October, 1913 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
267 
SCRIBNER’S 
October MAGAZINE 
Bee in Your Subscription Now The Fal1 numbers and the contents of SCRIBNER’S 
-5-—- during the new year will be among the most re¬ 
markable and interesting in the history of the Magazine—and the history of the Magazine is one 
of “consistent achievement and progress.” 
The African Elephant 
Its Life History Narrated by 
Theodore 
Roosevelt 
With Pictures of Living Elephants and Drawings by Philip R. Goodwin 
The New Republic: Some Impressions of a Portuguese 
Tour, by Charles Lincoln Freeston, F.R.G.S. Roads of the Alps,”'etc. 
When making out your list of bulbs — 
which ought to have been done in August 
- — do not forget to include as many Span¬ 
ish Irises, Iris Hispanica, as you can af¬ 
ford. They are unusual in the South and 
are well worth while. The earlier the 
planting the better the results will be. 
October is truly the between-time in 
our gardens. The borders are still filled 
with blossoms bright and flowers gay, the 
summer vegetables are not yet over, the 
seed-beds are filled with plants waiting to 
be put out and yet all we can do is to wait. 
Fortunately, the best scheme for the gar¬ 
den-maker is the same as the best scheme 
of life: do each day the duty that lies near¬ 
est, enjoy to the full the beauty and fra¬ 
grance of each one of the passing hours 
and flowers, and living in the happy pres¬ 
ent, the future will take care of itself. 
The Value of Whitewash in the 
Poultry Yard 
W HITEWASH, or limewash, is a very 
essential thing in the poultry yard. 
I have used it considerably during the past 
ten years and find that it keeps lice, mites 
and vermin out and makes the houses and 
coops lighter and sweeter, and is also an 
excellent disinfectant. It can be used for 
many different purposes, is easily prepared 
and cheap in cost. 
Whitewash is best prepared from un¬ 
slacked lime, which can be procured by the 
barrel at a very reasonable cost. I make it 
a point to spray my hen-houses, brood 
coops, brooders, etc., twice a year, in the 
spring and in the fall. I have tried sev¬ 
eral methods of preparing the whitewash 
and have had very good results with the 
following: Slack in boiling water one-half 
bushel of unslacked lime, keeping it just 
fairly covered with water during the proc¬ 
ess of slacking; add to this a peck of salt, 
dissolved in hot water; three pounds of 
boiled rice, mashed to a thin paste; one- 
half pound of clear glue, dissolved in hot 
water, and one-half pound of Spanish 
whiting. These ingredients are thorough¬ 
ly mixed together, strained and applied 
to the building as hot as possible. The 
rice and glue may be omitted from the 
mixture, but I find that if they are used 
the wash will stick better and will not peel 
off. Add water enough to the mixture so 
it will go through the sprayer without 
clogging. 
Before spraying my building I take out 
all the windows, as well as all nesting 
material, and sweep all cobwebs and dirt 
down. In spraying I use a spray force 
pump attached to a barrel containing the 
whitewash and which is easily moved 
about. Two men are required to do the 
work, one to pump and the other to handle 
the spray nozzle. I take great pains and 
The Man Behind the Bars, 
by Winifred Louise Taylor 
A first-hand record, by one who has helped 
them, of the human side of prisoners, and of 
the effects of prison life. 
Pictures by A. B. Frost 
and Guy Rose accompanying an article on 
Trout-fishing in Normandy 
The New Revolt Against Broadway, by John Corbin 
Why Drama Leagues help to improve The Theatre 
By Katherine Fullerton Gerould 
™ . Barry Benefield 
Short Stories Simeon Strunsky 
The Two Great Novels of the Year (Continued) 
The Custom of the Country, by Mrs. Wharton 
The Dark Flower (The Love Life of a Man), by John Galsworthy 
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