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Conducted by E. K. Parkinson 
The purpose of this department is to give advice to those interested 
in poultry • The manager will gladly answer any troublesome 
questions . Address ** Poultry Department 99 and enclose a self- 
addressed envelope. 
Hodgson Portable Poultry Houses 
The Uses of Woodwork in 
Interior Decorations 
Five-Section Poultry House— 
10x50 ft. 
Sanitary, durable, up-to-date—made of red cedar, clap- 
boarded outside, interior sheathed. Made in 10-ft sec¬ 
tions, each fitted with roosts, nests and fountain. Open 
fronts, with canvas-covered frames. You can add sec¬ 
tions at any time. Easily erected. 
No. 0 Colony Laying House— 
fni* 19 Hone Fitted complete with nests, fountain 
1U1 IICHS an( j feed trough. Sanitary — easily 
cleaned. One man can easily care for several hundred 
birds. Nicely painted—set up in fifteen minutes. A 
comfortable year-round house. In 
stormy weather the run may be 
covered, giving a protected 
scratching room. Size, 10x4 ft., 5 ft. 
high. 
E. F. HODGSON CO., 
First Section 
$75.00 
Additional 
Sections 
$60.00 
Each 
Send for catalogue. 
VUitour /ROOM 326, 116 WASHINGTON ST., BOSTON, MASS/* 
showrooms /CRAFTSMAN BLDG., 6 EAST 39TH ST., NEW YORK/ 
$ 20 — 
Address all 
eorre spondence 
to Boston 
G. D. TILLEY 
Naturalist 
“Everything in the Bird Line 
from a Canary to an Ostrich” 
Birds for the House and Porch 
Birds for the Ornamental Waterway 
Birds for the Garden, Pool and Aviary 
Birds for the Game Preserve and Park 
I am the oldest established and largest exclusive 
dealer in land and water birds in America and have 
on hand the most extensive stock in the United States 
G. D. TILLEY, Box H, Darien. Connecticut 
High-class yearling breeders at reduced 
prices to make room for young stock. 
Send for Circular of Stock and Eggs, 
MAPLECROFT FARMS, PAWLING, N. Y. 
Box G 
McCray refrigerators 
Active cold air circulation — Sanitary linings. 
Send for catalogue. 
McCRAY REFRIOERATOR COMPANY, 
_ 693 Lake Street. Kendallville, Ind. _ 
For durable painting of all kinds use 
National Lead Company's Pure White Lead 
(Dutch Boy Painter trade mark) 
Ask for Paint Adviser No. 145. Sent free on request 
National Lead Company, 111 Broadway, New Yor 
Garden and 
Hall 
Furniture 
Guaranteed to 
stand any climate; 
Marbles, Terra 
Cotta, Stones, etc.. 
Vases, Benches, 
Sun Dial Termin¬ 
als, Tables, Foun¬ 
tains, Flower 
Boxes, Mantels, 
Statues, Reliefs, 
etc. 
Send 25c for Illus¬ 
trated catalog of 
295 pages. 
The best copies of 
the best originals. 
EUGENE LUGGHESI 
748 Leiington Ave. 
and 121 S. 59th St, 
NEW YORK 
Est. 26 years 
ORINOKA^ 
C /zicii'anteed 1 
SUNFAST FABRICS 
Tor /Drapery and Upholstery 
HEY defy sun and wash¬ 
ing, and are wonderfully 
expensive. Write for 
Draping the Home” and 
name of nearest dealer. 
ORINOKA MILLS 
156 ClarendonBldg.,NewYork 
Calcium-Humus 
Nature' J -Voil Improper 
MARYLAND CALCIUM - HUMUS CO. 
806 Penn Square Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa. 
THE HOME POULTRY BOOK 
E. I. FARRINGTON 
12mo. Illustrated. $1 00. Postage 10 cents 
Statement of the Ownership, Management, Etc. 
of HOUSE & GARDEN, published monthly at New York, N. Y., required by the Act of August 24, 1912. 
The Managing Editor is Richardson Wright; Post-office Address, 31 East 17th St., New York. 
Publisher; McBride, Nast & Company; Post-office Address, 31 East 17th St., New York. 
Owners: McBride, Nast & Company, a corporation. 
Names and addresses of stockholders holding one per cent, or more of total amount of stock: 
Robert M. McBride, 31 East 17th St., New York. 
Conde Nast, 449 Fourth Avenue, New York. 
Known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders, holding one per cent, or more of total amount of bonds 
mortgages, or other securities: 
Harris-Dibble Company, 71 West 23rd St., New York. 
Architectural Publishing Company, Philadelphia, Pa. 
This statement is signed by Richardson Wright, managing editor, for McBride, Nast & Co. 
Sworn to and subscribed before John T. Elsroad, 
Notary Public for Westchester County, 
Sept. 14th, 1914. 
(Continued from page 339) 
self, but, unfortunately, the makers sell it 
cheaper to the painter, so such a course 
would he expensive and a distinct affront 
to the painter’s honesty. 
It must be used strictly according to 
directions and for the purpose intended— 
not “outside paint” indoors, or vice versa; 
nor must it be used on cement or plaster 
without a sizing, unless the maker men¬ 
tions these substances on his labels. How¬ 
ever, for the first coat on the hare wood, 
linseed oil should be added to the mixed 
paint, or else the raw wood will drink up 
the oil and leave the pigments on the sur¬ 
face with little to bind them. A little 
turpentine might be added to the body- 
coat to dull its surface, so the third coat 
may adhere firmly. It might completely 
spoil the paint to use anything but real 
turpentine, and the owner must be sure 
he does not get a substitute. No dryer 
should ever be added, the makers put in 
enough. 
Good ready-mixed paint costs about 
$2.00 per gallon; often more. An argu¬ 
ment for the purchase of the materials 
direct is that a gallon of paint so made will 
cost the owner less, perhaps $1.50 to 
$1.75, for the materials, but cost of the 
time spent in mixing will offset part of 
this difference. The owner must be sure 
of his painter’s honesty and ability, for, 
even if he could be there when all the 
paint is mixed, I doubt if he would pre¬ 
sume to criticise or direct an experienced 
painter. He must have a man he can im¬ 
plicitly trust or else use ready-mixed paint 
from one of the best makers, and see the 
unopened cans. Various cheap substi¬ 
tutes are on the market; for turpentine, 
benzine is sold mixed with dissolved resin 
and wood extracts to change the odor; 
much of the “white lead" is mixed with 
other pigments; linseed oil is adulterated 
with menhaden or fish oil, corn oil, benzol 
or even kerosene; dryers are mixed with 
all sorts of rubbish. To detect these 
things a man must he widely experienced. 
As to the layman, he is absolutely in the 
hands of his agents; if he buy of a dis¬ 
honest manufacturer or allow a dishonest 
or ignorant painter to mix his paint, woe 
to him! 
He must be cautious, too, in choosing 
color from the color cards. All makers 
show the colors much warmer or yellower 
than the paints really are. I do not know 
In writing to advertisers please mention House & Garden. 
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