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The Landswoman at the Dairy Show.
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· \\horu JJlm~mbf·r with ' afltc-
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tion. ll<' wa~ full of '>torH s of her fir,t da)~ on th'
l:lft on her motor
hil ~nown as L tttlc I_J1 ctor. IJf• wa-. loud
111 prai'>C' of h1!> pn· ... ,•nt land g1rl 1rd.., in tlw 4 cl.l'i:-.t·-., :•n an r:tgc of n~>arh
Then• '' rrp .54 bil d... in thr \\'hit~
4 n JX'r {la._.,
\\, .tndoltl pullet c l,1s..,, wh1ch mthl ha\e t;.~kf n
..,0 m, ... ort1ng out, :'1"1 J onl) could ''in.
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th,- bri ht ''rf'
Latf'r in the g d 0 ~n a her maUl of th" tnf' tdow.
some of their 1 ~~,.st 0 '~ ".tme f'\m.., ha\ing lost
~tanding ou
an turned the r• "t to bold ,
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Ill t te. S>nng, for my gardrn i:> to be full of tlO\\tr:.
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~Ve have planted literally thou ... ands of
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Crocu~f"
... ~tit Hll ()~er the gr.ts, bank .... , bluebell.., and lox-
~ ovf'..,,, P~llllro ~s and Ph('a:.ant 'E)e, dv\\:n th••
• lon~.., \\ ,\lk, llll )ou g~t to the wat('r, and th~o
dancmg ) llow daffodils both ..,:des o£ the g1 a-...,
all round thr· l.tk• ·. In the garden proper, \\:lll-
fiow<•r.., .md forgN nH -nob will ~ e .. en wh<'r+>, ,1nd
tht• g'cJ)·toloun•d Darwin .wd \fa\ tuhp.., fill .Ill thf"
"Pa< , • .., th,tt an• h ft .
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loo fnendl).
I h•') follu\\ nw ro~md mo-.t of the·
da), chatting aw:l\ .111 the tim~ .tnd th••\ l'\('n , am"
"'0 f.rr 41.., up tht: loft -.t.tir-. thh \\•·ek~ hoptng to
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<.t tattoo on th•· food p.til they corn• ... c.l np.:nng to
) t.ur fect - 1 know waddling j., the r.ght term for n
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T he Weather.
\\ h.tt a gloriou ... Ottobt•r! I think there j ... no
month '' h<'n bt' tutlful WPath~r 1::> <..() \1 lwnw,
tXLept, perh.1p~. tho!>e <'arly W.lrrn :.pnnt: da)'
\\'htch \\C '>Olllf'lltlle-. get in 1-\•bruary Th~::> ~c.tr,
\\ ith
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\\alk, but m10e are :>O full Gf fun th..tt
' l ampC'r i ~ much thf' bcottt-r word.
I heY have 1
Mr ..... (' ·>f humour, tw
l'h<.!\ di ... to..,:ercd, • nltllh to
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their di gust, that l f~d the
fowls before 1 go
dcwn to their me-adow, ::.o now they alwa)::. a..,semhl ...
round th•• fowl run.,. t'l ... 1-e I don't givt aw~) tot)
much. 1 he other da\ I found the' • had leen having
qu it,• a good ft eod out of the f atten 1ng coop trough
\\ hil<• 111~ t \Ck "·'" turn('(\ , and l promptly drt)\t
th•·m olT ,md -.tart<·d :l\\a\ fur their meJdow, gaih
t.tpping tht pat! for them to follow
\nd -.o th.-~
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lob of work to be done in the g-ard• n,
the~c l0\1'1)
..,unn) da)-; -.o rl~t to win er h~l\e ht·ln
"1mpl) \\'OndC'rful. It j.., the only ti~e of thC' ~t.ar.
too, whf'n one h.1., a cham · of ~f't>IOg thl' r1-omg
-.un ..,hininu through thr trunk-. of thf• t•Jm ... tn th•
~lonk-,' \\~Ilk, great -;haft... of ro~~ light lh ru\\n
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