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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 ** and enclose a self - 
addressed envelope. 
O NE of the pleasures of a house in 
the suburbs is the chance for one’s 
own vegetables, flowers, eggs, etc., but, 
in planning for these, the uninitiated fre¬ 
quently slip up as to the space required 
for a garden and fowls. To provide 
eggs for a family of five, for instance, 
requires 30 hens, and the space needed 
to house and yard them (and to supply 
them with grown green food) should be 
about 30 by 100 feet, enclosed with a 
five-foot wire fence. Divide this space 
lengthwise, making the partition fence of 
boards for the first two feet from the 
ground, which will prevent the cocks 
from fighting. In the centre of each yard 
(equidistant from the ends) set a house 
8 by 8 feet of the shed-roof type (port¬ 
able ones of this size and variety may be 
had, ready to set up), and place the high 
side to the south. Divide each yard in 
half, using the house as a dividing line, 
thus giving each pen two yards 15 by 50 
feet, and, while the birds are using one 
of them, dig up the other and sow to 
oats or rye. When the green sprouts 
are up three inches let in the hens; then 
treat the other yard in the same way. 
One sowing will last about a month or 
six weeks, and by that time the other 
seeding is ready for use. For winter, 
grow a few rows of wurtzels (Colossal 
Long Reds are a good variety), or 
sprouted oats, which latter may claim to 
be unexcelled for fowls in cold weather. 
The cost of this entire outfit, inclusive of 
fencing, posts, houses, hoppers, freight, 
express, poultry and labor, will be about 
$136. If you find it advisable to 
adopt the hopper method, provide each 
pen of 15 or 20 birds with two gal¬ 
vanized feed hoppers divided into four 
compartments, and either hang them from 
the rafter just within reach of the birds 
and out of reach of rats, or buy hoppers 
with covers. Fill one of these with 
ground oats, coarse wheat bran, mid¬ 
dlings and corn-meal, keeping the feed 
unmixed. In the other hopper keep a 
constant supply of high-grade meat 
scraps. The automatic feeder should 
also be suspended from the rafters at 
a height from which the bait bar will be 
moved by the birds while scratching 
about for grains, which fall every time the 
bar-shaft is touched; fill this feeder from 
the following mixture: Wheat 60 pounds, 
cracked corn 60 pounds, heavy oats 40 
pounds, barley 20 pounds, buckwheat 10 
pounds, and kaffir corn 10 pounds. 
Silver Campines 
^ .of Quality = 
lst- 
-Cockerel 
4th- 
2nd — Cockerel 
Pullet 
Stock and Eggs for Sale 
GEO. L. FISH, Wayland, Mass. 
Winnings at the 
GREAT BOSTON SHOW 
3rd—Exhibition Pen 
6th — Pullet 
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Hodgson Portable Poultry Houses 
Five-Secfion 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. 
IS _ S., ... . 
First Section 
$75.00 
Additional 
Sections 
$60.00 
Each 
Send for catalogue 
No. 0 Colony Laying House— 
fftP 19 tipnc Fitted complete with nests, fountain 
IU1 YU 1ICII9 anc j f eec j 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. 
$ 20 — 
E. F. HODGSON CO., Room 326 , 116 Washington St., Boston, Mass. 
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Have You a Place For Sale ? 
If you are seeking for, or wish to dispose 
of, any particular kind of a place — an in¬ 
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distance of a city, a suburban house and 
plot, a summer house in the mountains 
or at the seashore, or a farm adapted to 
the raising of any special product — -the 
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In writing state in as much detail as possible 
just what is required, or just what you have, 
and address the 
MANAGER OF THE 
REAL ESTATE BUREAU 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
Union Square - New York 
G. D. TILLEY 
Naturalist 
Beautiful Swans,FancyPheasants, 
Peafowl, Cranes, Storks, Orna¬ 
mental Ducks and Geese, Flam¬ 
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“Everything in the bird line from 
Canary to an Ostrich” 
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 
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hatched from a 
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Saves all hatching troubles, assure three weeks earlier matured 
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Safe delivery in good condition guaranteed 
A New Catalogue Is Now Ready 
One of the finest ever issued by any breeder. It tells just how 
“Baby Chicks of Quality’’ are produced, and describes every 
grade of stock that we have to sell, with prices. A copy is 
ready for you. 
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