XV. 



APRIL 



"Bestir, bestir." 



No time for sentiment now, for Nature is not 

 only thoroughly awake, but up and busy, and 

 we shall do well if we keep pace with her. 

 Seemingly, there are a dozen things to be done 

 at once, these mild April days, but one thing at 

 a time is the secret of progress, with some 

 modification. Where you have several in help, 

 one or two can often work to better advantage 

 at a certain task than half a dozen, and if you 

 employ boys, the less they help each other the 

 more they accomplish. 



In the first place, tie up your grape-vines ; 

 don't leave them sprawling on the ground till 



