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dilapidated paling- with a one-foot board at the bottom ; 

 I knocked off the pahngs, but left the bottom board. 

 I then tacked on woven chicken wire three feet high, 

 and thus have a good fence four feet high and one that 

 never gets out of order. If a chicken gets over, as they 

 do sometimes in the spring, I at once shoot the chicken 



INSIDE PLANT FOR GARDEN IRRIGATION 



and the trouble ends, as the others seem to take the hint. 

 The garden is all covered at present with a rank growth 

 of crimson clover. This I planted last fall at various 

 times as I worked each crop the last time. This I have 

 done for several years. In the spring I mow the ground 



