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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



February, 1910 



BUILT LIRE A HOUSE 



Here you have the perfect home for your 

 poultry — a convenient, protected place for Biddy and her 

 chicks, or a safe and sanitary Poultry Home for a flock 

 of 10 or 12. Damp-proof and draught-tight — necessary 

 conditions for handling poultry successfully are found in 



Hodgson Poultry Houses 

 and Brooders 



All parts made In sections convenient to handle for putting 

 up or taking down In a short time. 



Note the lower illustration— 15 in a row. These 

 houses are so popular, poultrymen buy them by the 

 dozen. Just the house for a dozen hens — an ornament 

 to any gentleman's place. Complete with feed trough, 

 cage fountain, roosts, nests. Easily cleaned, adjustable 

 ventilator. Put in your hens and let them thrive. 

 Send for our catalogue of Poultry Houses, Brooder 

 Houses — everything for the live hen. 



E.F 



HODGSON CO., 118 Washington St. 

 BOSTON, MASS. 



A Substitute 

 for Bordeaux 



Mixture 

 B. G. PRATT CO. 



ll ^S us sr v1lL£ 



'10-Gallon Keg, making 

 1,500 gallons, Spray de- 

 livered at any R. R. sta- 

 tion in U. S. for $12.50. 

 Write to-day for full information Prompt shipments 



Mfg. Chemists, 50 Church Street, New York City 



U.S. 



CREAM SEPARATORS 



The Recognized Criterion by which others are judged. 



The modern dairymen want a Cream Separator that fulfills to the highest degree 

 these three requirements : 



Close Skimming, Easy Running, Long Life. 



The U. S. is the only separator that combines leadership in all three 

 of these essentials. 



The IT. S. has received more and higher awards (acknowledging its 

 superiority) in 1909 than all other makes combined. 



A request for Catalog 71 will show you all about this thoroughly practical separa- 

 tor and tell you all about our latest awards. 



Vermont Farm Machine Co., Bellows Falls, Vt. 



To Buy a Country Home 



Where to find one that will meet all your requirements 

 is rjuite a problem. Country Life in America's Real 

 Estate Directory contains the advertisements of many 

 desirable places. If what you want is not there, the 

 Readers' Service, which is in touch with reliable agents 

 and owners everywhere, will endeavor without charge 

 to find your ideal. Write stating all particulars to the 



Manager Real Estate Department 



133 East 16th Street New York City 



Uncle Sam Says : 

 Spraying Pays' 



Our Government carefully studies the 

 value of spraying. It says spraying- 

 pays big. Many officials say that no 

 machines are quite equal to 



DEMING SPRAY PUMPS 



— used by Experiment Station and Field Ex- 

 perts everywhere. "Efficient and satisfac- 

 tory." — Pa. State College. "Highly recommended," 

 writes the Asst. Entomologist of Tenn. Catalogue free 

 THE DEMING CO., 734 Depot St., Salem, Ohio 



DON'T BUILD 



that new hen house or fix up the old one until you get our large new ioo pp. catalog (over 100 illustrations) 

 telling all about the Potter Poultry House Fixures, Perfection Feed Hoppers, Simplex Trap Nests, feeds and 

 supplies of all kinds. Potter Fixtures have been on the market over 8 years and are used by thousands of 

 poultry keepers. They are complete, convenient and sanitary; made in 3 styles and 12 sizes to fit any hen house. 

 We now make the complete line of PORTABLE (K. D.) HOUSES, HROOD COOPS, PIGEON LOFTS. 

 etc., formerly made by the Morgan Sanitary House Co., of Lemont, 111. These are made in 20 different 

 sizes, and if you want a complete, up-to-date and cheap house or coop of any kind you should not 

 fail to send for lar-'e illustrated catalog idling all about these goods. 



nON'T IC1 1 f or S " U > rjl,r living hens: use the POTTER SYSTEM and pick out the layers from 

 " vJll 1 IvILiLi the loafers and keep only healthy laying hens. The Potter System is the greatest dis- 

 covery of the century in the poultry world and is used by over 25,000 poultry keepers. You can save dollars 

 every year by using our system, because you keep only layers. Our new 100 pp. book entitled "Don't Kill 

 the Laying Hen" is a revelation to poultry raisers on the subject of laying and non-laying hens and egg production. 



Potter Poultry Products are for Particular Poultry People, and if you are particular and want to make more money on your flock you will 

 our catalogs and circulars. 



■rite today for 



T. F. POTTER & CO., Box 22, Downers Grove, Illinois 



iiiBliltll 



One Compensation of Rhododen- 

 drons 



EVERYBODY who sees rhododendrons in 

 bloom for the first time gets over-heated 

 about them. But the enthusiasm is promptly 

 chilled when the question of price comes up. 

 The first cost of rhododendrons is distressing, and 

 the cost of making a rhododendron bed is still 

 greater; but there is one great compensation. If 



Old-established rhododendrons in FishMll, N. Y. 

 in lull bloom 



you really prepare a bed well, and get the right 

 kinds, they will last a lifetime, and the cost of 

 maintenance is very small. 



The accompanying picture shows some old- 

 established rhododendrons at the home of Mrs. 

 Henry Clay Kelly, Fishkill, N. Y., the height of 

 which may be judged by their relation to the human 

 figures. Such gorgeous bloom is worth all it costs. 



New York. W. M. 



Moving Dogwood in Summer 



An astonishing tree-moving story was told us the 

 other day. A nurseryman got nine hundred 

 good trees of flowering dogwood for nothing but the 

 cost of moving them, but he had to do this in June 

 when the trees were in full leaf. He had mighty 

 little time to do it, because the real estate agents 

 were eager to clear every living thing off the 

 grounds in order to make one of their typical sub- 

 divisions — a ridiculous process, even if it were 

 not such a shameful slaughter of beauty. These 

 blind money-grabbers gave away what it would 

 cost them $450 to replace! Our friend cut off 

 the top of every tree, wrapped every stem and 95 

 percent, lived! Flowering dogwood is the show- 

 iest of our native flowering trees, yet it is one of 

 the easiest trees to move, though we should not do 

 it in the fall if it could be avoided. 



