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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



November, 1907 



Witt's 



The fire=proof ash=can 

 that won't wear out 



A can that meets the biff-bang of the ashman 

 without turning a rivet or showing a dent. 



WITT'S ! 



Other ash-cans are soldered ; they dent, split 

 open at the seams — show the hard life they lead 

 a little more every week. 



WITT'S won't. 



It's got a corrugated one-piece steel body. 

 It's so flanged, riveted, steel banded, that it 

 can't split. 



One man writes, us he's used his Witt's Can 

 constantly for eight years and it's good as new. 



And the neat way it takes care of ashes — with- 

 out any dust or danger of FIRE — is wonderful. 



Witt's Can is made in Ohio. You can get it anywhere 

 in the United States. Known by the yellow label Witfs. 



If YOUR dealer hasn't Witt's don't waste time over 

 imitations. Send to us for Witt's. If you don't like it 

 we'll pay return charges and refund your money. 



Three Sizes:— No. 1, 15f x 25 inches; No. 2, 18 x 

 25; No. 3, 20} x 25. Witt's Pail, No. 7, 5 gallons; No. 

 8, 7 gallons; No. 9, 10 gallons. Address 



"^KFire-proof and The Witt Cornice Co. 



water-proof bottom. DEPT. A CINCINNATI, O. 



Out of Sight After the Wash 



Fold it up, put it away. No 

 Disfiguring clothes posts to mar 

 the lawn. Holds 1 50 ft. of line. 

 The sensible clothes dryer for 

 particular people — at prices 

 within reach of all. Satisfaction 

 guaranteed. Write for Catalog 

 39. Do it now. 



HILL DRYER CO. 



359 Park Ave.. Worcester. Mass 



Also Balcony Dryers. 



Trees 



Specialties for 

 Fall Planting 



Prepare your orders now. 



We offer for Fall 1907 an unusually large 

 and well grown stock of — 



Fruit Trees for Orchard and Garden. 



Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, etc., con- 

 sisting of rare and beautiful species and 

 varieties for the embellishment of public and 

 private grounds; Shade trees, Street trees 

 and Flowering Shrubs, including Lemoine's 

 marvelous New Double Lilacs, Deutzias.etc. 



The Rose is a specialty with us, and our 

 assortments embrace all the old favorites 

 as well as the newest kinds. 



Peonies, Phloxes and Iris. Of these 

 showy, beautiful, hardy, easily grown 

 plants, we offer the choicest kinds, also 

 Hardy Plants, including the most orna- 

 mental, flowering from early Spring till 

 late Autumn. 



Our beautifully illustrated Descriptive 

 Catalogue — a manual indispensable to Plant- 

 ers, mailed tree on request. 



ELLWANGER & BARRY, 



Nurserymen-Horticulturists, 



Mount Hope Nurseries, Rochester, N. ¥. 



Hitchings & Co. make every kind of a 

 greenhouse and accessory, from cold 

 frames to large ranges and conserva- 

 tories. Each work is undertaken in its 

 entirety, except where special exclu- 

 sions are made — each is guaranteed by 

 Hitchings & Co. Send 5 cts. for booklet. 



HITCHINGS & CO., Greenhouse De- 

 signers and Builders, Manufacturers of Heat- 

 ing and Ventilating Apparatus, 1 170 Broad- 

 way, New York. 



A Concentrated Stock Food 



A GOOD stock food or grain ration must 

 be bulky (for large animals) one pound 

 should measure one quart or a little more. 

 Heavy rations cause indigestion. It must 

 be clean, bright and free from mold. It 

 should have sixteen to eighteen pounds 

 digestible protein in each hundredweight, 

 and have seventy pounds digestible nutrients 

 in a hundredweight and not over 9 per cent, 

 of fibre. The latter should not be from corn 

 cobs. The cost should be from $1.30 to 

 $1.40 a hundredweight. There are few feeds 

 on the market that fulfil these requirements 

 but the following formulas suggested by 

 Prof. Joseph B. Lindsey of Massachusetts 

 will surely give satisfaction. 



No. 1. 100 lbs. wheat bran; 100 lbs. flour 

 middlings; 150 lbs. gluten feed. 



No. 2. 100 lbs. wheat bran ; 100 lbs. gluten 

 feed; 35 lbs. cottonseed meal. 



No. 3. 125 lbs. wheat bran; 100 lbs. 

 cottonseed meal; 125 lbs. corn or hominy 

 meal. 



No. 4. 150 lbs. bran; 200 lbs. gluten feed. 



No. 5. 200 lbs. dried distillers grains; 150 

 lbs. flour middlings. 



No. 6. 100 lbs. malt sprouts; 125 lbs. corn 

 or hominy meal; 125 lbs. gluten feed. 



No. 7. 150 lbs. dried brewers grains; 100 

 lbs. corn or hominy meal; 100 lbs. gluten feed. 



No. 8. 200 lbs. brewers grains; 100 lbs. 

 corn meal; 50 lbs. cottonseed meal. 



For a complete grain ration for cattle 

 seven pounds (8-9 quarts) daily of any of the 

 above mixtures will prove satisfactory. The 

 daily cost of these rations varies from 8.7 

 cents in the case of No. 6 to 9.6 cents for 

 No. 5. Nearly all home-grown coarse feeds 

 are high in starchy matter and low in protein 

 and contain so much woody fibre that they 

 are comparatively indigestible. Most of the 

 concentrates are very digestible, have little 

 fibre, little starchy matter, but much protein. 

 These concentrates are used with home grown 

 coarse feeds to balance the ration and 

 furnish matter that will digest with less 

 waste of energy. 



For a more concentrated food for swine 

 and poultry, meat and bone meal and digester 

 tankage are used. These are very high 

 in protein and are economical for balancing 

 the carbonaceous feeds common on the farm. 



A good ration for laying poultry is 200 

 lbs. wheat bran, 10 . lbs. middlings, 100 lbs. 

 gluten feed, 100 lbs, linseed meal, 100 lbs. 

 corn meal, 100 lbs. beefscraps. 



Penn. F. E. B. 



Sow Grass Seeds Where the 

 Weeds Were 



WHEN digging dandelion, plantain 

 and other noxious weeds from the 

 lawn, provide yourself with an empty baking 

 powder can or similar utensil, perforate cover 

 "pepper-box fashion," fill with best grass 

 seed and shake over the spot from which 

 weeds have been removed, thus putting the 

 grass seed directly where needed and saving 

 the waste that would occur under any 

 other method. 



Indiana. M. S. Blish. 



