﻿XVI 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  January, 
  1907 
  

  

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  burlaps, 
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   tapestry 
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  Illustrations 
  of 
  seven 
  modern 
  steel-frame 
  buildings 
  at 
  San 
  Francisco 
  that 
  withstood 
  the 
  earthquakes 
  and 
  fire 
  

   of 
  April 
  18, 
  1906, 
  with 
  reports 
  on 
  the 
  rust-resisting 
  qualities 
  of 
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  the 
  

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  DIXON 
  CRUCIBLE 
  CO., 
  JERSEY 
  CITY, 
  U.S.A. 
  

  

  ot 
  the 
  wall 
  between 
  were 
  cut 
  away. 
  If 
  this 
  

   can 
  not 
  be 
  ilone 
  use 
  an 
  oil-stove 
  constructed 
  on 
  

   the 
  principle 
  of 
  a 
  Rochester 
  lamp, 
  with 
  central 
  

   draft. 
  Such 
  a 
  stove 
  will 
  give 
  a 
  steady 
  supply 
  

   of 
  heat, 
  without 
  smell. 
  It 
  will 
  require 
  no 
  

   more 
  attention 
  than 
  an 
  ordinary 
  lamp. 
  In 
  

   such 
  a 
  room, 
  you 
  can 
  grow 
  many 
  kinds 
  of 
  

   plants 
  that 
  would 
  not 
  flourish 
  in 
  the 
  living- 
  

   room, 
  because 
  you 
  can 
  use 
  water 
  freely 
  without 
  

   fear 
  of 
  injuring 
  the 
  curtains 
  and 
  the 
  furniture, 
  

   and 
  you 
  can 
  regulate 
  the 
  temperature 
  to 
  a 
  

   nicety. 
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  have 
  no 
  idea 
  of 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  

   pleasure 
  you 
  would 
  get 
  from 
  a 
  little 
  conserva- 
  

   tory 
  of 
  this 
  kind. 
  The 
  expense 
  of 
  fitting 
  it 
  up 
  

   would 
  be 
  small. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  only 
  one 
  thing 
  preferable 
  to 
  such 
  a 
  

   room, 
  for 
  plants, 
  and 
  that 
  is, 
  a 
  real 
  green- 
  

   house. 
  A 
  house 
  12 
  x 
  20, 
  or 
  16 
  x 
  24, 
  would 
  not 
  

   cost 
  a 
  large 
  amount, 
  and 
  in 
  either 
  size 
  you 
  

   could 
  grow 
  hundreds 
  of 
  plants. 
  And 
  not 
  only 
  

   flowering 
  plants, 
  but 
  vegetables 
  for 
  early 
  use, 
  

   and 
  seedlings 
  for 
  transplanting 
  to 
  the 
  garden 
  

   when 
  warm 
  weather 
  comes. 
  With 
  a 
  little 
  

   greenhouse, 
  no 
  hotbeds 
  are 
  needed. 
  

  

  HIGH 
  BRED 
  TURKEYS 
  FOR 
  

   THE 
  COUNTRY 
  HOME 
  

  

  By 
  George 
  Ethelbert 
  Walsh 
  

  

  MOST 
  of 
  our 
  domesticated 
  birds 
  and 
  

   animals 
  are 
  of 
  foreign 
  descent, 
  and 
  

   their 
  ancestors 
  can 
  be 
  traced 
  back 
  to 
  

   Old 
  World 
  patriarchs 
  in 
  existence 
  before 
  

   America 
  was 
  discovered; 
  but 
  the 
  turkey 
  is 
  a 
  

   distinct 
  American 
  product 
  and 
  closely 
  asso- 
  

   ciated 
  with 
  one 
  of 
  our 
  most 
  important 
  holi- 
  

   days. 
  The 
  domestication 
  of 
  the 
  wild 
  turkey 
  

   has 
  preserved 
  an 
  important 
  species 
  to 
  us, 
  for 
  

   in 
  his 
  native 
  habitat 
  this 
  creature 
  is 
  rapidly 
  

   becoming 
  a 
  rarity, 
  and 
  in 
  due 
  course 
  he 
  will 
  

   disappear 
  from 
  the 
  woods 
  and 
  swamps 
  of 
  the 
  

   country 
  as 
  completely 
  as 
  the 
  bison 
  has 
  van- 
  

   ished 
  from 
  our 
  western 
  plains. 
  The 
  wild 
  

   turkey 
  of 
  North 
  America 
  is 
  the 
  largest 
  of 
  the 
  

   several 
  breeds, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  beautifully 
  colored, 
  

