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H/8/1905-2-

The Forethought gave a good deal of
advice as usual regarding weeds
and proper plants for window culture
There was a selected article read
giving a sketch of Letitia Penn; our
old doll frined who has descended
in he old [quaint?] court dress to
Mary F. Kirk. She is one of the curiosities
of Sandy Spring and I hope s
he will always appear in the parlor
to welcome the Horticultural at
Woodburn

The Poultry report from Janet Miller was
most admirable, being a drescription of
a woman's successful poultry farm
starting with white Wyandolts, then
Rhode Island Red, a good all round
hen. She fed a great variety of
food five times a day; the very
early spring chickens were kept under
sashes, an old hot-bed instead
of a brooder would raise 500 earliest
broilers selling for $10.00 per dozen
The questions followed, not so many
as usual.

1 When plant spinach for winter use?
In August