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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
Marcu, 1908. 
Brock Fidgeway 
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THE ALICE ANTHONY SHAWLS 
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Suitable for every woman, every occasion, and every clime. In designing these knit shawls with lace effects 
and fine features, coupled with various kinds of yarn, rapid work and perfect tension lies our ability to 
present an old and slow and homely art in an original, commercial and artistic way. Done during Feb., 
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Samples of yarn upon request with stamps. 
Done in *Shetland Wool $14.00 2 fold Saxony $13.00 Germantown $10.00 *4 fold Knitting $6.50 
Shetland Floss 10.00 *Cashmere - 12.00 *Spanish - 10.00 tLingee Spanish 14.00 
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*Yarn not used in Adell design. + Yarn not used in Fan design. 
Sizes cannot be judged by photo but all are good dimensions. Send stamps for samples of yarns. 
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HALLOCK’S SUCCESS JR. DIGGER 
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of draft, and is just what the farmer, who grows potatoes on a small 
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weighs but 75 pounds. The OK Elevator Digger is made for large 
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WHAT PIGEONS TO RAISE 
A. B., Texas.—There is no best breed of fancy pigeons. 
The one that suits your personal taste is the best one for you. 
The Homer is the best breed for raising squabs for broilers. 
A nice pen of white Homers combines both beauty and 
utility. This is also true of any of the colored Homers. 
PROPAGATINC ACER SPICATUM 
E. M.., Illinois.—I have never heard of propagating Acer 
sSpicatum any other way than by seed, although I have no 
doubt it could be layered and perhaps it could be made to 
grow from cuttings, or even by grafting. Almost any tree 
or shrub can be grown in these last three ways, and yet ina 
particular instance it might not be a profitable or reasonable 
thing to do. H. K. 
RATION FOR DAIRY COWS 
E. L. J., Va.—One of the largest dairy farms in America 
has used the following ration for many years for feeding 
Jersey cattle: 100 Ibs. bran, 50 Ibs. corn meat, 100 Ibs. 
ground oats, 25 Ibs. oil meal thoroughly mixed; 4 lbs. twice 
a day is the ration for one cow at all seasons of 
the year. It is, of course, understood that the stock shall 
have free pasturage and access to rock salt in addition to the 
above. 
HOW TO KILL POISON IVY 
C. H. W., Mass.—Concentrated sulphuric acid will kill 
poison ivy. Dose each plant with a half teaspoonful 
to each stem, making the applications in the spring during 
the growing season every three weeks. If a large area is 
covered by the plants spraying with arsenate of soda (1 lb. to 
20 gallons of water) will kill all vegetation. One applica- 
tion if the plants are young and tender will do this. In the 
middle of summer, however, they should be cut down first 
and more than one application given. 
WHAT IS A PLANK BARN? 
J. B., Pa.—A plank barn means a kind of barn construc- 
tion where no timber thicker than 2 x 8 inchesis used. For 
purposes of strength this is doubled or trebled. Experience 
has shown that these barns are only about half as costly 
as the old style barns with their extremely heavy frames. In 
this form of construction there are no upper cross ties, 
collar beams, etc. The building is braced on an entirely 
different principle, somewhat like the bracing on a bridge 
or other elevated structure. A very excellent description 
of these barns can be found in “Barn Plans and Out- 
buildings.” 
WHEN TO PRUNE SHRUBS 
J. L. H., Penn.—The best time to prune such shrubs 
as spirea, mock orange, lilac, etc., is in the summer 
immediately after flowering, but successful pruning may 
be done in the winter time or in early spring before flowering 
has commenced; but great care must be used not to remove 
too many flower buds. If pruning must be done confine 
it to removing the dead wood and any branches which are 
interfermg with one another. Thinning out the young 
shoots of deutzia during the winter can hardly be recom- 
mended. It will be much better to delay this work until 
after the flowering season is over. 
WINTERING PANSY PLANTS 
F..P. N., Mass.—Pansy plants will live all winter when 
the seeds are sown in August, and the object is to carry 
them over the winter to flower early the next season. 
Plants that have already been through a winter cannot be 
expected to endure a second winter under ordinary condi- 
tions, and if it is desired to carry a stock over for a second 
year, the most reasonable plan would be to take cuttings in 
the late summer and carry them over winter in a coldframe. 
In very cold climates it might be necessary to protect the 
plants, whether cuttings or seedlings, by a light mulch of 
salt hay, straw, or leaves. 
FEEDING ROSES 
A. P. H., New Jersey.—The best way to feed old estab- 
lished rose plants is by trenching the ground just outside 
of the old trench lines. The plants will not show the 
results as quickly as when surface dressings of manure are 
given or the ground watered with manure water, but the 
effect is much more lasting. If it is not practical to trench 
feeding may be accomplished by giving the beds a 4- or 
5-inch dressing of well decayed manure and spading it 
under. Then after the leaf buds open and just before a rain 
give a dressing of bone meal. About the middle of May 
commence watering the bed with liquid manure, giving it 
once a week. There is only one drawback to this method, 
it brings the roots of the roses to the surface. 
