A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



and medium-sized potatoes,' small ones not 

 entering into the calculation. In an ordi- 

 nary crop there will be in all probability 

 about thirty bushels of these dwarfs, which 

 are excellent fattening food for poultry and 

 pigs when cooked and mashed up. 



Dormant roses and small fruit trees should 

 be bought before the 15th of the month. 

 They are cheaper than growing plants later 

 in the season, and being free from sap and 

 earth round the roots, cost much less to ship. 

 Plant where you desire them to permanently 

 stand, as soon as the frost is out of the ground. 

 Twenty-four hours before planting we stand 

 the roots in a pail of water, which softens 

 and makes them pliable an advantage 

 when spreading them out in their future 

 home. 



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