Loggia house plans and posy rings in old home style
Editor William Bartford discusses building plans for a multiroom loggia style house with a wide gable roof and exposed rafters. He advises on interior layout, seating, and a practical kitchen extension, then shifts to a short note on sixteenth century posy and motto rings with examples of romantic inscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam A.indford
William A. Bartford
West Jackson Boulevard
Chicago
Essex
Bess
Notingham
Europe
Spraying Proves Beneficial for Fruit Production
W L Howard of the Missouri University Department of Horticulture reports experiments across Missouri orchards showing clear fruit from sprayed trees. In one Arkansas black apple test sprayed sections yielded 76.7 percent clean fruit versus 12 percent unsprayed. Missouri pippen apples showed 88.5 percent clean fruit from sprayed sections against 2.1 percent unsprayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Howard
Department of Horticulture
University of Missouri
State of Missouri
Prof. Howard
Arkansas
Missouri
Lessons From the Drouth in Illinois Agriculture
A University of Illinois crop report highlights the drought impact with emphasis on tillage, seed-bed prep, and moisture retention. Alfalfa and soybeans fared best. oats and corn face notable declines. advice urges diverse crops and better winter cattle feeding. Mint growing may persist where land is suitable, while others may drop out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Minois
Illinois
Meat Profitable Feed for Hogs and Breeding Culling
Meat profitable feeding yields steady growth in hogs. Early stunted pigs should not join the breeding herd to ensure strong succession.
Maintaining an Earth Road Crown to shed rainwater on highways
An instructional piece explains road crown and drainage. It details proper elevation, side ditches, and open water channels to prevent surface pooling, softening soil, and wheel rut damage. It discusses driveways blocking ditches, underdrainage trenches, stone-filled drainage, and using a road drag to maintain a smooth crowned surface.
Concrete and Gravel Roads for a Perennial Path
A prominent good roads advocate from the American association argues gravel or earth roads are preferable to durable concrete. He notes concrete roads twenty years old survive with modest upkeep, while rubber tired vehicles stress macadam. The ideal is a narrow concrete strip with gravel or earth shoulders, allowing motor and horse traffic to share and reducing wear during bad weather. The future favors permanency and wider adoption of durable roads.
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The
American Association
Baltimore American
Lkely
Electric Bitters and Laxatives Ad Copy
A midwestern drugstore advertisement proclaims Electric Bitters as a guaranteed liver and kidney remedy curing liver trouble, with a testimonial from Robert Madsen of West Burlington. It promotes Dr King s New Life Pills as the king of laxatives and urges readers to buy from local outlets including Wheat wit Sons Rhodes Drug Store and F Grover Rexall Store with prices listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Madsen
West Burlington
Iowa
Wheatwit & Sons
Rhodes Drug Store
Grover
Rexall Drug Store
Dr. King
Paul Mathulka
Buffalo
N. Y
Wheaton & Sons
F. C. Grover
Rexall
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Thanerican Tome
Tee Re Eggs
William A. Radford
Renene
Livine
Penare
Drouth
Hoard
Alma
D.W. Robinson
J. L. Miller & Son
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