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THE MAPLES,
JULY 5 th. 1927

On Tuesday June seventh the weather
man had a lapse of memory, for that day dawned
very June-like, and remained so through-out the
day. Not a drop of rain, very spring like, warm
and sunny.

Because of illness The Maples could
not have the meeting so, very graciously Brooke
Grove traded with them, so on this above mentioend
June day we met at beautiful old Brooke Grove.

Cousin Emma Stabler's article told
us that every garden should have some wild flowers,
the Spider Wort being one of the most satisfactory
ones as it blooms thru out the summer. She also
read us of how to have lovely lilacs. Dig a very
deep hole, put in some old shoes and bones, plant
your lilac, and keep fertilized with fish bones.

Mrs. Nesbit read for Mrs Tilton an
article from "Better Homes and Gardens". Plant
beets and Gladiolia about every two weeks. To
exterminate moles put a stick down the runway and
pour kerosene down the stick, remove the stick and
repeat every few feet. Shift the onion bed every
year. And a strawberry huller makes a very fine
weeder, especialy for use close to plants.

Strawberries are a biennial ot a per-
ennial therefore for best results a new bed should
be planted every year.

The poultry report was very slim until
Mrs. Hagerman came, when the turkies were brought
uppto last years quoto and the chickens greatly
surpassed it. However Mr. and Mrs, Weld came in