BEAUTIFYING RURAL HOMES.
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL.
f ,
adding to it» beauty and desirability.
They have lately put up a substantial
light iron fence, which, kept well
painted. Will last unto the third anil
fourth re nt-ration
wheat or rye bread does. The wbeat
berry In itself comes very near being
a balanced ration. If it Is robbedI of
its gluten, which lies next to the skin,
it is no longer a complete food. Pota
toes are extremely one-sided and
should be eaten in connection with
some nitrogenous food, such as lean
meat or beans, which, however, if
eaten alone would afford the
too much nitrogen. This bulletin,
which is written by a woman, also dis
cusses the practical side of bread IUil*
ing and can probably be read with
benefit bv any housewife.
STOP YOUR RUNAWAY
NOHt GENUINE
Y.u Can Da It EVERY TIME
UNUSS STAMPED
With A
l irsi ND»
OEER SAFETY REIN
SAFETY REIN
BUCKLES
PRICE, COMPLETE, $5.00
Eipr„ug, Pr.pald
CROWN PIECE
BRIDLE
No mon Smuh-up«; No moro
Lino Lo,t: Can bo bucklod
on. In a mlnuto, to an. Bridle:
Tbe Englishman Ilves in a bouso skirts and they built a barn and mov-
WORKS INDEPENDENTLY OF THE DRIVING REINS.
which in ull probability hl* father ami ed into it and lived there the — —
Write for dMcrlptln circular, fr,, on application, to
his forefather» have Hvel in for a year, while they were building their
j
house.
dozen generations. Jfiveu where tbe
TIIK OlCICKt AJA.IVCTF'A.C'rcrWIJVG co
house 1« not owned by he resident, j They at once planted a garden
47 EXCHANGE PLACE, NEW YORK.
Items of luterest.
the preferential right descends from i which seemed to tuem like a real
Will Stop any Horae or Money Refunded.
father U son o rent am occupy it. j farm after their tiny back yard, and
Hunt
of
the
Carlisle
football
Oscar
I tbe first year they raised all the veg-
It 1» a true borne.
team is a millionaire Indian.
America, s are
strongly imbued I etables they could eat, besides over
with the Idea of owning homes, fifty chickens.
Old. battered, second-hand silk hats
houses with accompanying plots ef
And since then they have gone on
are In good demand among comedians
land; but a» a rule Americans are all lieautlfylng and embellishing this
—also among the colored fraternity.
too careless, at the same time, about place, until it is now u lovely country
creating a lilt of scenery or making residencie, twenty per cent, higher tn
A COSY FIRE-PLACE CORNER.
A cubic foot of earth weighs on an
the borne such an attractive abode as value than it would have been if, five |
SELF FEED FULL CIRCLE TWO HORSE
ru ago
1« <//» they
thflv had
linil made
maria it
i-t- «» a iham
will cause file traveler to pause a vmi
years
mere j "Ah,” said the man, "if we had only
had the advantages when we were
moment mid exdam: “tVliat a pretty habitation.
In the first place they employed an young which our children have here,
little place!"
In the first instance where Ills Eng architect and built a good house, one there would have been a lot more in
lish cousin, or the English landlord which, with ordinary repairs, will life for us.”
And so it is everywhere. It matters
erects a stone house, at an advanced stand in good shape fifty years hence.
Could you send to your friend
Many long little, if you live iu a brown stone
cost doubtless, but more than evened They painted it well.
up In a few years by repainting and winter evenings of tlie . rst year, front with the brick pavement direct
The Baler for speed. Bales 12 to 18
ly under your window, whether you
repairing, tbe American throws togeth-. while they lived in tlie barn,
tons a day. Has 40 inch' feed hole.
have a plain or a carved window sill,
but it does matter whether your front
Adapted to bank bam work. Stands up
or back yard is well kept and well
to its work—no digging holes for wheels,
fenced and is prettily decorated with
Self-feed Attachment increases cap.
plants and vines, and whether, if you
acity, lessens labor, makes better bales
have more ground, it is a poor, un
attractive plot, or instead is a thing
and does not increase draft.
of beauty and a joy, not only to you
PLANTS BELOW THE SILL,
but to all who see it
Seid lor Catatare
BECAUSE
How many men you run across! average five and a half times as much
who have been "awfully busy” but J as a cubic foot of water.
iveryWoman’sLife isaProble
are going to "fix up” their places.)
