October, 1912 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



The Readers' Service will give you 

 suggestions for the care of live-stock 



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Just a turn of 

 this little crank^ 

 opens or closes j 

 your shutters 



The Modern Way to 

 Close Your Shutters 



Stand inside and turn a little crank — don't 

 remove the screens or even raise the sash. 



The Mallory Shutter Worker 



opens, fastens at any angle, or closes and locks 

 the shutters from the inside, without admit- 

 ting flies and mosquitoes or exposing yourself 

 to bad weather. 



Attractively finished to suit your wood-work. 

 They are readily attached to any shutter on 

 old or new frame, brick or stone dwelling. 



Ask your hardware dealer, and if he does not 

 have them, write us for our Free illustrated 

 booklet giving us your Dealer's name. 



Mallory Manufacturing Co. 



253 Main Street, Flemington, N. J., U. S. A. 



LOOK OUT 

 FOR SPARKS 



No more danger or damage from Hying 

 sparks. No more poorly fitted, flimsy fire- 

 place screens. Send for free booklet 

 '"Sparks from the Fire-side." It tells about 

 the best kind of a spark guard for your in- 

 dividual fireplace. Write to-day for free 

 booklet and make your plans early. 



The Syracuse Wire Works 

 107 tniversilT Avenue, • Syracuse, S. Y. 



GOULDS RELIABLE SPRAYERS 

 GIVE LONG SERVICE AND BEST RESULTS. 

 SEND FOR VALUABLE SPRAY GUIDE. 

 THE GOULDS MFG. CO., 82 W. FALL ST., SENECA FALLS, N. Y. 



PEONIES. The World's Best 



Large collection, reduced prices. All guaranteed true 

 to names. Send for list. W. L. GUMM, Peony 

 Specialist, Remington, Ind. 



Fertilizer for Fine Lawns 



Pulverized Sheep Manure — Sheep's Head Brand — is nature's own plant 

 food. Ideal for lawns, golf courses, flower gardens, potted plants. Write for 

 ; free booklet, "Fertile Facts," to 



NATURAL GUANO CO., Dept. 1 5, Aurora, III. 



Use KEROSENE Engine Free! 



Amazing "DETROIT" Kerosene Engine 

 shipped on 15 days' FREE Trial, proves ker- ■ 

 osene cheapest, safest, most powerful fuel. If 

 satisfied, pay lowest price ever given on relia- 

 ble farm engine; if not, pay nothing. No waste, 

 no evaporation, no explosion from coal oil. 



Gasoline Going Up! 



Gasoline is gc to 15c higher than coal 

 oil. Still going up. Two pints of coal 

 oil do work of three pinto gasoline. 



Amazing "DETROIT" 



— only engine running on coal oil suc- 

 cessfully; uses alcohol, gasoline and ben- 

 zine, too. Starts without cranking. Only 

 three moving parts — no cams — no 

 sprockets — no gears — no valves — the utmost in simplicity, power 

 and strength. Mounted on skids. All sizes, 2 to 20 h. p., in stock 

 ready to ship. Engine tested before crating. Comes all ready to 

 run. Pumps, saws, threshes, churns, separates milk, grinds feed, 

 shells corn, runs home electric lighting plant. Prices (stripped). 

 $29.50 op. Sent any place on 15 days' Free Trial. Don't buy an 

 engine tillyou investigatemoney-saving. power-saving "DETROIT." 

 Thousands in use. Costs only postal to And out. If you are first in your neigh- 

 borhood to write, you get Special extra-Low Introductory price. Write. (138) 

 Detroit Engine Works, 229 Bellevue Ave., Detroit, Mich. 



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PURINA. 3 



Chicken C&pwder 



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CHICKEN 

 CHOWDER j 



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L£NT APPLIED 



I will give you, through 



your dealer, this practi- »*, >. _ 



cal, serviceable, well j!^^^sfo ,; ''~' 



made metal hopper, 

 chock full of Purina Chicken Chowder, both for 30 cents. I 

 make this remarkable offer solely to get you acquainted with 

 the egg-producing powers of Purina Chicken Chot&tder — a dry egg- 

 laying mash consisting of approximately the same chemical ingredients found in 

 an egg. It is composed of alfalfa, granulated meat, middlings, bran, corn meal, 

 linseed meal and charcoal. 



"If Chicken Chowder won't make your hens lay, they 



must be roosters" 



Chicken Chowder assures you an abundance of eggs during the fall and winter, 

 when prices are highest. You cannot afford to be without it. Ask your feed 

 dealer or grocer today for a metal hopper full of Purina Chicken Chowder. 

 This offer is made through dealers only east of the Rocky Mountains. If your 

 dealer cannot supply you, let me know his name. 



Valuable Poultry Book FREE 



In return for your dealer's name I will send you my 48 page 

 Purina Book, rath ruled forms for egg records and accounts, 

 plans of houses, coops, fixtures, etc., cures of diseases, 

 breeding charts, etc. Write today. 



Col. Purina, Ralston Purina Mills 



829 S. Eighth Street St. Louis, Mo. 



O. HENRY 



A New Leather Edition in prepa- 

 ration. Write for full information. 



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