HOUSE AND GARDEN 
410 
May, 
1914 
Set you have wanted 
So beautiful you will be proud to use it 
on special occasions; so durable you can 
use it every day; so inexpensive you can 
go today and buy one. 
You can see here the exquisite charm of 
design of two of the many lovely sets in 
Heisey's 
Glassware 
You cannot realize until you actually see 
them the full measure of their sparkling 
beauty and brilliance. If your dealer can¬ 
not supply the sets illustrated here, we 
will deliver them direct to you, prepaid, 
by Parcel Post Price $1 for either set of 
two pieces. 
See that this ^ trade-mark is on all the glassware 
you buy. It means high quality without high 
price. Send for illustrated booklet, “Table 
Glass and How to Use It,” showing everything 
for the table. 
WELL ROTTED 
Horse: Manure 
Dried—Ground—Odorless 
To insure increased Garden Crops—larger and 
brighter Flowers and a rich green Lawn, give 
your soil a heavy coating of Dried, Ground Horse 
Manure. No weed seeds—no refuse, it becomes 
part of the soil. 
Plant food is immediately available and lasting. 
Your planting will be successful when you use Well 
Rotted Horse Manure. Put up in bags 100 lbs. 
each. Write for Circular B and prices. 
NEW YORK STABLE MANURE COMPANY 
273 Washington Street, Jersey City, N. J. 
When the building of the pens is com¬ 
pleted apply a thorough coat of white¬ 
wash to the inside, adding to each pailful 
t tablespoonful of crude carbolic and a 
scant half cup of salt. This cleansing 
is a sure check to lice or any kind 
of vermin, and will do much to pre¬ 
serve the health of the flock. After this 
is dry, spread a light coating of sand 
over the pen floors; place near the wire 
partition a small dish for coarse kitchen 
salt, one for mica grit, one for ground 
oyster shell, one for fine charcoal, a tin 
or earthenware drinking fountain that 
can be opened and thoroughly cleaned, 
and a long, shallow feeding trough, and 
the house is ready to receive the birds as 
soon as the flies are erected. 
These should be made 32 feet long, 8 
feet wide and as high as the eaves. Set 
up three rows of four 2 by 4 hemlock 
joists, the two farthest from the house 
spaced so as to support the gate. Around 
the bottom, the top and half way up the 
posts nail a frame-work of lighter ma¬ 
terial, setting braces across the roof be¬ 
tween the second and third posts. This 
steadies the whole frame, over which 
must be stretched two-inch wire netting. 
Unless already familiar with wire netting, 
it will be wise to call in the assistance of 
some friend who understands the ways 
of the animal. Otherwise it will cer¬ 
tainly be a case of bleeding fingers and 
lacerated morals before the job is com¬ 
pleted. Then fit wire doors in the far 
ends of the flies, run a twelve-inch light¬ 
ing-board all the way round about half 
way between the ground and the roof, 
level up the floors with enough sand to 
shed the rain quickly, and then send for 
ihe birds. Much expense and time in re¬ 
pairing will be avoided if plenty of good 
paint, Conservo, or other preservative is 
used on all wood exposed to the weather. 
Even the roof shingles will be benefited 
by such treatment. 
The care of a small flock of pigeons is 
comparatively light, and under proper 
conditions will yield most generous re¬ 
sults. It is not at all an unusual thing 
for one pair of birds to produce seven or 
eight pair of young in a year, while the 
cost of feeding, as given in Farmers’ Bul¬ 
letin No. 177, issued several years ago 
by the United States Department of Ag¬ 
riculture, was about fifty-two cents a 
bird. This was when wheat was eighty 
cents, Kaffir corn ninety cents per bushel 
and hemp $1.30, Canada peas $1.10 and 
sifted, cracked corn $1.00 per cwt. It 
will be easy to figure the present cost 
from the prices of the local dealer. I his 
covers the raising of the squab up to 
four weeks, the killing age, until which 
time they are fed by regurgitation. By 
means of this process the parent bird 
first takes the grain into his own crop, 
and then, inserting his bill in that of 
the young one, transfers the partly di¬ 
gested food by a curious pumping mo¬ 
tion until the squab is satisfied. This 
must be repeated many times during the 
Floor Savers! 
Floor-damage, rug-ruin — 
both avoided by means of 
Feltoid Casters and Tips. 
Won’t mar the smoothest 
surface—double the life of 
rugs. 
Feltoid 
Casters and Tips 
prevent floor-scars and digs 
which always result from the use 
of iron, wood and fibre casters. 
Feltoids are made of a specially 
prepared material-—strong — resil¬ 
ient — noiseless. They are abso¬ 
lutely unlik.e any other casters. 
Sold at furniture, hardware and 
department stores in varied styles 
and sizes adapted to all furniture 
needs. 
Special Offer: If your dealer 
cannot supply you, send us 25 
cents and we will mail you post¬ 
paid two sets of Feltoid Tips for 
demonstration in your home. 
Send for Booklet No. 12 
The Burns & Bassick Co. 
Dept. X 
Bridgeport, Conn. 
Landscape Gardening 
A course for Homemakers and 
Gardeners taught by Prof. Beal 
of Cornell University. 
Gardeners who understand up- 
to-date methods and practice are 
in demand for the best positions. 
A knowledge of Landscape 
Gardening is indispensable to 
those who would have the 
pleasantest homes. 
250-page Catalog free. 
Prof. Beal Write to-day. 
THE HOME CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL 
PT. 226. SPRINGFIELD, MASS. 
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