Beautifying Rural Homes and Building Lasting Value
The piece argues Americans should invest in permanent, well built homes and aesthetically pleasing grounds. It compares American and English housing habits, praises durable construction, gardens, and fences, and cites a Department of Agriculture bulletin on back yard beautification. It highlights a couple who grew from a city rental to a well kept country home with income from poultry and fruit, urging enduring home life for wealth and happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Items of Interest and Odd Facts From Period Snippets
Oscar Hunt of the Carlisle football team is described as a millionaire Indian. Second hand silk hats are in demand among comedians and the colored fraternity. A cubic foot of earth weighs about five and a half times that of water. It costs as much to fire a 16 inch cannon as to pay a private soldier for five years. The ruins of a prehistoric British village near Carshalton have been unearthed. The fly is seven times stronger than a horse weight for weight and can lift twenty times its own mass.
Balanced Rations for Man and Beast
The article reviews two Farm Bureau bulletins on feeding farm animals and bread making, stressing balanced rations with fat and heat producing foods, and notes government free access via Congress or the Agriculture Secretary. It contrasts animal and human diets with corn as a fat source and bread making guidelines. It includes Swiss history, broom corn harvest value, and star distances with round numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Bulletin
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oscar Hunt
Carlisle
Carshalton
England
Vermont
Queen of
Greece
William T. Hornaday
Great Buffalo Park
Russia
Switzerland
Uri
Schwyz
Unterwalden
Geer Manufacturing CO
Exchange Place
New York
Maxwell
Omemaker Magazine
An Illustrated Monthly
Clisbee Maxwell
Homemaker Magazine
Fisher Building
Chicago, Ill
HAY Press
Main Street
Sandwich
William Bros
Ithaca
NH. Y
Kirk
James S. Kirk & Company
Chicago, Ile
Aurora
A.J. Root Co
Medina, Ohio
International Harvester Co
I. H.C
Shell
International Harvester Co. of America Incorporated
Chicago, IL
U. 5
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