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THE GARDEN 
MAGAZINE 
APRIL, 1908 
METAL GARDEN 
ORNAMENTS 
Lawn and Park Fountains 
Drinking Fountains 
Railings and Entrance Gates 
Gas and Electric Light Posts and Lamps 
Stable and Cattle House Fittings 
Flower Vases in Cast Iron and Bronze 
Statuary, Settees and Chairs 
Tree Guards 
We issue separate Catalogue of each of the 
above which will be sent upon request. 
The J. L. Mott Iron Works 
Ornamental Dept. 
sth Ave. and 17th Street, New York 
Preserve and Beautify Your Shingles | 
by staining them with 
Cabot’s Shingle Stains 
They are made of Creosote [the best wood 
preservative known’’], pure linseed oil, and 
the best pigments, and give soft, velvety color- 
ing effects (moss-greens, bark-browns, silver- 
grays, etc.) that look better and wear better than 
any others. 50% cheaper than paint. 
Send for stained wood samples and Catalogue 
SAMUEL CABOT, Sole Manufacturer 
1 Oliver Street, Boston, Mass. 
A gents at all Central Points 
Cabot’s Sheathing ‘Quilt’? makes warm houses 
HALLOCK’S SUCCESS JR. DIGGER 
Price While we have always manufactured the Hallock Potato Digger, 
$12 
we have recently taken over the selling end of the business, and we 
offer the Success Jr. Digger at the low price of only $12. It 
combines simplicity in construction with durability and lightness 
of draft, and is just what the farmer, who grows potatoes on a small 
scale, needs. It is made of steel, except the handles and beam, and 
weighs but 75 pounds. The OK Elevator Digger is made for large 
crops. Both guaranteed in every respect. Write for particulars. 40- 
page catalogue of Grain Drills, Corn Planters, etc., on request. 
A. B. FARQUHAR CO., Ltd., Box, 822, York, Pa. 
Why depend on slow, expensive farm help, which 
gets poorer and scarcer all the time? 
Jr. and do the work of three to 
or hoe by hand. 
No. 4. Planet Jr. Combined Seeder 
and Wheel Hoe saves time, labor, seed, 
and money. Almost all useful garden im- 
plements in one tool. Changed in a second 
to an Adjustable Hill-dropping Seeder, 
Continuous Drill Seeder, Single Wheel 
Own a Planet 
six men that plant 
Planet Jr. tools are built for practical, econom- \ Hoe, Furrower, Cultivator, Weeder, or 
ical work—are improved every year. They are 
backed by 35 years experience, a _~ 
million satisfied users—and fully 
guaranteed. Our new illustrated 
catalogue sent on request, show- 
ing our splendid line of 1908 
Tools—Seeders, 
W heel-Hoes, 
Horse-Hoes, One- and Two-Horse Riding 
"Cultivators, Harrows, Orchard- and Beet-Cultivators, 
Wheel Garden Plow—each tool the finest 
of its kind. Pays for itself quickly, even 
in small gardens. 
No. 12. Planet Jr. Double Wheel 
Hoe, Cultivator and Plow,—the handi- 
est implement ever made for gar- 
dening. All cultivating parts are of 
‘high-carbon steel to keep keen edge. 
Specially designed to work extremely 
close to plants without injury. 
Write to-day. 
S. L. ALLEN & CO., Box 1108 S, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Raising Early-hatched Chicks 
ae four essentials absolutely necessary 
to the successful raising of incubator 
chicks are that the chicks must be kept 
sufficiently warm and dry all the time, must 
have pure air, good food and water, and 
be kept free from vermin. The great 
scourge of brooder chicks is what is known 
as “white diarrhcea’’ for which I believe that 
both too much and too little heat are largely 
responsible. Other causes are improper 
hatching, and if the eggs are from immature, 
diseased, over-fat, weak stock, the chicks 
are not worth raising. 
The brooder must be so constructed 
that a proper temperature can be maintained 
at all times; that pure, heated air is contin- 
ually supplied to the chicks; that no lamp 
fumes can reach them; that there are no 
corners under the hover into which they 
can crowd; and that they can get away from 
the heat should it become too high. A 
brooder in which the chicks cannot get away 
from an excess of heat is worthless. These 
conditions may be secured in a home-made. 
brooder, but most amateurs will have better 
results from purchasing one embodying the 
necessary requirements. Outdoor brooders 
are largely used, and are easily controlled 
if placed under a shed where they are pro- 
tected from high winds, severe storms, and 
excessive heat from the sun, but any arrange- 
ment for brooding should supply all direct 
sunlight possible. The ideal arrangement for 
brooding chicks consists of one or two indoor 
brooders- in a colony house, so arranged 
that the brooders may be taken out when 
artificial heat is no longer required, and the 
chicks left in possession of the house. 
There is a brooder on the market used in 
a house built for the purpose, in which one 
lamp heats eight hovers, four stories high, 
each hover sheltering twenty-five chicks. 
This brooder is the most economical with oil 
and labor of any that I know. 
If the brooder has ever been used before it 
must be thoroughly fumigated and disin- 
fected. Boiling hot water is a good cleanser, 
and carbolic acid is excellent as a disinfectant. 
Whichever you use, give the brooder time 
to dry out before putting in the chicks. 
Have the lamp thoroughly clean, with a 
good wick, and use the best kerosene oil. 
Gas and gasolene are also sometimes used. 
Heat the brooder well before putting in the 
chicks; cover the floor with dry earth, chaff, 
hay seed, or cut clover; and have the tem- 
perature under the hover, three inches from 
the floor, from go to 95 degrees. If the 
chicks are inclined to crowd together and 
