October, rg1t 
Sratned with Cabot's Shingle Stains 
Aymarc Embury IT, Architect, Englewood, N.J. 
You Are Sure of 
Cabot’s Shingle Stains 
They have been the standard for more than 
twenty-five years, and are specified by nine- 
tenths of the architects, who know them from 
experience. Their colors are soft, rich and 
beautiful, and guaranteed fast. Their vehicle 
is Creosote, which thoroughly preserves the 
wood, and they contain no kerosene or other 
cheapener. Why experiment with unknown 
stains, when you are sure of Cabot’. If a 
substitute 1s used on your house you are the 
loser. 
You can get Cabot's Stains 2/1 over the country 
Send for samples and the name of nearestagent 
SAMUEL CABOT, Inc. 
Manufacturing Chemists 
131 Milk Street 
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Bristol’s Recording Thermometers 
’ Continuously and automatically 
record indoor and outdoor atmos- 
pheric temperatures. Useful and 
ornamental for country homes. 
Write for illustrated Bulletin No. 
124 and No. 125. 
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Waterbury, Connecticut 
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of 
outdoor 
life 
but none of its discomforts, are realized in 
The Burlington 
Venetian Blind 
In your windows it makes your room delight- 
fully cool. Enclose your porch with the 
Burlington Venetian Blind and you have 
added a healthful out-of-door room to 
your home. 
The Burlington Venetian Blind can 
be raised or lowered at will, and can be 
adjusted to any angle to suit the height of 
the sun. 
The Burlington Venetian Blind is made to order only. 
~ Our illustrated catalog, telling about the various styles, 
will be mailed to you on request. 
Burlington 
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in ordinary boxes attached to the wall. A 
common orange crate makes a good double 
nest. Screw-eyes may be inserted so that 
it can be hung to hooks on the wall and re- 
moved ina moment. The nests should not 
be over two and a half feet above the floor, 
or the hens may be injured when they jump 
down. 
Some people laugh at nest eggs, and yet 
they do a real service in inducing the hens 
to use all the nests, as well as persuading 
pullets to deposit their eggs in the place de- 
signed to receive them, instead of some 
spot of their own selection—perhaps a cor- 
ner on the floor. Medicated eggs are some- 
times used to keep the nests free of vermin. 
The coop for breaking up broody hens 
is built with slats on three sides and the 
bottom. It should be large enough for a 
hen to move about in comfortably, and may 
be fastened to the wall high enough to be 
out of the way. Confined in such a pen and 
given plenty to eat and drink, a hen soon 
loses her desire to sit. A slatted floor is 
not adapted to incubation, as she no doubt 
quickly perceives. There is no need of 
starving a hen which is broody, or of dip- 
ping her in a bucket of water, or of follow- 
ing any of the cruel practices formerly in 
favor. It is needless to say that when the 
Mediterranean breeds are kept, a breaking- 
up pen is not necessary, as the hens of those 
breeds seldom become broody. 
A muslin curtain to drop in front of the 
perches at night is not required except in 
very cold climates. Where the temperature 
runs low it is desirable, especially when the 
hens have long combs, as the combs are 
easily frosted. The usual plan is to have a 
light frame hinged to the top of the house, 
so that it can be dropped in front of the 
roosts, resting against the dropping-board 
platform. The frame is covered with plain 
muslin and fastened up out of the way dur- 
ing the day. Indeed, it should not be lowered 
at night except when the weather is very 
cold—fifteen degrees or more below freez- 
ing. When this device is used, the dropping- 
boards should extend to the rear wall of the 
house, making a tight roosting closet. It is 
well to bore a number of holes in the top of 
the curtain frame for ventilation. 
Many poultrymen use simply a curtain of 
burlap strung on a wire, and, as a matter of 
fact, such a curtain is protection enough in 
most sections of the country, even when 
open-front houses are used. 
When it comes to the matter of feeding 
and watering devices, there is wide diversity 
of opinion. Here again, however, simplic- 
ity is undoubtedly best. Tin watering dishes 
should be ruled out, because they become 
rusty. Earthenware is most desirable for 
summer, because water stays cool for a 
long time in dishes of this material. Prob- 
ably galvanized iron is best for winter. 
Much work is saved by using self-feeding 
water fountains. They cost from fifteen 
cents to half a dollar if purchased at the 
stores, but a good one can be made by in- 
verting a tomato can in a flower pot saucer, 
first punching a small hole near the top of 
the can, so that it will be just below the 
surface when the saucer is full of water. 
Then the water will run into the saucer as 
fast as it is required by the fowls. The 
tomato can is tin, to be sure, but such cans 
are so plentiful that they may be replaced 
as often as they become rusty. 
Self-feeding hoppers for grain, beef 
scraps, and grit have been in common use 
for several years. They operate on the 
same plan as the drinking device just de- 
scribed, but may be made large enough to 
contain all the grain and other feeding 
material which may be needed for a week. 
Some poultrymen rely almost entirely on 
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