A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



remove accumulated dust and dirt. If the 

 floor is earth, half a foot must be scraped 

 off, the surface carted to a remote part of 

 the farm, and scattered broadcast. It is 

 excellent fertilizer for the garden; but as 

 the previous occupants of the chicken-house 

 may not have been healthy, it is safer not to 

 leave it where your birds can scratch in it. 

 Get a quart of crude carbolic acid and mix 

 it with three gallons of naphtha needless to 

 say, these commodities must be kept in 

 closed cans in an outside shed, secure from 

 children or fire. Take out about a quart at 

 a time, in an open pail into which a brush 

 can be dipped. The interior of the house 

 is to be thoroughly painted over with this 

 mixture, swishing it well into corners. Scat- 

 ter quicklime on the floor; shut the door 

 and leave the place alone for twelve hours. 



Unless it is an exceptionally well-built 

 house, the outside will have to be covered 

 all over with two-ply tar paper, or the red 

 roofing paper, whichever is preferred. In 



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