. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Scoops and Screenings (Continued from Page 10) Taking a soil sample for testing is easy, but, as in most farm and garden choi-es, there is a right and a wrong way to do it. Wallace A. Mitcheltree, associ- ate extension specialist in soils at the College of Agriculture, Rut- gers University, New Brunswick, N. J., finds a growing interest in soil testing. However, a test won't help the farmer or home owner much if the sample is incorrectly taken. Tools needed for taking a soil sample are a spade, a bucket, a large piece of clean clot
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Scoops and Screenings (Continued from Page 10) Taking a soil sample for testing is easy, but, as in most farm and garden choi-es, there is a right and a wrong way to do it. Wallace A. Mitcheltree, associ- ate extension specialist in soils at the College of Agriculture, Rut- gers University, New Brunswick, N. J., finds a growing interest in soil testing. However, a test won't help the farmer or home owner much if the sample is incorrectly taken. Tools needed for taking a soil sample are a spade, a bucket, a large piece of clean cloth and a pine container, such as an ice cream box. Here's how to take a sample: Dig a hole to the depth at which the soil changes color. Use the spade to remove a thin slice of soil from the side of the hole. Place this slice of soil into n clean bucket. Take five of these samples from each plot of ground to be tested. Dump the five samples out of the bucket onto the cloth. (A large sheet of strong, clean paper will do). Mix the samples thor- oughly by rolling them around. Put a pint of the mixed, sam- ples, into a container and prepare for mailing or taking to the county agricultural agent. Fifth "Original Cranberry Fes- tival", sponsored by Wareham (Mass.) American Legion, Post 220, and. its Auxiliary, Armistice Day, November 11, climaxed by the choosing and crowning of pret- ty blonde Beverly Richards, 20, of Foxboro, proved to be the biggest event yet staged in Wareham in honor of the cranberry. It was an affair lasting from noon until after midnight. There was a parade with several bands, drum majorettes, a football game at the "Cranberry Bowl" at- tended by over 4,000, a cranberry festival supper, and. the big wind- up at Wareham Memorial town "hall, the selection of queen. In this Miss Richards won over about a dozen contestants. So great was the interest that more than 100 were turned away at the hall, despite its large capacity. ? « * * « Agri
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