HOUSE AND GARDEN 
182 
September, 
1914 
88L 
LEAVENS 
FURNITURE 
56 
ggc 
II Good taste in furniture does not 
depend upon cost. The excellence of 
Leavens designs and the wide variety 
from which you may choose, ensures 
a correct selection. 
If Simple, well built, well finished, 
honest throughout, not a piece but 
which will accord with the best of 
American life. 
If Stands out in contrast to the 
cheap imitations and ornate examples. 
If Good solid oak construction, 
reasonable and simple designs and 
your own taste in finish. 
If Shipments carefully made, insur¬ 
ing safe delivery. 
If Send for complete set No. 4 of 
over 200 illustrations and prices. 
WILLIAM LEAVENS & CO. 
Manufacturers 
32 Canal Street, '^Boston, (Mass. 
388 
> IRISES 
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EXCLUSIVELY 
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now. In my 
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W Ohio offerings in col- 
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W' I send out are large. 
E R Tl’ H N. SHOUP 
THE GARDENS, Dayton, Ohio 
sell the places listed with them. For this 
reason they will not tell you of other 
places they might know about. It is al¬ 
ways well to do a little searching on your 
own hook. If you find a nice place that 
suits you it does no harm to ask the owner 
if he wants to sell. Hundreds of owners 
will deny that their farm is for sale until 
some one makes them a good cash offer. 
Then they suddenly remember that they 
have worked long enough and desire to 
move to town and take it easy. 
After one has visited a country village 
once or twice, and publicly announced that 
he is looking for a place, he will have 
plenty of invitations to look over farms 
offered for sale. Those who are anxious 
to sell will look him up and take him out 
to see the place. 
What Makes Milk and Butter 
Yellow ? 
T HAT the rich yellow color demanded 
by the public in dairy products is 
primarily due to the character of the cow’s 
feed is demonstrated by recent experi¬ 
ments carried on by the department in co¬ 
operation with the Missouri State Ex¬ 
periment Station. For some years dairy 
experts have been studying this question. 
Their conclusion is that, although to some 
extent a breed characteristic, the intensity 
of this yellow color may, within certain 
limits, be increased or diminished at will 
by changing the animal’s rations. 
Chemical tests show that the yellow 
pigment in milk consists of several well- 
known pigments found in green plants. 
Of these the principal one is carotin, so 
called because it constitutes a large part 
of the coloring matter of carrots. The 
other yellow pigments in the milk are 
known as xanthophylls. These are found 
in a number of plants, including grass, but 
are especially abundant in yellow autumn 
leaves. 
These pigments pass directlv from the 
feed into the milk. This explains the 
well-known fact that fresh, green grass 
and carrots increase the yellowness of but¬ 
ter, the only standard by which the aver¬ 
age person judges its richness. On the 
other hand, a large proportion of these 
pigments is deposited in the body fat and 
elsewhere in the cow. When the ration 
is changed to one containing fewer carotin 
and xanthophyll constituents, this hoarded 
store is gradually drawn upon and in con¬ 
sequence the yellowness of the milk does 
not diminish so rapidly as it otherwise 
would. This yellowness increases, how¬ 
ever, the instant the necessary plant pig¬ 
ments are restored to the ration. 
Green grass is probably richer in carotin 
than any other dairy feed. Cows fed on 
it will therefore produce the highest col¬ 
ored butter. Green corn, in which xantho¬ 
phylls constitute the chief pigment, will 
also produce a highly colored product. On 
Dept. F 
Moline, Ill. 
Gentlemen: I am building: 
I F you are in any way interested 
in a new heating system and are 
looking for something good at a 
reasonable price (not competitive), 
write for our catalog. 
The Moline System is the mod¬ 
ern, scientific and practical method 
of successfully handling this most 
important of all building problems. 
. Write us the moment you start figur¬ 
ing on that new building—or even before. 
It will pay you—may help your architect. 
Your inquiry will bring catalog, testi¬ 
monials of users and blueprints—showing 
use in dwellings, apartments, schools, 
churches, public buildings, as desired. 
MOLINE VACUUM-VAPOR 
HEATING CO. 
Residence—Store—School—Church 
dimensions in feet 
complete information. 
City 
SSL PERFECT heat at tea kettle pressure 
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SUN 
DIALS 
A Beautiful, Illustrated 
Booklet, “SUN DIALS” 
sent upon request. Esti¬ 
mates furnished. Any Lat¬ 
itude. Atk for Booklet No. 4. 
E. B. MEYROWITZ, Inc., 237 Fifth Avenne, New York 
Branches; New York, Minneapolis, St.Paul, London. Paris 
STANLEY’S HINGES 
The Standard of Quality the world 
over. Before buying the hardware 
for your new home, write for booklet 
“Properly Hung Doors.” 
Department “H.” 
THE STANLEY WORKS 
New Britain Connecticut 
EONIES 
From the Cottage Gar¬ 
dens Famous Collection 
w E , OFFER a selection of over 
three hundred and fifty of the 
choicest varieties in one, two, and three 
year old roots, 
Do not fail to send for our FREE 
CATALOGUE which gives authentic de¬ 
scriptions. It also tells you how to 
plant and grow this beautiful flower 
successfully. 
Shipping season commences September 
1st and continues during the Fall months. 
1 COTTAGE GARDENS CO., me. \ 
JVurseries 
| QUEENS, Long Island, NEW YORK | 
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