il AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
March, 1912 
Poultry, Pet and Live Stock Directory 
If you will send us your name and address we 
will mail you two valuable Poultry books without 
cost to you or obligation on your part. 
Or for $3 00 we will start you in the poultry 
business. 
We will sell you ‘‘The Poultry Review’’ (12 
copies), ‘‘The Philo System Book,’’ the new book, 
‘“‘Making Poultry Pay’’ and ‘‘A Little Poultry 
and a Living,’’ all for $3.00 (15 copies) and to 
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Six thoroughbred baby chickens, 1 brooder to 
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We are making safe shipment during winter 
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Please bear in mind the two distinct offers. 
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1. Two valuable poultry books free if you will 
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2. Six thorougbred chicks, one brooder with 
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worth of the latest and best poultry reading, fifteen 
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2334 Lake Street, Elmira, N. Y. 
Two Poultry Books Free 
TESTIMONIALS 
New Bedford, Mass., Dec. 13, 1911. 
Mr. E. R. Philo, Elmira, N. Y. 
Dear Sir:—I am very glad to inform you that my White Orping- 
ton chicks are all alive and smart. They are just six weeks old and 
weigh 144 pounds. I have them in an Economy Coop and they are 
growing and developing finely. 
M. Goulart. 
Scranton, Kansas. Nov, 1, 1911. 
Mr. E, R. Philv, Elmira, N. Y. 
Dear Sir:—Yours of October 26 on hand and beg to say that I have 
raised all of the White Orpingtons so far. Their average weight is 
234 pounds each and not quite three months old yet. Being a be- 
ginner it was quite interesting to watch their development. 
Walter Burkhardt. 
Marathon, Fla., Dec. 5, 1911. 
E. R, Philo, Elmira, N. Y. 
Dear Sir:—The little one day old chicks I bought of you are thriv- 
ing, and all who see them remark about their thrifty, healthy 
appearance. 
I do not expect to lose one of them from weakness or sickness. 1 
refused $20 for them last week. 
E. J. Devore. 
Paeonian Springs, Va., Nov. 23, 1911. 
E. R. Philo, Elmira, N. Y. 
Dear Sir:—Your letter of the 20th received, and in reply can give 
an excellent report. I have had splendid success, have five out of six. 
Out of the six you sent there were four pullets and two cockerels. 
My White Orpingtons are a credit to you as well as myself, and they 
have been raised almost entirely by the Philo System. If at any time 
I need any poultry supplies you will hear from me. 
Mrs. J. G. Jacobs. 
Augusta, Ga., Nov. 3, 1911. 
E. R. Phio, Elmira, N. Y. 
Dear Sir:—The six baby ehickens I bought from you arrived all 
O. K. They were, however, delayed about twelve hours in reaching 
me, but they were bright and active. I received them at night and 
the next morning they were hungry as wolves, and I made them the 
custard you suggested. J am greatly pleased with them and expect 
to make good later on. They are the most active chicks I ever saw. 
Dr. W. S. Wilkinson. 
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