American Agriculturist, March 24,1923 
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A Letter to Aunt Janet 
A Western Niece Joins the Family Circle 
G ood Morning, Aunt Janet! 
Please may I have a seat near the 
circle, to get acquainted with you and 
the rest of the American Agriculturist 
family? To introduce myself, I was 
born away down in south central Ill¬ 
inois where the first time I ever ven¬ 
tured out of doors alone my feet stuck 
tight in the yellow clay mud until I 
could not move. Fortunately an older 
sister came to my rescue, extricated 
my feet, scraped the sticky clay from 
my new red shoes as best she could, 
then lifted me on to the porch. 
This same sister, when I wanted to 
bubble over and say just what I thought, 
would always remind me to be careful, 
“for the further it goes, the bigger it 
gets.” My loving, watchful sister sleeps 
now in the old church yard along with 
my father and mother and most of my 
brothers and sisters. Few are leftwho 
care, and time drags heavily some 
times. It is then my pen is a real con¬ 
solation to me. 
I am a farm woman. I own and 
operate a 360 acre farm, which I did 
not inherit, but have paid for by the 
sweat of my brow, so to speak. Be¬ 
sides, I have raised five children, (being 
left a widow when they were all small) 
to be fine, respectable citizens. But 
they have all been lured from the farm 
by professional work. I am now sole 
occupant ef an eleven room two-story 
house except my hired help, and they 
are few and far between. But when 
those school-teacher daughters come 
home to spend a short vacation, it_ is 
more like an apartment building with 
about two families in each room. 
I keep some beautiful ponies and 
some high grade Guernsey cows. I have 
kept sheep that paid me 200 per cent 
on the money I had invested. They 
were scarcely any trouble or expense. 
I never failed to double my flock each 
year, often more, and as I term it they 
gave me two crops a year,—the wool 
in spring, and the lambs in the fall. We 
raise 50 bushels of oats, 200 bushels of 
potatoes to the acre and we raise the 
best of everything with the least work 
of anywhere in twenty-two states of 
the Union where I had lived. Hay is 
our main crop, strawberries, blue ber¬ 
ries, cranberries and red raspberries 
grow wild in profusion. 
We raise the finest of garden vege¬ 
tables and I never get clay mud on my 
shoes now-a-days. Our soil is a sandy 
loam, light and easy to cultivate. We 
are on the farm because we are happiest 
there. Aunt Janet, if you harbor any 
doubts, come and see “ye scribe” next 
summer. While we like it all the year 
round, we invariably invite our friends 
to visit us in the summer. 
You will see that no man in Wiscon¬ 
sin need be without a home of his own! 
Mrs. Dale B. Mercer. 
HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS 
BERTHA ALZADA 
ARMERS do not like to take the 
time to plant flowers, and they are 
very busy at the season when annuals 
and bedding plants must be planted. 
Blooming shrubs, have their place, but 
may not be depended on throughout the 
summer, for few of them bloom except 
in the spring and fall. The herbaceous 
perennials make the best hardy bloom¬ 
ers and there are so many kinds and 
colors blooming at all seasons that the 
garden can be kept bright all summer. 
In early spring the bleeding hearts and 
columbines, irises, violets, pinks, pop¬ 
pies, and peonies are followed by the 
hardy phlox, gaillardias, shasta daisies, 
snapdragons, campanulas, funkias, and 
a dozen others even up to the time the 
golden glow and pompon chrysanthe¬ 
mums welcome the fall frosts. 
Once planted, the hardy herbaceous 
perennials will need no more attention 
except to prevent weeds encroaching 
upon them. They will grow and bloom 
for many years. The natural method 
of leaving a covering of leaves to rot 
on the surface of the ground around 
their roots from year to year will keep 
them thrifty unless the soil w'here they 
are planted is poor and hard. They 
will grow whete almost any plant will 
grow and will give more satisfaction 
when neglected ' han will most flowers. 
The cost of good two-year field grown 
roots is not great, and in many com¬ 
munities the old favorites are passed 
around until everybody is supplied. 
