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friends to which is replied "not since our
president "went back in their." A guest from
New England says in their favor they do
destroy the canker worm. It is tought
here that they drive away our song birds.
C. A. Iddings proposes, we shall offer a premium
of a gun to the Man or boy who kills
the most sparrows in a season.

Questions
1 Has there been trouble with Lima beans
rotting? One or two had lost some by
rotting and several had had them
eaten off at the ground.

2 Has any one raised cobea Scandens?
E. S. Iddings had it once, A pretty
nice with larger bell-shaped flowers
which are green at first and gradually
become purple

3 Any practicable way to make a good
garden in a very stiff soil?
Apply wood ashes and plow clover in

4 What do with a Strawberry bed which
has become a thick mat? If small spade
if large, plow strips through it and
set out new plants or let the runners
take root in it. It is considered
best to protect a new row each year

5 Is is necessary to transplant lettuce to
make it head? Yes

Helebore is effectual in destroying
rose slugs. Several persons complain