>f  Making  a  Small  Green-  the  heating  from  nine  in  the  evening  until 
house  the  next  morning  at  four  or  five  should 
or  Frames. — While  wait-  not  give  any  trouble  provided  the  stove 
tore  toward  the  close  of  proportioned  to  the  size  of  the  house, 
ard  a  vegetable  garden-  -A-  narrow  house  like  this  can  be  covered 
about  the  scarcity  of  sta-  with  mnts  in  very  cold  nights  and  severe 
ised  by  the  replacing  of  day  storms  as  easily  as  a  hotbed.  More 
i  gasoline  cars.  lie  had  tllan  this,  if  one  has  a  small  quantity 
jit  of  using  several  tons  of  manure  it  can  be  piled  in  one  corner 
l  hotbeds,  hut  this  Winter  an(i  ®ome  bottom  heat  supplied  for  pep- 
;  horse  stables  had  gone  Pers,  Begonias  and  other  warm-blooded 
,  and  he  was  at  a  loss  plants. 
said  to  him  :  ‘  Make  your  Planting. — The  capacity  of  a  plant 
ise  and  heat  with  a  stove,  house  can  be  greatly  increased  by  having 
vork  under  shelter  in  all  about  half  as  much  cold  frame  area  as 
r  and  have  absolute  con-  of  house  to  take  care  of  the  hardening 
ture.”  To  this  he  had  the  seed  boxes  very  little  room 
ns.  He  was  on  rented  is  required,  but  when  transplanted  to  the 
v  two  years  to  stay.  It  regulation  distance  of  an  inch  and  one- 
hmg  to  build,  and  then  half  each  way  in  shallow  flats  only  66 
per  square  foot  as  against  300  or  400  in 
the  seed  bed.  riant  growers  practice  a 
rotation  of  crops  beginning  with  cabbage 
and  lettuce,  sowing  tomatoes  and  pep¬ 
pers  about  the  time  the  former  are  being 
transplanted  and  by  the  time  to  trans¬ 
plant  the  tomatoes  the  cabbage  and  let¬ 
tuce  go  into  cold  frames.  By  the  time 
the  tomatoes  are  ready  to  go  into  cold 
frames  for  hardening  off  toward  the  end 
of  April  the  nearly  empty  house  can  he 
used  for  starting  melons,  cucumbers, 
Lima  beans  and  sweet  corn,  so  a  plant 
the  expense.  The  first,  I  told  him.  was  house  can  be  used  from  early  Spring  un- 
not  very  serious.  lie  could  build  til  near  June  1,  and  the  temperature 
with  the  sides  and  ends  in  panels  which  being  at  all  times  under  control  the 
could  be  assembled  with  screws  and  taken  value  of  having  part  of  the  sashes  in 
down  when  his  lease  expired.  The  posts,  house  form  is  considerable.  Where  flats 
which  need  not  be  larger  than  2x4,  could  are  used  the  waste  room  from  edges  of 
be  set  in  vsmall  holes  filled  with  concrete,  boxes,  alley-ways,  and  seedlings  not  trans- 
and  sawed  off  when  necessary  to  move,  or  planted  may  be  estimated  at  about  25 
they  could  be  tapered  and  lifted  out,  or  per  cent.,  so  a  house  whose  area  is  240 
they  could  be  set  on  sills  which  were  set  square  feet  may  he  estimated  as  holding 
upon  short  posts  set  in  the  ground,  the  after  transplanting  about  12.000  plants 
thrust  of  the  roof  being  entirely  over-  and  as  the  crops  overlap,  a  total  of  early 
come  by  cheap  iron  plates  connecting  and  late,  tender  and  hardy  may  be 
rafters  and  posts.  The  cost,  if  he  had  figured,  with  skillful  management,  as 
sash  in  good  condition,  would  be  much  reaching  a  total  of  nearly  30.000. 
