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eating weeds from his lawn. The manure 

 from the poultry house can be saved and com- 

 posted and spread over the lawn in the fall. 

 This can be put on as thickly as convenient 

 and will have a very stimulating effect upon 

 the growth of the grass in the spring; so 

 strong will the growth be that the weeds will 

 be crowded out of existence. Hen manure to 

 be used in this way should be gathered daily 

 during the season, mixed with an equal 

 quantity of earth or plaster, and stored in a 

 dry place until wanted for use. A dressing 

 of a bushel to a thousand square feet of sur- 

 face will not be excessive. 



INSECTS THAT BOTHER MOST 



Perhaps the most troublesome of the minor 

 insects are the red and black ants. These 

 are not usually serious pests on other than 

 light dry sandy soils. With a properly pre- 

 pared site, in which a due proportion of clay 

 has been incorporated, ants will very rarely 

 occur. The chief injury they render is by 

 the manner in which they loosen up the soil 

 around the roots of the grasses. They do 

 not directly attack the plants themselves; but, 



