HOUSE AND GARDEN 
June, 1915 
Hotel Aspinwall, Lenox, Mass. In the heart of the famous Berkshires - 0ne of the most 
r fashionable and attractive resorts in this Country. Ac¬ 
commodates 500 guests. Three Golf Courses; Tennis, Saddle Horses, Driving, Motoring, dancing, etc. Opens June 
igth, closes late in October. Furnished cottages for rent for the season. Write for circular. W. W. Brown, Hotel 
Manhattan, 42nd St., New York City, until June 1st, after that, Lenox, Mass. 
Granliden Hotel, Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire, at Gateway to the White Mountains, under same management. 
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Granliden Hotel, 
Lake Sunapee. At the Gateway to the White Mountains. On the 
New Hampshire. Ideal Tour. Fine Golf Course; Saddle Horses; 
Tennis; Bathing, Boating, Canoeing and Fishing, as good, if not the best in New England. Fine Motoring. Ac¬ 
commodates 300 guests. Opens June 16th, closes October 1st. Furnished cottages to rent for the season. Write 
for circular. Address W. W. Brown, Hotel Manhattan, 42nd St., New York City, until June 1st, after that Granliden 
Hotel, Lake Sunapee, N. H. 
Hotel Aspinwall, Lenox, Mass., in the heart of the famous Berkshires, under same management. 
will not produce many eggs until after 
New Year’s, and they must be kept grow¬ 
ing rapidly. It is perhaps the best month 
to bring out bantams, which are hard to 
raise before the weather gets warm. Ban¬ 
tams are becoming highly popular with 
professional men, as well as with boys and 
girls, and many flocks are kept as a source 
of recreation. Some breeds are very 
handsome, all have engaging ways, and a 
few kinds lay eggs which are large enough 
to use in the kitchen. 
As hot weather comes on it is important 
to provide shade for the growing chickens, 
the ducks and the young turkeys. It is 
needed for the hens, too, but the turkey 
poults and the ducklings are almost certain 
to succumb to the heat unless they are 
sheltered from the rays of the sun. One 
plan, when there is no natural shade, is 
to grow sunflowers, corn or Jerusalem 
artichokes. The last-named will come up 
year after year when started and the fowls 
have so little fondness for the leaves that 
they will let the plants grow undisturbed 
in the poultry yard. Many people grow 
fruit trees in their chicken runs, and the 
plan has much to commend it. The trees 
provide needed shade and the fertilization 
received by the roots of the trees induces 
heavy fruiting. Probably plums and 
apples are the best fruits to choose for 
such a location. The excess of fertilizer 
in the soil is likely to make the peach trees 
too soft. 
Chickens often develop an unpleasant 
fondness for the tender bark of young 
fruit trees and will strip it from the trunks 
unless protection of some kind be given. 
A little tube of wire netting around the 
trunk of each tree looks well, but a wrap¬ 
ping of burlap will serve the purpose. 
It is also necessary to give the growing 
youngsters, as well as the laying hens, all 
the water they need to drink. When pos¬ 
sible, the water dishes should be filled at 
least twice a day, as warm water is not 
very palatable, even to a hen. It is a fact, 
though not often realized, that the egg 
production is augmented by keeping the 
layers supplied with fresh, cool, water. 
There are several reservoir fountains on 
the market which make it easy to keep 
plenty of water before the birds, even 
though the attendant is obliged to be away 
all day. 
The manufacturers of poultry foods 
sometimes advocate substituting growing 
feed for laying feed at this season, and it 
is quite possible that the change may 
stimulate the egg yield, which is inclined 
to fall off in June. Probably the amateur 
with a few hens will find it much to his 
advantage to feed one of the commercial 
dry mashes rather than to buy the various 
kinds of ground grains and mix them him¬ 
self. It is important, however, that green 
food be given, whatever feeding plan may 
be followed. It may take the form of 
vegetables from the garden or it may be 
simply lawn clippings. The latter are 
excellent and may be dried for winter. 
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