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HOUSE & GARDEN 
Do you desire reliable 
information regarding the 
best breed of fowl to suit 
your purposes ? 
Are you in doubt about the 
kind of poultry house to 
buy or build? 
// wc can help you by answering these or any other poultry questions, ice offer you our services. Write today 
House & Garden, The Poultry Yard, 440 Fourth Ave., New York 
Want 
To Know About 
Poultry ? 
Are you getting the 
most from your “chicks”— 
can their laying qualities 
be improved ? 
Do you want to know where 
clean, healthy stock can be 
obtained ? 
Satisfaction 
that, on the face of it, you 
can see is consistent; and 
workmanship of the very 
highest order. 
If you have any fencing 
problems, whether for wire 
or iron, let’s talk it over to¬ 
gether. 
T- 1 Our Service 
1 rence and our Cata- 
'firtn CVk logue y° u are 
.HUH V,U. both welcome 
S atisfaction is a big 
word. 
Back of it, in connection 
with our fences, must be not 
only a satisfactory fence, but 
a satisfactory service from 
us. A service that embodies 
such things as helpful sugges¬ 
tions concern- A 
ing the best A.meriC 
fence to best Cnn cfvi 
meet your V^UIlolII 
needs; a price 100 CHURCH 
The Poultry Yard 
It t D [Profitable Poultry 
Latest DOOKj’j nes t published 
kw.t 144 pages, 210 pretty pictures 
SMj&and beautiful color plates. Com- 
t ; §Css^i<iiplete instructions how to breed, 
rhatch, feed by improved methods,! 
describes our busy Poultry Farm 
£_|^with 53 pure-bred varieties, includ- 
Runner Ducks. Lowest price 
list on fowls, eggs, incubators, sprout¬ 
ers. etc. This great 50c book mailed or only 5c. 
Berry’s Poultry Farm, Box 67. Clarinda, la. 
M 
ILLER’S poultry^ GUIDE 
all about Raising Chickens CD C f? 
—Care, Feeding.etc., sent IVLjLi 
Contains Colored Pictures 
of Pure-Bred Chickens. Ducks,_ Geese, 
etc. Book easily worth $1.00 for its infor¬ 
mation and valuable advice. Send for 
free copy and learn how to succeed rais¬ 
ing poultry--for pleasure or profit. 
POULTRY & EGGS 
FOR HATCHING for sale at bargain prices 
Address 
J. W. MILLER CO.. Box 17, Rockford, 111. 
Garden Furniture 
and 
Decorations 
in Reinforced 
Cast Stone 
BIRD BATHS 
Sun Dials Fountains 
Vases Settees 
Flower Boxes 
Benches 
Send for illustrated 
Price List 
J. C. KRAUS CAST STONE W ORKS, Inc. 
157 W. 32nd Street New York 
AFRICAN and TOULOUSE 
GEESE 
S. C. R. I. Reds. S. C. White Leghorns. 
Day old Goslings and Chicks 
from New York winners. Circular. 
R. E. PARDEE Islip, L. I,, N. Y. 
Anconas! Anconas! 
Mains’ Imperial Strain wins at America’s 
greatest shows—Grand Central Palace 
and Madison Square Garden, New York. 
Also at Boston, Philadelphia and others. 
For eggs, this breed is unsurpassed. A 
grand lot of breeders for sale. Eggs 
and baby chicks in season. Write your 
wants to 
FRANK W. MAINS 
Box 68, Morris Plains, New Jersey 
G.D. TILLEY 
Inc. 
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 larg¬ 
est exclusive dealer in land and water 
birds in America and have on hand the 
most extensive stock in the United States. 
G. D. TILLEY, Inc., Naturalist 
Box H. Darien, Conn. 
Dark Patch is the odorless Alphano, Dig it early around all your shrubs, 
all ready to be raked in the grass It quickens their vitality and mul- 
out of sight. For Lawns, it is a tiplies the bloom, 
wonder worker. 
