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supposed to be a Chester White, so I suppose, 

 to be accurate, I should have said her de- 

 scendants are Essex-Chesters. 



ORCHARD 



Apples should all be picked during the 

 beginning of the month. Keeping for win- 

 ter in a small way for the home can be sat- 

 isfactorily done if only some fruit is used 

 gathered by hand from the tree. Get sugar 

 or flour barrels (sugar are the best), put 

 a layer of hay at the bottom, pack the apples 

 one by one, stems down, in even layers as 

 tightly as can be done without bruising. Hay 

 or paper placed between the layers will aid 

 their preservation. When the barrel is full, 

 replace the end and stand in a cool outhouse 

 on its side, until really cold weather. Then 

 either cover with bedding or remove to a cellar 

 or a store pit. 



If cider is to be made of the windfalls, 

 buy an empty sherry or whiskey cask if you 



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