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{1}Questions. Is it a good way to keep cabbage
to bury the heads with earth, roots up?
If well headed so like it but most use
the old fashioned way; in trenches with
fodder shed.
{2}What is the objection to giving chickens
cabbage? Hay and Alfalfa is thought to
be better. Carrie Brooke gives hers all the
cabbage they can eat. Black walnuts are
excellent for them. They eat them greedily.
{3}How treat rhubarb now, October? Put
quantities of manure from the cow stable
on it.
{4}How raise mushrooms? Henderson says
they should be planted in August. We refer
you to his directions.
{5}When and with what should spinach be covered?
In early winter with straw. At Riverside
it was fine and had not been covered.
{6}Will night blooming cereus and hibiscus
keep in a cellar? No.
{7}Is it best to rake lawns in the fall? It
is best not allow the leaves to lie in masses
which kills the grass.
{8}How late use the lawn mower? A difference of
opinion. Some say till October. Others think
it should not be done so late.

The garden? Is it ever anything less than
good at this place? Secretary had to leave
before visiting it.

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