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time to trim fuchsias, and March to plant
Currants.
The owner of a sparsely settled 2 year old
asparagus bed was advised to dig it up and
make another next fall with 2 year old roots,
then topdress in March.
Someone asking after the electric road, we
were encouraged to believe that it "is not dead
but sleepeth."
It is best to plant lilies-of-the-valley in a
shady place, after they have done blooming.
The Home Interest was much divided in
opinion as to the proper proportion of cherries
for the person who picks them on shares
estimates ranging from 1/5 to 1/2 depending on
size and abundance of fruit.
Quick lime, dry copperas, and a 1/2 in pipe
from the cellar were suggested to cure a
musty smell in a closet that has o window.
Owing to failure in the coffee crops, "corners" in
the market and other causes the price of
Java coffee is so high that few, if any, buy it by the sack
The 1st August is considered by poultry raisers
the best time to set hens for late chickens.
One lady wanted to know "what makes
young ducks stand on end, stretch out