March, 1914 



T H E GARDEN M A G A Z I X K 



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Bob White Quail 

 Partridges and Pheasants 



Capercailzies, Black Game, Wild Turkeys, Quails, 

 Rabbits, Deer, etc., for stocking purposes. Fancy 

 Pheasants, Peafowl. Swans, Cranes, Storks, 

 Ornamental Geese and Ducks. Foxes, Squirrels, 

 Ferrets, etc., and all kinds of birds and animals. 



WILLIAM J. MACKENSEN, Naturalist 



Dept. 55, Pheasanlry and Game Park 



YARDLEY, PA. 



Lovable Children 



_ The healthier and happier your children are the^ 



'better men and women they will become. A Shetland! 



/Pony for a playfellow brings them health, teaches them 1 



/eelf reliance and self control and makes them manly. He- 1 



/cure a pony from the Belle Meade Farm and you can be' 



f Quite sure it will beasturdy, reliable little fellow, playful as ' 



a kitten but full of good sense and quite unafraidof autos, 



trains or anything to be met with on the road. We have a 



HERD OF 300 



for you to choose from — every J 

 one well mannered and abso- j 

 lutelysafe.manyof them prize J 

 winners. We always _guaran-j 

 itee satisfaction. Write fori 

 illustrated catalogue. 



Belle Meade Farrn^ 

 Mark ham, Va 

 Box is 



Suet-Grain Cake 



For feeding wild birds in win- 

 ter. The only regularly man- 

 ufactured bird food obtain- 

 able. 50c per cake. Our 

 cakes are winning birds every- 

 where. Illustrated booklet 

 of bird houses, feeders, cavi- 

 ties, baths and food, FREE. 

 Order a cake now and feed 

 the birds before it is too late. 



Maplewood Biological Laboratory 

 Stamford, Connecticut 



COOK YOUR FEED and SAVE 



Half the Cost— with the 



PROFIT FARM BOILER 



With Dumping Caldron. Empties its kettle in 

 one minute. The simplest and best arrange- 

 ment for cooking food tor stock. Also make 

 Dairy and Laundry Stoves, Water and Steam 

 Jacket Kettles, Hog Scalders, Caldrons, etc. 

 G^ FZ *Send for particulars and ask for circular L 

 D. R. SPERRY & CO. Batavia, 111. 



G. D. TILLEY 



Naturalist 



Beautiful Swans, Fancy Pheas- 

 ants, Peafowl, Cranes, Storks, 

 Ornamental Ducks and Geese, 

 Flamingoes, Game and Cage Birds 



"Everything in the bird line from 

 Canary to an Ostrich" 



I am the oldest established and largest exclusive 

 dealer in land and water birds in America and have 

 on hand the most extensive stock in the United States. 

 G. D. TILLEY, Box G, Darien, Connecticut 



COPYRIGHTEO. 



RALSTON PURINA CO. 



1914 



Chicken Chowder makes Chesty Chix 



It makes them grow twice as fast. This means large profits, heavy egg produc- 

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Checkerboard Poultry Book FREE! 



For your dealer's name we will send you this 48-page Poultry Book, containing plans of houses, breed- 

 ing and feed'ng charts, space for daily egg records, cures of diseases, care of baby chicks, etc. It also 

 contains information about Col. Purina's half price galvanized iron Chick Drinking Fountain [2 for 25c] 

 and more details about his Automatic Chicken Chowder Feeder [50c]. Write today. 



Col. Purina, Purina Mills, 829 Gratiot Street, St. Louis, Mo. 











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•THAT'S what many 

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 making. Alfalfa yields 4 to 

 6 crops annually. Other hay crops do pro- 

 portionately as well. It's the greatest dairy 

 and livestock section of America. 



GOOD LAND, $15 an Acre Up 



Truck, poultry and fruits of all kinds make big profits, 

 Seven to ten months crrowing season. Climate very 

 healthful. Learn the facts, ask for "Southern 

 Field" magazine and land lists. 

 M.V. Richarda.Land&Ind.Agt. 

 Room 43 

 Washington, D.C. 



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Write today for this Free Book. Address Nearest Office 



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Greider's Fine Catalogue 



and calendar of fine, pure-bred poultry for 1914. This 

 book contains many pages of poultry facts. 70 different 

 varieties, some shown in natural colors. All illustrated 

 and described, tells how to make hens lay. raise and care for 

 them, all about the Famous Greider Incubators and 

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 Prices of breeding stock and eggs for hatching and sup- 

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B. H. GREIDER. 



Box 25, 



Rheems, Pa. 



"About Dogs" 



This free book will be 

 sent for a postal request 

 with a free sample of 

 Austin's Dog Bread. 



* Bread 



"About Dogs " is a pocket en- 

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 and full of fascinating " doggy " 

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today 

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