j February, 1911 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
115 
ing-rooms, with a warming closet that oc¬ 
cupies most of the upper part is a decided 
convenience, even if it is not ornamental. 
It has double doors and two shelves which 
can be removed when extra space is 
needed. A radiator of this type must of 
necessity be large in order to provide room 
for the space used by the warming closet, 
and of three column thickness, to give the 
required depth, for the closet must be spa¬ 
cious enough to hold large dishes if it is to 
be at all useful. 
For the butler's pantry there is a device 
that serves the double purpose of radiator 
and plate warmer, in the shape of two or 
three sections of pipes placed horizontally 
on supports about eighteen inches apart, 
forming a succession of shelves. 
The gas-steam radiator is still another 
invention that is convenient, but not pretty. 
It is a steam radiator with a small boiler 
attached, for which gas is the fuel used, 
and in appearance it is like any ordinary 
radiator with the exception of a perforated 
metal stand in which it is placed. A gas 
burner beneath the small boiler generates 
the steam, and heat is given out as from the 
regulation radiator. On account of the 
quickness with which it can be put into 
working order it is particularly useful as 
a supplementary heater in the spring and 
fall when the regular plant is not in com¬ 
mission. 
How the Birds Benefit Garden 
and Orchard 
( Continued from page 93) 
we have due respect to their natural wild¬ 
ness, and place such homes in their favor¬ 
ite retreats, a little apart from houses and 
barns. 
Another good way to attract birds is 
by putting out watering troughs for them 
in warm weather. A few will come to 
bathe, and nearly all will come to drink; 
and if open water in the vicinity is scarce 
one may thus attract to his premises nearly 
all the birds in the neighborhood. Need¬ 
less to say, they will gather many insects 
as they come and go. 
In an open garden it is a good plan 
for one to set a few posts. Upon these the 
birds will perch for the purpose of ob¬ 
serving insects — kingbirds to watch for 
passing flies; bluejays to spy out grass¬ 
hoppers and beetles; bluebirds to look for 
caterpillars; red-headed woodpeckers to 
watch for insects both on the ground and 
in the air. 
In the winter a few food boxes will 
keep a number of birds about the prem¬ 
ises. The ones that come to my boxes in 
the Missouri Valley are chickadees, white¬ 
breasted nuthatches, downy and hairy 
woodpeckers, bluejays, and occasionally a 
brown creeper. All of these will eat both 
suet and nuts. I do not chop up the suet, 
but leave it in chunks; nor do I pick the 
meats out of the nuts, but simply break 
them and throw in, shucks and all. Thus 
T leave the birds to do their own work, and 
it is intensely interesting to see them do it. 
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A Good Time to Paint 
Much painting should be done this spring, whether 
linseed oil be slightly lower or slightly higher; for 
with the 1910 flax crop short it seems unreasonable 
to expect a return to the oil prices of a few years ago. 
The thing to remember is that, though high, paint 
materials are not nearly so expensive as the repairing of a 
. neglected house. Even oil at $1.00 or #1.25 makes the paint¬ 
ing of the average house cost only $4 or $5 more than it used 
to cost. That isn’t enough more to justify letting a $ 10,000 
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It will cost you less than later. 
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on the following ingredients: 
12/4 lbs. "Dutch Boy Painter" white lead $.. 
Y gallon Pure linseed oil - 
Yz gallon Turpentine. 
Yz pint Turpentine drier. 
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