Handy Bag Holder for Easy Grain and Vegetable Filling
A farm bench style bag holder is described to simplify filling bags with grain or vegetables. Attach an upright post to a barn board, rest the bag bottom on the floor, add wooden arms with screw hooks for bag holes, and use a cord with extra hooks to lift the front. Materials are common farm supplies and the illustrated setup shows how to assemble it.
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W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
W.L. Douglas
Dept
Maes
Building Good Roads and the Convict Labor Ideal
The piece argues for improved highways funded by dram shop license proceeds in Missouri and by automobile license revenue in some states. It promotes convict labor as the simplest fast method, noting southern states already use convicts on roads. Benefits include higher land values and closer ties between country residents and cities, expanding access to urban privileges.
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Missouri
Folk
Farm Notes on Disease Prevention and Breeding Hogs
Fowl diseases signal mismanagement. remove causes to prevent recurrence. Clean dry and airy barns with pure drinking water reduce tuberculosis. Cheshire hogs matIre early and make good bacon. crossbreeding enhances rough hogs. Every farm should be an experiment station. farmers must study local conditions and observe results.
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P. P. Southworth
Minnesota
Cheshire
Grass crops and hay use on the farm in Randolph county
A Randolph county Farnie's Review correspondent notes grass crops dominate farming, with 8 of great importance and one third of operations tied to grass. Timothy, red top, clover and blue grass are grown, about 15 percent hay and 18 percent pasturage. Limited adoption of alfalfa and orchard grass observed. farmers urged to stock more and manure land, feeding farm forage on the farm whenever possible.
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Saya
Randolph County
Farnie
Saving Fodder From Corn Fodder Practices
Farmers often underestimate well cured corn fodder and its value for young stock as well as sheep and cattle. The piece advises cutting and curing while stalks are green, tying shocks securely, husking with neighbors when damp, housing by Christmas, and using proper mangers to minimize waste and create rich manure.
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Journal of Agriculture
Underground cellars for fruit and vegetables
Illustrations show two root cellar forms for storing fruit or vegetables. Building them costs little. digging is the main labor. A hillside is ideal, but on the open prairie cellars can be completely underground with steps or a ladder for access.
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The
Montreal Herald
Essentials of a silo and cider vinegar tips
The text stresses airtight silo walls to prevent silage spoilage and the need for careful location size form and construction. It notes cider and vinegar production, advising against mixing sweet cider with old vinegar to avoid poor quality watery vinegar, and ends with a blunt remark on opinion usefulness.
GUPID'S CAPTIVE
Nell resists four marriage proposals yet the suitor remains determined. A boating trip ends with Nell trapped by a locked door in a ruin as the couple spar over marriage, finally yielding to love after emotional testing.
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Nell
Hudson
Noth
Jack
Neil
Tack
Mamma
Walter in a Washington cafe aids customer with courtesy
An unnamed Walter at a Washington cafe is praised for polite service as a customer disputes change after paying 80 cents with a dollar. John insists the change was not given, bowing and claiming the customer caused no trouble. The man exits dazed but the service remains courteous and helpful.
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Walter
Washington
John
Saved Baby Lyon Life and Other Feats of Valor
A letter from Mrs. Maebelle Lyon of Parsons Kansas claims cures for infantile eczema with Cuthura Remedies showing her baby fully recovered in about ninety days. The note praises Allcock’s porous plasters and Defiance Starch while mentions a new Persian Parliament and a British general autographed photo anecdote.
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Maebelle Lyon
Appleton Ave
Parsons
Kan
Nervous Collapse Claims Pink Pills Restore Strength
Mrs Lizzie Williams of 416 Cedar Street Quincy Alabama recounts thirteen years of nervous prostration with spells of exhaustion headaches and rheumatic pain. After using Dr Williams Pink Pills her appetite improved with lasting energy and she recovered strength after three boxes. Pills touted for anemia rheumatism debility and nerve disorders and sold by Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady.
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Gupid
Leslie Moore
Nellf
N. Y
Baby Lyon
Cutiura
French
Allcock’s
ST. Jacobs Oil
Towers
Cal
W.l.douglas
Canada
Ottawa
E. T. Holmes
Jackson Street
St. Paul
W. W. Bennett
New York
Life Building
Omaha
Nebraska
Defiance
Saleshen
Silustuun
Chia
Bettie Arp
Ballplay
Tenn
Cardus
Thedford
Cardui
Ladies’ Advisory Dept
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga, Tenn. Gus
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