less  than  he  probably  supposed.  In  a  Arrangement  of  Sash. — To  go  hack 
house  covered  with  sash  assembled  in  to  the  building:  The  weak  point  of  a 
roof  form  the  unit  of  estimation  would  sash  house  is  the  ridge,  owing  to  the 
be  the  width  of  sash  used.  projections  at  the  ends  of  sash  which 
Cost  Involved. — Each  pair  of  sashes  ought  not  to  be  sawed  off  and  the 
used  would  require  a  pair  of  rafters  and  tendency  of  lumber  to  warp,  as  the  under 
two  posts,  each  being  six  feet  long,  and  side  of  the  ridge  boards  are  damp  and 
the  post  going  into  concrete  two  feet,  the  upper  side  very  dry  in  sunny  weather, 
making  the  side  Avails  four  feet  above  the  After  considerable  experimenting  in 
surface.  Sashes  three  feet  Avide  would  former  years  I  found  that  there  was  only 
require  about  SO  feet  of  lumber  all  told  one  right  way,  and  that  Avas  to  have 
for  each  unit,  and  this  at  $3  per  bun-  an  absolutely  tight  connection  with  one 
died  would  be  $2.40.  However,  in  many  set  of  ridge  boards  and  then  protect  Avith 
sections  the  cost  of  scantlings  and  inside  other  boards  and  felt  roofing  from  action 
sheathing  would  bp  not  more  than  $2.20  of  sun  and  rain.  As  shown  in  the  draw- 
and  $2.50  respectively.  Plant  houses  are  ing  herewith,  a  board  is  let  into  the 
covered  on  sides  and  ends  Avi.th  tAvo  thick-  rafters  even  with  the  top  and  the  sash 
nesses  of  matched  lumber  separated  by  is  secured  tightly  to  this  Avith  screws 
some  kind  of  building  paper.  It  may  be  from  the  under  side.  The  upper  edges 
just  tarred  paper  costing  less  than  a  of  the  boards  are  beveled  to  fit  neatly 
cent  per  square  foot  or  (which  is  better)  and  screwed  together  after  painting  with 
single-ply  roofing,  costing  two  cents.  thick  paint.  A  narrow  strip  of  roofing  is 
Material  Required.  —  The  inner  then  cemented  over  the  ridge  joint.  The 
course  of  lumber  may  Ijp  knotty  cheap  rafters  are  furred  up  the  thickness  of  the 
flooring  provided  the  knots  are  sound  and  sash  and  another  pair  of  boards  exactly 
tight.  A  house  with  six-foot  rafters  and  similar  to  the  others  is  covered  with  a 
four-foot  sides  should  have  the  ridge  six  piece  of  roofing  wide  enough  to  cover 
feet  four  inches  above  base  of  sides  and  all  the  board  Avork. 
should  be  10  feet  across  from  outside  to  Lumber  Used.  —  Cypress  lumber 
outside  of  posts.  Witll  these  dimensions  shrinks  and  warps  less  than  any  other, 
the  ends  will  take  about  200  feet  of  ma-  and  is  best  to  use  for  the  under  hoards 
terinl.  besides  a  door  and  frame  at  one  if  it  can  be  procured.  There  are  other 
end.  This  avou Id  bring  the  cost  of  wood  Avays  in  which  sashes  may  be  used.  One 
material  up  to  about  $30  for  a  house  24  form  used  by  an  acquaintance  years  ago 
feet  long.  Blacksmith  work  and  nails  was  in  a  lean-to  built  on  the-  south  side 
and  screws  would  probably  cost  $2.  of  a  woodshed.  The  rafters  Avere  nine 
possibly  $3,  more.  A  good  carpenter  feet  long  and  the  upper  three  feet  Avas 
should  be  employed,  and  should  erect  the  covered  with  matched  ceiling  and  felt 
house  entirely  in  tAvo  days  with  the  as-  roofing  over  that.  The  inside  aams  eight 
sistance  of  the  builder  and  a  man  to  dig  feet  wide  divided  by  a  path  20  inches 
the  post  holes  if  the  posts  are  planted,  wide.  The  southern  exposure  made  it 
making  such  a  house  AA’ith  two  panels  on  very  hot  and  the  AAdiite  paint  of  the 
each  side,  the  dosed  end  in  one  panel,  house  reflected  all  the  light  there  was. 
