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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



Dec e.m b e r , 1914 



GIVE A 01RD HOUSE hapwS S a Sm 



Is there anything you would rather have in your garden than native 

 song birds? You can have them — I have hundreds in my garden. 



Encourage children to study bird life and to learn to love the birds. 

 What greater pleasure, what more beautiful influence can be given 

 them than this — helping and loving our native birds? 



Winter is the best time to set out bird houses — our birds like 

 places a bit weather worn. 



Set out one or several Bird Food Houses or Shel- 

 ters right now; thousands of birds die of starvation 

 every winter. Help us save birds and win them for 

 your friends. Many birds will stay with you all win- 

 ter if you give them food and shelter. 



T>odson Purple 

 Martin House— 



-26 rooms and attic. 

 Price f 12.00, or 

 ■with all copper 

 roof, $15.00, f. o. b. 

 Chicago. 



Dodson Feeding Car— Stocked at upper window 

 of your home. Price, complete, §5. 00 or with cop- 

 per roof, $6.00, f. o, b. Chicago. 



My illustrated book about birds tells how to attract and 

 keep them living on your grounds. Write for this book — it 

 is free. 



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birds always sheltered. 

 Price, with 8 foot pole$6.oo, 

 or with all-copper roof §7. 50 



Joseph H. Dodson, 709 Security Building, Chicago 



Dodson Bird Houses — Bluebird House, $5. Swallow House, $3 and $4. Chickadee or Nut-Hatch House, $2.50 and $3.50. Flicker 

 or Woodpecker House, $2.50 to $5.00. Flycatcher House $3 and $4. Observation House, $4 and $5. All prices f. o. b. Chicago. 



Mr. Dodson is a Director of lite Illinois Audubon Society. Be has been building bird houses for iq years and his houses are approved by all 



bird lovers — and also by the birds. 

 When in New York see Dodson Bird House Exhibit in the Craftsman Exposition — 6 East 39th St., near Fifth Ave. 



The Garden and Farm Almanac 



For 1915 



Will Tell You How 



G A R D E N 

 AND FARM 

 ALMANAC 



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To make spray mixtures, in sma 

 To estimate the weight of cattle. 

 To keep ahead of the garden month by month 



To recognize, combat and conquer the Insect Pests, 

 Fungous Diseases and Weeds that attack garden, farm 

 and orchard crops. 



To distinguish the various breeds of cattle, horses, 

 sheep, swine, and poultry, and to recognize the best 

 type of each. 



To estimate the cost of farm houses, barns, poultry 

 sheds, the water supply, the silo, and the detailed op- 

 erations of farm work such as plowing, planting, 

 harvesting, etc. 



To choose the right book on any phase of garden or 

 farm activity. 



To judge and score farm animals, farm crops, and 

 everything that is likely to be exhibited at the 

 "County Fair." 



To plan your vegetable and flower gardens, shrub- 

 bery border, and orchard. 



, convenient quantities. 



A Partial List of the Contents 



Mushrooms. Key to types of 



Magazines, List of Agricultural 



Browntail Moth Caterpillar 



Crops in the United States, Average Yields ot 



Bank credit, Value ot 



Federal Department of Agriculture, Organization of the 



Massachusetts, Agricultural Data for 



Dairy Standards for the States, Legal 



Crop Areas, Yields and Values in 1913 



Tile Drainage, Average Cost of 



Light for the Farm Home, Cost of Different Kinds of 



Seedings per Acre in All the States. Average 



Woodlot, How to Estimate the Value of a 



Holstein Castle, Description of 



Live Stock Breeders, National Organizations ot 



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Vegetables, A Tested, Proven Planting Table 



Silage Cutter, Power Needed to Run a 



Farmers' Bulletins Classified List of 



Parcel Post Regulations 



Shropshire Sheep, Description of 



Poultry Organizations, List of 



Plowing Match, Score Card for 



Weeds, A Table of Common 



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Rogation Days for 1915 



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FOR. THE SOUTH 



Winter Gardening Begins 



IT WILL keep one busy this first month of winter 

 doing the things one should have done in the 

 fall and preparing for next year. 



It is not too late to plant bulbs. Take ad- 

 vantage of mild days, and if the hyacinths and 

 tulips are to be in beds by themselves, it is a good 

 plan after working the soil thoroughly to remove 

 about four inches of it. Place the bulbs on the 

 level bed five inches apart and arrange according 

 to colors. Press each bulb firmly into the earth 

 and replace the four inches of soil; on top of that 

 have a light covering of well rotted manure. 



Madonna lilies make a pretty effect if planted 

 among rhododendrons; or if planted alone in a bed 

 and the blue annual larkspur seed scattered on the 

 ground the blue and white combination is very 

 lovely in June. 



The pots of bulbs which were buried in the open 

 ground according to directions in the September 

 Garden Magazine should now be brought in the 

 house, watered thoroughly and left in the cellar, 

 and every two weeks a few brought at a time to the 

 light and heat of a sunny window so as to have 

 blooming plants throughout the winter. 



Plant Paper White narcissus bulbs in bowls filled 

 with water with pebbles to hold the bulbs in place. 

 Arrange a few bulbs every few weeks placing them 

 in the dark for a week. Then bring them into the 

 sunlight. In six weeks they will be in full bloom. 



Plan the garden for next year and order the seed 

 for the spring. Many kinds are first started in 

 hotbeds and coldframes in February and afterward 

 transplanted to the open ground. 



Trim the trees and shrubs and grape vines. De- 

 ciduous shrubs can be divided and transplanted 

 and orchard and ornamental trees set out. Ever- 

 greens should be planted in early spring. 



Make cuttings of roses, shrubs, and small fruits, 

 such as gooseberries, raspberries, and currants. 

 They should be ten inches long and have a straight 

 clean cut with a bud near the end. Tie cuttings 

 in a bundle of a dozen or more having the ends 

 even. Pack them in damp sand within a few 

 inches of their tops in a box, and place in the cellar or 

 put outdoors in a protected place. They can be set 

 out in rows in the garden in the spring in rich soil. 



Set out the strawberry plants if it has not already 

 been done, being careful not to cover the crowns; 

 press them firmly into the ground with the foot. 

 Examine the orchard and if there is any sign of San 

 Jose scale, spray with lime-sulphur, using the ready 

 prepared article, as it is some trouble to make 

 properly. 



In planting a new orchard get two-year old trees — 

 no older. Cut off all bruised or broken roots and 

 trim the tops of the trees before planting. Get 

 the kinds of fruit that do best in your locality. 



Compost old sods, woods earth, leaves, and 

 manure. Turn them over and mix up several times 

 during the winter. Raw phosphate rock or acid 

 phosphate and a little potash may be mixed with 

 these ingredients to advantage and all should be 

 thoroughly incorporated. This will come in well 

 for the hotbeds and coldframes in the spring. 



Spinach and kale, if not already seeded, should 

 be sown at once; and when the weather is fine, 

 plant out the cabbages for the spring crop if it 

 was not done in November. Give plenty of mineral 

 fertilizers, phosphates and potash, but withhold ni- 

 trogenous fertilizers until spring, as farmyard man- 

 ure will supply all the nitrogen needed at this time. 



Give daily attention to the lettuce in the cold- 

 frames, lifting the sash and letting in air every day 

 unless it is freezing weather. 



If instructions were followed as given in the fall 

 numbers of The Garden Magazine, and some 

 lettuce plants set out every few weeks, there will 

 be headed lettuce throughout the winter. The 

 first planting should have been forced for use in 

 November and then attention given to the second 

 lot. A fertilizer made up of two parts potash, two 



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