A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



allowing 75 cents for a workman to dig 

 the post holes. Make them two feet deep. 

 Erect a post at each of the four corners ; one 

 midway on each side; two, two and a half 

 feet apart, at the centre of one end 

 for gate posts. Nail on the foot-board all 

 around ; do the same with the top rail, which 

 must have two strips across from side to side 

 four feet apart. Now cover this entire scaf- 

 folding with netting, except, of course, the 

 space for the gate, which is to be made 

 from the shingle slats covered with wire 

 netting. 



If artificial drainage has had to be resorted 

 to, it will be an advantage to erect posts and 

 place foot-boards before filling in the stone 

 and gravel. No house is required, but a 

 shelter of some sort should be provided with 

 a perch under it, so that the birds are pro- 

 tected from storms when roosting. 



Gourds grow so quickly that if the seed is 

 planted around the outside of the enclosure, 

 the vines will soon provide sufficient shade. 



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