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vent rubbing off. Hot water is
used to hasten the operation of
slakening

9 What must you do if strange
dogs break up your hens nests
knock over your hen coops and
slop barrels and attach you
if you interfere? Various expe
riences were related and it is thought
justifiable to kill such marauders
but no one wants to kill his neigh
-bors dogs.

10 What have you done in your gar
-dens? Most members have planted
all that are usually planted early.
in a few instances plants were up
but in most case the seeds were just
planted

11 How many canes allowed to grow
in the row of Raspberries? 4 or 5 in
a place and 4 feet apart.

Mary M. Miller told us of a
plan used by the gardener at
Warwick Castle to keep slugs off
of rose-bushes; slices of raw potato
were laid at the stems and the
slugs collected on them and could
be destroyed.

One of our members recommended
a pinch of sulphur in the pots to
keep lice of of pot plants.