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My methods? I drive my work. I never let my 

 work drive me. I do all the work I can in the fall to 

 save work in the spring. I do all I can in the spring 

 to help along the work in the fall. I never stop to 

 think of the weather, if it is too hot, or too cold, if I 

 am tired or thirsty. I keep hustling right along. In 



MRS. DOLE'S GARDEN IN AUGUST 



the busy season I rise at four o'clock in the morning. 

 I work early, I work late, as seems necessary. I buy 

 the best implements possible and the best seeds the 

 markets afford. I use plenty of fertilizers. I read 

 agricultural papers. When I read a new suggestion I 

 follow it until I am satisfied that it is advantag^eous or 



