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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1910
Page
7
The article describes a year’s cycle for hot beds with soil replenishment and fresh manure, sowing when the bed reaches 90 degrees, watering, and thermometer use to keep 60 to 70 degrees. It covers frost protection with carpet strips, transplant to boxes, spacing, hardening off, and careful root handling for open ground planting.
A collection of rustic kitchen tips from Farm Journal notes in a humorous tone. It covers baking speed with stove fire, lettuce preservation in the ice chest, testing pies by inversion, preventing boilovers by removing the kettle, using kerosene for longer toast, and avoiding disturbing a dose during cooking.
The article advises early planning for an above ground icehouse with a double wall or air space around the portion above ground and double doors. It explains that such construction minimizes cost compared with the protection gained and that ice can be kept well if double walls are used and ice is securely packed.
The twelfth census reports farm value at about 20.5 billion dollars, more than double manufacturing capital of 9.8 billion. Projections suggest the thirteenth census will show farm value near 50 billion across the United States.
The sulky plow pulls harder yet stays steady and true, while a careless walking plow follows a rambling path. A well adjusted sulky prevents taking too much land and avoids dodging hard spots.
Choose the earliest laying pullets for a breeding pen and other factors may be considered. Establish an early laying strain and improve it each year. Following this practice year after year will yield a steadily growing egg record.
A large number of horses from the corn belt migrate west to support Pacific coast industry growth. Eastern buyers face strong western competition in Iowa and Missouri markets.
A 40 by 72 foot barn built for a Michigan farmer features a main threshing floor with hay storage, a basement housing 14 cows, feeding alleys, stalls for five horses, a lighted sheep barn with five windows, a water tight bridge and a wagon shed suitable for summer and winter use.
Manure conserves moisture by increasing soil water-holding capacity. Rather than dumping waste or letting it rot near barns, farmers can save money and moisture by spreading manure on fields. A manure spreader aids quick effective distribution.
Co operate with your hired man and consider a farm tool house. Beware of traveling agents. Tile drainage must be done right and farming requires method. Keep books, save every potato and vegetable for winter feed, and feed corn fodder early. Plan farm labor for winter and plan ahead for next season.
A fragment shows a courtroom snippet where a prisoner faces vagrancy charges and challenges the judge. The dialogue highlights poverty and alleged lack of visible means of support, interwoven with a colloquial exchange about a wife named Mary.
A man limps along with one arm in a sling and mournful eyes as a friend asks about his injuries. He explains he was not in an automobile accident but says he wet a man who couldn’t take a joke, revealing a prank gone wrong.
Ellsworth Dunham of Hiram Maine reports his mother suffered eczema on the head with hair loss until Cuticura Soap and Ointment were used. After six months itching and burning subsided and hair began to grow. He adds his own feet dermatitis improved with Cuticura products after cold seasons. Sept 30 1909.
A pale intellectual young woman laments a modern society novel ruined when a servant girl used its scattered manuscript pages to start a fire in the grate. Miss Tartan agrees the loss is a burning shame.
A Michigan woman chronicles stomach and nerve recovery after a year of illness. She details loss of appetite, weakness, and headaches, then credits two months on Grape-Nuts with restoring health and eagerness to work. The ad notes reader letters are genuine and recurring.
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