HOUSE AND GARDEN 
LY, I 9 I 4 
Seeing That Farm First 
I F you are determined to buy a country 
place, you must know exactly what 
you want. Once this is settled, be satisfied 
with nothing else. Keep looking until you 
find it. A great deal of dissatisfaction 
with the country has resulted from buying 
the wrong place. Just a determination to 
buy a farm and move to the country is not 
enough. Before starting out ask yourself 
these questions: How large a place do I 
want? Just what kind of a place do I 
want ? Where located ? How situated ? 
What conveniences are demanded ? Flow 
much can I afford to pay? What branch 
of agriculture do I intend to make a spe¬ 
cialty ? 
The man who cannot answer all these 
questions offhand, and in detail, bad bet¬ 
ter stay in the city until he knows what he 
wants and where he wants it. It is the 
fellow who does not know these things 
who is “cleaned up’’ by the real estate 
shark or “stung“ by the countryman. 
There was the hasty man from New 
York whose health necessitated his mov¬ 
ing to the country. He and his wife lived 
in a small apartment uptown. They had 
always lived in the city and knew nothing 
about the country. The prospects of liv¬ 
ing on a farm appealed to them, as it does 
to most city folk. Little time was spent 
looking for a place. They listened instead 
to a real estate agent who had “just the 
farm they wanted—the ideal place.” Mr. 
Printer went with the agent to look the 
property over. The agent was glib of 
tongue and knew his business. Forthwith 
the New Yorker purchased the place, not¬ 
withstanding the fact that it was two hun¬ 
dred miles from New York and two miles 
from the nearest village. 
This adventure, you can call it by no 
other name, ended as do most of them. 
The wife became disconsolate, lonesome, 
bored. Within a few months she ran 
away to the city and refused to come back. 
A few weeks more and the husband fol¬ 
lowed her. To-day the little farm is 
grown up to quack-grass and weeds, and 
is for sale at considerably less than they 
paid for it. 
And then the blind man purchased a 
farm during the winter time, when two 
feet of snow covered the ground. It was 
nicely located, with good buildings. The 
price seemed reasonable. He was too en¬ 
thusiastic to wait until spring. But lo! 
when the spring rains did melt the snow, 
his fields were full of rocks and stumps 
The farm was “salted.” D. C. S. 
Truth About Snakes 
(Continued from page 14) 
The young poisonous serpent, like the 
rattlesnake, moccasin or copperhead, looks 
first upon the world through a transluscent 
membrane. Easily piercing this it sallies 
forth to make its way without help, pro¬ 
vided at birth with fangs and venom- 
glands differing from those of the parent 
only in their miniature proportions. The 
Back to Nature Amonq the Birds 
No. 21, Bluebird No. 25, Woodpecker No. 23, Wren 
Birds Prefer RUSTIC Houses 
Your choice for $1.25. The three of either group for 
$3.50. Parcel Post, prepaid, except outside of third 
zone add 10 per cent, to amount of your order. 
It is not too late for Birds. You will be sure to 
attract some for their second brood. We send every¬ 
thing out the same day it is ordered, securely packed. 
THE CRESCENT CO. “Birdville” TOMS RIVER, N.J. 
No. 11 No. 12 No. 13 
BOBBINK & ATKINS 
World’s Choicest Nursery 
and Greenhouse Products 
HYDRANGEA OTAKSA IN TUBS. We have many 
hundreds of Specimen Plants in bloom and bud for Summer 
Decorations. $2.50, $3.50, $5.00 and $7.50 each. Ask for 
our Special list of STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 
Ask for Our Illustrated General Catalogue No. 40 
WE PLAN AND PLANT GROUNDS AND GARDENS EVERY¬ 
WHERE WITH OUR "WORLDS CHOICEST NURSERY AND 
GREENHOUSE PRODUCTS,” GROWN IN OUR WORLD S 
GREATEST NURSERY. 
VISITORS take Erie Railroad to Carlton Hill, second stop on main 
line; 3 minutes’ walk to Nursery. 
NURSERYMEN, FLORISTS and PLANTERS, Rutherford, N. J. 
r Locks > 
Builders’ 
Hardware 
„ Chain 
T Blocks y 
There are over two hundred 
different patterns in Yale house 
hardware. A design and a 
price to suit everyone. 
Look for the name Yale on 
locks and hardware — they are 
not Yale unless they bear the 
name Yale. 
The Yale & Towne Mfg. Co. 
Makers of Yale Products : Locks, Builders’ 
Hardware, Door Closers and Chain Hoists 
9 E. 40th St., New York City 
CHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO 
Works: Stamford. Conn., St.Catharines.Ont. 
Jas.G.Wilson Mf£. Co. 
3to7Wbst 29th. St. New York. 
Patentee and Manufacturer of Inside and Out¬ 
side Venetians. Piazza, Porch and Veranda 
Venetians, Rolling Partitions, Rolling Steel 
Shutters, Burglar and Fireproof Steel Curtains 
Hygienic Wardrobes, Wood Block Floors. 
THREAD 
THRUM 
RUGS? 
S EALEY HAM Terrier Bitch 
for sale. Sire Roger Bach 
who won since December 
8 Championships and 24 Firsts. 
Dam Daisy by Thomas; Thomas 
by Huntsman. 
Lady Arthur Grosvenor 
Broxton, Hall 
Chester England 
Special Notice 
We'must reduce our stock of CATS, 
DOGS, KITTENS and PUPPIES to 
make room for our boarders. Many of 
our best will go at sacrifice prices to 
first comers. 
Make boarding reservations now for 
your dog or cat’s vacation. Catalogue 
and rates upon request. 
Black Short Haired Cattery 
Oradell. N. J. 
New York Office, 112 Carnegie Hall 
Tel. 3691 Columbus. 
SHETLAND PONIES 
KENNEL DEPARTMENT 
Made to ordei—to exactly match 
the color scheme of any room 
H AVE your fine rugs made to order, not 
cheap stereotyped fabrics, made in unlimited 
quantities; but rugs that are different and sold 
only through exclusive shops. We are only too 
glad to submit sketch in color to harmonize with 
surroundings of the room. Woven in selected 
camel’s hair in undyed effects or pure wool in 
any color tone. Any length, any width—seam¬ 
less up to 16 ft. Order through your furnisher. 
Write us for color card—today. 
Thread & Thrum Workshop 
Auburn , New York 
A Child's Delight 
A SHETLAND PONY 
is an unceasing source of 
pleasure. A safe and ideal 
playmate Makes the child 
strong and of robust health. 
Highest type—complete out- 
fi t s — here. Inexpensive. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. Write 
for illustrated catalog. 
BELLE MEADE FARM 
Box 3, Markham, Va. 
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