   with 
  a 
  rich 
  mingling 
  of 
  black 
  and 
  bronze. 
  In 
  

   the 
  early 
  days 
  of 
  the 
  country's 
  settlement, 
  the 
  

   wild 
  turkey 
  of 
  North 
  America 
  was 
  pretty 
  

   generally 
  distributed 
  throughout 
  the 
  eastern, 
  

   western 
  and 
  northern 
  States 
  as 
  far 
  north 
  as 
  

   Canada. 
  

  

  In 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  southern 
  States 
  the 
  Mexi- 
  

   can 
  wild 
  turkey 
  is 
  found 
  roaming 
  in 
  con- 
  

   siderable 
  numbers, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  distinguished 
  

   from 
  its 
  northern 
  companions 
  by 
  lighter 
  col- 
  

   ored 
  plumage, 
  shorter 
  legs, 
  and 
  somewhat 
  

   smaller 
  body. 
  The 
  Honduras 
  or 
  Central 
  

   American 
  variety 
  is 
  another 
  of 
  the 
  three 
  orig- 
  

   inal 
  varieties 
  of 
  wild 
  turkeys 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  two 
  

   Americas. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  gorgeous 
  in 
  appear- 
  

   ance 
  of 
  them 
  all, 
  its 
  plumage 
  being 
  brightened 
  

   with 
  bands 
  of 
  bronze, 
  blue, 
  red, 
  and 
  black. 
  In 
  

   the 
  tropical 
  forests 
  of 
  Central 
  and 
  South 
  

   America 
  they 
  are 
  found 
  to-day, 
  and 
  are 
  con- 
  

   sidered 
  rich 
  trophies 
  of 
  the 
  hunt. 
  They 
  have 
  

   never 
  been 
  successfully 
  cross-bred 
  with 
  our 
  

   other 
  standard 
  breeds, 
  nor 
  have 
  they 
  been 
  

   domesticated 
  profitably. 
  

  

  Few 
  who 
  breed 
  turkeys 
  on 
  their 
  estate 
  or 
  

   country 
  range 
  stop 
  to 
  consider 
  their 
  origin. 
  

   Of 
  the 
  half 
  dozen 
  or 
  more 
  standard 
  varieties 
  

   of 
  turkeys 
  bred 
  for 
  the 
  table 
  and 
  exhibitions, 
  

   the 
  Bronze 
  is 
  probably 
  the 
  most 
  popular. 
  

   This 
  variety 
  is 
  a 
  cross 
  between 
  our 
  wild 
  

   northern 
  turkey 
  and 
  the 
  domesticated 
  Black 
  

   turkey. 
  The 
  Narragansett 
  variety 
  is 
  the 
  fav- 
  

   orite 
  with 
  many 
  other 
  breeders, 
  and 
  it 
  owes 
  

   its 
  rich 
  plumage 
  to 
  crossing 
  with 
  the 
  Mexican 
  

   wild 
  turkey 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  our 
  domesticated 
  

   kinds. 
  

  

  The 
  Bronze 
  and 
  Narragansett 
  turkeys 
  are 
  

   raised 
  more 
  largely 
  than 
  any 
  other 
  varieties 
  

   for 
  market 
  and 
  home 
  use. 
  The 
  former 
  ranges 
  

   in 
  weight 
  from 
  16 
  to 
  40 
  pounds 
  for 
  the 
  adul't 
  

  

  