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  2. FRENCH FOWLS.

    Among those most successful of mercantile poultry growers, the French, assiduous attention has long been devoted to the production of a great weight and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 349 words
  3. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,059 words
  4. FRUIT AND FLOWERS

    When to plant—spring or fall —is a hard question to answer, because no one knows what the season may be. But whether done in the spring or in the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 258 words
  5. A CAR'S ESCAPADE.

    Coe Little's Bills and His Train Failed to Agree When He Beached Port Jervis The Explanation Offered For the Car's Strange Freak. ...

    Article : 1,090 words
  6. HOW TO KEEP THE FEET WARM.

    A life insurance company, whose advice under the circumstances may be taken as sincere, tells its clients that the golden rule in cold weather is to keep ...

    Article : 202 words
  7. How to Cure Barber's Itch.

    Rub the diseased parts with saliva from your own mouth. Then apply thickly the warm ashes from a fine Havana cigar. Let this on. This ...

    Article : 51 words
  8. How to Build a Corduroy Road.

    First lay small poles or brush transversely and across the road; next lay long trees—the smallest end at least ten inches in diameter—lengthwise of the ...

    Article : 121 words
  9. How to Clean Hairbrushes.

    Wash the brush in cold water in which some washing soda has been dissolved. Then shake well and stand it on the handle in a shady place. Never put it near ...

    Article : 51 words
  10. Transplanting Evergreens.

    At a convention of lowa horticulturists, a member advised when buying evergreens to procure them from a trustworthy nurseryman. The roots of an ...

    Article : 205 words
  11. Frosted Combs.

    Breeders of large combed breeds of fowls have more or less annoyance from frosted combs if they do not provide warm frostproof abiding places at night ...

    Article : 244 words
  12. How to Burn Lime.

    Place a layer of wood six or eight inches thick on the ground, leaving arches four feet apart formed by laying two pieces of timber a foot apart and ...

    Article : 98 words
  13. How to Purify Cider Barrels.

    Put into them from four to eight. quarts of powdered charcoal, according to size, with a large cupful of saleratus. Fill with boiling water, cover and let it ...

    Article : 41 words
  14. How to Cure Headache and Catarrh.

    Take a small phial and put in it some bits of copper wire, a small piece of zinc and one or two pieces of sponge. Then get your druggist to put in the phial a few ...

    Article : 95 words
  15. Nitrate of Soda on Strawberry Vines.

    A western grower writes to The Farmers' Review that if the strawberry grower will try nitrate of soda on his strawberries he will find it wonderfully ...

    Article : 135 words
  16. Cheap Boxes for Garden Stuff.

    A. I. Root makes his cheapest boxes after the fashion of those illustrated here. For the ends he uses six slats instead of boards, crosswise, thus making ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 114 words
  17. How to Recognize a Tornado.

    Clouds hurrying together in the southwest and west, from which proceed a low, dull roar of wind, oppressive stillness of the air and a sultry heat, are ...

    Article : 39 words
  18. How to Carry a Fountain Pen.

    A lady having no substitute for the breast pocket in a coat cannot easily carry a fountain pen, which must always be placed point up, unless a little ...

    Article : 76 words
  19. Lilies of the Valley.

    The lily of the valley loves partial shade and responds readily with a wealth of beautiful flowers to a good culture. The plants may be set either in spring or ...

    Article : 126 words
  20. How to Keep Pastry.

    Pastry can be kept a number of days In cold weather by laying a damp cloth over it. Puff paste must be rubbed all over with butter and covered closely. ...

    Article : 34 words
  21. How to Mend a Rent in a Woolen Garment.

    Darn it neatly, using either raveling of the goods or thread to match, but never silk. If a large, bad tear, darn over a piece of the goods laid under the ...

    Article : 65 words
  22. Planting Blackberries and Rqaspberries.

    Probably more complaints in relation to plants dying after transplanting are heard in connection with the raspberry and blackberry than with any other ...

    Article : 102 words
  23. Agricultural News and Notes.

    Germany is experiencing an epidemic of the foot and mouth disease. The hay crop of the whole country has been figured at 1.17 tons per acre. ...

    Article : 154 words
  24. How to Drink Milk.

    Most people drink it too quickly, which always curdles it in the stomach. If it is sipped, taking at least three minutes to a glass, it will not curdle. ...

    Article : 31 words
  25. How to Select Hinges.

    Take up the closed hinge and open it from you, holding it in both hands; for right handed ones hold fast with the right hand and let go with the left; if ...

    Article : 53 words
  26. Golden Leaved Trees.

    when planted with discretion, trees with golden foliage produce pleasing as well as varied efforts. Decidedly attractive is a clump of golden elder ...

    Article : 85 words
  27. How to Take Care of a Rolling Pin.

    Do not wash it, but scrape off all substances that adhere, and then rub it with a dry towel. ...

    Article : 27 words
  28. How to Remove Tin from Copper.

    Immerse in a solution of blue [?]riot. ...

    Article : 14 words
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