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Next in convenience to a pair of rubber gloves for 

 the garden are the duck mittens sold for household 

 purposes. All sorts of garden work may be done in 

 these, even the transplanting of quite small plants. 

 They have also the advantage of being very cheap, 

 or they may be manufactured at home. Always have 

 an extra pair on hand. Gardening without gloves is 

 ruinous to the hands and a needless discomfort. 



For watering the window-garden, a small pot with 

 a long spout that will go between the plants will be 

 a great convenience, as by its use the farthest plants 

 may be watered without disturbing the others. This 

 means a saving of time on busy mornings, and insures 

 against neglect. 



The life of the gardener who raises chickens is full 

 of perplexities. Certainly nothing is more vexing 

 and discouraging than to have one's plants repeatedly 

 scratched out of the ground by chickens. With net- 

 ting so cheap there is no good reason why chickens, or 

 other farm stock, should have the range of the yard. 



Nothing is more filthy or conducive to disease than 

 the presence of fowls in the door-yard. There are 

 few house-yards that cannot be isolated from the rest 

 of the premises by a judicious use of wire-netting, 

 and where the conditions call for it this should be 

 the first thing done. It will not be at all satisfactory 

 to surround the beds with netting, which is incon- 

 venient and unsightly. The whole yard, or at least 

 the entire garden, should be inclosed, using netting 



