FOR WINTER 



with sawdust or dry soil. Before putting in 

 either, it is well to nail two or three thicknesses 

 of sheathing-paper over the inside boarding. 

 Let it extend up over the lower six inches of 

 the house-walls, fastening it in place by a 

 strip of wood, or something that will hold it 

 firmly and evenly against the clapboards. 



Some reader of the above advice may say: 

 "This doesn't fit in consistently with advice 

 given elsewhere. If these instructions are 

 followed, we would have an almost air-tight 

 room in which to grow plants. He has had a 

 good deal to say about the importance — the 

 absolute necessity of fresh air. How can we 

 reconcile the two theories?" 



I propose to do so in this way. Have the 

 tinner make you a pipe two inches across, 

 and as long as your window is high. Let there 

 be an elbow at the top, of the same size as the 

 other pipe, and long enough to extend through 

 the wall of the house. Then have your car- 

 "penter put the pipe in place by boring or 

 cutting through the wall. The short length 

 of pipe will project into the room. The long 

 piece of pipe will extend down the wall on the 

 outside. Leave this pipe open at the bottom. 

 Have a cap fitted to the short piece reaching 



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