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on the Forethought for that month. She
handled the subject with a master hand,
and although "winter has lingered in the
lap of spring", there were things which
should have been well started, such as
hot-beds & cold frames, and she told just
what should be in the ground, & how to
trick them.

She ended her excellent paper by suggesting
the mame of Miss Mary E. Gilpin as
our regular Forethought. The society heartily
approved of this proposal, and she was
elected unanimously to that office.
The chicken report showed a falling off in
Comparison with April 1919. - 159 chickens
counted. Many had no chickens
at all, and others had troubles of various
kinds a nest of kittens where the hen
should have been, patient setting, hens
stolen fron their nests, etc. etc. etc.

Anna M. Farquhar acted as assist. sec.,
she read us of exhibits from Della Brooke,
Edgewood, The Highlands, Rockland, and
Brooke Grove. Altho' only five homes
brought specimens, the quality of these
was up to the usual standard.