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Hired help does some such work as carrying out and 

 hauHng bees, putting together hives, etc., unloading honey 

 brought from the out-apiary, taking sections out of su- 

 pers, etc. Sometimes it has been a convenience that I 

 could call on the hired help in the employ of my good 

 brother-in-law, Ghordis Stull. Ghordis has the place 

 pretty well filled with raspberries and strawberries, and 

 he is 'way up in such matters. Previous to his occupancy 



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of the place, it was chiefly in grass, for I could give no 

 attention to cultivated crops. The only thing I pretend 

 to oversee of the farm work is the cultivation of the 

 rose-beds. I could hardly live without roses, and my 

 wife is an expert in chrysanthemums. With the fruit 



