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last month, little or nothing can be done on the lawn. 

 At the South, work of making new ones, reseeding old 

 ones, etc., may go on as it would further north in 

 March and April. 



Trees and Shrubs. Few of us do all the pruning that 

 our ornamental trees on the lawn or by the roadside 

 need, and we therefore should keep the saws sharp and 

 on mild days do what we can to improve them. Every 



FIG. 93 Making Quick Work at the Wood-Pile. February. 



large cut made should be covered with thick linseed-oil 

 paint to protect it from decay. 



The Wood-Pile. Most, people in the country depend 

 upon wood with which to keep warm, and getting up 

 the wood-pile is a very important part of the winter's 

 work. In cutting wood the improvement of the wood 

 lot should be kept in mind. By skill and good judgment 

 one may cut out the trees that are worthless for lumber, 

 thin out where they are too thick, obtaining all the wood 



