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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
SEPTEMBER, 1908 
Rust insurance is worth having. 
A strong, wellnourished man is proof against the attack of disease 
germs. 
Likewise strong, sturdy wheat repels the attack of rust—the enemy 
that dwarfs the growth, shrivels the grain, lowers the profits. 
Potash makes a strong, sturdy, rust-proof plant—fills out the 
head—with a heavier berry. 
Commercial fertilizers are usually weak in Potash. Use a brand 
containing 6 per cent. of Potash. If you cannot get it, then dalance 
and complete your application by addimg 15 pounds of Muriate of 
Potash to each 100 pounds of fertilizer. 
Potash is profit. Buy the Potash first. 
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*4 The most valuable addition to our 
strictly hardy garden shrubs that has 
appeared in years. Withstands zero 
J weather without injury. Immense 
7 heads of purest white blooms in June 
(See zllustration). After maturity turn- 
‘ ing to deep green like the foliage,— 
- < an attractive feature. As a specimen 
The New Hardy Fy- in groups, or massed in the foreground 
drangea—rom photo of tallershrubs itisa tremendous success. 
PRICES ae established, deliv-\ From 6 inch pots, $1.50 each. 
ery any time. $13.50 per 10; 5 inch pots,$1.00 
each, $9.00 per 10; 4 inch pots, $.50 each, $4.50 per 10; 3 inch pots, $.35 
each, $3.25 per 10. Shipment by Express advised. 
The Elm City Nursery Co., New Haven, Conn. 
Our Special Autumn Planting List 1s now ready. You can well 
afford to send for « copy before placing your order. 
Strictly the best grade only, at consistent prices 
Dwyer’s Pot-Grown 
Strawberry Plants 
Strong, healthy plants from selected stock of choicest fruiting 
varieties, sure to give satisfaction and 
Produce a 
Full Crop in 1909 
Some of the finest berry patches in Amer- 
ica owe success to our vigorous stock. 
Pot-grown plants have been our specialty 
for many years. If you want fruit next 
season, order NOW. Wealso havea full 
line of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, 
Plants, Vines, etc., for fall planting, all 
grown on our home grounds and guaran- 
teed healthy and true to name. 
Wealso do landscape gardening inall its branches. Catalogue free. 
T. J. DWYER @ CO., i 
P. O. Box 4 CORNWALL, N. Y. 
THIS PRACTICAL LITTLE HAND-BOOK 
tells everything worth knowing on the sub- 
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has drawn upon many years of observation and 
Care of 
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By BURT J. PARIS 
personal experience. 
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and rare plants. 5 curi- 
CACTI ous African plants, $1. 
C. R. ORCUTT, San Diego, Cal., publisher “‘American Plants,’ 
each number describing about ]00 species, $3 a year. 
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Page Fence is woven from heavy galvanized high-carbon spring 
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HALLOCK’S SUCCESS JR. DIGGER 
Price While we have always manufactured the Hallock Potato Digger, 
we have recently taken over the selling end of the business, and we 
$12 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 CoO., Ltd., Box 822, York, Pa. 
Feeding the Light Brahmas 
pee poultry is healthier for exercise and 
the Light Brahmas especially must 
have it on account of their proneness to take 
on fat. During cold and stormy weather, 
we open the doors of the hen houses at half 
past six o’clock in the morning and let the 
chickens out into their scratching sheds, 
where by experience they know that wheat 
awaits them in the straw. We scatter in 
each shed a 4-quart measure of wheat, 
and this is sufficient for the hens we keep, 
which number from sixty to seventy-five. 
At eleven o’clock several handfuls of oats are 
thrown into each shed, which is more to 
keep them hunting and working than to feed 
them. At this time the eggs are gathered. 
At four o’clock in the afternoon the 
chickens are given two 12-quart pails of 
mash. This is prepared in. the morning 
after breakfast, when there is comparatively 
little being cooked. We pack one of the 
pails with alfalfa meal three-quarters full, 
and pour in sufficient water to cover it, 
‘| allowing the pail to remain on the stove 
until steam comes from it. It is then 
removed and the meal divided into three 
equal parts, one part being put into each 
pail. We add a tablespoonful of ground 
charcoal and three teaspoonfuls of salt 
to each pail, and fill them three-quar- 
ters full with milk or water. We 
generally use milk and as it has been run 
through the separator it does not produce 
fat. We stiffen the mash with crushed oats 
and bran, more of the former being added 
than the latter. The bran makes it of a 
crumbly quality. Never give sloppy food. 
While the chickens are eating, the eggs are 
gathered for the second time. 
The drinking fountains or buckets are 
turned upside down after the chickens have 
gone to roost, which in summer insures 
fresh water and on winter mornings prevents 
the added work of chopping out the ice. 
Every Saturday afternoon fresh meat bones 
“are purchased from the butcher and ground 
in the bone cutter. A pan holding five 
quarts is divided among the chickens on 
Sunday mornings. See that they get about a 
heaping tablespoonful apiece. When the 
chickens begin to moult, we often slightly 
hurry it by giving them whole corn at one 
feed during the day. Meat drippings can 
also be added to their mash. 
We have splendid little coops in which 
the chicks and their mothers are comfortable 
during February and March. The houses 
are made of very heavy wood and wind can- 
