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I PAGE 18 - PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY, MAY 29. 1974 Around The Garden By Matthew S. Rosen Instructor - Ornamental Horticulture McHenry County College Within the past week, I have received one letter containing three dead grass blades, three possessing the mutilated foliage of still unknown assorted trees and shrubs, a third enclosed a soda cap full of "dirt", and requested that a full battery of soil tests be performed, a fourth bore the mangled moribund remains of an insect, and the last ushered a plea for me to cure "a plant whose leaves are turning a rather sickly shade of brown." Fellow readers, please do not frustrate me in this manner. Autopsies on dead vegetative material, or pulverized insects are almost, if not down right impossible to perform. Truly, 1 wish I had extra seqsory perception; however, totally lacking this psychic power, you must send me valid samples, and as much information about the plant as possible if I am to make an accurate diagnosis. As I have stressed several times before, recommendations based on guestimates are extraordinarily hazardous. Mother Nature is simply too complex. In order to avoid a repetition of last week's calamity, I have decided to devote our entire time today to the correct procedures for taking all types of samples. Oh yes, I almost forgot to mention the most maddening letter of all: a three page literary masterpiece outlining the villainous acts performed by some "mysterious, hideous weed" over the past two years. Why not only did the plant "completely ruin a newly sodded lawn...", but apparently also ."annihilated an assortment of trees and shrubs..." Strong inference was made to the fact that a "cute, innocent pussycat too fell into the clutches of, and was subsequently devoured by the monster." Unfortunately the panicked writer failed to provide even a description of the weed, let alone include a sample. -' Especially at this time of year, dead grass blades could be the result of a wide variety of cultural and disease phenomena. Off hand, I can think of at least six reasons for brown spots in a lawn area, five of which have different control procedures. In order to accurately diagnose a lawn problem, one square foot of sod is "®eded. Half of the sample should be afflicted, and half app; ntly healthy. The key area .i .iie border zone between the moribund and living grass plants. In this region recently infected individuals exhibit the greatest degree of symptom expression. Lastly, the sample should be one inch thick. Frequently, beastly soil inhabiting insects cause the problem by feeding, either sucking or chewing, on the root system or leaf collar area of grass plants. Do not worry about the hole in your lawn. You can have the sod back and replant it after I make my diagnosis. Within ten days the piece of turf will have become re-established, and appear little the worse from its arduous journey over to McHenry County college. Uncovering the problems of woody and herbaceous plant materials is somewhat more complex. Although many diseases possess unique syndromes and are restricted to wily a few host species, the majority of stress factors are capable of injuring a diverse group of trees, shrubs, and vines. When sending in a sample try to include a branch or twig with both healthy and sick foliage attached. Provide me with as much information about the patient as you can. After all, you are acting as the plant's voice. Some of the questions I generally ask as a matter of routine are: "Fow old is the plant? "How long has the plant been living on the site? • "Have modifications been made around the plant since it was first planted? "What are the symptoms? "When were they first noticed? "Do they occur every year? "Has the plant been fertilized? With what? How often? "Has the plant been sprayed? With what? Were label directions followed closely? "Have herbicides been used in the area?" Please do not omit any information no matter how trivial it may seem. An accurate diagnosis frequently hinges on knowing the complete history of the individual. Meaningful soil tests cannot possibly be