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with a bottomless box over it & cover it
when necessary.

A very fine clean bed of asparagus
was reported at Clifton Thomas', not a
weed to be seen; it was decided
asparagus is better grown in rows & in
that way it is no trouble to keep
clean.

The paper of the Forethought told us
all the things worth while to do
during the rest of the fall & winter.
She ended by saying before another
season, she would urge our appointing
a younger writer of the Forethought.

In other words, she wished to be
"laid on the shelf"--

Well we did put her on the
shelf for safe keeping -- away up
high, out of reach of all harm,
& now since she has had a long
rest through the winter months, we
feel sure she is ready & willing to
give us the good advice, for one
more season, that younger minds
can not give us.