and  the  door  end  in  tAvo.  All  the  work  Avhieh  was  enough  for  seedlings  until 
could  be  done  except  the  assembling,  on  they  were  transplanted,  when  they  were 
a  barn  floor,  or  better  yet  at  a  planing  put  in  full  sunlight  on  the  other  side  of 
mill  where  the  saAviug  could  be  done  in  the  path.  Where  the  ground  has  a  slope 
one-tenth  of  the  time  required  to  do  it  to  the  north  a  house  may  be  dug  into 
by  hand.  With  the  sawing  and  fitting  the  ground  on  a  level  so  the  south  is 
all  done  and  the  sides  and  ends  in  panel  nearly  all  underground  up  to  the  eaves, 
form  a  carpenter  and  assistant  should  In  such  a  case  the  walls  should  be  of 
erect  a  house  of  eight  uuits  in  less  than  concrete  and  the  excaA'atcd  earth  may 
a  day  ready  for  the  stove.  A  common  be  used  to  bank  the  Avhole  up  to  the 
barrel  stove  such  as  is  used  in  small  eaves  line.  Such  a  house  is  called  a  pit. 
railroad  stations  Avith  the  pipe  put  out  It  is  easily  heated  provided  the  surface 
at  the  end  opposite  the  door  will  do  to  outside  is  mulched  thickly  to  prevent  the 
heat  Avith.  After  the  middle  of  March  soil  from  freezing.  e.  b.  pierce. 
TIRES 
End  Elevation  of  Small  Greenhouse 
One  reason  for  Goodyear  leadership  and  for  the  growth  of 
Goodyear  sales  is  this: 
Buyers  have  found  that  the  tire  of  lower  price  is  not  neces¬ 
sarily  the  tire  of  lowest  cost. 
Price  is  what  you  pay  for  the  tire  when  new.  Cost  includes 
the  price,  plus  the  mileage  you  do  not  get — and  in  addition 
all  you  have  to  spend  to  keep  the  tire  in  service. 
Service  and  mileage,  with  the  least  trouble  and  expense,  are 
the  things  that  all  men  seek  in  tires. 
Let  us  see,  now,  what  Goodyear  gives. 
You  get,  to  begin  with,  Goodyear  quality  —  the  highest  that 
is  put  into  tires  today. 
The  toughest,  longest-wearing,  springiest  rubber  our  scientists 
can  compound. 
The  strongest,  most  resilient  fabric  we  can  weave  in  our  own 
mills,  and  buy,  on  our  own  specifications,  from  the  best 
outside  mills. 
In  addition,  we  fortify  you  against  five  main  causes  of  tire 
trouble  and  premature  tire  destruction. 
Goodyear  No-Hook  Tires  protect  you  against  rim-cutting. 
The  risk  of  blow-outs  is  lessened  by  our  On-Air  cure,  which 
keeps  the  fabric  from  wrinkling  or  buckling  in  the  final 
vulcanizing  process. 
The  multiple  braided  piano  wires  in  the  tire  base  guard 
against  insecurity  and  tube  pinching,  holding  the  tire  flat 
and  firm  on  the  rim  at  all  times. 
Our  rubber  rivets  literally  weld  tread  to  carcass  and  form 
effective  protection  against  loose  treads. 
Being  double  thick,  the  All-Weather  tread  reduces  the  liabil¬ 
ity  of  puncture.  The  sharp,  square-edged  blocks  tend  to 
prevent  skidding  and  give  traction  on  a  slippery  road. 
The  tire  buyers  on  America’s  farms  have  learned  that  true 
economy  in  tires,  as  in  everything  else,  is  a  matter  of 
service,  not  price;  and  that  Goodyear  Tires  do  give  better 
service  and  do  cost  less  in  the  end. 
The  Goodyear  Tire  &  Rubber  Compa 
Akron,  Ohio 