performed with a cap full of "dirt". Using a trowel, spade, shove, or soil tube randomly collect and mix the soil from four or five different sites. In order to run all the necessary tests, a pint of soil is required. Take separate samples from lawn and garden areas. I like jigsaw puzzles; but frankly, I prefer working on a slightly larger scale than attempting to reconstruct a shattered inch long insect out of fifteen to twenty pieces. After sorting out legs, antennae, and various and sundry other battered body parts, the loosely assembled critter almost always appears like some alien being from another planet. Some of my "retred" would make the infamous Dr. Frankenstein envious. When sending an insect specimen through the mail enclose the beast in a small vial or tape him to the inside of a bottle cap. House plant ills are usually cultural in nature. If at all humanly possible, please bring the plant over to the college so I can view it first hand. If not, include either a picture or stem of the plant, along with a detailed description as to location, watering, fertilizing, spraying, etc. By location I mean exposure (light), and proximity to radiators or air conditioners. Lastly, the monster weed. First, let me assure you all that absolutely no such beast exists. Identification of weeds, or for that matter any species is a snap. For trees and shrubs just send me in a six to eight inch branch. For grasses and weeds simply wrap a couple of plants in a moist, not wet, paper towel and mail to me. \'OOS Wl (Hutou Xtcso««yji IR 1-- A As This column of questions and answers on federal tax matters is provided by the local office of the U. S. Internal Revenue Service and is published as a public service to taxpayers. The column answers questions most frequently asked by taxpayers. Over a quarter-million people normally ascend Pike's Peak each year. Some 160 flat-topped mountains have been charted under the' Pacific, between Hawaii and the Mariannas.The tops of most are about a mile below sea level. Q. I won $500 in the state lot­ tery. Are my winnings taxable? Are my losing tickets deduct- ible? A. Gambling winnings are in­ cluded in taxable income. If deductions are itemized, gam­ bling losses are deductible to the extent -^>f vour-winnings. If you have^fcmbling losses but no winnings, you cannot deduct any of these losses. Q. I am contesting the results of a tax audit and plan to ap­ peal at an IRS district confer­ ence. Do district conferees have the authority to consider the hazards of litigation in or­ der to settle a case? » A. Yes. In cases involving $2,500 or less in proposed tax deficiency, IRS district con­ feree staff has authority to consider- the hazards of liti­ gation and settlement the tax­ payer's case on that basis. Until recently, the hazards of litigation were considered only at the Regional Appellate level-*-the second tier of the IRS audit-appeals system. For more information on the appeals process, see IRS Publication 556, "Audit of Re­ turns, Appeal Rights, and Claims for Refund." It's avail­ able free from your Internal Revenue office. Q. At the time I filed my 1973 tax return, I had sold my old home but not yet purchased a new one. I noted this fact on my Federal income tax return,- but did not report any capital gains. Within the one-year pe­ riod required by law, I've bought a new home whose price exceeds the adjusted sale price of my old home. Am I now aUtomaticaly entitled to post­ pone the tax on the gain from the sale or do I still have to notify the IRS? A. After your return is filed, if you purchase a new home within the one-year replace­ ment period that costs you at least as much as you received for your old home, you should advise your IRS district direc­ tor in writing that you have replaced your old residence, giving the dates of purchase and occupancy of the new res­ idence and its cost. Q. Do you have a booklet that explains the IRS collection process for past due income taxes? A. Yes. IRS Publication 586, "The Collection Process (In­ c o m e T a x A c c o u n t s ) e x ­ plains how the IRS fulfills its obligations to collect overdue taxes and what the rights and duties are of