HOUSE AND GARDEN 
July, 1911 
Colonizing Poultry 
/COLONIZING poultry is not a new 
idea, but a very old one. However, 
it is a reliable principle because it is based 
on the inexorable laws of nature. It was 
intended that fowls of all kinds should 
roam at will and live in flocks. These 
flocks should not be too large or too small 
to secure the best results and eliminate 
labor for the caretaker. 
Colony houses, with or without a floor, 
with three sides and roof wind and storm 
proof, with one side facing the south, cov¬ 
ered with netting and a door at the side, 
built large enough to accommodate at least 
twenty-five fowls, should be provided for 
the laying stock during the summer 
months. The location should be beneath 
a tree of considerable size, beside a bunch 
of bushes or in the edge of the woods, the 
idea being to secure for the flock protec¬ 
tion from the sun. These houses should 
face the south and be located some dis¬ 
tance apart to prevent the flocks from 
mingling. 
The object in thus colonizing the laying 
stock is to give them a chance to partly 
feed themselves and secure in proper 
quantities green and animal food so essen¬ 
tial to continued egg production. Better 
health and vigor are thus maintained and 
more eggs are thus produced than by any 
other system or method ever yet devised, 
for free range is an important factor to 
success in poultry culture. 
Breeding stock thus colonized is pro¬ 
ductive of the very highest results in fer¬ 
tility and future growth and development 
in the chicks hatched from their eggs. 
No better way has ever been discovered 
to raise chickens than by the colonizing 
plan. In flocks of twenty-five with unlim¬ 
ited range and houses large enough to ac¬ 
commodate them until near maturity they 
will grow like weeds. This plan is copied 
after the way in which the partridge rears 
her young. Open front houses approach 
the evergreen tree for roosting quarters. 
The growing chick needs lots of exercise 
and freedom. In small colonies he gets 
the things so essential to his best growth 
and development. A. G. S. 
West Highland Terriers 
T HE alert little Scotch dogs known as 
West Highland terriers, are among 
the brightest dogs in the world, and they 
are a new breed in this country, for until 
eight years ago not one was known in the 
United States. Now several are owned by 
dog lovers, but they are not yet listed at 
the bench shows, which is strange, since 
these dogs are among the oldest breeds 
known to the dog world, and are among 
the gamiest specimens that sportsmen 
know. 
They are almost exactly the same as the 
now well-known Aberdeen or Scottish ter¬ 
rier, save that they are always white in 
color. They are, perhaps keener and 
brighter than the Scottie, if such a thing 
were possible, and they have all his excel¬ 
lent points. 
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Do it as a safeguard. 
Make sure they are healthy—sure they are free from destruc¬ 
tive cavities. Know this to a certainty. That is what one of our 
inspections guarantees to you. The preservation of the trees you 
have is surely of as great importance as setting out new ones 
You wouldn’t take several 
hundred dollars for one of 
your fine trees that has been 
years in growing; so by the 
same token, why hesitate on 
spending a few dollars for 
insuring its preservation? 
. So many give every pos¬ 
sible care to their grounds in 
general, and then either ne¬ 
glect their trees altogether, 
or allow them to be muti¬ 
lated by some good inten- 
tioned but unknowing men. 
Or, still more unfortunate, 
trust them to the numerous 
tree quacks who have re¬ 
cently sprung up like mush¬ 
rooms, all over the country. 
Successful tree work re¬ 
quires much judgment and 
skill. Every tree presents a 
different problem. With 
pruning, for instance: it’s 
not only a question of how 
to cut off a limb—but one 
of judgment as to what 
limbs to remove to insure 
the health of the tree as 
well as contribute to its ul¬ 
timate shapeliness. 
FiLling of decay cavities 
means more than simply 
digging them out and so 
filling them that the bark 
will “roll over the cement” 
patch—it involves a matter 
of judgment of how much 
This historic old Andover Elm was nothing but a 
shell. It’s a wonder how it ever stood up. We filled 
it with cement, pruned it, sprayed it, and chained up 
the limbs that were like to split down. Ffty years 
added to its life. 
of the bark to cut away 
and how deep to dig out 
the cavity, to thoroughly 
check the decay. 
No two trees present the 
same problem of chaining 
or bolting, to prevent split¬ 
ting—it’s a question . of 
judgment based on experi¬ 
ence. 
If you want men of judg¬ 
ment, based on wide ex¬ 
perience, to attend your 
trees — men in whom you 
can place your entire confi¬ 
dence—men who do every 
branch of their work in a 
thorough way — then we 
would like the opportunity 
of proving to you that we 
axe the concern you are 
looking for. 
You might, however, first 
like to know some of the 
things we have done and 
some of those for whom we 
have done them. We will 
be glad to tell you both. 
We strongly advise an 
early inspection. One of 
our skilled inspectors can be 
sent at once. 
Trees — The Care They 
Should Have— is the name 
of our booklet— it tells the 
very things you want to 
know. 
Munson-Whitaker Company 
FORESTERS 
Boston—523 Tremont Bldg. New York—823 Fourth Ave. Bldg. 
Chicago — 303 Monadnock Bldg. 
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