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Rh Handicraft Clubs, No. 26; Suggestions for Boys’ and Girls’ Exhibits at Fairs, No. 55; Development of Boys’ Club Work, No. 29; Canning of Fruits and Vegetables for Clubs, No. 853; Boys’ Pig Clubs, No. 566; Boys’ and Girls’ Poultry Clubs, No. 562; and School Lessons on Corn, No. 653. You will find more of these books and directions for obtaining them listed on pages 206-214.

Instead of burning all the leaves in bonfires this fall, gather as many as you can in bags and bring them home to help enrich the garden for next year. Some of the leaves should be spread over the beds where there are roots and bulbs that need protection from the frost. Pile any extra leaves that you can get in a sheltered place where they can remain all winter and decay. They contain valuable chemical elements that will be important helps for fertilizing the earth next spring.

Nutting this year? Of course; and Uncle Sam wants to go with you. He says to go nutting oftener than yon ever did before, and to gather more nuts. Don’t eat them all at once, though. Save them, as the squirrels do, to eat when the snow flies. A basket of nuts is a whole meal in itself, often. A chestnut has oils that are a substitute for butter, a little sweetness that takes the place of sugar, and starch that makes it very valuable ground into flour. So many nuts, the white and black walnut,