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disposed of to advantage, and at the 

 same time compel the hog to gather his 

 own feed, another item of importance. 

 Inter-cropping as a whole represents a 

 phase of orchard work avoided by 

 some growers, and to some this is a 

 wise precaution, while to others it 

 means a regular income. 



Humor and Common Sense 



By A. X. Hanks, the sage of Maiison, 

 Chelan Cunnty, Washington 



IT seems like we are required to fol- 

 low the admonition of the Hon. 

 Champ. Clarke, "Toot your own horn, 

 lest it be not tooted," frequently of 

 late. Some of the little gulches up 

 river, above us, actually think that they 

 can grow stuff, like apples, taters, 

 punkins, and sich like, and have cast a 

 dcfic, at us, to meet them at the Fair 

 Hesperides at Wenatchee next fall, and 

 I tell you these things worry us a heap, 

 'cause it will put us to our nittin', for 

 they will be there "loaded for bear," 

 so you see, we must be up and a-doin'. 

 As you know, the Lake Chelan country 

 made a very good effort at the last Fair 

 Hesperides, in fact we carried off 

 enough Blue Ribbons to make us bow 

 legged to pack 'em home, and now, 

 them Methow fellers have called for 

 help, "and we got to go and do it all 

 over again." We will have to take a 

 little better care of our green stuff this 

 summer and save it all, as we are going 

 to need it. 



Last spring we lost our best speci- 

 men of squash. The vine was growing 

 out behind the barn and the squash had 

 got to be some size when the boy, who 

 does the milkin', went out one morning 

 to drive in the cow, and as he supposed 

 he saw her lying down in the squash 

 Ijatch, so he throwcd a small rock at 

 her to make her git up and broke the 

 stem off the squash ; on further look- 

 ing he found the cow in the barn. But 

 we will be a little more careful this 

 season. 



Now we may be somewhat like the 

 Irishman who made a list of all the 

 men in his ward he could whip. 

 Murphy called on him one day and 

 savs he, "I understand you have me 

 noime on yer list?" "I have," says Pat, 

 "what of it?" "Will you can't do it," 

 savs Murphy. "Well thin," savs Pat, 

 "I'll take it off." 



Now if we done said anything that 

 don't quite suit, why just let the folks 

 come around after the mettin' and 

 opologise, and we will forgive 'ein. 



Say, Mr. Better Fruit, after the State 

 Mcetin' of the Horticultural Society, I 

 seen what a snap them sellin' fellers 

 had, so I just dropped a line to a few of 

 my friends, back east, to come on out 

 here quick, as the pickin' was offul 

 good. The people out here will raise a 

 good crop of fine apples, pick 'em, wrap 

 'em. and box 'em, and haul 'em down to 

 you at the dapot, and turn 'cm over to 

 >ou; all they ask you to do is to sell 'cm 

 for all you can get, and give 'em what 

 you don't want to keep (she sure is 

 easy). Some folks have made .*.')(IO,(IO(l 

 in eight (8) years at the business; it 

 sure pays. 



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 to making more money out of it, but you do not 

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