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Since the last issue, Babe Ruth has 
batted his greatest home run and has 
been promoted to a bigger League Over 
There. Few people have inspired more 
love, especially among young boys. He 
was living proof to them that in Cap- 
italistic América, the poorest, who have 
Faith in God and the guts in themselves 
can rise to the heights of fame and 
fortune. He loved and was loved and 
“Love is the fulfilling of the Law.” 

Now, the Middle of August, early 
gardens are done for and mid summer 
brings it’s own rewards and drawbacks. 
Of course the heat is severe. Metal 
lying in the sun is soon too hot to 
handle. Dish water can be heated same 
way, and I have seen children cooking 
eggs by sun heat on smooth concrete. 
Petunias, Zinnias, Red Dragons, Vin- 
cas and Roses thriving in the open. Be- 
gonias blooming in the shade. 
My vegetable gardening has been 
sadly limited due to Ralph’s lordly male 
complex. ‘No mother, you work too 
hard.” But my neighbor, Mrs. Coyle, 
a widow living alone, has a big garden, 
infested with Johnson and Bermuda 
grasses. She is willing for me to use 
all the space I can rescue from those 
pests. They have to be violently handled 
with a spade, and as I am able to turn 
but a few spadefuls at a time, the 
ground I can clear is very limited. 
Early spring her ground was plowed, 
hence the first two rows I used were 
cleared fairly easy. These were planted 
to early peas, lettuce and the usual 
My lettuce was almost a 
failure but Mrs, Coyle had more than 
she could use. The root crops were 
followed by Butter Beans. Small 
amounts of Hickory King and Golden 
Bantam corn were planted, and, when 
apple blossoms fell, bush beans. Re- 
peated plantings were made of the G. 


25c PER YEAR 
B. corn, as ground was cleared, and we 
have a few hills now not yet in tassel. 
Cow Peas were interplanted with the 
corn. 
Two hills of early cucumbers and two 
of later gave all we and Mrs. Coyle 
could use anu I nave put up all the 
vinegar pickles we are likely to use. 
Cues have been followed by first plant- 
in of fall turnips. Four hills of can- 
taicipes have given us enough to eat 
and We used the last yesterday. I gave 
their space a heavy dose of goat manure 
and worked it in. Then top dressed with 
compos reinforced with Vigoro and 
planted Chinese cabbage. 
Cucumbers were interplanted with 
Okra, allowing two stalks to a person. 
Better allow three. Many gardeners 
make the mistake of heavy planting 
early tomatoes. That throws canning 
them in hot weather, when other fruit 
is ready. ) 
Ralph is married now and my family 
consists of Dody, my elderly _ step- 
daughter and myself. I planted five 
early tomato plants, but the pups dis- 
posed of three of them. One plant to 
a person is hardly enough, better three 
for two people. Seed for these were 
plant-1 in a coffee can in mid February 
ai . wried ag house plants until apple 
be ns fell. Early April I planted five 
me _ .nd late May, eight. If frost is 
late, these latter will begin to ripen, 
if early, they will all be gathered green 
and ripen in the house. This puts my 
tomato canning after the rush is over. 
One hill of pumkins yielded one large 
and one small Punk. Plenty for us. 
The early peas were followed by sweet 
potatoes, 24 plants. They were car- 
ried as house plants until set. Grew 
rampageously. Mrs. Coyle and I in- 
vestigated a few hills in early August 
and found tubers as big as hen eggs. 
The bush Butter Beans surprised me. 
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