LECTURES. ON FARMING
'I tell ye,' said the grizzled old veteran of the farm, with a broad grin on his face, ' these here lectures they give before them sassiety people up to town on the subject o' farmin' is mighty fine. .. My darter Mandy attended a dozen of 'em up to New York while she was visitin 'thar last winter, and, by gorry, what she didn't know about manicurin' a cow's hoofs, raisin* —i*_«.xi u f"iv., «"u"u lumiiuuiiu di cow s noois, raisin water-lilies and graftin' roses on cabbidges so's ye kin cook the cabbidges in a small city flat without attractm' the attention o' the Board of Health, hain't wuth listenin 'tew.' —'
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New Zealand Tablet, 15 May 1913, Page 61
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113LECTURES. ON FARMING New Zealand Tablet, 15 May 1913, Page 61
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