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hotbed purchase one with the name of the maker on 



it, and one which has a Fahrenheit scale etched on 

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the glass stem. You will then be more certain to 

 get a good one. 



A vegetable box lined with oilcloth, tacked neatly 

 in all the corners, will be easy to keep clean and will 

 save the icebox from much dirt. 



One farmer has found that twine strung around 

 the field with bits of white cloth tied on and flutter- 

 ing here and there is worth more than any number 

 of scarecrows stuffed with straw. 



Keep the teeth of the harrow sharpened. They 

 will dig in with greater vim and lighten the work. 



Pollination is the carrying of the pollen of one 

 flower to the stigma, or tip of the fruit of the same or 

 another flower. Self-pollination means carrying 

 to a like flower, and cross-pollination to a flower of 

 another kind. Pollination is followed by actual 

 fertilization, and if a flower is not fertilized by 

 suitable pollen the fruit falls off or does not ma- 

 ture as it should. Hence the advisability of hav- 

 ing more than one of a kind of plant. 



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