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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 29, 1950
Page
7
A collage of quick home hacks covers silver scratches leaks in hoses hat cleaning tar stains ants and roaches fence appearance glass rug restoration brown sugar clumping curtain weights and cream separation. Each answer offers a simple method using household items.
A simple country man takes his wife to a doctor and watches as the physician uses a thermometer. Just before removal the husband blurts out asking what the doctor would charge for the device.
A collection of salad bowl ideas including head lettuce cups with ham and eggs, cucumber and pepper styling, and a French dressing mix. Also ice box cake recipes with layered cake, strawberry Ballymaloe and a no fridge cooling method. Tips warn following pectin directions and proper mixing for canning season.
Gordon Smith advises on seed depth and spacing noting most seeds should be sown at about three times their diameter. Larger seeds like beans and corn need 1 inch depth and 3 inch spacing, while tiny seeds such as alyssum or poppy require only surface sowing. Thinming should occur when seedlings are an inch apart to promote healthy growth. Mixing very fine seed with sand aids even distribution.
The piece praises using diverse hoes including a D shaped Dutch hoe for weed control and mulch. It suggests small tractors with cultivator and disk or harrow can cultivate half an acre in under an hour and guide precision near onions. It ends with a proverb about a ship arriving bringing relatives to the dock.
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