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a temperature of 32° below zero. The first
day of spring they are uncovered and
raised by horse-power and propped up

2nd Reader Florence Bentley wanted infor-
-mation of certain trees wich we cold not give

Of the committee appointed to attend the
Farmer's Day meeting at the Maryland Agri
-cultural College 30th of May, four mem-
-bers attended: Charles F. Brooke and wife
Robert Miller and wife. The gave a good ac-
-count of the proceedings. The address was
excellent and there were many interesting ex
-periments demonstrated

Forethought

Good, as usual. She quoted largely
from the Farm Journal, which, she says gives
much better information than she can. After
reading her paper over a second time we
fail to find anything better than what she had
given us in previous papers. an item worthy
of special note is that asparagus beds
should be heavily enriched with fertilizer
and barn-yard manure as soon as we stop
cutting it for the table. The object is to se-
-cure a strong root growth before cold
weather. Make thre plantings of corn this
month. Scatter ashes or lime among the
tomatoes, squashes, melons and cucumbers
The main crops of cabbage and celery
should be set out late in the month
Continue cultivating crops. A comparatively
dry June means good crops for the man
who cultivates thoroughly. Pinch off the tip
of melon & cucumber vines if you want
them to set a crop early. Put a tin can