SANDWICH MFG. CO
They seldom get fixed. Before they I It costs as much to Are a 16-inch
of
get fixed up with the little things a ’ cannon as it does to pay a private
tti Main Street, Sandwich, IU
home should have, they need fixing in
soldier his wages for five years.
earliest-they are old places.
If as a people we could become ed-1
or
ucated to tlie idea of greater perma-1 The ruins of a prehistoric fortified
nency in our modi* of living, of build British village have Deen unearthed
Carshalton, England.
ing and improving for our future near
i
years, or doing something with tlie |
and
idea in mind that we would not have , The fly is seven times stronger than
Over 70 sizes and styles for drillin
to re-do it in ten or fifteen years a horse, weight for weight, it can lift
either deep or shallow wells in any kin
lienee, tlie average American home twenty times its own weight.
of
soil or rock. Mounted on wheels or
would have a fat more substantial,
sills. With engines or horse powers.
from
comfortable and attractive appear-
The canning of blue berries is an
Strong, simple and durable. Any me
ance.
important industry in Vermont. One
chanic can operate them easily.
factory last season canned 300,UOO
SEND FOR CATALOGUE
Balanced Rations for Man and gallons of the berry.
is oftentimes
WILLIAM BROS., Ithaca, N. Y
Beust.
Though there are many women col
THE HOME THEY MADE AND THE BARN IN WHICH THEY DWELT WHILE
Two Farmers’ Bulletins of the De onels the only woman admiral is the
BUILDING IT.
partment of agriculture, widely dis Queen of Greece. She Is an honorary
to the
er a frame dwelling, usually of cheap, spent In Koing over architect’s plans similar in contents, yet treating of sub admiral in the Russian navy.
jects
which
have
a
closely-connected
second-growth tjmber. In twenty years land adjusting pretty and art stic ef-
A cubic mile of earth weighs 25,-
tin* English home Is covered will ivy ects to their limited price. And if a relationship are the Feeding of Farm
and has the appearance of subtanti- man Is going to build a house, why Animals and the Principles of bread 649.300 tons and tlie volume of the
n'llty and solidity, as though it bail al not have It prottv at the si me time? Making, and both of them have proven earth is 259.8SO.OOO,000 cubic miles
AMERICAN CROWN
that their reprinting has Question in mental arithmetic: How
ways been there and Intended remain This house and Its valunble ground so popular
required several times.
much does the earth weigh?
ing. If you mention "twenty years cost about $3,000, like hundreds of been
How
to
Save
Steps
The feeding of tlie animals on the
hence” to the American, he will shrug thousands of other homes throughput farm
is a matter which every farmer
his shoulders and smile and tell you
Professor William T. Hornaday, the
is studying more or less closely, tae
How to Make a Hom
lie expects to lie somewhere else In
more
successful
ones tlie must closely, zoologist, is seeking to have the gen
twenty years, If lie has not bettered
since it is a matter of constant experi eral government establish a great buf
ills condition and gotten out of It In
ment and Inquiry to determine just falo park in the west that the animal
Wliat it ought to be
’s a green soap, consistency of paste, a perfect
half that time. But twenty years
what is the best ration for work, meat may not become extinct.
