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rows of your garden well lioeel and loose, many of the \\eeds will be killed 

 even before they appear above the surface of the ground. 



In fightingi this battle, however, you must be careful not to step on j'our 

 vegetables or allow them to be disturbed in any way. If the hoe should cover 

 them with earth, as it is bound to do unless you hold it firmly and guide it 

 carefully, remove it with your hands, disturbing the plants as little as ix)ssible; 

 give them all the chance you can, because civilized babies can not grow well 

 with dirty faces. Continue this battle from time to time, especially after 

 rains, when the soil is nearly dry, and you will be a victorious general. 



LOOKING AHEAD. 



In doing our gardening work we must constantly be looking into the future 

 so that we can be preparing for what is to come by what we are doing at pres- 

 ent. Now is the time to think of what is to be done several weeks or even 



A STOCK FARM WHERE HORSES, SHEEP, HOGS. CATTLE, AND ALL SORTS OF 



POULTRY ARE KEPT. 



several months hence and to act in preparation for what is to be done then. 

 One particular thing which must be kept constantly in mind is the public ex- 

 hibit at which the things we have grown in our gardens will be shown. This 

 exhibit will be held near the middle of September; and unless we keep it in 

 mind from now until that time we will not make the showing which is ex- 

 pected of us. This will be our second public appearance ; our first, in the 

 Fourth of July parade, made a big liit, and we have to do even better in our 

 next. But in order to do ourselves justice every one of us must play the 

 game as if we meant it from now iiutil the exhibit is over. 



In doing our share there are two things at which each of us must work just 

 by way of preparation : First, we must take care of our gardens in the best 

 way we know of, so that our things will grow large and good to look at. We 

 all know what this means — the weeds must be done away with, the injurious 

 insects must be killed, the ground must be kept loose, and the plants must be 

 thinned so that they have plenty of room in which to grow. If there is any- 



