Building plans for a loggia living parlor and house layout
William A Radford advertises expert building advice and outlines a wide gable loggia porch design for seven to eight room houses. The plan features a spacious living room, a two story table, and hanging seats with cushions. It discusses variations in loggia construction, attic and kitchen extensions, and a 23 by 45 foot house footprint. It also notes family sizes and the appeal of a large living room, plus a brief digression on posy rings from the sixteenth century and their mottoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Radford
West Jackson Boulevard
Chicago
Essex
Nottingham
Europe
Save the Best Seeds for Future Gardens
Amateur seed advice warns against growing many vegetable varieties to avoid cross pollination and deterioration. Select the best, earliest seed for saving, dry corn thoroughly, and prefer buying cabbage beets and parsnips from seedmen. Date seed packets and discard substandard stock to protect profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Weatherstond
Burbank
Adenlife
Ladder for Picking Fruit Basket Support on Ladder
A red iron basket support attaches to the right hand board of a step ladder. It is made from half inch diameter iron bent red hot into shape and inserted through two holes under a step. The design frees both hands for fruit picking, with optional welded crosspieces for added steadiness.
Piga on Reported Incident Yields Pig Rearing Notes
Report discusses pig farming practices noting that pigs will thrive with minimal grain supplementation, a small grain addition being profitable. Dry sows may fare well on tape alone, indicating basic feeding strategies for different pig groups.
Beef Insect Destroyer in Guinga Fowl Claim
A note states that Beef Insect Destroyer, linked to the guinga fowl, is best. It claims this insect destroys ginong wis as if, and that many ingests of fowls will not touch.
Pleasure in Keeping Bees
Aimed at hobbyists and farmers alike this article argues beekeeping is profitable with modest setup and modern equipment. It urges learning from practical apiaries, using separeble hives, starting with one colony, and studying bees alongside good bee journals to quickly expand and harvest honey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Renti
Lessons in Plowing by J G Stein
A short instructional piece explains straight plowing to keep furrows true and uniform, warning against crooked starts that create wasteful wedges. It recommends a 16 foot unplowed grass strip beside fields to save time during harvest and avoid extra work for shocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Stein
Injury by head louse in young chicks
The head louse attacks unfeathered chicks beginning on the head with claws sunk into the skin. As numbers grow it also bites the throat and neck. Treatment is greasing the head with oil or lard. insects are hard to see and highly destructive unless controlled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Smitit
Minnesota Experiment Station
Mule Unappreciated in Rural Labor
A short prose piece extols the mule, noting its cost efficiency and endurance. It claims the mule costs less to raise, resists disease better, needs less feed, and can perform as much work as a horse with less fatigue, offering decades of faithful service.
Forest rangers kill wild beasts to shield stockmen and game
Federal officers eradicated 4,686 predatory animals on national forests in the year to protect livestock and game. Counts show 8,641 coyotes and 206 bears, plus 123 mountain lions, 62 lynx, 583 wild cats, 64 wolves, and 97 wolf pups. Wolves are cited as the top stock destroyers, with robed skins worth up to 160 dollars and bounties on bears, lions and wolves. The effort is described as saving ranchers thousands and preserving deer, elk and antelope populations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Service
National
Rangera
Rangers
West
Wyoming
Bright Outlook for Kelly Paradoxical expressions amuse Clarke during Iowa governor visit
Gov George W Clarke of Iowa visited the east and recalled a railroad wreck anecdote about Kelly who lost both legs yet the doctor predicted recovery and quick rehabilitation The tale underscored optimism despite tragedy with the doctor pledging to have Kelly on his feet again in a few months
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelly
George W. Clarke
Iowa
Strange Boundary Lines Split Plying Bull Across Counties
The village of Rake lies on the Hamp shire Sussex border with houses and gardens straddling both. The Plying Bull public house sits partly in Rogate Sussex and partly in Liss Hampshire, its license in Hants yet bars in Sussex and liquor in Hampshire. When boundaries shift a dance seems to mix regions with musicians in Sussex and dancers in Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rake
England
Hampshire
Sussex
Rogate
Liss
Hants
Bards
Slow Work On An East Texas Train
On an East Texas rail line a tired engine wheezed to a stop with no clear destination. Passengers paced and some wore hoods as the delay wore on. After about thirty minutes the conductor explained they were taking on water, prompting a quip about a leaking tea spoon from a querulous old man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pulitzer Magazine
Poultry Notes on Feed, Health, and Breeding Practices
Charcoal aids digestion and gas absorption when lightly fed and kept dry. Ducklings molt around eleven weeks. market at ten weeks to avoid weight loss. Avoid gobbler-bred turkeys. long-term ginger weakens digestion. asafoetida and gentian boost digestion. Signs of liver trouble include billows look and purplish comb edges. Egg candling reveals freshness. air cell size and albumen indicate age. Goose and gander weights vary by breed. keep age records and identify birds by careful observation of vigor and eye clarity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
Turkey
Long Island
Richardson
Toulouse and
Hambden
Canada
Poated on Prices and Poultry Trade Guidance
If any poultry is for sale keep in correspondence with a reputable commission merchant or market manager to be posted on prices. Do not be at the mercy of itinerant bucketers who may push prices downward to suit their own profits. Maintain information flow to secure fair value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pricsa
Also Mentioned on This Page
William A Radford
BepPoore
Bepk
Livine Roam Sawaire
Weill
Forest Rangers
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!