HOUSE AND GARDEN 
April, 1913 
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the home 
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Cooking Utensils, Cutlery, Earthenware. 
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{ewis&Qper 
45th St. and 6th Ave., New York 
There’s a suburban atmosphere and privacy about the city home which has a planting like this at the front door. 
(1) Lombardy Poplar (2) Catalpa Bungeii (3) Plane Tree (4) Japanese Barberry (5) Regel’s Privet 
The NX/m. H. Moon Company 
Morrisville. Pa. 
HIS YEAR TRY MOON S SHRUBS AND TREES 
Among other things, 
there is a geographical 
reason for your buying from 
Moon. 
Our nurseries are located in 
Pennsylvania, midway between 
New York and Philadelphia. The 
climatic conditions are neither 
those of extreme heat or cold, 
but strike a happy average for 
the entire country. This means 
that our stock is grown under 
ideal climatic conditions for suc¬ 
cessful planting in practically 
the entire United States. 
The soil is of a rich, loamy 
Bare angular veranda corners may 
be made attractive with one of 
Moon’s specimen Japan Maples. 
We have both the green and purple 
leaved forms. 
texture, highly conducive to a 
strong, fibrous root development, 
while also being of a nature that 
clings firmly to the roots when 
dug for transplanting. Careful 
and systematic root pruning is 
practiced on our trees, an advan¬ 
tage but few nurseries can claim. 
Over here at Morrisville we have 
450 acres growing over 2,200 va¬ 
rieties in shrubs and trees, to 
choose from. 
Because of such favorable cli¬ 
matic conditions and this vigi¬ 
lant attention, Moon’s trees and 
shrubs not only look well, but 
transplant well. Send for cata¬ 
log. Order early so you can 
plant early. 
I in many cases $200 is paid for a single 
! pair. 
You will have your pen and shed ready 
before the birds arrive, with plenty of food 
and water to last, the first few days. When 
birds arrive, place the crate inside the pen 
at night, leaving one side open, and keep 
away from the pen absolutely the next two 
days. The birds will find "their way out 
into the pen, one by one, and settle down 
to peaceful occupancy in a few days. 
Any well-drained, sandy loam will be 
suitable for your pens. There should be 
grass and some low shrubbery to provide 
shade and privacy, for the birds are semi¬ 
wild in disposition. The pens are con¬ 
structed of ordinary poultry netting, at 
least six feet high and covered over the 
top to prevent the birds flying - over. This 
top wire should be stretched rather loosely 
to prevent the birds injuring themselves, 
when they fly violently upward, which they 
have a habit of doing when frightened. 
The pen should occupy at least a ten 
by twelve foot plot of ground, the larger 
the better. 
No elaborate coop or expensive house is 
needed. The birds, themselves, naturally 
prefer living in the open, but a low, open 
shed is usually provided for shelter in 
storms and to afford a dry dusting place. 
This shed may have a canvas curtain for 
the front to be used in stormy weather, 
and should have a raised earth floor which 
is renewed twice a year with clean dirt. 
Perches should be supplied in the shed and 
also outside, a low, drooping shrub 01 - 
dense vine affording an ideal shelter for 
the birds in the open. 
The run as well as the house should be 
kept scrupulously clean, for filth is par¬ 
ticularly fatal to pheasants. It is well, 
where practicable, to have two runs, to be 
occupied alternately, while the grass in the 
unused one is allowed to grow and the 
ground to freshen. 
Where no shrubs or low plants are 
growing in your pen to start with, you 
must supply cover in the shape of ever¬ 
green boughs, or biush covered with quick¬ 
growing vines. Small evergreens make 
the best permanent covers, but currant 
bushes or grape vines will serve admirably. 
Do not neglect to provide a sand pile 
with plenty of sharp grit in it. 
The pheasant is not a heavy feeder, and 
care must be exercised not to feed too 
much while in confinement. One lady 
says she feeds, at the start, by hand, tak¬ 
ing notice of the exact moment when they 
seem to feed less greedily, making note of 
the amount consumed up to that point. 
This is her standard for quantity, and is 
fed, thrown into the grass, twice a day. 
Table scraps, chopped green food, and 
meat food is fed in troughs once a day, 
at noon. Care should be exercised that no 
spoiled, putrid food is allowed to lie about 
in the pens. 
Almost any edible thing may be fed to 
advantage, for the birds are not at all par¬ 
ticular as to diet. All kinds of grain, table 
scraps, turnips, artichokes, cooked or 
green vegetables, weed seeds, clover, al- 
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