taxpayers owing bills for taxes. The 12-page booklet can be obtained free of charge at your local IRS office. A climb to top of Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina, displays variations in vegetation equal to that observed by driving 1,000 miles north. McHenry Junior Youth League 1974 Schedule DON'T SEND YOUR BQY TO THE GAME-BRING HIM! ALL RAINOUT GAMES TO BE MADE UP . PRESIDENT TO HAVE 1 WEEK NOTICE SO UMPIRES CAN BE ASSIGNED * SUNDAY AFTERNOON GAMES - MINOR AT 2:00p.m„ MAJORS AT 4:00p.m. ALL GAMES EXCEPT MARKED START - MINORS 6:00p.m., MAJORS 8:00p.m. May 8 Falcons-Eagles 9 Bluebird-Cardinals 10 Orioles-Owls 11 Hawks-Condors 12 Falcons-Bluebirds Eagles-Cardinals 13 Orioles-Hawks 14 Owls-Condors 15 Cardinals-Falcons 16 Orioles-Eagles 17 Bluebirds-Owls 18 Condors-Cardinals 19 Hawks-Falcons Eagles-Bluebirds 20 Cardinals-Orioles 21 Owls-Hawks 22 Condors-Falcons 23 Bluebirds-Orioles 24 Owls-Eagles 25 Hawks-Cardinals 26 Cubs-Braves Sox-Pirates Giants-Yanks Indians-Tigers Falcons-Orioles 27 OPEN 28 Condors-Bluebirds 29 Giants-Indians Braves-Pirates 30 Yanks-Tigers Cubs-Sox 31 Eagles-Hawks 12:00 1:15 2:30 3:45 June 1 Cardinals-Owls 2 Yanks-Indians 12:00 Tigers-Sox 1:15 Braves-Giants 2:30 Pirates-Cubs 3:45 Condor-Orioles 3-9 V.F.W. Carnival 10 Open-Clean Up 11 Bluebirds-Hawks 12 Tigers-Pirates 6:00 Cubs-Giants 7:15 13 Sox-Indians 6:00 Braves-Yanks 7:15 14 Owls-Falcons 15 OPEN DANCE 16Yanks-Cubs 12:00 Tigers-Braves 1:15 Giants-Sox 2:30 Pirates-Indians 3:45 Eagles-Condors 17 Cardinals-Bluebirds 18 Owls-Orioles 19 Sox-Braves 6:00 Indians-Cubs 7:15 20Pirates-Yanks 6:00 Giants-Tigers 7:15 21 Eagles-Falcons 22 Condors-Hawks 23 Cubs-Tigers 12:00 Indians-Braves 1:15 Pirates-Giants 2:30 Sox-Yanks 3:45 Bluebirds-Falcons 24 Cardinals-Eagles 25 Hawks-Orioles July 26 Tigers-Indians 6:00 Yanks-Giants 7:15 27 Pirates-Sox 6:00 22 Braves-Cubs 7:15 23 28 Condors-Owls 24 29 Falcons-Cardinals 25 30 Pirates-Braves 12:00 26 Indians-Giants 1:15 27 Sox-Cubs 2:30 28 Tigers-Yanks 3:45 Eagles-Orioles 4 1 Owls-Bluebirds 2 Cardinals-Condors 3 Falcons-Hawks 4 OPEN 5 Bluebirds-Eagles 6 Orioles-Cardinals 7 Indians-Yanks Sox-Tigers , Giants-Braves Cubs-Pirates Hawks-Owls 8 Falcons-Condors 9 OPEN 10 Indians-Sox Yanks-Braves 11 Giants-Cubs Pirates-Tigers 12 Orioles-Bluebirds 13 Eagles-Owls 14 Sox-Giants Indians-Pirates Braves-Tigers Cubs-Yanks Cardinals-Hawks 15 Bluebirds-Condors 16 OPEN 17 Yanks-Pirates Tigers-Giants 18 Cubs-Indians Braves-Sox 19 Orioles-Falcons 20 Hawks-Eagles 21 Tigers-Cubs Yanks-Sox Giants-Pirates Braves-Indians Owl-Cardinals 12:00 1:15 2:30 3:45 12:00 1:15 2:30 3:45 6:00 7:15 6:00 7:15 12:00 1:15 2:30 3:45 & ALL STAR GAMES Junior Youth League Sponsors Hawks Overton Pontiac Falcons Althoff Heating Owls Hester Oil Bluebirds Tony an Construction Co. Eagles McHenry Sand & Gravel Cardinals McHenry State Bank Condors Riverside S.A.C. Orioles Buss Motor Sales Compliments of McHenry State Bank Officers A.S. Fort, President Curt Bremer, Vice-President A. Granger, Player Agent Tom Cheatham, Secretary Don Meyer, Treasurer Ron Waytula, Asst., to President Dion Rathbone, Director Major League George Cadotte, Director Minor League Jerry Kalk, Director Miniature League Bob Mortell, Publicity Director McHenry Junior Youth League--1974 Team Rosters HAWKS Tom Cheatham Coach Bob Hansen Coach Greg Brooke Ed Carey Tom Cheatham Scott Freund Bob Greve Terry Greve Jeff Hansen Bob Hettermann Bruce Kalk Mike Schmidt Don Smith Bob Thennes Jim Wilkey EAGLES George Cadotte Coach Joe Bellich Bill Betts Jeff Cadotte John Costigan Chris Freund Tim Harms Bill Heinrich Jim King Don Miller Steve Mueller Bill Nickels Keith Porter George Worts HAWKS Jerry Kalk Jim Boyer Eric Akins Terry Boyer Bill Cheatham John Doessel Mark Drew Jim Engstrom Keith Gregg Brian Landis Douglas Mitsven Robert Neuman Dan Scheid Bob Schmidt Mark Schultz EAGLES Pat Arnold Coach Randy Rodiek Coach Jeff Anderson Ryan Bradley Bob Grom Allen Horten Dan Joza Russ Mieritz Tom Miller Tony Navarroli Robbie Neuman Matt Patterson Hal Pollard Keith Schaeffer Tim Schopp John Van Fleet INDIANS Bob Pliner Coach Don Teubel Coach Bradley Adams Frank Colomer Christopher Freund Stephen Garrelts