il AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
October, 1911 
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Real Extate Mart 
CONNECTICUT 
For Rent Unfurnished 
No. 198. Colonial Mansion, Stone and Frame Construction. Interior attractively 
arranged, 21 rooms (8 Master’s Rooms and 6 Servants’ Rooms), 9 Baths. Grounds 
cover 20 Acres. Gardens, Terraces, Lawn Tennis Court, Expansive Lawns, High 
Ground. Large Stable and Carriage House. 
THOMAS N. COOKE 
Real Estate Agency 
CONNECTICUT 
~ You can find that 
Ss Country Place 
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Vv Ss. or Kstate 
os (Shore or Inland) 
VD you have been seeking 
¥ Every courtesy and all pains taken to 
assist in your selection. 
Laurence Timmons 
Opposite R. R. Station 
Telephone 456 Greenwich, Conn. 
At Stamford,Gonn. 
LARGE AND SMALL FARMS 
SHORE AND COUNTRY HOMES 
BEAUTIFUL BUILDING SITES OVER- 
LOOKING THE SOUND 
E. P. JORDAN, 26,28" Bow 
Stamford, Conn. 
RHODE ISLAND 
S H aie 
A Summer Home sireain 
AT JAMESTOWN, R. I. 
A beautifully situated Summer Cottage—12 rooms and bathroom. 
Completely furnished throughout. Half an acre of land. Magnifi- 
cent sea views. Rights on bathing beach. To close an estate, will 
sell for $4,350. Write to 
A. O. D. TAYLOR 
122 Bellevue Ave. 
Newport, R. I. 
VIRGINIA 
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Twin Oaks Farm 
This beautiful Virginia Estate of about 180 acres, located 
within three miles of Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia, 
on Macadamised read, is offered for sale at a most attractive 
figure. The residence built of stone and frame consists of 13 
rooms and two baths. Lighted by Acetylene gas, heated by 
furnace, is one of the handsomest residences in Virginia and mcst 
complete in all cetail. It is situated on a hill commanding a 
superb view of tte surrounding valley and mountains. Complete 
coach house, poultry house, sanitary cow barn, hog houses, meat 
house, servants’ quarters with bath, laundry, milk rcom, etc. 
Large farm bams and tenant houses. The land is mest fertile 
and well fenced, amply watered. This farm is just about as near 
a perfect Country Estate as can be found. No remodeling, no 
repaifs necessary, Ready to move in and enjoy the delightful 
Virginia Country life. For full particulars, illustrated booklet, 
etc., wnite to, 
HARRY M. HUBBELL 
Warrenton, Fauquier Co., Virginia 
Telephone 430 
GREENWICH, CONN. 
Smith Building 
Poultry, Pet 
aud Liue Stork 
Birertory 
ONE OF THE SIGHTS IN CUR PARK 
| We carry the largest stock in America of 
ornamental birds andanimals. Nearly 60 acres 
of land entirely devoted to our business. 
Beautiful Swans, Fancy Pheasants, Peafow], 
Cranes, Storks, Flamingoes, Ostriches, Orna- 
mental Ducks and Geese, etc., for private parks 
and fanciers. Also Hungarian Partridges, 
Pheasants, Quail, Wild Ducks and Geese, Deer, 
} Rabbits, ete., for stocking preserves. Good 
| healthy stock at right prices. 
Write us what you want. 
WENZ & MACKENSEN 
Proprietors of Pennsylvania 
Pheasantry and Game Park 
Dept. “A. H.” Bucks County, Yardly, Pa. 
RAT 
Send for particulars. 1 tube 75c., 
3 tubes $1.75, per dozen $6.00 
Killed by Science 
DANYSZ 
VIRUS 
INDEPENDENT CHEMICAL COMPANY, 72 FRONT ST., NEW YORK 
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THE REAL ESTATE MART, 
Care of American Homes and Gardens 
361 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY. 
FURNISHING THE POULTRY HOUSE 
By E. I. FARRINGTON 
N the houses of the most successful poul- 
try keepers the furnishings are very 
simple. Nestboxes and perches, as 
well as utensils for feeding and watering 
the birds, are essentials. In many cases 
dropping-boards are included, especially in 
houses owned by amateurs. Sometimes it 
is convenient to have a coop for breaking 
up broody hens, and when open-front 
houses are used it is often well to have a 
muslin-covered frame so arranged that it 
may be dropped in front of the perches on 
very cold nights. 
It is important that all the furnishings be 
made detachable, so that they may be taken 
out of the house occasionally and thor- 
oughly cleaned. Only in this way can the 
house be kept free of insect pests. The 
warfare on lice must needs be an incessant 
one. The house should be whitewashed 
twice a year, or else sprayed with kerosene 
or one of the patent lice exterminators. The 
best plan is to use a spray pump, which 
will force the liquid into every hole and 
corner. The perches should be taken out 
frequently and washed off with kerosene. 
The perches should be made of two-inch 
stuff and slightly rounded at the upper cor- 
ners. If several are used, they should be 
on the same level. The old-time plan of 
placing them ladder-fashion was wrong, for 
it is the tendency of a hen to roost on the 
highest elevation she can find, so that all 
the fowls try to crowd upon the highest 
perch and are not comfortable. The 
perches should be about three feet above the 
floor of the house and rest in a slotted 
board at each end, in which case it is not 
necessary that they should be nailed in 
place. It is always best to have them at the 
rear of the house, so that they will be 
farthest away from the windows. 
If there are dropping-boards they should 
be about a foot below the perches. They 
are a little easier to clean if they slant some- 
what toward the front. The purpose of 
dropping-boards is to promote cleanliness, 
but this purpose is not attained unless they 
are cleaned frequently. Coal ashes or a lit- 
tle earth is sometimes sprinkled on the 
boards to help keep down any odor which 
may arise. Dropping-boards are necessary 
if it is desired to save the unmixed drop- 
pings for the garden, or to sell to tanneries, 
as is the practice in some sections. 
Many practical poultry keepers, however, 
prefer not to use boards, but see to it that 
the droppings are thoroughly incorporated 
with the earth under the perches. In this 
way the amount of labor is lessened, and 
the results are not unsatisfactory in houses 
where earth floors are used. An upright 
board is sometimes used to prevent the 
droppings from becoming mixed with the 
litter in which the fowls scratch. If peat 
can be obtained and placed under the 
perches there is absolutely no need of using 
boards, but under ordinary conditions the 
average amateur thinks it somewhat neater 
to use them. Still, they have no place in 
some of the ready-made houses now being 
so widely adopted. 
The nestboxes may be placed on the 
side of the house or under the dropping 
boards, if the latter are used. Each nest 
ought to be about twelve inches square at 
the bottom and ten inches high. It is the 
general belief that the hens prefer dark- 
ened nests—a sort of hereditary tendency, 
dating from the period when they were 
obliged to hide their nests—and so nest- 
boxes are usually so arranged that they must 
be entered from the rear. In practice, how- 
ever, it is found that hens lay equally well 
