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LITTLE HOUSE--- JULY 3rd, 1951

The McReynold's "Little House" and the Nsbitts
"Green Acre" combined to make a a delightfully verdant
spot for the Hrticultural society to hold it's
July meeting.

The meeting was opened by president McReynolds
and the minutes of the last meeting were read and
approved.

Leon Small read Edith Owings, the first readers
two articles for her, as Edith said she wasn't a
good reader. ------ The first article told of a
new fruit spray developed by Dupont which while
protecting fruit and foliage is harmless and can
be used nearpicking time on peaches, plums, apricots
and cherries.-------- The next article, from the
Country Gentleman" also was about a spray, mal
aick hydrocide which perserves flavor and firmness
of vegtables if sprayed before gathering. Onions
parsnips, and potatoes have been tried with this
spray and flavor and firmness have been retined
fir an indefinite time. This spray is not on sale.

Francis Thomas, one of our new members, read
"It Could Hit Your Farm Tonight", an article which
told about the dangers of biological warfare to
the farmer and which would effect the nation as
a whole. Agents of enemy xountries bring the dis
eases in beforea shooting war and farmers are
asked to be alert in detecting any new ailements in
their farm animals, poultry sideaes and to watch
for any new destructive insects and report it to
their farm agent. The oen bright spot in this
article was that we have better defenses than
other countries beacause of our superior scientificio
reasearch and our reasearch in the field of etom
ology.

Francis told of having visitors from California
whose method of keeping flies from the house is
to suspend a ball of cotton on a string at the
doors and the flies would refuse to enter. The
members of the Society doubted if Maryland flies
were quite so sensitive in their nature as to
feel unwanted.