A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



orchard should be old, worn-out ground, 

 plough and sow clover now to turn under 

 in the spring. It will renovate the ground 

 and feed the trees, as clover is a legume and 

 attains its nitrogen from the air, conveying 

 it to the soil; so that land on which clover 

 has been grown will need only a phosphate 

 top dressing the following year, even for such 

 greedy plants as cabbage and celery. 



Should the hay crop have proved poor, 

 crimson clover and cow-peas sown early 

 this month will be ready to mow and cure 

 the last of August or the first of September, 

 if it is a late season. Either make good hay 

 for poultry and stock, having about the same 

 food value as wheat bran. 



THE cow 



The cow suffers severely from flies and 

 heat during the sultry days of July and Au- 

 gust, especially if she has to be tethered. 

 Loose in a fenced pasture, she can rub the 



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