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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
May, 
1914 
POULTRY DEPARTMENT 
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 ” and enclose a self-addressed envelope. Q 
Hodgson Portable Poultry Houses 
WIGWARM Setting and Brood Coop 
For a hen and her chicks and while she is sitting. Gives 
•. . protection from rats, 
a ,r **‘*skunks, hawks, and 
other enemies. In- 
sures larger hatches 
—has proved its suc¬ 
cess for 22 years. 
Shipped knocked 
down—size, 2x4 ft, 
2 ft. high. 
$300 
WIGWARM Brooder 
Hot-water and hot-air heating combined gives 
perfect ventilation—no danger of overheating— 
maintains e^en tem¬ 
perature regardless of 
cold outside. Used and 
endorsed by poultry 
experts and by experi¬ 
ment stations and 
such men as Dr. A. 
A. Brigham, Dr. N. W, 
Sanborn, Dr. P. T. 
Woods and Mr. A. F. 
Hunter. Size, 3x5 feet. 
No. 0 Colony Laying House— 
f ftp 19 hprK Fitted complete with nests, fountain 
1U1 16 Ileus and f ee d 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. 
$ 202 ® 
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. First section, $75.00; 
additional sections, $60.00 each. 
E. F. HODGSON CO. 
$1522 
Visit our 
showrooms 
Catalog Free 
| Room 326, 116 Washington St., Boston, Mass. 
1 Craltsman Bldg,, 6 East 39th St,, New York j 
Address all 
correspondence 
to Boston 
SQUAB BOOK FREE 
Squabs are raised in one month; they sell for fancy prices. Send for our free Squab Book telling how a Texas judge 
bred 8 pigeons to 140 in one year; how a Vermonter bred 25 pairs to 800 pairs in two years. More money-making experi¬ 
ences. Write for prices and special offers on our famous Plymouth Rock Homers and Plymouth Rock Carneaux. 
PLYMOUTH ROCK SQUAB CO., 414 Howard Street, Melrose, Mass. 
Founder of the Squab Industry in America. 
KENNEL 
DEPARTMENT 
O’Linda’s Roy For Sale 
No. 176,368 A. K. C. 
Rich golden brindle, only two years old. The 
best American bred Dane in America. No better 
breeding. Winner’s prize Lancaster, Pa.; Newark 
N. J.; Reserve winner Boston; Third limit, Sec¬ 
ond open New York: Second limit, Second open 
Philadelphia. At stud until sold — fee $ 20 . 00 . 
If you want a puppy or grown dog write us. 
Choicest imported and domestic stock for sale. 
Ideal companions and guardians. 
Royal Farms, Dept. H. G. 
Little Silver New Jersey 
Lovable Children 
The healthier and happier your children are the^_ 
^better men and women they will become. AShetland\ 
FPony for a playfellow orings them health, teaches them^ 
' self reliance and self control and makes them manly. Se- 
r cure a pony from the Belle Meade Farm and you can be \ 
quite sure it will be a sturdy.reliable little fellow,playful as ' 
a kitten but full of good sense and quite unafraidof autos, 
trains or anything to be met with on the road. We have a 
HERD OF 300 
for you to choose from—every J 
one well mannered and abso-j 
lutelysafe.manv of them prize j 
winners. We always guaran-^ 
^tee satisfaction. Write torj 
illustrated catalogue.^ 
Belle Meade Farm^ 
Markham, Va. 
Box 3 
Black Short Haired Cattery 
Oradell, N. J. 
The largest PET STOCK KENNELS 
in America — can supply you with SE¬ 
LECTED PUPPIES and HOUSE 
BROKEN GROWN DOGS, carefully 
bred DOMESTIC CATS and KIT¬ 
TENS—A choice litter of Russian 
Wolf Hounds, a few good Airedales, 
Cockers, Bostons and small breeds. 
Write for catalogue and details. 
New York Office. 112 Carnegie Hall, New York 
Beautiful, affectionate Irish 
Setter Puppies, from regis¬ 
tered stock 
WALTER McROBERTS 
Rich wo otls Kennels Peoria, III. 
gray green of the foliage, masses of white 
intermingled with the shrubbery, glowing 
crimsons, dainty pinks in beds and borders, 
deep rich maroons, and orange tones as 
deep as flames, make of the fall gardens 
pictures of unsurpassed loveliness. 
A plantation of deep rose pink single 
chrysanthemums, on each side of the en¬ 
trance steps of a gray stone State House, 
planted against a background of dark 
evergreen shrubbery, seems, as I recall it, 
as if a part of the sunset sky had fallen to 
the lawn, so vivid and beautiful was the 
effect. The hand of the Master Artist 
splashes the colors from his palette in 
broad masses and sweeps of rhythmic har¬ 
mony of tone. We cannot follow a better 
example, and no flower gives better results 
for such plantings than the chrysanthe¬ 
mums. 
If your garden scheme requires the 
planting of narrow borders, by using the 
dahlias with their brilliant color schemes 
in the background, and cutting and pinch¬ 
ing the chrysanthemums to form masses of 
color on a lower level a border of rare 
beauty can be secured. 
Another fall flower which is excellent 
for backgrounds is the Cosmos. It grows 
in poor soil, even where there is much 
sand, is hardy and late to bloom. I re¬ 
member well how beautiful were the door- 
yards of a certain mill village last fall with 
masses of cosmos planted against the wire 
poultry netting that fenced in most of the 
yards. The ugly landscape was really 
glorified by the dainty foliage and bright 
blossoms of these plants. I had not 
thought them worthy of a place in my fall 
garden, but am including them hereafter. 
Just as soon as the violets finish bloom¬ 
ing they must be thinned out and planted 
anew. Do not fail to cut off the leaves 
when transplanting. They recuperate so 
much sooner and the garden looks so 
much neater while they are getting a new 
start than if the old leaves are left on to 
turn yellow and die. 
Celery plants should be ready to put out 
now and cauliflower also. Both of these 
vegetables must have rather a shaded sit¬ 
uation and thrive best where there is 
plenty of moisture, but there must also be 
good drainage. 
Pepper plants, tomatoes and egg plants 
will have to be put into final positions this 
month. It will be necessary to protect 
them in the heat of the day for a few days 
after transplanting, but they will soon re¬ 
cover and rapidly come to maturity. 
It will be necessary to make and keep an 
early start if the Sweet Peas are to be kept 
in bloom. They must be cut daily. Last 
year I had four full rows, which gave me 
cuttings of five hundred daily for many 
weeks. I hold my Garden Book respon¬ 
sible for the statement — my friends will 
bear it out. I planted them with the colors 
grouped separately and could easily cut a 
hundred each of white, pink, primrose, 
lavender and violet every day. 
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