HOUSE AND GARDEN 
February, 
I9U 
A Complete 
Collection of 
Housewares 
T)Y searching through many different stores 
you might possibly duplicate or find a sub¬ 
stitute for any article in our stock, but nowhere 
else under one roof can be found such a complete 
collection of things of use and beauty for the 
home — things in china, glass or metal; things 
for the dining-room, kitchen or laundry—the 
things which mark the well-appointed household. 
Jewis&CJonger 
45th St. and 6th Ave., New York 
A LITTLE BOOK ABOUT ROSES 
for 1913 will, as usual, be ready on or about 
February 1st. 
This publication is now generally conceded 
to be the most helpful, beautiful, and inspiring 
book of its kind ever published, and no grower 
or would-be grower of Roses can afford to 
overlook it. 
This year’s edition tells you more of the most 
important epoch in out-door Rose growing that 
the world has yet seen—a triumph of American 
effort. 
A copy will be sent to recent customers as 
soon as out—to intending purchasers upon ap¬ 
plication, and to anyone, without obligation to 
purchase, upon receipt of 10c (to insure appre¬ 
ciation) in coin or stamps. Apply NOW. 
GEORGE H. PETERSON 
ROSE and PEONY SPECIALIST, Box 30, Fair Lawn, N.J. 
THE LAWNS OF OLD ENGLAND 
are famous for their wonderful perfection and durability. 
Such lawns may be had here if real 
IMPORTED ENGLISH LAWN GRASS SEED 
is used. This seed is the result of centuries of selection. 
No weed seeds or coarse grasses in it. Hardy and fine in texture 
and beautiful in color. We have handled this seed for 
more than one hundred years. We import the choicest 
quality only, with seed for shady places a specialty. 
Write for free Booklet. 
“How To Seed & Keep A Beautiful Lawn” 
Barwell’s Agricultural Works 
Madison and Sands Sts., Waukegan, Ill. 
Established at Leicester, England, in 1800. 
A mn KILLED BY SCIENCE 
J(A In danysz virus 
is a Bacteriological Preparation 
AND NOT A POISON—Harmless to Animals other than 
mouse-like rodents. Rodents die in the open. For e small bouse. 1 tube. 
75o; ordinary dwelling, 3 tubes, $1.75: larger place—for each 5,Kaaj sq. 
ft. floor space use 1 dozen, $0.00. Send now. 
Independent Chemical Company, 
72 Front Street, New York 
Euonymus 
Alatus 
A Large Stock 
Send for Catalog 
The Elm City Nursery Co. 
New Haven, Connecticut 
Munson Whitaker Co. 
Forest Engineers 
New York : 823 Fourth Ave. Bldg. 
Boston : : : 623 Tremont Bldg. 
Chicago : 513 Commercial Bank Bldg. 
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Expert 
Advisory Orchard 
Service at a Nominal Cost 
We will examine your orchard—advise 
as to its condition, and the care it needs 
for the producing of good fruit, and then 
develop an economical system for giving 
it that care. 
Besides teaching your men correct 
methods, this service includes suggestions 
on cultivating, spraying, pruning, thin¬ 
ning. packing and marketing. 
Where the number ot trees in one 
orchard is not large enough to warrant 
an owner bearing the entire expense of 
such advisory service, several owners can 
combine, or club together with others in 
the vicinity. 
Such a service is invaluable alike to 
the man starting an orchard, and the 
one having old trees. The advice and 
assistance of an expert becomes 3 ’ours 
at a nominal cost. 
The particulars of this branch of our 
service are told in detail in a valuable 
little booklet we have just published, 
called "Making Orchards Pav.” Send 
for it. 
(Continued from page 84) 
and using a mixture of grease and sulphur, 
or kerosene and sulphur on the legs of the 
fowls is effectual. 
Too much care cannot be exercised to 
keep your fowls free from insect pests. It 
is a subject that deserves constant watch¬ 
fulness, especially during the summer 
months. 
M. Roberts Conover 
Training the Dog— VI 
G RANTED an apt and willing pupil 
and a teacher whose heart is really 
in the work, the possibilities of teaching 
the dog to perform various tricks are 
almost unlimited. A certain amount of 
ingenuity on the part of the teacher, 
coupled with alertness in watching for 
and taking advantage of any peculiari¬ 
ties or mannerisms of the dog and de¬ 
veloping them into regular accomplish¬ 
ments, will in very many cases lead to 
tricks which, in their originality and ap¬ 
parent evidence of logical reasoning, are 
far more effective than the ordinary run 
of things which the average dog is 
taught. Not that the familiar, time-worn 
tricks should be neglected; on the con¬ 
trary, many of them are really desirable. 
But it is the new ones, the unique ac¬ 
complishments, that open up the largest 
field to the ambitious trainer. 
It is not my purpose here—nor, in¬ 
deed, is it possible in any series of 
articles — to cover all the possibilities in 
what may be justly considered a subject 
separate and apart from the dog’s strict¬ 
ly utilitarian education. But a fair selec¬ 
tion of tricks will be described in their 
natural sequence, and suggestions made 
for a number of others; with these as a 
foundation, the rest is really dependent 
on teacher and pupil alone. 
In the great majority of cases, it is 
unwise to attempt teaching your dog any 
of the so-called tricks until he has thor¬ 
oughly mastered the lessons “come,” 
“lie down” and “heel.” Exceptions, of 
course, arise; for example, if a marked 
inclination to bring various objects to 
you is shown, it may be encouraged at 
once and developed until it becomes the 
commonly seen accomplishment “fetch.” 
This, by the way, is an example of what 
I said above relative to taking advantage 
of your pupil's peculiarities. As a gen¬ 
eral thing, however, don’t worry your¬ 
self and the dog by attempting anything 
of an “extra curriculum” nature, until 
the three essentials mentioned have been 
driven firmly home. 
In taking up the actual teaching of 
tricks, it is as well to commence with 
that good old standby “sit up” or “beg.” 
Take the dog to a corner of the room— 
a corner where two walls form a right 
angle — and placing him therein, kneel or 
sit on the floor before him. Now take 
one of the dog’s front legs in each hand, 
holding them near his shoulders so as to 
avoid all possibility of his twisting away 
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