il AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
Poultry, Pet 
and Live Stork 
Directory 
ONE OF THE SIGHTS IN OUR PARK 
We carry the largest stock in America of 
ornamental birds and animals. 
Nearly 60 
acres of land entirely devoted to our busi- 
ness. 
Beautiful Swans, Fancy Pheasants, Pea- 
fowl, Cranes, Storks, Flamingoes, Ostriches, 
Ornamental Ducks and Geese, etc., for pri- 
vate parks and fanciers. Also Hungarian 
Partridges, Pheasants, Quail, Wild Ducks 
and Geese, Deer, Rabbits, etc., for stocking 
preserves. Good healthy stock at right 
prices. 
Write us what you want. 
WENZ& MACKENSEN 
Proprietors of Pennsylvania 
Pheasantry and Game Park 
Department C. Bucks County, Yardly, Pa; 
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DANYSZ VIRUS isa 
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AND NOT A POISON—Harmless to Animals other than mouses 
like rodents. Rodents die in the open, For a small house, 1 tube, 
7Se; ordinary dwelling, 3 tubes, $1.75; larger place—for each 5,000 
aq. ft. floor space, use 1 dozen, $6.00. Send now. 
Independent Chemical Company 72 Front Street, New York 
G. D. TILLEY 
Naturalist 
Beautiful Swans, Fancy 
Pheasants, Peafowl, Cranes, 
Storks, Ornamental Ducks and 
Geese, Flamingoes, Game and 
Cage Birds. 
“Everything in the bird line froma 
Canary to an Ostrich’’ 
I am the oldest established and largest exclusive 
dealer in land and water birds in America and have 
on hand the most extensive Stock in the United States. 
G. D. TILLEY Box A, Darien, Conn. 
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HOME BUILDERS—SOME HELP 
Beautiful homes—characteristic homes are not ac- 
cidents, but the outgrowth of careful planning. The 
biggest help in the preliminary steps is obtained 
from a good architect’s book of designs and floor- 
plans from which to cull ideas. {U 
“DISTINCTIVE HOMES AND GARDENS”’ 
give endless suggestions, covering every phase of 
building. No. 1—<5 designs, $1060 to $6000, $1.00; No. 
2—35 designs, $6000 to $15000, $1.00; No. 3—Combin- 
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620 ROSE BUILDING CLEVELAND, OHIO l 
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appearance seen in chicks of larger 
breeds. Often they lay before they are 
five months old and lay persistently for 
months. The eggs are fairly large and 
generally pure white, although slightly 
tinted eggs are occasionally found. 
Though they are classed as non-sitters, 
the hens are prone to become a little 
broody in early Summer, but are not to 
be trusted with eggs or chickens. This is 
strictly an egg-laying breed, but the flesh 
is of fine quality and there is enough of 
it to warrant serving the birds on the 
family table. 
The one white-egg breed which sup- 
plies a liberal amount of meat, however, 
in the Minorea, of which the black var- 
iety is the one commonly seen. The 
Black Minorca is an excellent fowl for 
the amateur. It is almost as large as a 
Plymouth Rock and the eggs are the 
largest, on the whole, of those laid by any 
hens in its class. The hens are very pro- 
lific and lay well the year around. They 
have exceptionally long combs, though, 
something of a disadvantage in cold cli- 
mates and the skin is white, so that the 
Minorcas are barred from the fancy mar- 
kets as table poultry, yellow skin being 
in demand in this country. The legs are 
dark, also, another point against this 
breed, The amateur, however, who in- 
sists upon white eggs and still wants 
birds which will provide a generous 
amount of meat for the family table, must 
needs consider the Minorcas, as being the 
heaviest of the non-sitting and white-egg 
breeds. 
Next should be named the French fowls 
known as Houdans, the only French breed 
popular in this country. No amateur can 
keep a flock of Houdans without finding 
pleasure as well as profit in them. They are 
handsome, tame, friendly, prolific and 
easily confined. They weigh half a pound 
less than Wyandottes, which means that 
they dress well for the table. It is true 
that the skin is light in color and the 
legs far from the golden yellow which 
our markets seek, but this fact makes the 
birds none the less valuable for home 
eating. This insistence upon yellow flesh 
and yellow shanks is only an American 
notion, anyhow. The French people 
much prefer the flesh of Houdans to that 
of any American breed and their judg- 
ment on matters epicurean is hardly to 
be questioned. 
The Houdan is mottled black and white 
and has a peculiar crest on its head, 
which prevents it looking skyward read- 
ily, so that an ordinary poultry fence will 
confine a flock of these birds. A fifth toe 
is a curious characteristic, but as it turns 
up does not aid it in walking or scratch- 
ing. Houdan eggs are especially fertile 
and the chicks grow remarkably fast. AI- 
togcther this is an interesting breed. 
There are several other white-egg 
breeds, but for the most part they are 
raised only by fanciers. The Andalus- 
ians, which have light blue feathers, are 
odd and pretty and really are practical 
fowls. They lay well and the eggs are 
of good size. Although classed as non- 
sitters, the hens become broody to some 
extent. The Hamburgs are astonishly 
prolific, but the eggs are small. The var- 
ious varieties are prized for their beauty 
of feather and generally stylish appear- 
ance. They are easily frightened, fly 
high and ought to have a wide range to 
do their best. The Black Spanish and 
Polish are breeds for the fancier rather 
than for the amateur whose principal aim 
is eggs and plenty of them. 
October, 1912 
THE-REAL ESTATE-MART 
A Farm For Sale 
At Cazenovia, New York 
135 acres; a number of farm build- 
ings; large wood lot, over a quarter 
of a mile shore front on beautiful 
Lake Owahgena; fine building sites; 
lovely views. A farm suitable for 
a gentleman's country estate. Apply 
to Mrs. Richard Fitz-Hugh Ledyard 
Cazenovia, New York 
Important to those 
Who expect to build 
WHEN PLANNING TO BUILD, get 
the ideas of leading architects, regard- 
ing best design, proper interior ar- 
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furnishings. This will aid in deciding 
about your own plans, when you 
consult your architect, and can be 
obtained from the several hundred 
designs beautifully illustrated in six 
numbers of the 
Architectural Record 
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with the largest circulation in the field 
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are a/so illustrated and described numerous 
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