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housework, Airs. Fisk found time to write a concise 

 story of the garden, securing a regular five-dohar prize. 

 She did much of the work of the garden and felt "bene- 

 fited mentally, physically, spiritually and financially." 

 The value of the produce was seventy-six dollars and 

 forty-two cents, and the net profit, thirteen dollars and 



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fifty-seven cents. Having no hotbed, the plan of start- 

 ing plants indoors was followed with success. Toma- 

 toes were sowed in a pan of earth from the woods and 

 put on the stovepipe shelf. They were up in four days 

 and were transferred to a sunny window. Celery was 



