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HOUSE AND GARDEN | 
October. 1912 
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<1 Furniture which can be sold “in the 
raw ’ or unfinished must be good furniture. 
There is no filler, no glue or saw-dust, no 
heavy coating of varnish to cover bad spots 
in the wood. All pieces containing flaws 
must be discarded, for in any unfinished 
piece of furniture, every flaw will plainly 
show. 
<1 LEAVENS furniture is made for exhi¬ 
bition in our salesrooms in the unfinished 
state. No piece which cannot pass this test 
goes to the finishing room or to the cus¬ 
tomer. 
The carefully selected woods, the hon¬ 
est, solid construction, must make their 
appeal to the discriminating buyer who 
critically examines. It is then optional 
with the purchaser, whether to buy it un¬ 
finished or finished. 
^1 We wi! I apply any finish, if desired, which 
the purchaser may select from our samples of 
finished woods. 
<]] Our facsimile reproductions of these finishes in 
the color chart, enable the purchaser to select by 
mail, just as accurately as though visiting our 
-varerooms in person. 
*1 Send forfullselof illustrations showing over 
200 pieces, also color chart of LEAVENS 
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S AVE YOUR TREES and maintain the value 
of your place. We have the skill and experience to 
care for them properly. 
Appleton & Sewall Co.. Inc., 160 Fifth Ave., N. Y. 
Made to ordei—to exactly match 
the color scheme of any room 
“You select the color—we’ll make 
the rug.” Any width — seamless up 
to 10 feet. Any length. Any color 
tone—soft and subdued, or bright 
and striking. Original, individual, 
artistic, dignified. Pure wool or 
camel’s hair, expertly woven at 
short notice. Write for color card. 
Order through your furnisher. 
Thread & Thrum Workshop 
Auburn, New York 
comparative cost and receipts of onions 
and miscellaneous garden crops, the 
onions were, even at the fall price, away 
ahead. It was not, of course, a fair test, 
as the other crops had not had the benefit 
of the irrigation and onions were extraor¬ 
dinarily high because the crop had been a 
very small one all over the eastern part of 
the country. They were bringing a dollar 
a bushel, and as his were extra good in 
quality, he could easily have disposed of 
the whole crop of 450 bushels before 
Thanksgiving-. Remembering last year's 
experience, however, they carefully stored 
as many as they had room for in the cel¬ 
lar, and another 100 bushels in the barn 
loft, to be kept by the freezing method for 
next spring’s sales, as there was a practi¬ 
cal certainty that they would be very high 
before the new crops began to come in. 
And there was a great deal of new work 
to do. Part of the field in which the gar¬ 
den and onions were had not been plowed 
for years and was grown up to briars and 
small birches and, near the stream, alders. 
Upon examination the soil seemed as 
good as in the garden, and as this whole 
field would be easy to irrigate by extend¬ 
ing their present system, it was decided to 
get at it and clear it up at once, in time 
to put in a winter crop of rye and vetches 
to be plowed under in the spring for early 
potatoes, planted close and irrigated, and 
followed by late cauliflower and celery. 
This double cropping would pay for the 
irrigation and also get the ground into 
condition for onions as soon as possible. 
With the potatoes, onions and other root 
crops they had the cellar was crowded 
full; so that an extension in this direction 
was another late fall job and a serious one. 
as it meant a lot of slow, hard work. They 
put this off for the last job before hard 
freezing- weather. 
Robert and Helen took up their school 
work again, hut neither of them had 
grown tired of their farm interests and 
Robert was planning to stay in the coun¬ 
try rather than seek a profession in the 
city. He had become greatly interested 
in fruit, and it was through his efforts that 
A ranted bought an old apple orchard cov¬ 
ering nearly five acres, on the place beyond 
theirs and adjoining the lot which had 
been so laboriously cleaned, ft had grown 
up, through neglect, to brush and bram¬ 
bles until the wild berry crop was of more 
value than the apples, and the owner 
thought he had “put one over on that 
Mantell hunch" as he told at the store, 
when he got $150 for it Young Robert, 
who was capable of holding his own with 
the neighboring Yankees, had told him he 
expected to sell it for cord wood, which 
had enough of the truth in it to satisfy 
his business conscience. He and Helen 
had saved up $50 in cash from the hen 
business, which went into the orchard 
venture. 
On the whole the outcome of the sec¬ 
ond year left no cause for discouragement. 
It had been so fair, in fact, that Mantell 
felt they could spare a few dollars for 
some “fixing up" which Mrs. Mantell. al- 
—have your dealer show you 
the three popular priced grades 
Clever housekeepers have chosen the original Brenlin 
Unfilled Shades for a million and a half windows. 
Many of these housekeepers, however, have had a need 
for one purpose or another, for shades of a lower grade, 
and from them has come an insistent demand for a Brenlin 
standard of quality and uniformity in those grades. 
Go to your dealer today and let him show you how we 
have met this demand with two new grades of Brenlin — 
Brenlin Filled and Brenlin Machine Made—making in all, 
three Brenlin quality grades, priced for the ordinary win¬ 
dow — 1 yard wide x 2 yards long — at 
75c, 55c and 25c 
(except in the Far West) 
Brenlin Unfilled — the original Brenlin—should always 
be chosen for every window where length of service and 
attractive appearance are the first considerations. For this 
shade is made of closely woven cloth without the “filling” 
that so often cracks and falls out in unsightly streaks and 
“pinholes.” Sun won’t fade it nor water spot it. It is sup¬ 
ple—not stiff, yet alvvays hangs straight and smooth, and 
really shades. Made in many artistic tones. For windows 
1 yd. x 2 yds. 75c. Special sizes and Brenlin Duplex — 
white one side, dark the other, made to order at propor¬ 
tionate prices. Brenlin Filled at 55c and Brenlin 
Machine Made at 25c, for windows 1 yd. 
x 2 yds., will be found by far the best 
values in shades at these prices. Cut full 
length and finished with unusual care. 
WriteforThe Brenlin BookToday 
This book shows actual samples of 
Brenlin in all colors, and gives many 
helpful suggestions for the artistic treat¬ 
ment of your windows. With it we will 
send you the name of the Brenlin dealer 
in your town. Chas. W. Breneman & 
Co.. 2069-79 Reading Road, Cincinnati, 
Ohio. 
For sale by leading dealers everywhere 
McCRAY REFRIGERATORS 
Active cold air circulation—Sanitary linings. 
Send for Catalogue. 
McCRAY REFRIGERATOR COMFANY, 
393 Lake St., Kendallville, Ind. 
Mail Orders 
If no dealer 
in yoiu* town 
c a n supply 
Brenlin, write 
us and we will 
supply you di¬ 
rect. We sat¬ 
isfactorily fill 
hundreds o f 
orders by mail 
every year. 
The Silent Waverley Limousine-Five 
The five passenger, full view ahead, town and suburban 
electric. Art catalog Free — Address 
The Waverley Company, Indianapolis, Ind. 
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finest hosts tfat ffost 
Foi Runabouts Cruisers and Speed Boats. 
Sterling Engine Co., 
1255 Niagara St 
Buffalo. N. Y. 
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