The Valley of the Giants 
{Continued from page 278) 
for it, but after one look at Henry he 
cut the appropriation to two hundred 
and fifty dollars. Young Mr. Pound- 
stone was blonde and frail, with large 
round spectacles, rabbit teeth, and 
swiftly receding chin. Moreover, he 
was in such a flutter over the arrival 
of his client that Buck deduced two 
things—to wit, that the Mayor had 
telephoned Henry, and that as a result, 
Henry was in no fit state to discu.ss 
the sordid subject of fees. Ergo, Mr. 
Ogilvy decided to obviate such discus¬ 
sion. He handed Henry a check for 
two hundred and fifty dollars, which 
he wrote out on the spot, and with his 
bright winning smile remarked: “Now, 
Mr. Poundstone, we will proceed to 
business. That ■ retainer isn’t a large 
one, I admit, but neither is the job I 
have to-day. Later, if need of your 
services on a larger scale should de¬ 
velop, we shall of course expect to 
make a new arrangement. I trust that 
is quite satisfactory.” 
“Eminently so,” gasped the young 
disciple of Blackstone. 
“Very well, then; let us proceed to 
business.” Buck removed from a small 
leather bag a bale of legal-looking 
documents. “I have here,” he an¬ 
nounced, “agreements from landowners 
along the proposed right of way of the 
N. C. O. to give that company, on de¬ 
mand, within one year from date, sat¬ 
isfactory deeds covering rights of way 
described in the agreements. I wish 
these deeds prepared for signing and 
recording at the earliest possible 
moment.” 
“You shall have them at this time to¬ 
morrow,” Henry promised. 
T he head of Henry Poundstone, 
Junior, was held high for the first 
time since he had flung forth his modest 
shingle six months tefore, and there 
was an unaccustomed gleam of impor¬ 
tance in his pale eyes as he rushed into 
his father’s office. 
“By jinks. Dad!” he exulted. “I’ve 
hooked a fish at last!” 
“Omit the cheers, my boy. Remem¬ 
ber I sent that fish to you,” his father 
answered with a bland and indulgent 
smile. “What are you doing for Ogilvy, 
and how large a retainer did he give 
you?” 
“I’m making out deeds to his rights 
of way. Ordinarily it’s about a fifty- 
dollar job, but he handed me out two 
hundred and fifty dollars. Why, Dad, 
that’s more than you make in a month 
as Mayor.” 
“Well, that isn’t bad. However, it 
would be mere chicken-feed in San 
Francisco.” 
“Read this,” Henry urged, and thrust 
a yellow telegraph-form under the 
Mayor’s nose. The latter adjusted his 
glasses and read: 
“Imperative building operations com¬ 
mence immediately. We must show 
good faith to New York friends. 
J. P. M. insists upon knowing promptly 
where we stand with Sequoia city coun¬ 
cil. See immediately and secure tempo¬ 
rary franchise to enable us cross Water 
Street at B Street and build out Front. 
Your arrangement with Cardigan for 
use of mill-lock and spur for unloading 
material from steamer ratified by board 
but regarded as hold-up. If your judg¬ 
ment indicates no hold-up on permanent 
franchise, commence active operations 
immediately upon acquiring tempo¬ 
rary franchise. Engage local labor as 
far as possible. Cannot impress too 
fully necessity for getting busy, as road 
must be completed in three years if 
plans are to bear fruit and time is all 
too short. Impress upon city council 
and wire answer to-morrow. 
Hockley.” 
This telegram, as the Mayor ob¬ 
served, was dated that day, and, with 
a keen eye to minor details, he noted 
that it had been filed at San Francisco 
subsequent to Ogilvy’s call upon him. 
(Continued next week) 
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PRICE FOR ROOMS 
60 Single rooms - - . $2.25 per day 
100 Single rooms - - - 2.60 per day 
250 Double rooms - $4 per day and upward 
Single rooms, with hath, 4 per day and upward 
Double rooms, with bath, 6 per day and upward 
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RESTAURANT 
During the Winter Season the balconies sur¬ 
rounding the Sunken Palm Garden are enclosed 
in glass. GEORGE C. BROWN. 
$1,000 Gets 200-Acre Farm 
Income. $4,000; 8 Cows and Team, tools, implements, oat-, 
potatoes, fodder Included If taken soon; any farmer won >! 
be proud of it; on improved road, close R.R. town, cii> 
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150 R Nassau Street, New York City. 
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