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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



165 



The Truth About Poultry 



Get the Facts by Reading 



The 



One-Man Poultry Plant 



Successful Methods of Men on Farms 



or Small Acreage. Complete in twelve 



parts; printed in one volume. 



By Dr. N. W. SANBORN 



EAL work, with real poultry, on a real New England Farm. 

 This is a simple story of what has been done by a man, at 

 forty-five years of age, to.vn bred and city educated, getting out 

 of practice of medicine, buying a small farm in the hill country, 

 and making a success of the venture. Not only is the rearing 

 of chicks and the management of adult fowl completely covered, 

 but the interesting side issues of fruit growing, grain raising, and 

 the production of milk, that cannot be escaped on a real farm. 

 You get rugged facts— rarely found in print. The truth about 

 poultry as foun 1 in actual life on a one-man poultry farm. 



You Can Do the Same— Book Tells How 

 OUR SPECIAL OFFER— The One-Man Poultry Plant, in 

 twelve parts (book form), and the American Poultry Advo- 

 cate, one year, for only 50 cts., book and Advocate, three 

 years, for only $1.00, if order is sent at once. 

 Our paper is handsonely illustrated, practical, progressive 

 and up-to-date on poultry matters. Established i8g2. 44 to 

 132 pages monthly, 50 cents a year. 3 months' trial 10 cents. 

 Sample copy free. Catalogue of poultry literature free. Ad- 

 dress, 



AMERICAN POULTRY ADVOCATE 

 636 Hodgkins Blk. Syracuse, N. Y. 



RABBITS 



A PROFITABLE SIDE-LINE OCCUPATION 



Tells how to provide for the shortage in meat. 



r i Our book: "The Rabbit; How to Select, Breed 



^^ and Manage the Rabbit and Belgian Hare for 



^^B Pleasure or Profit," by breeders of long experience 



JU ^m with rabbits. Eighth edition, nicely illustrated, 



{Or enlarged and much improved. Price 25 cents with 



B^^|^ sample copy of the American Poultry Advocate 



containing Rabbit and Pet Stock Department. 



POULTRY ADVOCATE, Dept. 323, SYRACUSE, N.Y. 



FOR THE BEST ORPINGTONS 



ANY VARIETY 

 You must send to their Originators. Sen i to-day for our new 

 annual CATALOGUE with history of the Orpingtons, End 

 mating list. Now is the time to buy hatching eggs. Several 

 thousand stock birds for sale. 



WM. COOK & SONS, Originators of all the Orpingtons 

 Box J, SCOTCH PLAINS NEW JERSEY 



1918 High Class Dahlias 19 IS 



Wonderful Forms Beautiful Colors 



If interested send for my dahlia catalogue; over 350 varieties 

 to select from. It's mailed free, or invest one dollar in a dahlia 

 collection; it's money well spent. 10 Paeony Flowered, 12 

 Giant Flowered, 15 Superb Cactus, 15 Choice Decoratives, or 

 20 Best Double Dahlias; labeled, true to name, one dollar 

 each collection. Sent postpaid any where. 

 Enterprise Dahlia Farm, Harry L. Pyle, Atco, N. J. 



Pittsfleld 



Pure-Bred Day-Old Chicks 



We are the world's largest producers of day- 

 old chicks, setting at our Holliston plant alone, 

 170,000 eggs at one time. All our chicks come 

 from breeders carefully selected for years for 

 their high egg production, vitality and vigor. 



By the time this advertisement appears we will have 

 sold a large part of our production. If you want June 

 chicks you should let us know at once so that we can set 

 additional eggs. In pursuance of our usual custom of giv- 

 ing customers the b.nefit o\ larger hatches prevalent in 

 the latter part of th? season, we are offering reduced priced. 

 You must act quickly if you want any of the reduced 

 price chicks, because we never have half enough chic!;s, 

 and this year th~ rhortage is greater than ever. If you 

 want deliveries within two weeks, please send remittance 

 with order. 



PITTSFIELD POULTRY FARMS CO. 



282 Main St., 

 Holliston, Mass. 



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Start a Home Flock 



Uncle Sam wants 10,000,000 patriotic American families to produce their own eggs 

 before the end of 1918. This will release immense quantities of "red meats" for the 

 Allies and for his own army. "Two hens in the backyard for each person," he 

 says, "will keep a family in fresh eggs." 



Even a tiny back yard will furnish plenty of room for a few good utility hens. No 

 rooster will be needed where hens are not kept for breeding purposes. The hens 

 lay better; the eggs will keep longer and you save the feed which a male would 

 consume. Put your poultry plant on a war basis. 



Your kitchen scraps will furnish most of the feed this little flock will need. These 

 grown birds will require little care — no more than would be required to run to the 

 corner grocery for fresh eggs. 



The United States Department of Agriculture or your own State Agricultural Col- 

 lege will gladly furnish you with full instructions. 



Our plan is simplicity itself — does away with all the bother of hatching and brood- 

 ing chicks. Baby chicks are all right for the expert but they are a risky investment 

 for the beginner. Try our plan of "simplified" poultry keeping. 



Start the easy way with "squab" or mature pullets. These birds will be hatched 

 in our own ir.ammoth hatchery from scientifically mated birds and raised under the 

 watchful eye of an expert until ready for your backyard. We ship them to you 

 when from two to five months of age — fully feathered, rugged and hardy. 



These pullets will begin laying in September and will keep right on filling the egg 

 basket all winter long when fresh eggs sell at fabulous prices. 



Reserve Next Winter's Layers Now 



We shall be booked ahead all the season. The only way to get your pullets when 

 you want them is to place your order now. A small payment down will reserve 

 your pullets until time for shipment. Avoid disappointment. Order your home 

 flock at once. 



Write for full particulars 



White Plymouth Rocks S. C. White Leghorns 



S. C. Rhode Island Reds 



Chas. J. Fisk, 

 Owner 



M. L. Chapman, 

 Gen, Mgr, 



:P&VS£V Wf FA$«AS> 



50 River Road 



Trenton Junction 



New Jersey 



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