Beautifying Rural Homes And Practical Living
An essay contrasts English and American home building and yard care noting that Americans often upgrade late, while urging permanent improvements. It tells of a city couple who move to the country, establish gardens and a brood of chickens, and gain happiness, wealth, and better citizenship as a result. It also touches on furniture, architecture, and the value of a well cared for yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
For & Mozen
Sears
Gereens
Waele
Boone
Balanced Rations for Man and Beast in Farm Bulletins
The article introduces two Department of Agriculture bulletins Feeding of Farm Animals and Principles of Bread Making. It notes their popularity and repeated reprinting. It explains balanced nutrition for farm animals, distinguishing fat and heat producing rations and summarizing experiments guiding smart feeding practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington
R Rusal
Farmers
Department of Agriculture
Oddities and Facts From A Bygone Era
Items of Interest discuss a millionaire Oscar Hunt on football team, demand for battered hats among comedians and the colored fraternity, earth weights, cannons compared to soldiers’ wages, prehistoric ruins near Carshalton, a fly’s strength, Vermont berry canning, Greece’s woman admiral, and earth’s immense weight with a reader question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Hunt
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rome
Switzerland
Uri
Schwyz
Unterwalden
Earth
Beast
Carshalton
England
Vermont
Queen of Greece
William Thornaday
Great Buffalo Park
West
Russia
Erie
Bridie
TWE Deine Rem
Gher Manufacturing Socy
Exchange Place
New York
Maxwell
Homemaker Magazine
Clisbee Maxwell
Fisher Building
Chicago, Ill
HAY Press
Sead
Main Street
Sandwich
Send Fork
William Bros
Ithaca, N. Y
Kirk
S Rock
James S. Kirk & Company
Chicago
Root Go
Medina, Ohio
Ance A International Harvester Co
L. H.C
Monroe Street
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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!