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THE SEPTEMBER NUMBER OF 
House ( Q . Garden 
It will have several exceptionally interesting features and will 
command a brisk sale. Among these features are the following: 
The Small Town Country Club. Down in Louisville, Ky., 
a small suburban community wanted a country club. The people 
were not rich although some belonged to a more swagger association 
nearby. They set to, built, furnished and landscaped a club house 
for $10,000. It’s a winner—commodious, comfortable, and, from 
the points of architecture and decoration, wholly commendable. It’s 
the sort of building that many a small community would be inter¬ 
ested in. Read about it. 
Collies and Their Points. A general story on what the collie 
is today and what made him so. How to judge a good collie. 
Hints on training and care. 
Heating and Ventilating the House. From September on 
the problem of heating systems comes to the fore, and this is a plain 
statement of the three types—hot air, steam and vapor—their essen¬ 
tial points, advantages and disadvantages. Diagrams and photo¬ 
graphs show construction principles. A study of this article may 
help in reducing your coal bills. 
The Naturalistic Arrangement of a Small Property. 
This is a city place and the owner wanted to shut out the city and 
give the place a country environment. He did it by screening the 
whole property in with shrubbery and trees, making an enclosed lawn 
and a narcissus lawn and fixing up a stone-bordered pool. You 
wouldn’t know you were in Rochester, N. Y. 
Building for Hospitality. If guest rooms, why not a guest 
house? Here are examples of how a corn crib was converted into 
a little guest house, how a stable was utilized, etc. The types shown 
are not all expensive and for the man with the small place and 
purse, building for hospitality is a reasonable scheme. 
The Balance Sheet of an Orchard. Julian Dimock (if you 
don’t know him you ought to) staked out a claim on an old orchard 
in Vermont. When he told about it he was asked, “Does it pay?” 
And this article is his answer. It’s the sort of efficiency and com- 
monsense answer that settles all doubts about the success or failure 
of the back-to-the-landers. 
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