The Garden Magazine, April, 1922 



153 



'Wren House 



Wrens live upon the grass~ 

 hoppers, beetles, caterpillars, 

 bugs and spiders in your 

 garden. One pair has been 

 known to devour six hundred 

 insects in a day. 



Solid oak, cypress shingles, 

 copper coping, -with four com- 

 partments, 28 inches high. 

 Price $6.00 



Oodson 



Bird / 

 Houses 



Sheltered Feeding Table 

 The early birds often need a 

 little help in finding food, be- 

 cause of the late frosts. These 

 feeding tables will attract the 

 early birds, to stay all summer. 

 Operating automatically like 

 a weather vane, always a 

 shelter against the -wind, with 

 8-ft. pole. Price $7.50. 



has taken me years of loving study to perfect these bird 

 houses. / They are correct in every detail — will last for 

 years and will attract the birds for whom they were made. 



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President, American Audubon Association 



Purple Martin House 

 "Wonderfully musical and 

 clear, the martin song is al- 

 ways a delight. But most of 

 all the martin is beloved for 

 its service of ridding premises 

 of mosquito colonies. 



Cottage style, twenty-eight 

 compartments. Price $16.00. 

 Other styles up to $78.00. 



The tonic of pure, fresh melody 



Wake on an April morning to the song of the birds! You may smile 

 knowing that all day long they will protect your trees and shrubs and 

 garden from ruinous insects. Will eat thousands of flys, gnats and mos- 

 quitos. Singing merrily at their work! That's what Mr. Dodson would 

 give to you through his bird houses. He can help you" with his sincere 

 interest as he is helping hundreds of others in making their homes more 

 delightful. 



JOSEPH H. DODSON 



709 HARRISON AVENUE 



KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS 



Dodson Sparrow Trap is guaranteed to rid your premises of this noisy, quarrelsome pest, $8.00 



FREE 



You will find much of inter- 

 est in Mr. Dodson 's fascinating 

 booklet, "Your Bird Friends 

 and How to Win Them." 

 There are many styles of bird 

 houses. Mr. Dodson wins for 

 you different birds with each. 

 A booklet thru which to browse 

 with pleasure. 



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"Soft" Water at the turn of a Faucet 



Many homes enjoying municipal water service have the 

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