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The Readers' Service will give you 

 suggestions jor the care oj livestock 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



August, 1909 



PAINT TALKS— No. 7 



Painting Floors 



When one thinks of the scraping and scuffing 

 a floor is subjected to, and then considers how 

 fine a paint film is, he wonders that porch or 

 kitchen floors ever look well. 



Certainly, none of the cheap paints of chalky, 

 brittle composition can be expected to stand 

 the constant friction — and they do not. The 

 very best pure white lead and pure linseed oil 

 are absolutely necessary. The white lead 

 should be tinted to some neutral color, and a 

 hard foundation laid by adding some turpen- 

 tine to the white lead and linseed oil. 



If you will describe your floor (kind of wood, 

 whether or not previously painted, etc.) we will 

 send exact directions for painting it. 



For general painting information, send for 

 our House-owners' Painting Outfit V. It in- 

 cludes color schemes (illustrated) and instru- 

 ment for detecting adulteration in material — 

 an instrument our white lead (Dutch Boy 

 Painter trade-mark) does not fear. 



Buy of your local dealer if possible. If he hasn't 

 it do not accept something else, but write our 

 nearest office. 



For sale through dealers only. 



NATIONAL LEAD 

 COMPANY 



An office in each of the 

 following cities : 



New York. Boston, Buffalo, Cincin- 

 nati, Chicago, Cleveland, St. Louis, 

 (John T. Lewis & Bros. Company. 

 Philadelphia), (National Lead & Oil 

 Company, Pittsburgh). 



When you clean up 

 Lawn and Garden 

 have a convenient 

 cart for moving 

 rubbish, leaves, 

 tools, etc. 



"Triumph " Lawn Carts 



are built especially for such work. 



Wide Tires, Removable Rack, Drop End, Box 

 Braced and Reinforced Steel Springs 



Painted and varnished. Not flimsy or poorly made. 



Write for complete description and price list. It is Free. We pre- 

 pay freight where we have no dealer carrying " Triumph " carts in 

 stock. Money back for any reason. 



Swartwout & Mott, Dept. 6, Utica, N. Y. 



What is a "Cord" of Wood ? 



AS EVERYONE knows a cord of wood is a 

 pile eight feet long, four feet wide and four 

 feet long, or 128 cubic feet, no matter whether 

 the sticks are long or short, straight or crooked, 

 round or split, unless there is an understanding 

 to the contrary. But contrary to the common 

 belief, there are many times when a cord of wood 

 is less than a cord, and, again, when it is 

 more. 



Woodlot owners and farmers owning small 

 forest tracts who intend to sell cordwood are no less 

 interested than contractors who buy and sell large 

 quantities. It is surprising how much difference 

 it makes whether the wood is cut long or short, 

 chopped or sawed, whether the sticks are round 

 or split, large or small, and whether the measure- 

 ments are made while the wood is green or after 

 it is seasoned. 



A lumberman may have a tract of pulpwood 

 which he contracts to sell at $5, the wood to 

 be cut and stacked. He cuts it in 12 -foot 

 lengths, makes 200 cords, and receives $1,000 

 for it. The same amount of wood, if cut in 4-foot 

 lengths, would have made but 176 cords, for which 

 he would have received $880, and there would 

 have been considerable additional labor in the 

 cutting. While it was thus to the owner's advan- 

 tage to cut the wood in the larger size, the buyer 

 paid $120 more for the same amount of wood 

 than if it had been cut in the smaller lengths. 



It is always best to saw the wood, for the loss 

 is scarcely half of 1 per cent. If chopped, the 

 chips are lost; in a cord of 4-foot wood, with 

 sticks 6 inches in diameter, this loss amounts to 

 from 6 to 8 per cent.; and, of course, the shorter 

 the sticks are cut the greater is the loss. 



The difference due to spaces between the sticks 

 depends very much on their shape and size. Straight 

 smooth sticks lie close together, and a cord there- 

 fore contains more wood and less air. Whatever 

 the kind of wood used, cords of long sticks are 

 pretty sure to contain more empty space than 

 cords made of short pieces. A cord (128 feet) 

 of 4-foot hardwood usually contains about 83 

 cubic feet of solid wood; 3-foot wood averages 

 83 J cubic feet; 2-foot wood, 84 feet; i-foot wood, 

 85 feet. Cords of conifers and softwoods usually 

 contain from 90 to 96 cubic feet. Thus the pur- 

 chaser buys on an average about two-thirds of a 

 cord of real wood and one-third of space. 



According to the reports of timber-testing 

 engineers in the United States Forest Service, wood 

 may lose half or more its green weight in season- 

 ing. Cedar for lead pencils is bought by weight 

 in this country, because the pieces are so small 

 and of such irregular size that they cannot con- 

 veniently be stacked and measured as cordwood. 

 The bulk of nearly all wood decreases as seasoning 

 goes on. A hundred cords of green wood will 

 make from eighty-nine to ninety-three cords when 

 dry. Therefore, when buying wood by the weight 

 be sure that you get what you pay for. 



Washington, D. C. B. F. 



Killing Aphis on Asters 



PROBABLY seven out of every ten people who 

 undertake the growing of asters fail utterly. 

 The complaint is generally the same — the leaves 

 turn yellow and the blossoms are very insignificant. 

 This condition is caused by the green aphis which 



There is no doubt about 

 what is in 



Genasco 



Ready Roofing 



We 



It is Trinidad Lake Asphalt, 

 are not afraid to tell you. 



There's no doubt about whether this 

 asphalt will last. It has already lasted 

 twenty-five years in streets and roofs. 



There's no doubt that Genasco will 

 last. 



Smooth and mineral surface. Backed by 

 a thirty-two-million-dollar guarantee. Look 

 for the trade-mark. Write for samples and 

 the Good Roof Guide Book. 



THE BARBER ASPHALT PAVING 

 COMPANY 



Largest producers of asphalt and 

 largest manufacturers of ready 

 roofing in the world. 



PHILADELPHIA 



New York 

 San Francisco Chicago 



ORCHIDS 



Largest importers and growers of 



Orchids in the United States 



LAGER & HURRELL 



Orchid Growers and Importers SUMMIT, N.J. 







SHeep Manure 



Kiln dried and pulverized. No weeds or bad 

 odors. Helps nature hustle. For garden, 



jlawn, trees, shrubs, fruits and house plants. 



a>4 (\(\ LARGE BARREL. Cash with Order. 



tj>*# iUU Delivered to your Freight Station. 



Apply now. 



The Pulverized Manure Co. 19 Onion Stock Yards, Chicago. 



/^FI p O \r r Best varieties. Full count of 

 " >r.l .r.ix \ heavily rooted, stocky plants. 



Greatest value for price 



Henry Arnold Todd, Doylestown, Pa. 

 KILL PLANT BUGS and DOG FLEAS 



with Lemon Oil Insecticide, adding 30 parts water. No odor, no 

 poison — advantages over Fish Oil or Tobacco Products. Used 

 everywhere. If not sold by your seedsman, write WEATHERBY 

 BROS., Baltimore, Md., for full information. 



The J?X\Jir\ I amrt gives a clear steady light. 

 A3^ V """P Made of brass throughout 

 and nickel plated. Warranted. At 

 dealers or write nearest agency. 



STANDARD OIL COMPANY 

 (Incorporated) 





are made by 



The p T T I Engraving 

 V_J 1 JL> Yj Company 



140 Fifth Avenue New York 