Morris Goodman Craig Johnson Tommy Mueller Ronald Pliner Tom Reese Robert Schaeffer John Sweetwood Kristopher Teuber Randy Waddell GIANTS Ben DeCicco Coach. Dale Bridges Kris Butler Curtis Hicks. Bill Miller Larry Piklor Thomas Sc' weder John Snyder Paul Snyaer Toby Thennes Tod Thennes Jesse Tirado Barry Webb John Zabielski CONDORS Dion Rathbone Coach Ken Zeller Coach James Condon James Connor Tom Creutz John Filip Ed Gerstad Randy Glick Richard Hager Brian Jacobsen Jamey Koch Jeff McNish Ray Roach Tommy Sokolowski Bobby Teller OWLS Jerry Sharp Coach Ron Waytula Coach Jim Althoff Chuck Heinmiller Joe Johnson 'Mike Lawler Bob Moehling Steve Moehling Tony Pintozzi Scott Rehberg Mike Sharp Tom Sharp Dave Walter Ron Waytula Jay Whittemore Major ORIOLES Ron Bierman Coach Ken Crook Coach Pat Becker Rick Bierman John Boro Ron Crook Joe Doherty Darin Jaburek Jeffery Justen Tom Mahon Michael Marino Jerry Neff John Partenheimer Matt Rogers Gerald Ryan CARDINALS Ron Mauer Coach Bob Humphreys Coach Dan Freund Alan Garrelts Sean Halex Richard Hupe Jack Jablonski Tom Jablonski Jim Johnson Scott O'Halleran Leonard Piklor Eugene Rybak Brett Thomas Mark Vogt Minor CONDORS Bob Belzer Coach Larry Berent Keith Belzer John Brzenk Craig Cavanaugh John Clewis Joe Condon Mike Connor Terry Fibish Mark Fuhler Carl Jernsberg Wesley Kopsell James McDonough Brad Shaver Jeff Smith OWLS John Roper Coach Kenneth Collin Dennis Deja Mike Dillon Rodney Emery John Gies Bob Heinmiller Tom McMahon Ron Nye Frank Parth Curt Rehberg Dave Smith John Spears Peter Wasilowski ORIOLES Don Gerstein Coach Don Folz Coach David Becker Darryl Branham Mike DiBlasi Larry Dix Ron Folz Matt Ketchum Ken Kirk Frank Massheimer Don Ray Dan Riggs John Saylor Jim Thorsen Kelly Witz Blaine Wolf CARDINALS Dave Peters Coach Joe Bauml Coach Joe Bauml Mike Bauml Mike Blake Tim Butler Joe Dercole John Grether Dale Houghton Don Humphreys Curt Larsen Scott Larsen Jim Pepping Tim Peters Dave Pierce Mike Sabatka Tracey Switzer Miniatures CUBS Wayne Tronsen Coach Ron Smith Coach Kevin Adams Steven Aim Tim Joza Clayton Lane •" Todd Mitstein Scott Morris Merle Norquist Tory Silvertson David Smith Wagne Sondergarrd Jeffery Tronsen David Vacula John Vacula SOX Jerry Sharp Coach Brent Blankenhorn Mark Cochran Mike Diedrich John Keevil Mark Knaak Joseph Leopold Randall Mauer Todd Rehberg James Sharp Denny Shaver Jeffery Smith Anthony Wember Tim Wember YANKS Marv Bauer Coach Tom Thompson Coach David Bauer Jason Buchanan Kevin Burgess Jack Engstrom Billy Herrmann Paul Herrmann John Huff Darin Patterson . Jeff Potts Steve Switzer Charles Temple Kent Thomas Mark Thompson Scott Truckenbrod Timothy Truckenbrod TIGERS Ron Melone Coach Matt Adams Eric Beyer Jeffery Bjorn Robert Burmann Jim Chrisman Doug Diedrich Timothy Evans Jeffery Gies Ronny Goebel Mitchel Ketchum Edward Kopp Michael Pierce Scott Rhode Joseph Ulrich FALCONS Curt Bremer Coach Stephen Bremer Charles Koop George Luto Greg Mroz Robert Roewer Mark Schmaling Mike Schmaling Paul Sroka Tony Sroka Eric Staveteig James Verstege William Woellert Richard Ziebel BLUEBIRDS Putts Granger Coach Henry Koehl Rich Adams Edwin Borter Dave Brunow Robert Bryniarski Dan DeGeorge Tom Gerambio Henry Koehl Hans Larsen Dennis Lulow Ernie Norquist Dave Schwartz Joe Schweder Don Sonnemann Russ Stratton FALCONS Wally Conrad Coach Brian Bremer Bill Bridges Dale Bridges Ron Fikejs A1 Kopp George Luto Joe Mroz Jim Nielsen Bob Pienschke Tom Popovich Ben Schweder Bill Slater Craig Slater John Sroka BLUEBIRDS Geno Schaefer Coach Otto Larsen Coach David Brunswick Danny Brunow Thomas Cornwell John DeGeorge Robert Gerambio William Goodman Fritz Larsen Dan Long Scott Otteson Jeff Schaefer Steve Schiera Scott Spengel Dooley Stanell BRAVES Bob Mortell Dave Nank Brian Brunswick Jeffery Collis Kevin Doherty Joey Fino Joe Gattone James Jablonski Robert Mortell Michael Nank Michael Podpora Roger Schmiegelt Brian Siudak Rory Tuff Alan Wallner James Wynveen PIRATES Dave Henken Ed Kennedy Brian Adams Michael Boro Randall Buenzli Gregg Fields Bill Hoover Edward Kennedy Larry Kenyon Gary Kern Michael Love Michael McNish Stephen Mumma Tim Pankiewicz Chris Stumbris William Walker