A Unique Penny Social for a Girl Graduate Luncheon
A Junior church group organized a penny social to fund a church picture. The event featured admission and exit pennies, popcorn, a candy table, fortune telling, weight and height guessing, a flower booth, boot polishing, fruit peddling, a scissor grinder, and a hand organ. Profits exceeded expectations, funding the desired purchase. A separate guessing contest card described stings with witty questions. A luncheon for the girl graduate planned a festive orange and purple table with lace mats, dolls, and a diploma-themed menu and verse.
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Miss Blank
Madame Merri
Freckle Remedy With Lemon Juice and Borax
A home remedy suggests lemon juice with borax to fade freckles, to be applied at night after washing. The article also surveys summer fabrics like flowered silks, organdies, muslins and dimities, noting plaids and closer threads in pattern designs.
In the Spring Why not take old-fashioned mole
A concise line suggests a seasonal recommendation for enjoying a traditional mole sauce, noting ingredients like sulphur and molasses and a playful nod to preparation methods. Fru can take portine and sulphur, implying medicinal or culinary use in a historical context.
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Fru
Presents for Gentlemen in Leather Craft
The illustration shows six small handmade gifts for men. Includes a leather tobacco pouch with initials, a pipe case, a razor and shaving-napkin case, a flat pincushion, a case for ties handkerchiefs and gloves, and a small leather purse for coins, each described with suggested sizes and materials.
Chapped Hands and Protective Gloves Advice
The piece explains how dry and cold weather plus alkaline soaps and soda can cause chapped hands and eczema, especially for workers like washers and bakers. It advises using better prepared soaps, reducing washing, and wearing thin India rubber gloves indoors and outdoors to protect skin and prevent contamination.
To Improve the Arms After Washing The Skin Food
Instructions advise washing in warm water then massaging the arms with skin food. If conditions are favorable, improvement should appear within a month.
Wholesome Complexion Tips Emphasize Daily Habits
Advice promotes quitting tea and coffee, outdoor exercise, and a daily bath. Recommends drinking up to four quarts of water daily, consuming ample fruit, and maintaining regular healthy routines for improved skin and health. Emphasizes practical, everyday actions.
White grub damage in strawberry fields and prevention
In strawberry fields planted on sod land white grubs from May beetles injure plants. Preventive steps include fall plowing two years before planting, alternating with crops like early cabbage and crimson clover, followed by buckwheat or rye as a winter cover crop. Spring plowing sets berries. rotate short period crops to keep fields free as eggs are laid.
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Sodland
Orange Judd
Seed Bed Preparation for Garden Fertility and Quick Germination
A method to prepare a garden seed bed involves disc harrowing a six to seven inch plow depth, drying the surface, and multiple diskings andfloat passes until the soil is level and fine. This creates a loose bed that retains moisture, improves plant nutrition access, and promotes rapid, strong germination with less root effort.
Seed Corn and the Farmer Boy Courage
The piece contrasts a grim outlook for speculative farmers with practical advice on farm chores and maintenance. It praises the farmer boy for his early resilience and capability to fill all positions, ending with three cheers for the farmer boy.
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Farmer Boy
Drains in Barnyards and Subsurface Work
The text advises against sub earth drains in soft loose barnyard soils unless needed. In compacted soils a drain two to three feet under the surface becomes useless as stock hardens the ground. If under surface drains are used they should be near fences or buildings and the land sloped toward the drain. Surface drains are preferred near fences or barns.
Thought Ahead on Harvesting Machines and Wet Land Care
A Farm Journal note urges pre buying and servicing harvesting machines to avoid useless junk. It advises repairing delays of three to four weeks and highlights urgent action. It also recommends dry season plowing and harrowing wet land, then seeding red top grass and alsike clover for drainage and cover.
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The
Farm Journal
Cost of Production for Farmers Profit and Loss Study
Farmers should measure true profits by detailed cost of production across all farm ventures. A Rosendale Wis. example shows milk, beef, pork, and dairy payoffs, with a ledger approach revealing which department is most profitable and how to set up an accurate farm balance sheet.
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F. H. Scribner
Rosendale
Wis
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A Profitable Implement for Leveling and Crushing Clods
A profitable implement is described for uneven soil that lumps easily. It can be made at home and is effective for leveling soil while crushing clods, offering a practical farm tool.
Homemade clod crusher and soil reveler idea
A simple home built device described by the Indianapolis News uses a split hard wood log about two feet in diameter laid side by side with end spiked strips to hold an iron hoop for hooking whiffletree chains. If logs aren’t too heavy a good team of horses can handle it, and the illustration clarifies the concept.
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Indianapolis News
Test of Alfalfa Seeds Across States
A seed study shows California and Arizona alfalfa winter-killed, while Kansas and Utah seeds survive winters. Peru alfalfa also fails, Turkestan and Samarkand perform best, even surpassing common alfalfa. Turkestan yields similar to common in normal years but exceeds it in dry years, indicating good adaptation to dry climates.
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California
Arizona
Kansas
Utah
Peru
Turkestan
Samarkand
Types of Horses in the American Market
The Farmers' Review notes wide horse variety driven by usage. City buyers seek showy, economical workhorses for heavy loads, while private coach horses suit the wealthy. Farmers prefer versatile, medium-sized horses avoiding extremes in weight and speed. Market location largely dictates profitable types, a single class raising risks of surplus and low prices.
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Saar
Farmers’ Review
Stationary Sheep Rack, Once Used For Wool Sheep Feeding
A render in Oakland County Michigan built a stationary sheep rack used successfully for years to feed fine wool sheep and prevent chaff. The rack was abandoned only when the building housing it was torn down for a new structure.
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Oakland County
Mich
Stationary sheep stalls and farm tips from Farm Journal
Practical plan for sheep stalls with a low head space and wide rack to reduce chaff and aid feeding. Advice on keeping cattle calm, using a three-foot pole to deter butting, and the value of salt and wood ash for hog yard health. Notes on hog fencing costs and hog rooting behavior.
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Farm Journal
The Boys and the Horses on Farm Work
Farmers advised to have boys handle horses on the wagon to build responsibility and familiarity. Let the lines be in boys hands part of the time to train them as drivers. Caution is urged to watch for snags and hazards on the farm.
Mulching and cultivation tips for orchard trees
An old farm note discusses mulch and cultivation methods to conserve moisture, feed roots, and control weeds. It endorses spreading stable litter around fruit trees to a width of six to eight feet, with plow or cultivator keeping the rest of the orchard open. Straw is less effective than stable litter, and deeper, combined mulching plus cultivation works best near trunks.
Bean Poles Garden Aid From Farm Journal Sketch
The Farm Journal explains a simple bean pole setup to bridge scarce supply. Plant bean rows in pairs and insert supporting poles as shown, filling the space with short stakes. Tie twine from each stake to the top pole to form a linked, easy support system.
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Farm Journal
PICKINGS From Farm Journal on Spraying and Strawberry Beds
Spray, Harrow advises thorough work on spraying and borers. Every farm should have a straw berry bed. Intro to new fruit prompts gauntlet. Spray grape vines early with Bordeaux to prevent rot and prune for air flow. Many top strawberries ship poorly but are good on the farmer's table. Apply two forkfuls of manure around each newly set tree after a rain to keep moisture and start growth.
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