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Show BEAUTIFUL GARDEN While out going through the pumping district with L. R. Four-nicr, Four-nicr, we stopped at Jo. Hickman's place no Mrs. Jo. Hickman's to admire the flowers, and if you think she has not a right to be proud of them, just you go out and see for yourself. And let me tell you their vegetable garden is a source of real pleasure and profit, not only to Jo. Hickman and wife, but to several other Hickman's who live in town. Can't begin to tell you all the kinds of flowers in that garden, but there was one blossom in particular that struck my eye. It was a big pure white daahlia the handsomest I ever saw. Jo. says their garden produces pro-duces an abundance of all kinds of vegetables, including, butter, milk, cream and eggs enough to supply half of his decendants ;and that is saying a lot. Another noticable thing about the place is the number of trees growing, grow-ing, both shade trees and fruit trees. This is as it should, be. Every rancher, ranch-er, every year, should plant one tree at least. Quite a number of ranchers out. in that neighborhood have had the water on their lands for several years and the tallest tree they have on the nlace is only an alfalfa tree. You don't know how that one tree (which ain't therel would relieve the landscape and how the cotv and cnlf would enioy its 'shade the middle mid-dle of these hot davs. So follow Jo. Hickman's example, go down on the river and dig un a cotton wood or send, to some nur-serv nur-serv and get a fruit tree, or if you can't do that, get a few castor beans and grow new trees every vpar. You will be surnrised at the chance in the looks of the country in a few years. |