34 The Readers’ Service is prepared to 
advise parents in regard to schools 
AUGUST, 
EVERY HOSE-USER 
Should 
Send 
PREE SAMPIEE 
Every one of you laboring with 
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When we send you this free in- 
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REENLEAF 
LONG LIFE 
‘ARDEN HOSE 
we send wth it instructions for a 
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The World’s Collection of 
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Comprising over 400 distinct and certified varieties 
is now offered by us for the first time to the American 
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Pure Butter Test 
N ORDER to determine whether butter 
has been “renovated” or is oleomar- 
garine, an interesting test was conducted 
by the United States Department of Agri- 
culture. The test is exceedingly simple 
and commends itself to the attention of many 
housekeepers. Hold a teaspoon filled with 
butter over the gas or over the flame of an 
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with a match or a little piece of wood, being 
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During this test in the Department of Agri- 
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Types and Breeds of Farm Animals. By 
Charles S. Plumb. Ginn & Co., Boston, 1908; pp. 563; 
256 half-tone illustrations. Price, $2.00 net. 
This is certainly an epoch-making book. 
Since 1888 there has been no American 
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“Study of Breeds,” in America (1900) 
omitted the horse. The present work 
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The Principles of Agriculture edited by L. 
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Twelfth edition; pp. 300 XV. Price $1.25. 
This admirable book on agriculture was 
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It is a very good, elementary text-book on 
agriculture. 
Spirea and Goldenrod 
BY AN unfortunate oversight, the two 
illustrations of goldenrod and white 
beam-leaved spirea on pages 322 and 335, 
respectively, in last month’s GARDEN Maca- 
ZINE were transposed. ‘The illustration ap- 
pearing in the lower right-hand corner of 
page 335 should have the caption which 
appears under the cut in the lower right- 
hand corner of page 322, and vice-versa. 
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The Garden 
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The first step in preparing the bulb garden is 
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