146 A COUNTRY READER. 



stands poultry, can make his rent with a few head 

 of poultry if he have one of these moveable fowl 

 houses with a wire run attached. 



By moving, every spring and winter, his house 

 and wire run on to a fresh strip of ground, he can 

 keep his garden well manured, and by placing 

 his birds on fresh ground can keep them healthy. 



And this method of manuring his garden is a 

 great consideration to the cottager, because of 

 the difficulty of obtaining manure in the country. 



Manure in the country is a very precious 

 article. The farmers around want all they can 

 make, and in many cases much more than they 

 can make, and no money can buy it. So every- 

 one in the country, who grows anything, must 

 make his own manure. 



The manure made by a cottage pig and poultry 

 will keep an ordinary sized cottage garden in 

 good heart, and force the ground to yield its best. 



It is useless to try to farm, or to garden, with- 

 out manure. 



To keep the ground well dug and moved, clean 

 and clear of weeds, and wisely manured, is 

 essential, if a good crop is to be grown. 



And to-day it is only good crops that pay for 

 their growth, whether these crops be grown in 

 cottage garden or in large fields. 



To force the acre to produce its best, and to 

 fatten beasts and poultry on the lowest cost, is 



