Beautifying Rural Homes and Back-Yard Gardens
The article contrasts English and American views on home ownership and dreams of a pretty, lasting home. It tells of a Susuean family who built a sturdy, well painted house with a garden and poultry, creating a valued residence and lessons on gradual improvement and hidden wealth in home life. It cites a Department of Agriculture bulletin urging beautified yards for city and rural homes and shares a couple who transformed a rental city yard into a thriving garden and income source through vegetables and poultry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bence
Maxis
Department of Agriculture
Fixing up homes for lasting beauty and value
The author argues for durable home improvements over quick fixes. He notes fences and well kept yards elevate a property, and older houses often need earnest modernization rather than superficial changes. Emphasizes permanent, future‑facing housing standards for all Americans.
Bread and potato balance in nutrition bulletin
A bulletin notes wheat bread with gluten and the skin offers near balanced nutrition while potatoes require nitrogenous foods like lean meat or beans. Written by a woman, it discusses practical bread making and may benefit any housewife.
Items of Interest from Various Fields
Oscar Hunt of the Carlisle football team is described as a millionaire Indian. Old battered silk hats are in demand among comedians and the colored fraternity. A cubic foot of earth weighs about five and a half times as much as water. It costs as much to fire a 16 inch cannon as to pay a private soldier for five years. The ruins of a prehistoric fortified British village have been unearthed near Carshalton, England. The fly is seven times stronger than a horse weight for weight and can lift twenty times its own weight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carshalton
England
Balanced Rations for Man and Beast
An overview of balanced rations for farm animals and humans drawn from Farmers' Bulletins 22 and 112. It covers fat and heat producing foods, nitrogenous and carbohydrate balance, and the need for varied protein sources like barley and legumes. The piece also notes bread’s different nutritional needs and compares caloric requirements for active versus sedentary individuals. It includes miscellaneous facts on Greece, buffalo parks, Russia, and Earth measurements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Bulletin
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oscar Hunt
Carlisle
Vermont
Queen of
Greece
William T. Hornaday
Great Buffalo Park
Russia
Switzerland
Uri
Schwyz
Unterwalden
GHEER
Exchange Place
New York
Maxwell
Homemaker Magazine
An Illustrated Monthly
Clisbee
Maxwell’s Homemaker Magazine
Fisher Building
Chicago, Ill
HAY Press
Main Street
Sandwich
William Bros
Ithaca, N. Y
Kirk
James S. Kirk & Company
Chicago
Ile
Aurora
Root Co
Medina, Ohio
International Harvester Co
I. H.C
H. C
Cuuzand
H. P
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!