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MINNESOTA STATE HOR rRULTTRAL SUCIETV. 



This State happens to be located at the busy end of the world 

 when spring opens, and you want everything like yourself all 

 ready for it. Your wife should have a procession of flowers to 

 greet her every day from early spring till the hard frosts of 

 autumn. Why don't women like the farm? Because it is so dreary 

 and desolate. Fix it up as it ought to be ! Make it an earthly 

 Elysium, and you couldn't hire dogs enough to drive her away 

 from it. You love fat cattle and swine, but you must remember 

 that the pansy, the columbine and the rose are fully as hand- 

 some as the hog. 



THE "SUDDEN SAWLUG.'" 

 A Norway poplar screen ten years old, planted 4xi;.2 ft., thirty-live feet high. 



Beauty is zvealth, and there are hundreds of dollars to be 

 evolved from that patch of ground in front of the house. And 

 there is the garden ! Lay out an acre of ground in orderly form. 

 Don't forget the asparagus bed. You can raise it readily as 

 large as a hoe handle ; you can use it twice a day for two months. 

 I remember while a boy we all had to take our spring bitters— 

 and how bitter they w^ere ! I can taste them yet. Asparagus 

 served in cream is pleasanter to take and more effective as a 

 guardian of health. Lay out your garden so you can cultivate 

 with the horse as much as possible. Plant your fruit trees at 



