
September-October, 1947 
sette off leaving 2 or 3. in. stem, 
dry for several days, and replant in 
dark loam with coarse sand where 
stub is planted. The most oper pat 
item for Echeverias is good light a 
all times. 

Mrs. Peterson has made a hobby 
of unusual Succulents for years and 
knows whereof she writes. The 
above article shows me my mistake 
with my Gasteraloes. I did not give 
them a dormant spell but handled 
like Geranuims, and when the bliz- 
zard of December, *45, came, they 
all departed this life. 
““Whatsoever thy hand findeth to 
do, do with thy might.”’ 
‘Whether therefore ye eat or 
drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all 
to the Glory of God.”’ 
These commands from the Old 
and from the New Testaments seem 
to make plain our duty to always do 
eur. best. That way lies improve- 
ment and self respect. Slighted, 
careless work, feather bedding, slow 
cowns and such hindrances to in- 
crease of production in little matters 
as well as in big, are against the 
scheme of God, and will work 
against us here and herveafter. 
This summer's heat wave has 
made plain the need for plenty of 
water for tub gardens. In our cli- 
mate, natural rainfall is not nearly 
enough. Until since the last issue of 
The Yellow Sheets, we had to carry 
all water we used from a well about 
100 feet from the house. More than 
that, the way we had to go. We 
saved all we could and | carefully 
watered plants, but it was not nearly 
enough. 
Early Lettuce did well. Later 
plantings no good. Carrots grew too 
slowly and I fed them to the goat. 
Beets gave us all we wanted to eat 
and have canned nearly enough for 
winter. Made the mistake of putting 
the tubs of Tomatoes and Cucum- 
bers in full sun. Yield not good. 
THE YELILOW SHEETS 
Page Three 
Cukes bloomed heavily but set little 
fruit. Find they will do better with 
morning sun and afternoon shade. 
The hot weather has taken heavy 
toll cf my supopsedly hardy Se- 
dums. Proved hardy to our worst 
winter cold, but not to summer 
heat. 
Ralph, my son, works during the 
day to make a living for us, then 
after supper, in the long evenings, 
has deepened the well 9 feet;.in- 
stalled. an automatic electric pump, 
and put running water in the house. 
Doing the work himself brought the 
cost down to what we can afford. 
Now I hope to take better care. of 
the plants. 
I copied prices for my circular 
mailing ad from an imprint sent me. 
More study of M. O. magazines 
showed me that those prices are out 
of line with usual rates. The fol- 
lewing are right. 
CIRCULAR MAILING 
I have a big mailing list of garden 
lovers and other hobbyists. Only 
clean, decent matter accepted. My 
rates: 
100 250 500 1000 
4 5 id es de 20 .45 .85 1.50 
6x9 30 .70 1.30 2.50 
tee ek .50 1.00 1.75 3.00 
Laura D. Cole - - - Grannis, Ark. 
Some kind friend paid for a sub- 
scription for me to Human Events, 
published at 1323 M St., Washing- 
ton 5, D. C. A fine weekly publica- 
tion devoted to discussion of current 
events. Well worth the price to any 
person who thinks and has _ the 
money for it. 
Have a hen sitting in a_ brood 
coop with covered yard. Bought it 
of the E. C. Young Co., Randolph, 
Mass. A man can make one for con- 
siderably less than this cost, but a 
woman would have to buy material, 
get it hauled, then find a man who 
wanted to work badly enough to 
work for a woman, and then no 
