HOUSE AND GARDEN 
February, 1915 
Important New Issues on The Century Co. s Lists 
Have 
you 
a 
young 
child ? 
For 
every 
city 
man 
who 
wants 
to try 
farming 
and for 
most 
farmers 
CHILD 
TRAINING 
A practical handbook for every parent of a 
child under seven 
By V. M. HILLYER 
Head Master of the Calvert School, Baltimore 
It presents a course of daily lessons, exercises, and drills, 
which can be given the individual child at home, or a 
group of children, by any parent or teacher. 
The book is the result of years of experience in dealing with young 
children, and offers a complete system of early education which 
aims to produce more observant and attentive children, children 
with more originality, more initiative and sharper wits, who will 
think and act more quickly, be better informed and more accom¬ 
plished, more ambitious and industrious, more courteous and 
considerate of others, and, above all, healthier animals. 
Nine full-page illustrations from photographs 
Price $ 1.60 net; postage 10 cents. 
Every parent is urged to send for fuller information of “Child Training.” 
THE LURE 
OF THE LAND 
By HARVEY W. WILEY 
who knows his subject 
Written for the thousands of men and women in the large 
cities who have felt the lure of the land and are inclined 
to believe that a farm offers the happy and safe solution 
of their special problem—with plenty of wholesome ad¬ 
vice to farmers concerning opportunities to be improved. 
Sane, practical, constructively helpful discussion of the 
facts, figures, and problems which enter into the daily life 
of every farmer and his family. 
Thirty-one insets from photographs. Price $l.fO net, 
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The Poultry Calendar 
F EBRUARY is the month when the 
man or woman who takes a serious 
interest in his poultry yard and who plans 
to make his labor bring profitable returns 
will clean up preparatory to the introduc¬ 
tion of new stock and new machinery. 
Successful natural rearing of chickens 
requires convenient facilities, regular at¬ 
tention, and often tries one’s patience, 
while artificial methods require a larger 
investment, close attention and more care, 
but are more commonly used where large 
numbers of chickens are raised. Many 
poultry keepers who are able to secure 
good egg yields and fair hatches make a 
failure of brooding chickens, either in rais¬ 
ing only a small percentage of the chickens 
hatched or in failing to rear strong, vig¬ 
orous birds which develop into good 
breeding stock. Brooding is still in the 
experimental stage, and no one system 
has given perfect satisfaction. 
The beginning of the month is a good 
time to see that the litter on the floor is 
deep enough. This use of litter is most 
important. Straw, shredded corn stalks, 
hay or leaves serve the purpose. It should 
be two or three inches deep at the begin¬ 
ning of the season, and more should be 
thrown in as the first becomes broken into 
fine pieces. It is always good to keep 
hens at work seeking food. Scatter in a 
little millet or hemp seed to act as an 
extra inducement to scratch. If the hens 
do not seem prone to scratch, omit a meal, 
so they will be forced to seek for food. 
Also keep an eye on the way the dry mash 
is going. If it is not being eaten freely, 
cut down on the supply of grain. 
Two other things outdoors should de¬ 
mand your attention : Eggs to be used for 
hatching should be gathered several times 
a day and kept in a temperature of be¬ 
tween 40 and 60 degrees. Eggs over a 
fortnight old should not be used. If one 
is breeding fancy poultry, the first of this 
month is none too early to make up breed¬ 
ing pens. Although delivery may not be 
desired until March or April, orders for 
eggs to hatch should be put in now. 
Whether your poultry yard is small or 
large, your ambitions, professional or am¬ 
ateur, you will not be able to go far with¬ 
out an incubator. And the purchase of an 
incubator should be given serious atten¬ 
tion this month. Although the first of 
March is early enough for the amateur to 
start them, it is best to have your order in 
now. It pays to make a careful study of 
the incubator question before purchasing. 
A cheap machine is false economy. 
When a man runs an incubator he puts 
all his eggs in one nest, as it were. Then 
he has one machine, instead of a number 
of hens to look after. Very little work is 
required, and that not of an arduous na¬ 
ture, but painstaking attention to details 
is imperative. Sitting hens will tolerate a 
certain amount of neglect because they are 
able to adjust themselves in some degree 
to circumstances. When using a machine, 
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