the government nursery in Winona. 

 Here visitors saw millions of black lo- 

 cust, green ash, pine, spruce, wild 

 plum, grape, woodbine, cherry, mul- 

 berry and other trees used to plant gul- 

 leys, steep slopes, and game preserves. 

 Farm Bureau delegations from Du 

 Page, Kane, Ogle, DeKalb, and Carroll 

 counties enjoyed the trip made in a 

 Burlington streamlined Zephyr train 

 at low excursion rates. The 753 mile 

 round trip run was made at a speed 

 of 100 miles an hour with stops at 

 Aurora, Oregon. Savanna, East Du- 

 buque, Prairie du Chien, and LaCrosse. 



LAKE WINONA FROM THE 575' 

 BLUFF ABOVE 

 "The dredge is at work again, perhaps 

 for the last time." 



Bouquets in the Barnyard 



(Continued from page 23) 

 gathered at the Scott home was a barn- 

 yard. They found it a restful spot with 

 the fragrance of lilies and roses drifting 

 down on them and the row of maple 

 trees sending long shadows to shield 

 them from the rays of the setting sun. 



If work had kept the neighbors too 

 long and the evening sun had too 

 quickly disappeared, they found that . 

 improvised flood lights made of two 

 tractor lamps and fed from a battery 

 still kept the garden aglow for games, 

 talk, and supper. 



The fireplace, with a background of 

 low hedge, firebush is built simply of 

 bricks laid loosely together, not more 

 than one and one-half feet high. Long 

 enough for two grates, potatoes may be 

 fried and coflPee cooked on one, and 

 weiners roasted on the other. The 

 grates, slightly heavier than oven 

 grates, were found in the junk yard. 

 The picnic table, built of not too heavy 

 planks, has legs that fold under it. That 

 makes it easier to store in the winter, 

 and also it may be carried on the side 

 of the car if necessary. To transport 



articles to and from the house, Mrs. 

 Scott uses a little wagon. If too many 

 things have to be taken out, the men 

 bring the table to the back door and 

 carry it back when filled. 



"All we need to do is phone some- 

 one at noon and say, 'how about eating 

 out tonight'. That's about all the 

 trouble there is to this kind of enter- 

 taining. Besides your own pleasure in 

 your flowers, this makes such a good 

 way to share them with others." 



No youth problem is disturbing Mr. 

 and Mrs. Scott. Their ■tiigh school 

 freshman daughter, an outstanding 4-H 

 worker in Piatt county, has a place to 

 bring her friends. Nor do they won- 

 der what to do with the four grand- 

 children when their married son and 

 daughter come for a visit. The family 

 doesn't seem to drift apart. One reason 

 may be the happy times in the garden. 



The pioneer woman struggled to 

 make her flowers grow on the prairie. 



Her faith lives on. The American wo- 

 man is still going to have flowers, even 

 if she plants them in the barnyard. 



— Nell Flatt Goodman 



To Make Hose Ruaproof 



Take 2 quarts soft water, 2 tablesi>oons 

 alum, one teaspoon vinegar. Let hose stand 

 in mixture overnight. Then wash and rinse. 

 Use this mixture before hose are ever worn. 

 You can keep the mixture in a fruit jar 

 and use many times. 



Measure accurately for best results. Sifted 



flour in a teacup was shown to actually give 

 only ^ of a cup or 12 tablespoons instead 

 of the 16 level tablespoons found in a cup 

 of flour measured in a standard measuring 



cup. 



Orange crates put together in attractive 

 ways can house many small toys which have 

 been named as one of the chief causes of 

 falls in the home. Instead of constantly 

 nagging the children to put away toys, ap- 

 point them safety patrolmen. 



Poor lawns cause weeds rather than weeds 

 cause poor lawns. Fertilizer will encourage 

 grass growth to crowd out the weeds. 



Doing both Jobs 



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Keep the cow's tail out of 

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