Three Big Soil Builders in Alphano 
1. The richest of soil Humus. 
2. The best available mineral plant food. 
3. All the essential nitrogen-gathering soil bacteria. 
H ERE at last is a perfectly balanced soil ration that unfailingly pro¬ 
duces both immediate and long enduring fertility. 
No odor. No weed seeds. No contagious disease germs. None 
of which can be said of manures. 
Number One gives the proper tilth to the soil. It loosens up compact 
ones; and binds together loose ones. Acts as a dry weather defying, 
soil moisture sponge. Prevents soluble plant foods from leaching away 
before benefiting the roots. # 
Number Two contains all the soluble mineral plant foods, all of which 
are so prohibitively high. The Potash alone would cost you several 
dollars, to say nothing of its phosphates and nitrogen. 
Number Three. It is liberally inoculated with Alphano Inoculant, filling 
it with teeming billions of all the Nitrogen gathering and fixing bacteria 
tor the legumes such as Alfalfa, Clovers, Peas, Beans, and the like. 
Alphano is cheap to buy, easy to use, gives quick results first season; 
and continues its benefits next. 
It is sweet, dry, and finely granulated. 
Don’t confuse it with the unprepared, often sour, water logged humus 
m 
sold under various names. 
$12 a ton in Bags 
$10 a ton in Bags 
By carload 
F. O. B. Alphano, N. J* 
$8 a ton in bulk 
By Car or Barge 
load 
AlpKa.no H umcusr Co. 
ESTABLISHED 1905 ' 
17-E Battery Place, New York 
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No. O Poultry House Setting Coops Pigeon House 
HODGSON PORTABLE HOUSES 
This sanitary poultry house is an egg record breaker for 12 hens. The setting 
coops keep the hens by themselves while setting. The pigeon house (with its flight 
cage) is fitted complete for 10 nests. Hodgson poultry and pet stock houses are 
the most scientifically constructed on the market. Made of painted sections that 
can be easily bolted together by anyone. Send for illustrated catalog. 
E r unnrcnw PflMPANV Room 326 > 116 Washington St., Boston, Mass. 
. f. nuuuaun vUItllrtlllj New York Showroom, Craftsman Bldg., 6 E. 39th St. 
Homestead Silver Campines 
THE VIGOROUS STRAIN 
Our birds’ estab¬ 
lished reputation 
for HEALTH, 
VIGOR, EARLY 
MATURITY and 
HEAVY LAY¬ 
ING QUALI¬ 
TIES speaks for 
itself. This, in ad¬ 
dition to their blue 
ribbon records, is 
proof positive that 
they are most de¬ 
sirable. 
WINNINGS 
January, 1915, Boston 
—1-2-3 cocks, 1-2-3-5 
cockerels, 1-2 hens, 2- 
3 pullets, 1-2 exhibi¬ 
tion pen, 1st display. 
New York State Fair, 1915—2nd cock, 1st hen, 3-5 cockerels, 2-3 pullets, 1st 
old exhibition pen, 2nd young exhibition pen. 
Palace Show, New York, 1915—1-4 cocks, 1-2 hens, 1-5 cockerels, 2-4 pullets, 
2nd exhibition pen, 1st display, special for color and type, 1st hen, special 
for color, 1st cockerel. 
At Boston, 1916—Cock, 1-2-3-5-6; hen, 1-2-3-4; cockerel, 1-2-4; pullet, 1-3-5-6; 
1st and 2nd exhibition pen; 1st display; American Campine Club Special for 
best cock, hen, cockerel, pullet and pen. Thirty-nine Specials. 
Can we be of service to you in either eggs or stock? We are giving 
our patrons the full benefit of every pen and every prize winner. 
If you arc interested we shall be pleased to send you our Catalogue. 
Homestead aim is full value, quality and satisfaction 
HOMESTEAD CAMPINE FARM, Box HG, WAYLAND, MASS. 
