HOUSE AND GARDEN 
August, 19 i 
POULTRY DEPARTMENT 
The purpose of this department is to give advice to those interested in 
poultry . The manager will gladly answer any troublesome questions. 
Address “Poultry Department” and enclose a self-addressed envelope. 
RABBITS AND PET STOCK 
Unrivalled Flemish Giant, Angora, Tan and Polish Rab¬ 
bits—Peruvian and Smooth Cavies for fancy or pets. 
Some Good Youngsters now for sale, SI.00 up 
ELM COVE RABBITRY, Great Neck, L. I. 
POULTRY 
If you have any prize birds or good poultry 
that you would like to dispose of, place your 
advertisement in this department and bring it 
to the attention of thousands of our readers. 
We are glad to advise buyers of poultry as to 
reliable dealers on recpiest. If there is any¬ 
thing that you wish to know about poultry, 
their care, feeding, etc., write us and we will 
gladly answer your question. 
Address Manager Poultry Dept. 
HOUSE & GARDEN 
449 Fourth Ave. New York 
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. 
Proprietors of Pennsylvania 
Pheasantry and Game Park 
Dept. “H. G.” Bucks County, Yardly, Pa. 
B 
UFF ORPINGTONS 
Are the Greatest 
Utility Breed 
ONE OF THE SIGHTS IN OUR PARK 
‘CHAMPION NEW YORKER’ 
The “Joe-Pye Book,” 20 pages 
illustrated, sent on request 
The 1st prize cock at 
Madison Square Garden, 
New York; also 1st and 
shape and color special 
at Boston, 1911; is but 
one of many fine birds 
of his same blood lines 
In my yards* 
StocK and Eggs for Sale 
JOE-PYE 
(Yu South Norwalk, Conn., 
R. F. D. 37 
Maplecroft Rhode Island Reds 
win at all the leading shows. “It pays to buy 
the best.” Stock and Eggs for sale in large 
quantities. SendforCircularandMatingList 
of S. C. Reds. J. G. Dutcher, Prop. Address 
Maplecroft Farms. Pawlinti Now York 
White Orpingtons 
They lay like slot machines 
Beautiful white chickens 
for the lawn, as useful as 
they are ornamental. 
Lawrence Jackson 
Box H , Haysville, Ilegheny County, Pa. 
LITTLE CHICKS K wtuny Rear 
A new book that is serving as a reliable and instructive guide 
to success in the hatching, rearing, feeding, care and develop¬ 
ment of young chicks, by both natural and artificial means. A 
comprehensive work which presents in clear and concise form 
the teachings and experience gained by years of close study 
and extensive experiments; gives trustworthy information and 
advice covering every step of the work from the breeding pen 
to the bringing of the chicks from the shell through their sev¬ 
eral stages of development to maturity. In fact, it is a com¬ 
plete and authoritative text book that every poultry keeper 
should own. Consists of twelve chapters—fully illustrated. 
SPECIAL OFFER : For a limited time we will send a copy 
postpaid Including a three years’ subscription to “Poultry 
Husbandry”, America's foremost poultry journal. All for 
$1.00. Address 
Baby Chicks of Quality 
Sent by Express Direct to You 
Why bother with eggs ? I can supply you with healthy 
young chicks at once and guarantee them to reach you in 
good condition. Fishel Strain White Plymouth Rocks, 
S. C. R. I. Reds. Prices reasonable. 
SHETLAND PONIES 
An unceasing source of 
pleasure and robust health 
to children. Safe and 
ideal playmates Inex¬ 
pensive to keep. Highest 
type. Complete outfits. Satis¬ 
faction guaranteed. Illustrated 
catalogue free. 
BELLE MEADE FARM 
Box 19, Markham, Va. 
Chick Catalogue Free. 
B. C. CALDWELL. Box 1030 , Lyndon, Rots County,Ohio 
G. D. TILLEY 
Naturalist 
Rare Land and 
Water Birds 
Swans, Geese, Ducks, Peafowl, Cranes, 
Pheasants, etc. I am the oldest established 
and largest exclusive dealer in ornamental 
birds in America. 
G. D. TILLEY, Naturalist 
DARIEN, CONNECTICUT 
fnited Poultry Publishing Co., Box H, Waterville,N.Y. 
The Best Colony Houses for 
Poultry 
r I 'HE main requirements of a good poul- 
-1 try house are good ventilation and 
protection from storms and cold winds. 
Hens will not lay when weather condi¬ 
tions prevent them from scratching and 
exercising. Many poultry houses have 
failed because the variations in night and 
day temperatures were too great. At 
many of the experiment stations it has 
been found that open-front houses are 
more successful than houses with glass 
windows. 
J. Dryden and A. G. Lunn, in a cir¬ 
cular of the Oregon Experiment Station, 
state that ventilation can best be fur- 
The Oregon type of colony house, one end 
of which is open except for a covering of 
burlap or canvas 
nished by leaving one end of the house 
open or covered with burlap or canvas, 
using no glass windows unless necessary 
for light. The idea of building a warm 
house should be abandoned. It is shelter 
that is needed. The house should be 
built in such a way that the fowls will not 
roost near the open front where they 
would be exposed to winds; nor should 
it face the prevailing winds. A long 
house is more expensive to build, for a 
given capacity, than one more nearly 
square. A long, narrow house i% also a 
cold house, having more exposed surface 
for a given capacity than a square house. 
The size of house necessary for a cer¬ 
tain flock will vary in different sections. 
Where there is little or no snow and where 
the fowls can be outdoors every day in 
the year, two square feet of floor space 
per fowl will be ample. Where the 
climate is such that the fowls will seek 
shelter part of the year, rather than go 
outdoors on the range, considerably more 
space should be provided, say four to five 
square feet per fowl. The idea should 
be not to crowd them so much that their 
activity will be interfered with. Whether 
the shelter is provided by enlarging the 
house or providing cheap scratching sheds 
is immaterial. Two square feet per fowl, 
or even less, is ample for roosting quar¬ 
ters. 
W. S. Jacobs, of the Arkansas Station, 
states that roosts should be made low or 
near the ground—not higher than 2 feet. 
There are several reasons for this. Fowls 
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