A Greenhouse To Fit 
Your Want 
Of course, you would take no little pleas- 
ure in the choice flowers of many kinds 
that can be grown in a greenhouse any time 
of the year, but what of vegetables—the 
actual utilitarian possibilities? Here is a 
house located in the Highlands of the 
Hudson, that 1s a regular winter vegetable 
garden. It is 50 feet long and 18 wide. 
A glass partition divides the house for 
two different temperatures. The division 
adjoining the potting house is filled with 
cucumbers growing on a trellis at one 
end; a rotation of three plantings of but- 
ter beans on the side and center benches, 
and two rows of tomatoes are on the 
opposite side bench. 
The other division is run cooler and 
the end bench is all radishes and pars- 
ley. Lettuce in five stages of growth, from 
leaves just pricking through to solid crispy 
heads, ready to eat, taking up the re- 
maining space. 
Perfection in vegetable raising is ob- 
tained only when the growth is rapid. To 
secure this result in greenhouses, requires 
a house so constructed that the amount 
of sunshine and light reaching the plants 
shall be as near like an outdoors con- 
dition as possible. 
Houses built, with heavy supporting 
framing members and shade casting gut- 
ters at the eave, greatly decrease the light. 
It is on this particular point that the 
U-Bar construction excels. All heavy 
structural parts are eliminated; the gutter 
is placed on the sill, and the eave, with 
its graceful curve, is left entirely free. 
The glass is spaced 24 inches instead of 
16 inches, and the interior finish is a 
glistening coat of enduring aluminum paint. 
Here then is the ideal vegetable or flower 
growing house—the one nearest approach- 
ing nature at her best. 
You now see the importance of right green- 
house construction, and why the U-bar 
meets all these conditions. But send for the 
catalog —the illustrations will prove to you 
more than any amount of say-so from us. 
PIERSON U-BAR CO. 
DESIGNERS AND BUILDERS 
U-BAR GREENHOUSES 
METROPOLITAN BUILDING 
4th AVENUE AND 23rd STREET 
NEW YORK 
The Readers’ Service will give you 
information about molar boats 
EVERGREENS CAN BE 
SAFELY TRANSPLANTED 
IN WINTER— BY EXPERTS 
Specimens 15 to 35 feet high are planted success- 
fully in December, January and February by Hicks 
Treemovers and Hicks expert men. 
Now is the time to plan for spring planting of 
Deciduous Trees supplied from our nurseries, up 
to 35 feet high, and Evergreens in all sizes for 
forestry and wind break planting. 
ISAAC HICKS AND SON, Nurserymen—Scientific Treemovers 
Westbury Station, Long Island, N. Y. 
THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
FEBRUARY, 1908 
Feeding for Milk and Butter 
DR se best rations for Jersey cows for 
- butter making depends on the quantity 
of milk given, the feed stuffs available, the 
local prices and the capacity of the individual 
cow; on this last point the feeder alone can 
judge. If you wish to know the principles 
of compounding rations, the standards for 
different milk productions, and the analysis 
of all common food stuffs consult Farmer’s 
Bulletin No. 22. 
As a sample, the following ration, for a 
cow weighing 1,000 pounds and giving 8 
quarts of milk daily, comes very close to the 
standard: ro pounds clover hay, 10 pounds 
corn fodder, 3 pounds corn meal, 3 pounds 
wheat bran, 2 pounds Buffalo gluten meal. 
Rations for milk or butter production do 
not necessarily differ. The richness of milk 
is not affected appreciably by the ration 
unless the ration is excessively unbalanced; 
but the quantity of milk is easily affected 
by different feed stuffs. A Jersey cow should 
reach her maximum production at about 
six years of age after which age she falls 
off more or less rapidly, depending on the 
individual and the treatment. A moderate 
well balanced ration will produce all that the 
cow is capable of. Excessive feeding, as 
when forcing for records, often results in 
early decline. 
In my herd, kept for business only, I aim 
to sell the good cows when nine years old 
unless they are exceptional individuals, and 
replace with the most promising heifers of my 
own breeding. Lacking these I buy elsewhere. 
Penn. F. E. BONSTEEL. 
A Good Small Churn 
ERHAPS the best of the small churns for 
home use is the barrel pattern, because 
it is so easily kept in order. There are few 
cracks in it to collect dirt and the concussion 
while sufficiently strong to bring the butter 
in a reasonable time yet is not so strong as 
to break the grain of the butter. 
The barrel churn is easily Kept clean 
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If You Understand Modern Methods and 
FARM INTELLIGENTLY 
_ Every reader of THE GARDEN Macazine who is 
interested in farming or gardening, in the growing of 
fruit or of flowers, is invited to send fora free copy of 
our 80-page catalogue and full information in regard to 
the Home Study Coursesin Agriculture, Horticulture, 
Landscape Gardening and Floriculture which we offer 
under Prof. Brooks of the Massachusetts Agricultural 
College and Prof. Craig of the Cornell University. 
THE HOME CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL 
Dept 8, Springfield, Mass. 
SAVE YOUR TREES 
_ Kill the fungi, scales, peach, curl and other parasites, 
insects and bugs by spraying with a solution of 
GOOD’S wneieon"" SOAP No.3 
Insecticide and fertilizer combined. It dissolves quickly in water; 
contains nothing harmful to plant life; and is used and endorsed by 
State Experiment Stations and the 
U. S. Department of Agriculture 
Write for free booklet, ‘‘ A Pock2t Manual of Plant Diseases ” 
JAMES GOOD 
Original Maker, 931 N. Front St., Philadelphia 
Apples 5¢e, Peach 5c, Plums 12c, 
Cherries 17c. Best quality, 
good bearers, grafted stock, 
not seedlings. Concord 
Grapes $2.50 per 100, 
Forest Tree Seed- 
complete line of 
Vegetable, Flower 
and Farm Seeds. Our 
large illustrated catalog free. 
GERMAN NURSERIES, 
Box 96, BEATRICE, Neb. 
Horsfords HAR 
for Cold Climates* 
Not only the hardiest shrubs, trees and vines will be found in 
my new 1908 catalogue, but all the best lilies for outdoor culture, 
wild flowers, ferns, orchids for shade, and the old-fashioned 
perennials that can stand a Vermont winter. Even if you order 
elsewhere you should know the hardiest kinds. Ask forcatalogue. 
Customers of last two years will receive it without asking. 
' F. H. HORSFORD, Charlotte, Vermont 
KELSEY Warm Air Generator 
FOR PROPER HOUSE HEATING 
Kelsey Heating Co., Syracuse, N. Y. 
Standard Steel Fence Posts 
are to be driven. One-third cheaper 
than wood posts; will last forever. 
Posts made for all purposes; lawn, — 
farm and field fencing. Plain, 
barbed or woven wire fencing can be 
used with the Standard Posts. 10,000 
in use on one job in N, Y. State; 
7,000 in use on another job in Mis- 
souri. Factory near Pittsburg, Pa. 
Write for catalogue and prices to 
J. H. DOWNS, 
299 Broadway, New York City 
DATENTED., 
