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What is olan roa) fore et EL BY GA RD) EyNiny MIG AeA 
JUNE, 1908 
with samples of their roofing. 
The makers of Amatite Roofing 
have gone into the matter more deeply. 
Their Booklet entitled “‘Amatite’’ is 
a very handsome and interesting piece 
of printing. 
It covers the whole roofing subject 
thoroughly. 
The Ready Roofing proposition is 
explained at length, and the whole his- 
tory of these roofings is given in detail, 
showing the steady progress that has 
been made. As this Company is the 
oldest and largest concern in the field, 
the history is accurate. “This Company 
has been in the roofing business for 
over half a century. 
Many of the improvements in ready 
roofing made from time to time have 
been its inventions, and the latest im- 
provement, and in many respects the 
most important, is offered to the public in 
Amatite Roofing. 
This material, as explained in the Booklet, 
has a surface of real mineral matter—Amatite— 
to take the brunt of the weather. It does not 
ip 
OST of the roofing manufacturers supply 
some simple sort of a circular or pamphlet 
/ ROOFING 
need painting. ‘The kind of roofs that need 
painting are out of date. 
The paint and labor of putting it on cost 
more than an Amatite Roof. Amatite Roofing, 
once laid, requires no attention whatever. Its 
mineral surface does not require painting any 
more than a stone wall does. 
The Amatite Booklet also explains 
the value.of the Pitch in Amatite Roof- 
ing. Pitch is the greatest waterproof- 
ing agent ever discovered. 
Water does not affect it in any way. 
An unbroken lining of pitch furnishes 
complete and permanent protection, 
which can only leak by being actually 
punctured, and such a lining sheet 1s 
just what Amatite provides. 
It.is impossible to give the explana- 
tion in detail here, but if you will send 
for the Booklet, which is free, you will 
find the arguments in full. 
With the Booklet the manufacturers 
send a free Sample of Amatite, in order 
to show just what the mineral surface 
is like. 
A postal card addressed to the near- 
est office of the Company will bring the 
Booklet and the Sample to you by mail. 
Every progressive farmer should have it. 
BARRETT MANUFACTURING CO., 
New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, St. Louis, 
Cleveland, Allegheny, Cincinnati, Kansas City, 
Minneapolis, New Orleans, Boston, London. 
AMATITE ON ROOF OF EAST MACHIAS LUMBER CO., EAST MACHIAS, ME. 
QOKLET, 
They are bell-shaped and have about five 
petals. The plant has coarse, enormous. 
leaves something like those of tobacco and 
bears its clusters of short-stalked flowers 
down in the heart of the whorl of leaves. 
In cultivation it is said to require partial 
shade and good drainage. 
New Jersey. Tuomas McApam. 
[The next article will be even more inter- 
esting, as it will throw an important light 
upon the evolution of the Shirley poppies.] 
Greens for Yarded Fowls 
N MOST suburban districts, poultry 
raisers have to keep their fowls yarded, 
not only for the welfare of the birds them- 
selves but also for the protection of the 
gardens, flower beds, etc., in the neigh- 
borhood. Unless the yards are large enough © 
for the grass to grow despite the hens, suc- 
culent food must be supplied. Our chicks 
always have one feed, and often two feeds, a 
day of some of these greens. 
In spring, as soon as the ground can 
be worked, broadcast Dwarf Essex rape 
and rake it in, having the soil rich and 
finely pulverized. Rape grows quickly and 
sprouts again after cutting, so that a plot 
sown with this will furnish greens the entire 
season. Ordinary frost has no effect on 
it; it is relished by fowls and chicks, and is 
one of the most beneficial vegetables for 
them. 
Where bare sow the yards to oats or bar- 
ley early in the spring, although the better 
plan is to sow them in the fall to wheat 
or rye. The growing crop sweetens the 
tainted and foul soil, and although the 
grain will not last long after the birds are 
in the yard, it is a big help to them. If two 
yards are available the crop in one may 
be allowed to grow while the birds are 
running in the other. 
Some of the earliest varieties of cabbage 
set outas soon as the ground can be worked, 
will soon be available and well relished 
by the hens. Cabbages are also excellent 
for succulent winter feed and may be planted 
as late as June or July according to the 
climate. 
Lawn clippings, especially if fed while 
wet with dew or rain, are excellent and 
they are more relished if white clover is 
growing in the lawn. 
For later feeding, Pearl millet is excellent. 
This must not be sown until the ground is 
warm enough to start sweet corn and it 
may then be sown broadcast or in drills. 
On rich ground it grows seven to eight feet 
