LIiBRARY| 
RECHILV HYD ; 
19.07 
U.S. Department of Agriculture 
THE YELLOW SHEETS 

Vol. 3, No. 
November-December and January-February 1948- 49 
LD; COLE, Grannis, Arkansae Be dg Ra Editor 
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25c per year bi-monthly 

December proved normal _ this 
year. No snow nor sleet yet. Com- 
mon Wandering Jew outside, on a 
stand under a big Oak tree were 
thriving until Christmas éve. 
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The current increase in Postal 
rates is a hard slap on small Mail 
Order business. But we know that 
independent small businesses are a 
big obstacle to dictatorships, either 
of the New Deal or Labor. unions. 
Of course the excuse is the big pos- 
tal deficit, caused in part by the 
enormous quantity of dead-head 
mail sent out by the different gov- 
ernment agencies. Much of this 
stuff is not read but goes into waste 
baskets. Why not limit this dead- 
head right to stuff requested? If a 
person does not want the informa- 
tion (?) enough to ask for it, why 
foist it on them? Seems to me that 
if the deficit excuse was honest, the 
dead-head expense would have been 
handled first. 
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MILK & WINE 
LILIES 
“MRS. A. P. IDOM 
Morton, Mississippi 
Milk and Wine Lilies are one of 
the best of all Lilies, solid white 
with wine stripe, dark green foilage, 
and from six to twelve blooms to a 
stalk. One stem makes a beautiful 
bouquet, especially when mixed 
with other flowers. 
They should be planted in the 
fall for better blooms. And they 
need not be dug for they are hardy. 
In case of deep freezing, mulch with 
dirt on top of hill. Bulbs should be. 
planted eight or more inches deep. 
Editor’s Note—Mrs. Idom _ has 
promised to give us her experience 
with Poincianna next issue. 
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Since a mapority of the people 
voted for another four years of New 
Deal spend, spend, tax, tax, and Mr. 
Truman has asked for an increase of 
billions to our already crushing tax 
burden, the importance of home 
food production has much increased. 
Vegetable gardens, dwarf fruit trees, 
for town people, and food bearing 
ornamental shrubs in the hedges 
easily come to mind for this. The 
meat problem is a little more diffi- 
cult but can be solved. Mr. Jack 
Stephens, an experienced rabbit 
man tells us how rabbits may be 
raised in your back yard, even 
though you have a garden there, and 
you know a nicely dressed rabbit 
can often be swapped to your butch- 
er for other meat. 
Soon, if the Lord permits, I will 
write you of my experiences in rais- 
ing ornamental rabbit feed in the 
front yard. 
Shee ie 
GETTING STARTED 
WITH RABBITS 
By JACK STEPHENS 
This article is written for those 
just starting with rabbits or about 
to do so. If it is possible, buy from 
some one near you, if that person 
has a clean, well kept rabbitry and 
his prices are reasonable. Most 
