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shaded from above die most easily? What effect has this on the quaUty 

 of the lumber? 



How do kinds of trees which do not possess the power to grow tall 

 rapidly keep from being crowded out of the forest by their competitors ? 



Conclusion. — Trees, through the workings of variability and natural 

 selection, have developed a characteristic form and structure which give 

 them a great advantage over other forms of vegetation in the competitive 

 struggle for existence, and have also developed various kinds of special 

 characteristics or powers, fitted to their environment, through which 

 they compete with one another in different ways. Examples of these 

 special characteristics are the power to grow fast and the power to endure 

 a good deal of shade. Can you think of any other examples? 



THE FARM HOME 



There will be published in this Leaflet a series of articles relating to 

 the farm home. It is a good thing early in life for children to begin to 

 have realization of the influence of good architecture, landscape garden- 

 ing, and the like. It is a good thing for them to know something of 

 household management and household decoration. Before reaching the 

 high school they should have some knowledge of modern thought in 

 regard to different lines of domestic science. It may not be possible to 

 give many of the lessons in this series m the schoolroom but the teacher 

 can read the articles to the children and have discussions with them 

 which may be of value in the home now and helpful to them in the 

 future. 



EARLY HOUSE BUILDING 



Martha Van Rensselaer 

 (Home Economics Department, College of Agriculture) 



When the early settlers came to America the first thing they thought 

 of was a place to live. Their materials were as crude as those of Robinson 

 Crusoe. All around them were forests and no saw mills; stone quarries 

 and no machines to lift the stone; clay and no way of making brick. 

 But they were self-reliant. They had a good friend in the broad axe 

 which they used for making a protection for themselves and their 

 families from wild beasts. 



The first saw mill was built in 1663 on Salmon river Falls in New 

 Hampshire, and, in the meantime, before enough saw mills were made 



