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-ed as a remedy.
8 Is this a good time to set out cabbage
for main crop? Yes, good but 15th or 20th con
-sidered better
9 How use Swiss Chard? For greens when young
10 How get rid of moles? Tramp done the
"hills" watch for him, put a spade
behind him and dig him out. Traps are
recommended also.
11 Will Paragon Chestnuts trees which died-
down be good grown from suckers?
It will if the sprout came above the graft
12 Is it best to sow turnips in a row or
broadcast? Broad-cast. Mix the seed
with lime or Ashes. to show where they
have been sown, about the 24th of August

On managing sweet potatoes it is
recommended to chip the vines or twist
them around on the hill. In sitting
out Asters, put them a foot apart. For
the beetles no remedy known but picking
off by hand. It is said that [Rope?]
sowed now makes good green food for Hogs
Wild Cherry leaves are said to poison
sheep and horses and is probably injuri-
-ous to other stock.

Owing to illness in the family and many
duties, our hostess is not proud of her
garden but we know an abundance of
fine vegetables will come out of it and
be shared with her neighbors

Place for next meeting undecided
Readers Mary Magruder
Marianne Miller

*A remedy for the beetles, it is said water with a
gallon of water in which a teaspoonful of Paris [?]
is put