HOUSE AND GARDEN 
354 
December, 19 ii 
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. 
THE HALL MAMMOTH BROODER 
Efficiency of work and econ¬ 
omy of operation are the two 
factors upon which successful — • 
money-making •—• brooding de¬ 
pends. These two factors are 
most highly attained in The Hall 
Mammoth Brooders. 
They achieve their efficiency 
by following the laws of nature. 
She gave the chick the cool 
earth upon which it was brooded. 
She gave it heat radiated from 
the body of the old hen to its 
back. She gave it pure, cool air 
in which to run, returning to the 
hen when cold. These same nat¬ 
ural conditions are supplied by 
The Hall Mammoth Brooders. 
Cool floors develop stout, stocky 
legs. Hall Mammoth Brooders 
radiate their heat onto the backs 
of the chicks. 
They continually supply pure, 
fresh air — plenty of oxygen. Their hovers are always nearby for the chick to run under. 
The Hall Mammoth Brooders combine economy with their perfect efficiency. They cost 
less per chick to operate than any on the market. 
Write for free catalog, “Fact and Argument.’’ It will tell you many things about brooding 
that will be of profit to you. It will convince you of the superiority of The Hall Mammoth 
Brooder. Write today. 
THE HALL MAMMOTH INCUBATOR CO. UTICA, N. Y. 
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. 
PRIZE WINNING STOCK 
English Toy Spaniels, Prince Charles, Rubys. Blenheims 
From Prize Winning Stock. Low to close 
WILLOUGHBY KENNELS, NORFOLK, VA. 
DON’T BUILD! 
or fix up your hen-house until 
A $25.00 House. you get our two large catalogs 
(132 pages, over 150 illustrations), 
showing POTTER PORTABLE 
POULTRY HOUSES and fixtures 
in all styles and sizes. 
FOR TEN YEARS 
we have been making these goods. 
They are tried and tested and 
used by thousands of poultry 
keepers. 
YOU CANNOT AFFORD 
to be without POTTER-made 
goods. They’ll give satisfaction 
and save you time, labor and 
■worry in your poultry work. Made 
for a purpose, and made right. 
6 xfi-foot Portable House Our catalogs mailed promptly 
equipped with 4-ft., 2- for 2 red stamps to cover postage, 
perch Potter Hennery Write to-day and learn about 
Outfit for 15 hens. Com- Potter Poultry Products for par- 
plete with floor, etc., tieular poultry people. 
POTTER & GO., Box 77. Downer’s Grove, Illinois 
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 
is often mixed in a mash—either a dry 
mash or a wet one. It is highly concen¬ 
trated and only a little should be used or 
the hens may reject the mash. Although 
it is not as good, common hay may also 
be steamed and fed in the way described. 
If rye is planted in the fall, it often will 
attain a sufficient growth so that the hens 
can feed on it when the weather is such 
that they can be allowed their liberty in 
winter. In the middle states and those 
farther south, this is an excellent plan, 
and in the north poultrymen have found 
it desirable to grow winter rye on which 
the birds can be turned early in spring. 
Sometimes it is possible to use the rye as 
a cover crop in an orchard, so that two 
purposes, both of them good, are served. 
Many amateurs and some professional 
poultrymen are feeding sprouted oats 
regularly, and with success. The plan is 
now well known, although long and prof¬ 
itably boomed as a “secret.” The oats are 
placed in a box and wet down, being kept 
dampened until they sprout. The hens are 
very fond of the sprouts. 
Many vegetables may be used, although 
perhaps not as good as the clover hay or 
the sprouted oats. Potatoes should not 
be fed raw, on account of their starchy 
nature. Cabbages are an old stand-by, but 
the hens should not be obliged to strain 
themselves in order to reach them, when 
the heads are suspended from a string in 
the old-fashioned wav. 
E. I. F. 
A Baker’s Dozen of Old English 
Teacups 
A MONG these thirteen tea cups and 
saucers are a number of Stafford¬ 
shire pieces. While the first in line, a gilt- 
banded white china one, is not in that 
category, the big blue and white one with 
no handles, next it, is. Its design of a 
mother with two offspring at her knees 
suggests “Cornelia and Her Jewels,” with 
its Roman statuary, arches and columns 
in the background of white. Cups were 
made without handles and a number in 
this collection show that feature of the 
potters’ work, who made tea sets in the 
last part of the eighteenth and the first 
part of the nineteenth centuries. This 
large blue and white creation has a fine 
border inside the cup of an inch and a half 
with urns and trees in medallions, with 
scrolls. Its capacity is large, holding a 
half pint and probably the tea taster of 
the Colonial days had no fault to find 
with that part of it. The next smaller 
blue one without a handle also, is a beau¬ 
tiful piece with its bright blue decoration 
on white, with tiny conventional border 
at the top outside, and inside, a two-inch 
one of floral design, and a tiny scene in 
the bottom of the cup of a castle and palm 
trees. On the outside also is a fine Sara¬ 
cen rider on a fully-caparisoned steed, 
with Angora-like mane and tail. The same 
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