Varying odds and ends from a rural page
A collection of curious notes on natural history and farming practices. Mentions a ventriloquist robin and distant song, Boer War horse supplies, sparrow nests, farming pockets in North Dakota, May foliage on the northwest, grafting tips for young trees, Lawson carnations, Scotch pine wind breaks, dairy cow kickers, practical hitching posts, hoe care habits, farm ownership motives, asparagus beds, muddy roads, rose soil sources, brick-making methods, oat prices, lost checks, hay and corn belt crop relations, nut hatchings, plantain and dandelion remedies with salt or gasoline.
Fence the garden to keep poultry in bounds
The piece argues that while letting poultry roam the farm is ideal, essential fencing is needed to keep the garden secure. It warns against competing with experienced farmers and emphasizes practical protection for garden patches.
Grafting, farm crops and rural improvements in the north
A rural column discusses Iceland’s livestock, noting cattle and sheep counts and limited hay production. It covers grafting practices, township road district benefits, sow productivity, apple grafting experiments, cow calving timing, a new flower bed design, winter protection methods, fruit hardy varieties, and the value of farm telephones for market awareness and cooperative buying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iceland
Moving a Water Elm Tree Trial This Spring
The experiment moves a water elm six inches in diameter and trims it to a 12 foot bare trunk wrapped in newspapers to curb evaporation. It will be well watered and observers expect new growth, noting prior four inch diameter moves rarely fail to promote growth.
Imported seed varieties aim to improve U.S. agriculture
The agricultural department imported 450 new varieties of seeds plants and trees last year. While many may prove valueless, some are likely to succeed under America's diverse climates and conditions, making it possible to grow products from other countries in various regions.
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United States
A Sheep Story and Its Profit Promise
The article argues sheep farming offers cleanliness health and ease of care. It notes two harvests per year meat and wool plus strong fertilizer value and weed control. It compares costs and prices to hogs horses and cattle and suggests sheep yield similar long term dividends with less worry.
Rainbow colors in humble life and rural progress
The article muses on how beauty and art arise from modest origins from clams to Uncle Tom and Poe. It discusses a friend clearing brush land with ideas like Angora goats, emphasizes family care over stock, notes road decline after harsh weather, and praises dairy prosperity and country schooling as practical education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Poe
Uncle Tom
Earth
Spring Fishing Across North America Warm Waters to Alaska
The piece extols spring angling from Rangeley Maine and Rangeley lakes to California bays and Alaska streams. It notes government hatcheries and tighter game laws boosting restocking and protecting fish, with open seasons varying by state. It highlights Maine streams like the Restigouche and Rangeley as top spots, plus tuna clubs off Santa Catalina and Florida red snapper on beaches, urging season-long pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rangeley Lakes
Shady Brook
Maine
California
Columbia
Florida
Government Fish Commission
Tor
Delaware
Virginia
Alaska
Arctic
Interior Department
Canada
America
Maritime Provinces
Rangeley
Moosehead
Saco
Eagies
Aroostook
New Brunswick
Middle West
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
California Bays
Washington
Oregon
Northwest
Santa Catalina Tuna Club
Santa Catalina Island
Los Angeles
Tuna Club
South
Opening Foreign Eyes Young New Hampshire Artist Shocks Europe
Miss Katherine Kimball a 22 year old native of New Hampshire astonishes European circles with her paintings in Paris. She studied in New York and moved to Paris a year ago, living there now. Her works in oil and ink sketches compare with Whistler and she has become a favorite among Americans in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire
Europe
America
Katherine Kimball
Miss Kimball
New York
Paris
Whistler
France
One on the Tenant
A landlord interrupts a visit to announce planned improvements including raising the porch and wallpapering bedrooms, while the tenant says they will move and declines further discussion. The exchange preserves a terse, ironic edge as the landlord conviviality clashes with the tenant’s decision to leave.
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Chicago Herald
Quick Relief For Asthma by Miss Maude Dickens
Parsons Kansas resident Miss Maude Dickens writes of eight years suffering from severe asthma. She reports frequent attacks and near death, then began using Folley’s Honey and Tar which she says gave immediate relief.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Robin
Dakota
Iowa
Js.trigg
J.5 Trigg
Rockford, IA
Duchess
Nebraska
Uncle Sam
Merlin
Izaak Walton
Avalon Bay
Schrader
Zurich
Drs. K.&k
Ohio
Preston Blank
Kennedy & Keagan
Walnut Street
Cincinnati
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