I HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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July, 1913 
KENNEL DEPARTMENT 
In Hot Weather 
beware of a dog food that is heating and consequently 
excites. Dogdays have no terror for the dog fed 
regularly on 
OSOKO 
The Ideal Summer Dog Food 
It contains just the ingredients necessary to the 
dog’s health and condition. Wholesome — nutritious. 
Send for sample and FREE Booklet No. 10 
Manufactured by 
SPILLERS & BAKERS, Ltd., CARDIFF, England 
H. A. ROBINSON & CO., Importers 
128 Water Street New York City 
R OYALLY bred Airedale terriers 
for sale at reasonable prices. Sev¬ 
eral litters ready for shipment. 
MAD RIVER KENNELS 
URBANA, OHIO 
Private Water Supply Plants 
SEND FOR CATALOG L. 
»*** KEWANEl WATER SUPPLY CO 
NEW YORK CITY KE WAN EE. ILL. 
AMERICAN KENNELS 
Toy white sdlk Poodles; little beauties, 
pedigreed, $15.00; Toy Pomeranians, 
$20.00 up; Toy Foxterriers, small Eng¬ 
lish specimen, $5.00 up; English Bulls, 
Boston Terriers, French Bulls, Bull 
Terriers, St. Bernards, New Found- 
lands, Scotch Collies, Toy Dogs, 
every variety. State wants. 
Dept. H., 113 East 9th St., New York City 
BEAUTIFUL CATS AND 
FLUFFY KITTENS FOR SALE 
Short-haired Domestic, Bare ttanx- 
Siamese and Abyssinian, Native long¬ 
haired and pedigreed Persians. Ideal 
boarding place for Cats, Dogs and 
Birds. Resident Veterinarian. Write 
for beautifully Illustrated Catalogue 
and Sales lists. 
BLACK SHORT HAIRED CATTERY, 
Oradell, N. J. 
Delight the children with a 
Shetland Pony 
—an unceasing source of pleas¬ 
ure, a safe and ideal playmate. 
Makes the child strong and ro¬ 
bust. Inexpensive to buy and 
keep. Highest types here. Com¬ 
plete outfits. Satisfaction guar¬ 
anteed. Write for illustrated 
catalogue. 
BELLE MEADE FARM 
Box S Markham, Va. 
THE BEST DOG 
for a companion or watchdog is the Collie. 
Alert, intelligent, faithful, handsome; he 
meets every requirement. We have some 
fine specimens to sell at low prices. Send for copy of 
“Training the Collie,” price 25 c. We are selling many 
fine dogs. 
FRANK R. CLARK, Sunnybrae Kennels, Bloomington, Ills. 
AIRDALE TERRIERS 
The best all 'round dog and companion 
Our Terriers are blue ribbon winners at 
New York, Boston, Pitteburg, Chicago, 
Kansas City and other large shows. 
Puppies for Sale, $25 and Up. 
Champion Red Raven at Stud. 
Fee $25. The greatest living sire. 
Beautiful illustrated booklet for stamp 
ELMHURST FARM KENNELS 
Sta. E. KANSAS CITY. MO. 
SYRACUSE CHINA 
Where luxury and necessity are 
combined in table service. Write 
ONONDAGA POTTERY COMPANY, SYRACUSE, N. Y. 
El- 
FLOOR VARNISH 
TRATm^MBERTVARNlsHES 
FRENCH & SONS 
PLAYER PIANOS 
Art Products of high quality and exceeding good value 
O NE touch changes it from a hand-played piano 
to a player piano. By pulling forward a little 
drawer under the keyboard the devices for 
personal musical expression are brought into oper¬ 
ation, the keys are automatically locked, lower panel 
opens and the pedals swing out into position. A 
great improvement over instruments in which all 
these operations are performed separately, often 
necessitating stooping to adjust the pedals. 
As a player, the French & Sons is incomparably superior to any other. As a hand-played 
instrument, it betrays not the faintest trace of mechanism—it is superb. Other desirable 
features are the Automatic Music Tracking Device — Automatic Sustaining Pedal Device — 
the Compound Motor, which reduces friction so per cent.— Pneumatic Self-Cleaning Device 
on trackerbar—and many other interesting points demonstrated in our beautiful Illustrated 
Booklet — sent free on request. 
French & Sons’ Player Pianos are welcomed with the cordiality of old friendship by music 
lovers in the most refined and cultured homes in America. Before deciding upon any piano 
or player, send for our catalogs — they are free for the asking. Write today to 
JESSE FRENCH & SONS PIANO CO., New Castle, Ind. 
“The House of French, established in the Piano Business since 1875” 
slide your right hand over his upper jaw 
as a gentle reminder, and roll the cob in as 
his mouth opens. Be very patient at this 
stage, for a little roughness may undo 
much that has already been accomplished. 
If the dog takes hold, pat and praise him; 
then repeat, holding the cob a little farther 
away. Keep increasing the distance until 
the dog must take a few steps to reach 
the cob; when he does this understand- 
ingly, move off as before, making him 
follow by drawing on the cord while you 
repeat the order. And do not forget to 
use the command “let go” when each repe¬ 
tition of the process is repeated. 
The final step, of course, is to remove 
the collar cord, place the cob on the 
ground a few feet away, and at the order 
“fetch” have your pupil go to it, pick it 
up, and bring it to you. If the various 
steps described have been conscientiously 
followed, this final test should be easy 
enough. 
In conclusion, I want to say a few words 
against the common practice of throwing 
a ball or some such object for the dog to 
chase, before he has been seriously taught 
to fetch. Where this sort of thing is fre¬ 
quently done the puppy is very apt to con¬ 
ceive the idea that the whole process is a 
delightful game in which he as principal 
player is entitled to do just as he pleases 
with the object thrown: if he brings it 
back to you it is merely because he wants 
the pleasure of chasing it again, and not 
from any idea of obedience to any word 
you may be uttering. Bear in mind that 
to have any reliable quality of obedience, 
fetching must first of all be an acknowl¬ 
edgment by the dog of your authority 
over him. R. S. L. 
A Girl’s Experience with Poultry 
G OING to our farm early in summer 
when there was very little to do, it 
occurred to me that I might make a little 
money and have a very good time raising 
poultry. The old hen-house had not been 
used since my family owned the farm, and 
it was badly in need of repair. Its win¬ 
dows and doors were lacking, and the roof 
leaked, so that if I had intended to keep 
hens through the winter, I would have had 
to build a new shelter. However, with a 
little patching and the addition of new 
wire I was ready to start with little ex¬ 
pense for buildings. 
Not caring to experiment with fancy 
stock, I roamed about the neighboring 
farms, where I bought whatever hens I 
liked and was given some good advice on 
their care. The first hens I bought were 
an aristocratic black and white Hamburg 
and a plain White Plymouth Rock, for 
which I paid seventy-five cents each. 
These began to pay for themselves right 
off by laying the first day I owned them. 
The next day I met an old farmer who 
said he would sell me a setting-hen for 
fifty cents. 
“What kind of hen is it,” I asked, for 
I had decided to keep mostly white stock. 
“Wal, now,” he drawled, “I don’ jest 
know what you’d call it, but she’s one o’ 
them good old-fashioned hens.” 
That was enough. I was convinced that 
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