April, 1 9 13 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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PURE WALLS 



and 



ECONOMY 



^^alls should be beautiful and sani- 

 tary, and enough material to com- 

 pl.tely decorate the walls and ceiling 

 of a Ux.14 room can be had for only 

 $1.10. 



Hygienic Kalsomine goes fur- 

 thest and painters can show a 20 per 

 cent time saving in its successful ap- 

 plication. It is within the reach of all. 



HYGIENIC KALSOMINE 



Home Decorator Free. 



Get a copy. It is full of helps, «.nd 

 shows rich, artistic, restful shades in 

 combinations for ceilings, sidewalls 

 and borders, in Colors. Popular 

 everywhere. 



Ask your dealer or write us. 



DEPARTMENT H 



ADAM5 & ELTINC CO. 



7I6-T0-726 WASHINGTON BlVD- CHICAGO- U iA 



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lead in style and appointment. They have a longer 



wheel base. — a larger body with more spacious 



interiors and luxurious upholstering'. Dropped 



Enclosed Fender^ — Auxiliary Rain Vision 



Tires, — special pneumatic, or Motz 



.i. On exhibition in all principal cities. 



The Rauch & Lang Carriage Co., 2180 W. 23th St., Cleveland. Ohio 



White-Fl. 

 Dogwood 



Large Specimens 



Send for Catalog. 

 The Elm City Nursery Co. 

 New Haven, Dept. M., Conn. 



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DON'T COOK THE COOK 



"ECONOMY" GAS 



For Cooking, Water Heating and 

 Laundry Work also for Lighting 



"It makes the bouse a home" 



Send stamp today for "Economy Way" 



Economy Gas Machine Co. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



Gaa Is sub'fnatic Sanitary and Not-Polsonoat 



Economy ' 



■ESS Sheep Manur. 



Dried and Pulverized 



One Barrel EQualsTwo 

 Wagon Loads Barnyard Manure I 



Unequalled for lawn, garden and field fertilizing-. 

 i ^S.H tfr for jntereating booklet and prices. 

 THE PULVERIZED MANURE CO., 21 Union Stock Yard., Chicago 



Rare Climbing 

 Hydrangea 



Heavy pet grown 



Send for Catalog. 

 The Elm City Nursery Co, 

 New Haven, Oept, M., Conn. 



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pay for a well-made house nicely painted. 

 Within the house there must needs be a 

 roosting perch and a nest or two and 

 they should be so arranged that they may 

 be removed easily for cleaning. An 

 orange or egg crate will make fwo or 

 three nests if division boards are placed 

 in it. The crate should rest on its side 

 and a strip of light board two or three 

 inches high should be nailed across the 

 front at the bottom, so that the eggs will 

 not roll out. A little soft hay or dried 

 grass or even straw may be used to line 

 the nests. There should always be a 

 litter of straw, hay or leaves on the floor, 

 into which the grain is thrown, so that 

 the birds will be obliged to scratch busily 

 for their rations. This is one of the most 

 important points to be remembered. The 

 litter should be cleaned out two or three 

 times a month and a new lot substituted. 

 It is a simple matter to gather enough 

 leaves in the Fall to give a sufficient 

 supply to last all Winter. Lawn clippings 

 or grass cut with a scythe may be dried 

 in the sun in the course of the Summer 

 and make a good litter. Much of the 

 lawn hay will be eaten if well made, 

 which means if allowed to dry until it 

 crackles when handled. Clover is espe- 

 cially good and a little clover seed may 

 be scattered on the lawn in the Fall of 

 the year. 



It is an advantage to have a run large 

 enough so that grass can be kept growing 

 in it, but this is not necessary, for green 

 food in the shape of lawn clippings, 

 lettuce and vegetables from the garden 

 may be given when the birds are confined 

 to a dirt run. When grass is not grown, 

 the run ought to be spaded occasionally 

 so that it will be kept clean. Bantams 

 are dainty little creatures and demand 

 sanitary quarters. In Winter a box filled 

 with fine earth or sand should be placed 

 in the house for the birds to dust in. It 

 is well to fill a barrel for this purpose 

 in the Fall before the ground freezes. 



Where there are ample grounds, there 

 is no good reason why a little flock of 

 bantams need be confined at all, for the 

 amount of damage which they are likely 

 to do in the garden is very small indeed. 

 They are not as destructive as hens of 

 ordinary size or as persistent in scratch- 

 ing. If allowed to run on the lawn, they 

 will be highly ornamental and attract no 

 little attention from people who pass. 



Boys who keep bantams sometimes 

 make a mistake in trying to hatch the 

 chickens early. The first of May is early 

 enough, and there is no reason why they 

 should not be hatched as late as Septem- 

 ber, if they can be kept in warm and dry 

 quarters until fairly well matured. 

 Light hens of the larger breeds or 

 bantam hens may be given the task of 

 hatching the eggs, and the chicks should 

 have about the same care as that given 

 ordinary chicks, except that they require 

 finely cracked grain until they are well 

 grown. Common oat meal fed dry is an 

 excellent ration for the first week, but 

 may be varied with bread crumbs, hard- 

 boiled eggs and rolled oats. Later, 

 cracked wheat and corn should be fed. 

 It is a good plan to buy a small coffee 

 mill and grind up several kinds of grain. 

 A bit of lettuce or other green food will 

 always be relished and scraps from the 

 table may be run through a meat grinder, 

 making excellent chicken feed. Chick 

 grit and water are needed, of course. A 

 flower pot saucer with half a brick in the 

 middle to prevent the chickens wading 

 in the water makes a good drinking dish 

 for the first few weeks. 



/tajSHESi ; 



RERRY 



Lrothers' 



VARNISHES 



If You Care 

 For Appearance 



YOU should be partic- 

 ular to see that your 

 floors and woodwork 

 are finished with Berry 

 Brothers' Varnishes. 



Then you'll have a finish 

 upon which Time and the 

 children will make little 

 impression — a finish that 

 will not scratch, mar or 

 turn white. 55 years of 

 leadership in the industry 

 guarantee this. 



Write for our free book- 

 let on home varnishing. It 

 will tell you some things 

 about varnishes and varnish 

 results you'll be glad to 

 know. 



Good dealers every- 

 where recommend Berry 

 Brothers — some of them 

 recommended our goods 

 to your grandparents. 



BERRY BROTHERS 



Established 1858 

 Factories: Detroit. Mich., and Walkerville, Ont 

 Branches: New York, Boston. Philadelphia, 

 Baltimore. Chicago. Cincinnati. St. Louis. San 

 Francisco, London, England. 



W. W. Denslow, the famous artist of the 

 "Wizard of Oz" has illustrated in color a beauti- 

 ful children's booklet, "Around the World in 3 

 Berry Wagon." Write for free copy. 



