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But the warm sun thaws the benumbed
earth,
And makes it tender: makes in hollow tree
The drowsy cuckoo & the bumble bee.
Now do a choir of chirping minstrels bring
In triumphs to the mold, the youthful
spring:
The valleys, hills, and woods in rich array
Welcoming the coming of the long'd-for May.
Now all things smile.

The Forethought pretended she had not
understood that she was not released
from her job, so had no report for April.
It did not take very long to count the
poultry report, 224 chickens from fine
families against 60 chickens in April 1918,
so we are "going up".
Let us give three cheers for the fine
families, Brooke Grove, The Cedars,
Rockland, Tanglewood, & The Highlands
who searched their gardens, their cellars
or their deep-{cuts?} & brought good, very good
specimens for the early spring season.
Cousin Ellen Farquhar's sturdy little potted
tomato plant looked very much as if it
had been bought at some green-house,