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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
February, 1914 
Get Out Your 
Winter Garden Tools 
O UTSIDE the ground is frozen—you can’t dig in the dirt. Inside the fire is 
I blazing—why don’t you like your garden there? Put the plot on paper, 
ponder the failures of last summer, plan for success in the coming season. 
Then when the sap begins to run you’ll be ready to get busy with Your Summer 
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There’s a chicken expert now planning to start a 
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