing. In this way he will develop n habit of responsibility which will make it easy for him to cooperate in more important duties as he grows older. As few demands as possible should be mede on the child, but parents should make sure that they are carried out. Children should be trained to obey but this can he achieved without / St. Peters Cathedral A.Y.I_I?._.:_A. Banquet Last night at Sandy's Restaurant the A.Y.PA. of St. Peter's Catli- edrel met for e turkey suppe: which was enjoyed by all. The members and guests present num- bered thirty four. Those who as- sisted the A.YP.A. in theirwork of the year were guests. ' After supper speeches were made by the president Arthur MacLean and members of the executive, by Canon Malone, Mr. Stuart Dickson, Mr. Geo. Sherren and Major Mec- Nutt. A gift of silver salt sellers was presented to Miss Mary Acorn whose marriage to William Gartr Hooper is to take place on Monday next. . As a token of appreciation for their help gifts were made to Mr. and. Mrs. Stuart Dickson. Mrs. Malone, Mrs. H. Pickard, Mrs. R. . F. Acorn and a special gift to M1. Percy Carr, who has been of ‘the greatest assistance in getting the stage ready on all occasions. After the tables were cleared all present took part in dancing and general merry making until this happy gathering was brought to a close. Mr. Harry Shams was the pre- siding chairman for the evening, “ THE OLD OIL‘ The secret of giving cod liver on to a child is the same as starting on any other new food-using the right physchciogy, nutritionist: believe. Iii’ the mother approaches smilingly and shows the baby she corpects him to Ilse the oil, tha chances are he will reflect the mother's attitude and take the of! without protest. , Itiakncvwnthatitisamistahi to wait until the child is several years old to decide if he needs cod liver oil. Kc should have the oil every day. It is best not to tells chance. ‘L BIGGEST 005A! ‘ ' ‘Ihe world's largest ocean. Pacific, has an area of 71,009, square miles. .,>& Tie Up Tomatoes for Big Yield in SmallgGairiien Tomatoes oea the Fence Vie With Marlgoldl In Beauty. Pavoritp vegetable with Freedom gardeners is the tomato. A survey made by the U. s. Department of agriculture proved that nine out of ten amateurs growlt. Wheib plants are allowed to sprawl on the ground thw occupy too much space for mlny lmflll gardens; hut when grown to a single stun, tied to a stake or similar support, the maximum; crop can be harvested for the space occupied. Single stem plants can be spaced a foot a/part. and double stem plant; g1 inches apart, while plants that lie on the ground re- quire four lcBt each WHY- This applies to varieties of nor- mal vine growth, which ere the only kind that should be staked and pruned. So-called determin- ate varieties, of which the stems stop growing after they reach a certain length, while the plant de- votes ell its energies to ripening the fruit which hes set, should nevlr be muned. and get no benefit from staking, but they may be planted as closely as 18 inclezs apart and allowed to spread on the ground. They beer a good early crop, but over e. shorter season than the older, later varieties. Keeping tomato plants pruned and tied to stakes nr a fence needs constant attention. At the joint. where each leei grows on the aneln stem. a branch will develop, and this must te cut or pinched off before it is four in- rhea long, otherwise its removal to grow, secondary branches wii. develop from it. and soon all ef- fort to lscep the plant withir ‘bounds will have to be abandon ed. A few days’ neglect of pruning may spoil the planta- To grow a two-stem plal select one branch coming fro! the main stem l0 inches above thf surface, and allow that. to grow Both main stem and branch wlI have to be pruned regularly. Sin- gle stem plants can be supported by s, heavy cord stretched frcrl a suitable tall support, and en- chored to the ground near chi plant. The stem as it grows cas be twisted about the cord. Two-stem plants may be tied with soft twine, strips o: cloth raffia or special ties made of win imhedded in paper trips. Use a loose locp around thcstem, u avoid constriction. or cutting. Tomatoes require full sun and regular watering. when the soil is allowed to dry out. with fruit set. a black decay spot known as "blossom-emd-rot" may develop on the fruit. Watering during dry 590115 will prevent this. When fruit begins to mature, plant food worked into the soil around i119 Film "will a tablespoonful at e tkne, will help produce more and larger fruit. Tomato roots spread out near the surface and should never be dlstulbed. Never cultivate deep enough to touch them; g no“; muldi of straw 0r lenrn clipping; about each plant is better than giving orders continually. may weaken the plant. If allowed cultivation, and help; hep m. soil moist. _