A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



as the constant ploughing necessary to keep 

 the yards clean for the hens stirs the earth 

 round the trees and turns in well -fertilized 

 surface earth, supplying the trees with valu- 

 able food. Then hens, by eating the wind- 

 falls, decrease the source of insect life and 

 the enemies which usually attack plums. 

 In return the trees will afford the hens 

 welcome shade from summer sun. 



FLOWER GARDEN 



It will be safe after the 10th or 12th 

 of the month to set out all ordinary plants. 

 If you have house plants to bed out, water 

 some time before taking from the pots to 

 set the mould. Then turn the plant upside 

 down in the left hand if size permits, putting 

 three fingers each side of stalk of the plant, 

 and with a pencil or small stick push from 

 the bottom through the drainage hole, until 

 the whole contents is loose and rests on the 

 hand. If it is a solid mass of matted roots 



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