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dishes and clear Tip. In fact, this job of 
catering to 10 hearty folks compels us to 
economise on labor about as we do in 
growing trees iu “Westward IIo!” 
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Milk, eggs and a big garden help us out 
iu this feeding proposition. At any time 
now we can go into the garden and pick 
peas, string beans, beets, turnips, lettuce, 
potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, 
carrots, squash—and next week sweet 
corn will be added. Then we had our 
first apple sauce July 17. There are 
plenty of eggs and a dozen fat hens all 
ready for the pot, and plenty of milk for 
drinking or for pot cheese. You can 
imagine what this means in feeding our 
small army. The other day we had 
chicken, potatoes, beets, peas, lettuce and 
a big cherry pie. If I had tried to feed 
my family that dinner at even a moder¬ 
ate-priced hotel it would have cost at least 
$25. And the garden is mainly respon¬ 
sible for our ability to spread such a meal. 
Yet. many farmers tell me they cannot 
afford to have a garden, and all the time 
I can see that they are working at jobs 
in a way that kills labor and does not 
return half its present value. That’s one 
thing that the rt sweat-box” in “Westward 
IIo!” has taught me. There is always an 
“ideal” way to do farm work, but some¬ 
times we must pay too much for that 
ideal. I think a farmer should try to fit 
his job to his capital and his ability to 
obtain labor. With labor costing twice 
as much as it formerly did, wo must plan 
wherever possible to make the forces of 
nature work for us. That is largely why 
I cultivate that orchard with a mowing 
machine. I know a farmer short-handed 
in the hayfield. The meadows are close 
around the barn. lie has a bank barn, 
with an entrance high above the mows. 
In former years- all the hay was pitched 
onto wagons and then pitched off again. 
This year one of the girls raked up the 
hay in windrows and then bunched it. 
The farmer put a rope around three of 
these big bunches and hauled the load 
right over the ground into the barn and 
dumped it down into the mows. Of 
course, he could not do a fully clean job, 
but he got most of the hay into the barn 
without help, we have got to work out 
such schemes. Rut there goes the bell for 
dinner. Come in and sit down with us. 
I’ll back you to eat as much as the Jap¬ 
anese boy, and enjoy it as much as little 
Rose. h. w * 0. 
Planting Lilies 
1. I want to plant a bed of lilies this 
Fall. Will you tell me just how to pre¬ 
pare the bod, what varieties are best for 
this cold climate, and just how to manage 
generally. 2. Hast Spring I saw a Nar¬ 
cissus or daffodil which to me was very 
attractive. I think it is similar in color 
to Empress, hut considerably smaller. The 
six petals were alternately broad and nar¬ 
row, so that each set of three formed a 
quite noticeable triangle. The trumpet is 
single, with a nearly smooth edge. Can 
you tell me the name? As I remember it, 
the perianth was white and the trumpet 
yellow. S. S. C. 
Hardwick, Vt. 
1. Most lilies will succeed in any light, 
sandy or loamy soil. Decayed peat or 
leaf mold is a desirable addition, espe¬ 
cially for American varieties, but fresh 
manure should never be used. Fairly rich 
soil is needed, so the bed may be prepared 
by mixing in a liberal quantity of well- 
rotted cow or sheep manure. After the 
lilies are well-established a top-dressing 
of old manure may be given in Fall. 
Good drainage is needed, a swampy place, 
where stagnant water will collect about 
the roots, being objectionable except iu 
the case of a few swamp-growing sorts. 
Most lilies dislike lime, and do not do 
well on limestone soils. 
The best time to plant lilies is soon 
after flowering, and imported bulbs 
should be planted just as soon as they 
are procurable. A working rule is to 
set the bulb so that its apex is three times 
the depth of its diameter. It is a good 
plan to surround each bulb when planted 
with sand, as this provides drainage and 
repels insects. Another plan advised is 
to set a little sphagnum moss at the base, 
as this encourages root growth. 
Among desirable garden lilies the fol¬ 
lowing may be called the hardiest: L. 
tigrinum, the tiger lily, is hardy. Tobust 
and easily grown. Tt<? habit of forming 
shining purplish black bulbils in the axils 
of the leaves is very interesting. L. re¬ 
gale is reported hardy as far north as 
Roston only. L. auratum. the magnifi¬ 
cent golden-banded lily, is rather ca¬ 
pricious, but should be grown, even if it 
dies out after a year or two. Speciosum 
may be obtained in a variety of beautiful 
forms; the white is considered rather less 
hardy than the rose and crimson varieties. 
Ilenryi is a fine yellow lily, hardy and 
long-lived. Supe r b u m, the American 
Turk’s-cap lily, and Martagon, the Euro¬ 
pean Turk’s-cap, are both hardy ; Marta- 
goa may be secured in a number of forms. 
R- candidum, the white St. Joseph’s 
ld.v, is hardy and satisfactory. Other de¬ 
sirable hardy varieties are L. Hansoni, L. 
monadelphum, L. chalcedonieum. L. testa- 
cemn and L. eroceum. 
A bicolor Narcissus similar in color¬ 
ing to your description, but smaller than 
Empress, is Ilorsneldi, a very hardy, re- 
nablc and inexpensive trumpet sort. The 
petals are all the same width in them all, 
Put frequently some of them curl back 
olter they have been open a day or two, 
mm thus look narrower. Garden Narcissi 
are now so numerous that it is not easy 
r ° identify from a brief description. 
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