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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1910
Page
3
An illustrated device speeds potato sorting by filtering small tubers through a 1 inch mesh screen while larger potatoes roll to the end. Two workers on either side pick out damaged pieces as they slide down and into a bin, reducing time and labor.
A.F. Thompson shares a practical corn cutting method from Breeders' Gazette. He describes making shocks of twelve hills per square by tying the center four hills as a starter, then arranging the rest so ten hills are carried at a time, aiming for a simple, binder-ready setup.
If frost threatens the cellar place potato barrels in the room above the kitchen. Let heated air from the range circulate to keep the area moderately warm. Potatoes will stay dry and retain their flavor.
To tan any kind of skins first scrape grease and flesh off. Sprinkle the flesh side with equal parts alum and salt or wash with a strong solution. Fold flesh side together and roll compactly for ten to twelve days. Open, sprinkle with bran or sawdust, and reRoll. After twenty four hours finish with thorough rubbing and manipulation.
Painting is essential for durability and preserving shingles and roofs. Stains and waterproof coatings help prevent decay, and shingles should be painted on both sides to block moisture. new roofs pay off by dipping shingles in paint, especially the ends that overlap.
Instructions advise moving bee hives to a cellar in November with tight covers and loose bottoms to prevent jars. Hives are placed on two joists six to eight inches apart, then a second tier rests on the first to ensure ventilation and avoid disturbance that could trigger honey filling and cleansing flights.
Professor Coburn argues that the nurse crop does not reliably prevent weeds in alfalfa. He notes that sowing on foul land and thorough pre sowing preparation with near interval dishing and harrowing reduces weeds more effectively than any nurse crop. Oats or barley as nurse crops leave weeds in subsequent growth and can cause faster weed comeback. Fall sowing never uses a nurse crop. When fields are well prepared for the preceding crop and weed destruction is thorough, sowing alfalfa alone is advisable, even in spring.
Beekeepers use a hive entrance trap that lets workers pass while seizing the queen during swarming. A new hive is placed on the old stand as the swarm emerges. the old hive is moved. The swarm, lacking the queen, returns to the old site and enters the new hive, releasing the queen to join them.
Practical guidance on storing seed potatoes in cold dark conditions, preserving flavor by darkness, drying potatoes free of earth, and preparing seed corn from stalks. Advises gathering pumpkins before frost, drying storage, and notes birds’ role in pest control and sanitation. Also covers marketing timing for sweet potatoes and fall harvest practices for maximizing yield and value.
A hotel keeps readers amused as a guest in room seven is charged a dinner price daily for using the piazza thermometer. The hot weather prompts the landlord to bill the traveler for a supposedly ordinary privilege, sparking sympathy for the spender in this amusing anecdote from Youth's Companion.
A small child recalls Sunday school teachings from Episcopal and Methodist churches, showing shared moral instruction. The passage also includes a 1886 Toledo, Ohio, notary public declaration and advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials and physician endorsements.
A humorous exchange contrasts luck with a paper hanger faced with a new wall. The speaker notes a man perpetually up against it, asking who he might be. The quip hinges on the paper hanger’s challenge.
A short moral vignette recounts Alan thanking God for patience with his little brother and for sharing candy fairly. After prayers, he lists gratitude for not being impatient, offering his candy to his father, mother, and brother before himself, and for having some left. Source notes the reflection as Lippincott's.
An old advertisement touts Dr Martel's Female Pills as a seventeen year standard remedy. It claims the product is scientifically prepared, proven to be effective, and offers quick, permanent results. Sold at all drug stores.
A wife asks her husband about a perfect figure while reading a physical culture magazine. He answers that $100,000 may not be perfection but is near enough to satisfy a man of his simple tastes.
A lighthearted quip about keeping a fairy god mother busy by having her look after a touring car.
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