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reports of Mr. Pate's progress. - - It is most disappointing to hear of set backs after such a splendid recovery - - - - As Betty says, Mrs. Pate has a lot of extra work at such a time, so I do hope you two are doing all you can to help where you can. - Well, the hay harvest is safely over - - the weather picked up in time + there was no difficulty in getting it - - and now it is the Early Potatoes. - - We are hoping to get them off in a week or so (we have a gang of women from Wolverhampton) but there is a bit of a glut so they may not get off so quick. - I'm jam - making + bottling. Unfortunately the first [caught?] the black-currants this year + the crop is very poor but I think the raspberries will