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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
September, ign 
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. 
ONE OF THE SIGHTS IN OUR PARK 
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. 
WENZ & MACKENSEN 
Proprietors of Pennsylvania 
Pheasantry and Game Park 
Dept. “H. G.” Bucks County, Yardly, Pa. 
BUFF ORPINGTONS 
Are the Greatest 
Utility Breed 
To make room for growing stock 
I wil. dispose of this year’s breeders 
at very attractive prices. 
Now is the time to arrange for 
your next season’s Pens—I have 
quantities of exceptional chicks to 
choose from. 
Stock and Eggs for Sale 
JOE-PYE 
/) South Norwalk, Conn., 
^ R. F. D. 37 
“Champion New Yorker’ 
1st Prize Cock at 
Madison Sq. and Boston 
19 11 
The ‘\Jo**-Pye Book.” 20 
pages ll'ustrated, sent 
on request 
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. 
Chick Catalogue Free. 
H. C. CALDWELL. Box 1030, Lyndon, Ross County,Ohio 
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 salo, SI.00 up 
ELM COVE RABBITRY, Croat Neck, L. I. 
.. Ygp 
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 
Maplecroft Rhode Island Reds 
win at all the leading shows. “It pays to buy 
the best.” Stock and Eggs for sale in large 
quantities. SendforCircularand MatingList 
of S. C. Reds. J. G. Dutcher, Prop. Address 
Maplecroft Farms. Pawling. New York 
White Orpingtons 
They lay like slot machines 
Beautiful white chickens 
for tue lawn, as useful as 
they are ornamental. 
Lawrence Jackson 
Box H , Haysvllle, Allegheny County, Pa. 
DON 1 
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A $40.00 HOUSE 
You can buy better, cheaper, more complete ready (factory) made hen-houses, 
roosting and nesting fixtures, coops, etc., from Potter & Co., because they have 
been making these goods for ten years and know how. 
Com plete : Con venient : Sanita ry 
Potter Portable Houses and Fixtures have these good points, as thousands of users 
testify. Potter goods are Ai in quality and low in price. They are made for a 
purpose and save you time and labor in your poultry work. 
Satisfaction Guaranteed 
when you buy our goods. They are made 
right and do please our customers. No lice and 
mites when you use our vermin-proof roofs 
and nests. For your own pleasure and profit 
and for the sake of your hens, you cannot 
Potter Portable Poultry Houses afford to be without Potter fixtures. 
Style “A” 5 — 8x10 foot house. Our Two Catalogues —(136 pages, 150 il- 
complete with 8-foot Potter out- lustrations) on portable houses and coops, fix- 
fit, $40. Many other styles and tures, feed hoppers, trap nests, feeds and sup- 
sizes. plies of all kinds at lowest prices, will interest 
you. Mailed for two red stamps to cover postage. Write today and he convinced 
that Potter Poultry Products are for particular poultry people. We also make 
portable auto houses. Catalogue mailed on request. 
Potter & Company, Box 77, Downers Crovs, Illinois 
A S5 Hennery Outfit 
No. 16, 5-foot two-perch Potter 
outfit, price $5. Made in 12 sizes. 
Getting Rid of Poultry Lice 
A N extra effort should be made to rid 
the poultry house of lice before the 
cold weather sets in, for the gray louse— 
red when filled with blood—is one of the 
worst of the poultry vermin, and spends its 
time on the hens in winter, instead of seek¬ 
ing refuge under the roosts, as is its habit 
throughout the summer. While the 
weather is warm these lice prey on the 
birds only at night, allowing them to re¬ 
main in comfort during the day, but in 
winter they are always at work. For that 
reason it is well to remove the roosts in 
September and saturate them thoroughly 
with kerosene, having a care that the 
liquid penetrates every crack. The kero¬ 
sene should also be used on the supports 
which hold the roosts, as well as in the 
nesting boxes. One of the liquid lice kill¬ 
ers may be used in place of kerosene. 
The white lice, which swarm all over the 
poultry house if not held in check, and' 
which often get on the attendants, are best i 
exterminated by using whitewash or by, 
spraying the house with kerosene or a lice- 
killer with a spray pump. A pump makes 
it possible to drive the liquid into all the 
cracks and corners. When whitewash is 
used, it should be very thick and is best 
applied with a broom, for even the roof 
should not be neglected. Crude carbolic 
acid — half a cupful to each pail of the 
mixture — will make the whitewash bath 
doubly efficacious. 
There is one other kind of louse, a long, 
yellow fellow, which remains on the hens 
all the time. As a rule, this louse does not 
multiply very rapidly and causes little 
trouble if the hens have an abundant op¬ 
portunity to dust themselves in dirt or 
ashes, the latter only when loam or sand is 
not available. Loam is preferred by the 
hens to light sand. Persian insect powder 
may be dusted into the plumage if these 
body lice seem numerous. E. I. F. 
The Causes of Shelless Eggs 
AACHEN shelless or very soft-shelled 
~ * eggs are found under the roosts, it 
is well to examine the latter to make sure 
that they are as wide as they should be. 
If so narrow that the hen has difficulty in- 
maintaining her balance, shelless eggs are 
often laid as a result of the bird’s strug¬ 
gles to keep her position. The roost 
should be flat, two or three inches wide, 
and slightly rounded on the upper corners. 
Soft-shelled eggs often result from im¬ 
proper feeding. The daily rations should 
include green food of some kind and grit 
as well as oyster shells should be supplied 
if the birds are kept in confinement. If 
running at liberty, they probably will get 
enough grit. Indeed, hens on range sel¬ 
dom lay shelless or soft-shelled eggs. Con¬ 
diments or other stimulating foods tend 
to cause the laying of imperfect eggs, as 
does a ration which causes an accumula¬ 
tion of fat, although this explanation is 
more often to be looked for in the case of 
hens one or more years old than in that of 
pullets. Pullets, when frightened, lay 
shelless eggs. E. I. F. 
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