THE YELLOW SHEETS 
The young Day Lilies I received 
from Mrs. U. B. Evans, Haphazard 
Plantation, Ferriday, La., last fall are 
coming into bloom. Serenade bloomed 
in May, a light yellow with shading of 
brown on outside of petals. Ophir, also 
a yellow, bloomed first half of June. 
Margaret Perry and three others from 
which the labels have slipped are in 
bud. Think they will open several days 
apart. W.’H. Wyman, Gem, Mikado 
and Cressida not in bud yet. 
A remarkable book, The Revolution 
Was, by Garet Garrett, published by 
The Caxton Printers, Caldwell, Idaho, 
was recently given me. I wish it could 
be read by every voter before Congress 
meets again in the fall. We are inclined 
to regard much of the wastefulness, 
inefficiency and general bad results of 
the bureaucracy at Washington as 
merely the mistakes of well-meaning 
ignorance. [his book is carefully docu- 
mented from speeches and writings of 
important New Dealers, showing that 
whole mess is a result of a carefully 
planned program to establish a totali- 
tarian state in the U. S. They were pro- 
ceeding along the conventional paths 
of dictators. All done under the excuse 
of the general welfare. 
We can see the resemblance to the 
state-planned food shortages in Russia 
and Germany in our present scarcity of 
meat and sugar. With plenty of meat 
animals and people wanting meat, the 
small local packing houses are drastic- 
ally limited in amount they can slaugh- 
ter; also farmers cannot kill their own 
animals and sell the meat without per- 
mission of the bureaucrats. The small 
slaughterers will be forced to close or 
go into the Black Market. Elimination 
of the Kulaks. If they go into the Black 
Market business, they can be eliminat- 
ed more easily, under a fanfare of mo- 
rality and public welfare. Small busi- 
ness stands in the way of totalitarian- 
ism, hence must be eliminated, by 
piecemeal, if no other way seems safe. 
There would be more sugar if the 
Cuban and Puerto Rican crops had 
been bought and we house wives left 
to decide if we were willing to pay the 
higher price. | have not applied for any 
canning sugar and do not intend to 
apply for any because of the question- 
aire they dare to demand be filled 
out. Fortunately I came to Arkansas 
while this region was still pioneer. 
Sugar was freighted fifty miles from 
the nearest railroad point. We learned 
to use molasses. 
I have learned by experience that 
most.of our common fruits can be can- 
ned without sugar. When opened, I[ 
add molasses, preferably sorghum, 
next to that, cane syrup, to sweeten. 
Set on the stove and bring to.a bail. 
Stir about a minute and set off to cool. 
Not as good as sugar sweetening, but 
very edible and much better than being 
regimented. 
This book is paper bound, cannot be 
very expensive, and is ENORMOUSLY 
WELL WORTH READING. 
You have doubtless read in the 
papers of the excessive rains in the 
South. The stories are not exaggerated. 
Not so much water falls at a time, but 
so frequently that the ground is hardly 
dry enough to cultivate before another 
rain. My vegetable garden is a disgrace 
to me, but we are getting some eais 
from it. 
Ceiling prices on poultry so low that 
we are keeping only six hens. These 
give us two all the eggs we can use and 
a dozen a week to sell. Would be 
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