FARM, GARDEN AND SEED ANNUAL 
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Rustic Bird Houses and Food Shelters. 
During the winter when the natural food supply 
is at its lowest birds are driven into close com¬ 
panionship with man. The friendship of the little 
chickadees, juncos, nuthatches, downy woodpeck¬ 
ers, blue jays and others may be won by small 
offerings of food. Bird seed, suet, meat scraps, 
bread, etc., are always welcome. Once the birds 
have found your feeding station they will come 
again and again. Their antics, their habits, and 
their songs will afford you endless entertainment. 
Feeding stations will help many of the migrat¬ 
ing birds and, since birds prefer to nest where 
there is an abundance of food, these feeders will 
also help to bring tenants to your bird-houses. 
Place bird houses and feeding stations about your 
home and enjoy the companionship of the wild 
feathered friends winter and summer. Several 
styles priced 40c. up. Circular upon request. 
Platt’s Wild Bird Food. 
Platt’s Wild Bird Seed is a special mixture of 
whole seeds, carefully field tested to determine 
their value as bird food. You should see the wild 
birds flock to the feeding stations where this is 
used. It is a favorite mixture for attracting rare 
and beautiful song birds to many gardens—espe¬ 
cially attractive to: 
Purple Finch 
Red Poll 
Gold Finch 
Pine Siskin 
Vesper Sparrow 
White Crowned 
Sparrow 
Junco 
Song Sparrow 
Ruffed Grouse 
White Breasted Nut 
Hatch 
Chicadee 
Blue Jay 
Snow Bunting 
Lapland Song Sparrow 
Tree Sparrow 
Chipping Sparrow 
Fox Sparrow 
Quail 
Put up in packages of 3 lbs., 25c.; 7 lbs., 50c.; 15 
lbs., $1.00; also 100 lb. bags. Postage extra. 
Platt’s Canary and Cage Bird Seed. 
Beekeepers’ Supplies. 
A COMPLETE CATALOGUE ON 
APPLICATION. 
A. B. C. of Bee 
Culture. 
Fabrikoid Cover, 
$ 2.10 
No other beekeep¬ 
ing authority has 
traveled so far and 
so thoroughly among 
American beekeeping 
as has E. R. Root, 
and he has done this 
solely to keep abreast 
of the beekeeping 
times. All that he 
has found best in the 
whole field of bee¬ 
keeping he has put 
into this work. 
Root Smokers. 
Jumbo, 4-inch, $1.20; 
postage by Parcel Post, 
3 lbs. Standard, 3%-in., 
$1.05; postage by Parcel 
Post, 2 lbs. Junior, 3 l /i~ 
in., 80c.; postage by 
Parcel Post, 2 lbs. 
This is a cut of a modern bee hive with one super 
on and another alongside showing sections ready 
for bees to fill with honey. 
Alexander Veils. 
Price, 80c. 
This mixture is made of the very best grade of 
recleaned Sicily Canary and German Rape propor¬ 
tioned according to years of observation and ex¬ 
perience in feeding canaries. Price per pt., 15c.; 
per 1 qt., package, 25c. 
Thistle Seed — Poppy Seed — Bird Sand — Cuttle 
Bone — Song Restorer — Regulator — Bird Tonic — 
Baths, Etc. See page 80. 
Buy Root’s Supplies and Save Money. 
Standard Hives with Metal Cover, Full Depth 
and Shallow Supers for extracted honey and Sec¬ 
tion Boxes. Section Boxes, Queen Excluders, 
Frames (shallow and brood), Wire, Foundation, 
Hive Tools, Smokers, Veils, Gloves, Glass Jars, 
Pails and Cartons for comb honey, along with 
other Bee Keepers’ requisites. Prices on request. 
