Cedar Rapids Times in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Preservation of fruits and grain speculation portrait

A Royal Horticultural Society precis outlines fruit storage rules including dry rooms, ventilation, ripening timing, stacking limits, packing in dry materials, and avoiding cross contamination. It contrasts with a satirical description of grain speculators in major markets, detailing brokers who profit on price moves without actual grain. The piece also references a papal anecdote about a reward for beauty of work and a joke about Pius IX.