Gate latch and brace wire for various gates
A reversible latch attaches to any gate style. The latch swings onto wires and the end fits a post notch. A brace wire from the gate top to a building or tall post reduces strain. higher placement lessens tension on the building or post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warmers
Taking Care of Harness Care in Leather Goods
An emblematic guide on preserving leather harness and boots. It warns against over oiling while advising sparing dressings and using black oil for black harness to avoid dye loss. Emphasizes cleaning with lukewarm water and soap and nourishing under buckles to prevent brittleness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harne
Low Down Wagons for Farm Hauling Enduring Record
A correspondent of Orange Judd Farmer extols low down wagons for farm use praising their load capacity. The writer notes steel wheels with wood axles and couplings ease loading and turning, predicting 15 to 20 years of durability on bad roads. He recommends 80 inch wheels and hinch tires for heavy hauling on rough fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange Judd
Hogs In Confinement and Feeding Food Values
In confinement hogs crave charcoal ashes and rotten wood which provide little nutrition yet act as digestive aids. When corn feeding dominates, such stimulants become unnecessary and wasteful, affecting land use value and farm operations.
Quality of Manure Handling and Storage Methods
Agricultural guidance compares methods for manure management to minimize nutrient loss. It cites Cornell New Jersey and Pennsylvania studies on pile fermentation, rain exposure, and the benefits of daily field spreading and using a manure spreader to maximize nitrogen phosphorus and potash retention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell
New Jersey
Frear
Pennsylvania Station
Method of Shelling Corn with Nail-Studded Plank
A reader describes an improvised corn shelling method using a fence plank loaded with nails. The edge of the plank is driven through the corn to remove the kernels, with nail heads extending one half to three quarters of an inch. This DIY tool offers an effective shelling technique when a regular sheller is unavailable.
Prairie Farmer Describes Way Sheller to Shell Corn
Prairie Farmer explains a Way Sheller to Made that can be laid across a tub or box and used as a seat. Corn is shelled rapidly by rubbing kernels across the device.
Rural Jottings on Farming Prices and Methods
A farmer advises increasing clover and pea seed due to rising nitrogen prices. He notes differing views on approach to crooked dealings and mentions hay timing under an eight hour system around meals. The piece ends with a stray line about unseeded potatoes and unclear wording.
Town Commercial Clubs Should Guard Local Industries
Towns building on natural advantages should avoid chasing distant factories. Commercial clubs should protect home industries, encourage existing institutions, and keep wages and purchasing within the town. Booming schemes and large cash bonuses often fail. focus on sustainable jobs and local supply chains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Club
Farm living Offers Indispensable Reward And Independence
A mentorly note from D. M. Carr urges farm youth to weigh the security and autonomy of farm life against city dullness and low wages. It argues farming grants self management, long term savings, and potential prominence, while cities offer overcrowded clerical roles and transient profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. Carr
Home Trade Doctrine Urges Local Buying Over Trusts
The piece argues that opposing trusts means adhering to home trade, a historic liberty principle. It urges farmers and citizens to buy flour and products locally to drain funds from big cities and curb the concentration of wealth and power in large financial centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunker Hill
Value of Good Roads in Town Progress
Fragmentary note argues good roads show a community’s progressiveness, contrasting with poor roads which reflect indifference and stagnation. Content is incomplete and lacks concrete names or dates.
Opposed to Local Progress and Education in Rural Areas
The piece condemns many agricultural papers for funding from ads that hurt home towns and farming values. It argues education elevates communities and urges support for local institutions and universal schooling for children to advance towns and farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Soy Milk and Soy Cheese From Chinese Beans
A' vegetable substitute for milk is produced in China from the seeds of the soja hispida. The seeds are boiled pressed and brewed into a nourishing soy milk. When coagulated with mineral salt it forms a cheese. Three main soy cheeses exist in commerce. Soy cheese is very cheap and comparable in nutrition to cow's milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Francis Marre
la Nature
Paris
Roquefort
Gruyere
Li Yu Ying
France
Polite Vaudeville Sparks Row in Gentlemen Sketch
Two Gentlemen collide and tumble. One wields a bludgeon and smashes the other’s head, a barrel is used as a weapon, and a pickax is driven into a back. The scene ends with humorous disclaimer that it is not political or religious debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puck
Germanys Mask Industry
Consul T H Norton of Chemnita reports a strong demand for German carnival masks and other merrymaking goods. Central Germany hosts large workshops producing pasteboard gauze and silk designs, supplying both domestic trade and overseas markets with constant novelty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Norton
Chemnita
Germany
United States
Conversation About a Friend’s Deterioration Thinning
Lesec and Lemaigre discuss a mutual friend Durand who has grown extremely thin. Durand, once stout, is now thinner than both men put together, a topic described with concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lesec
Lemaigre
Durand
Limestone boosts soils that puddle and glaze after rain
For soils that puddle easily or glaze over after a rain, ground limestone is one of the best improvements to apply to restore drainage and structure. It helps neutralize acidity and improve soil texture for better infiltration and root growth.
Romantic misread sparks confession in comic tones
The couple debates romance and showmanship in a short scene. She mistakes a question about romance for showmanship, reacts with a sob, and clings to him while he questions the change in her mood. The exchange ends with her plea for forgiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hewlett
America
Market Reports
Cincinnati
Burley
Chicago
New York
California Hic Syrup Co
al Soe
Guares
Carters
Jamestown Exposition
Old Virginia
Norfolk and Western Ry
St. Louis
Toledo
Norfolk
Hazlewood
State Life
Indianapolis
Allen Hall
Bevill
Columbus
Ohio
Roanoke
BORAX
Kitchen
Pacific Coast