Riches from a Homestead to River Frontage in Saskatchewan
Canadian immigrant HL Patterson recounts his move from Liverpool to Saskatchewan in 1907. He built a homestead, bought river frontage, and expanded with town lots and stock, ultimately hoping for a profit of about 50,000 on a 137 investment. He describes early hardships, learning farming, and rising returns.
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Bes
Liverpool Mercury
HL. Patterson
Nutana
Saskatchewan
Canada
Liverpool
Patterson
Saskatoon
Choosing a Wife Advice From a Virginia Gentleman
An old Virginia gentleman who knew the way to pick a wife offered advice to young men. He sent his valet across the country to compare two sisters in the early morning. one looked well and the other did not. Women are warned that men dislike a frowny morning appearance.
Dog Ownership Beliefs Vary Among Neighbors
A humorous line notes that every dog owner believes his dog is denser than the neighbor's. The remark reflects a common vanity and playful rivalry among owners without citing specific individuals or events.
Bee Keeping For A Farmer
Farmers underestimate honey bees but value honey highly. A few hives in the yard provide self supply for home use, or let family members manage a colony if time is scarce. Bee keeping is a pleasant outdoor task with potential earnings, yet stings and care limit appeal. Honey is nutritious, versatile for cooking, and used as food for the sick and healthy alike.
Kelp Used as Fertilizer by Maine Coast Farmers
Maine coast farmers gather kelp washed ashore at low tide to spread on fields as a fertilizer. The seaweed improves soil while livestock manure is scarce in New England. As kelp grows in value for drugs and other products, its availability for fertilization may decline.
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Maine
Atlantic
New England
Buying Bees For Early Spring Use And Shipping Tips
The piece advises that bees are cheap this season and can be moved by spring wagon if handled carefully. It notes railroad shipment of hives with bees and honey is impractical at this time of year and suggests contacting sellers now to ship in early spring after honey is harvested and combs are aged.
Locating the Apiary for Safe Hive Work
The best apiary site is open and level with no overhanging branches. It should be near a building to store hives and near enough to the house for monitoring swarming. The area must be level to ease movement and allow mowing around the hives.
Bees In the Winter Tale From a Late Fall Field
A brief note recalls bees surviving winter after the autumn end. The fragment hints at fall timing and hive conditions observed by a beekeeper.
Repository for Seed Corn Seed drying rack from Farm and Home instructions
A seed corn drying rack is described using two 2x6 bed pieces and two 0.3x4 upright posts. Milk pans are used to cradle the posts, with holes and spikes to form 3 inch corn ear cups. Hardwood boards spaced 1½ inches apart create the rack, with drill holes and spikes to secure.
How to hitch a cornstalk pole safer
Instruction explains hitching a stalk pole by using a long chain from notches to cleavers at the center of the double tree. It notes that end jerking occurs due to light and heavy places in the stalks and claims fastening the chain near the end of each double tree prevents the trouble.
Bees and Farm Nutts Silage Making and Crop Tips
Beekeeper advised on cutting silage into half inch pieces and thorough distribution in the silo to ensure good packing. Warns against cutting corn too early as it produces sour wet silage and notes oats and straw should be used with care.
Dress Focused Nerve Specialist Warns Fashion Ruins Lives
London physician Dr Alfred Jones visiting Los Angeles declares dress and fashion pressure ruin more lives in America than malignant disease. He criticizes the fierce competition among women of all classes to keep up with styles as nerve wrecking.
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Los Angeles
Alfred Jones
London
California
America
Whimsical Exchange on Suitors Between Gentlemen
In light dialogue a speaker notes a visiting gentleman is a coming man, while another asserts he is not a going one. The exchange hints at expectations and propriety surrounding courtship in the scene.
Ungrateful Guest Dialogue From Old Courtroom Jest
A brief courtroom quip records Brown and Towne discussing a Sunday visit to the Suburbs. The judge notes the distance to the house as about two miles as the dust flies.
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Brown
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