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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1911
Page
7
A description from Popular Mechanics details a home made apple picker designed to prevent bruising during harvest. The device uses a pine stick, hinged cups, soft pads, a clock spring between two slats, and a cord to align the parts for careful fruit removal from trees.
The accompanying image shows a patented galvanized wire plant support usable for vegetables and flowers. It resists rust, can be raised or lowered to fit the plant, and stored by oiling and packing away for the next season. It aids training tomatoes carnations roses and any plant needing support.
A horse with a steady fast pace and long even stride is praised as good. A horse with short nervous steps or a mincing gait is deemed a trial and a poor gait in the animal.
J P Gilbert of the University of Illinois warns city hunters undervalue birds harming farms. He cites a 700 million dollar annual loss from pests and notes hawks owls and flickers protect crops, quail worth more alive on the farm.
Low ornamental plants arranged along the base of the dwelling soften the foundation line and give the structure a sense of solidity. The border mass hides the ugly base and provides repose to the lower part of the building.
The guide urges careful picking with stems on and in half bushel baskets then sorting into grades at the packing house. It notes multiple pickings aid summer fruit and explain thinning to avoid overload, citing Clapps Favorite Bartlett LeConte and Kieffer as varieties that swell or ripen when not fully grown.
The implement combines a rake with a triangular hoe and the rake head teeth can be replaced with new ones. A hot water cure is described for peach tree borers, using scalding water to expose borers with minimal risk to the tree, with an emulsion option of naphtoleum in water as another recommendation.
The article urges all who decorate home grounds to study the principles of plant arrangement with reference to harmony and general beauty, then plan and plant for themselves.
The soil for strawberries should be a deep rich loam capable of holding much moisture. Girdling or ringing consists in removing a ring of bark from the trunk or larger limbs. Whenever a large limb is sawed from the tree the wound should be at once covered with wax or thick paint. Horticulturists have for many years practiced various methods to induce fruitfulness and with some degree of success. The longer apples remain on the tree unless the weather becomes too cold to permit their exposure the better the flavor and the keeping qualities.
A Boston Cooking School Magazine reader argues against tiny ship shaped kitchens. The piece contrasts a compact kitchenette with a home where the high school boy and family life fill the kitchen. The author values a full, communal kitchen over a cramped, specialized space.
The article argues women who study housekeeping should treat it as science, profession, and business. It asks how many understand balancing starches and proteids, meat with vegetables, green foods, and diets for active versus sedentary lifestyles. It stresses knowledge of meals for illness and growth, aiming for informed meal planning.
A recipe describes tenderizing cabbage leaves in boiling water and stuffing with a blend of ground corned beef, salt pork, raw rice, onions, and cayenne, rolled like cigars and simmered in water. It also explains making a stronger paper whitewash paste by mixing flour paste with skimmed milk and using skimmed milk whey or thoroughly skimmed milk to avoid cream.
Mrs. F. Cox of Chicago praises Resinol Ointment and Soap after her baby boy cured of a severe eczema case. She notes quick relief from itching and irritation, and claims previous remedies failed. Resinol products are sold in drug stores nationwide by Resinol Chemical Co.
Dialogue fragment shows Tommy telling his father about bringing a visitor and planning chicken feed for an old hen, while the father warns about supper, indicating a domestic scene with characters named Tom, Tommy, and Papa.
A Ohio lawyer describes a years long eczema on his face and boils, saying standard doctors failed. He reports rapid improvement after using Cuticura Reservent Ointment and Soap, and states no recurrence for over twenty years. He endorses the remedies and notes free samples via Cuticura Dept. 3 K Boston.
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