cleanser for automobile machinery and all
pass more quickly than is expected,
and dairy animals. While each man's
IS
TOLD
BY
and what does the place look like
vehicles; will not injure the most highly
experience must be to a great extent
There are only three million Cos
then? It lias laid perhaps three coats
polished surface. Made from pure vegetable
bis guide, there are certain laws, the sacks in Russia. The number of
ONE
WHO
KNOWS
of paint. Tlie second set of shingles
oils. If your dealer does not carry American
results of wide experiments, which af peasants is about one hundred million,
Is curling up ami needs replacing and
Crown Soap in stock, send us his name and
ford much aid to tlie intelligent feeder
in
tlie bouse itself Is worth one-half of
address and Ve will see that your wants are
mid these are summarized in the bulle there are 14.060,000 "lower city dwel
lers"
and
8,000.000
nomads
and
semi
tin mentioned—Farmers’ Bulletin 22.
supplied. Put up in 12^ 25 and 50 lb pails.
Its value when now.
barbarians.
What Is known its a balanced ration
Yet it must lie agreed that every
is always the thing to be attained,
man should build a liousie with tlie
Dietary experts of the Department
Food is divided into two general
Idea of making It Ills permanent
■
classes:
fat and heat producing, j of Agriculture estimate that a man
home, adding to it iis ills needs grow,
CHICAGO IU.
but continually improving It and
ticautlfyipg it. If for no other cause
EXCAVATION WORK
than Increasing Its selling value, lie
■?,~Y
should build well anil improve. And
With Greatest Economy
this applies to the surrounding
An Illustrated Monthly
use the
grounds, tlie outbuildings, etc., fully
• s much as tlie home proper.
idited by (tmy Clisbcc flaxWcl
Western
Elevating
Grader
“What Is home without a mother”-
which will be sent to you
• nd a good wife and children? Wliat
Ditcher
tn home, I would add. even with these
blessings, unless It is a real home, n
comfortable and a beautiful one?
A TYPICAL WATE
Ah, there Is n difference, and such a ,
wide difference, between an abode or It Surmounts a Convenient Cooling House
FOR ONLY
n mere dwelling place and a home.
Trying to treat this matter from a tin» country. Yet it Is a strikingly
practical Btand|Milnt, the Department handsome place. Tlie proof of this is
of Agriculture recently Issued an Il that wbilo it was th»* first dwelling to
lustrated bulletin on beautifying luick be erected in that particular section,
Send a dime or five two-cent
yards. This applied to city and su other house's which have gone up
stamps to
burban homes, but the Idea is tlm since have largely copied Its style,
same everywhere.
and it is now surrounded by a dozen
ROAD CONSTRUCTION
What More Acceptab
Sandwich
.CHRISTMAS
REMEMBRANCE
HAY PRESS
It Costs Ten Cents
It is Worth Ten Dolía
W H Y ?
HOW TO MAKE A LIVIN
HOW TO MAKE A HOME
Well Drilling
Machines
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ONE WHO KNOWS
OF VALUE INCALCULABL
WORKER Oil HOUSEWIFE
Kirk’s
SOAP
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izin
James S. Kirk& Company
NE WHOLE YEAR
TEN CENTS
ONE OF THE DELIGHTS OF THE RURAL HOME
known as carbohydrates, and muscle doing hard muscular
should
and bone producing, known as nitro have daily food with a fuel value of
genous, and these two foods should co 4.350 calories while a man taking lit
supplied tlie animal In tlie proper pro tle exercise needs only 2,450.
portion. If there is a propond, ramfl1
of either, tlie ration Is unb.ilnnc d.
Switzerland is the oldest as well ns
Both of tlíese bulletins can be ob
tained free through members of con one of the smallest republics In the
gress or senators, or by writing to world. The cantons of Uri, Sehw.vz
tlio Secretary of Agriculture at Wash anil I’nterwnlden formed a defensive
ington.
league In 1291, and this was tlie be
Corn, for instance. Is a food rich In ginning of the Swiss Confederacy.
cnrlMihydrates and sliould be ”h 1-
aneed" by a portion of some nitroge
nous food such as barley, bran, cow Tlie American harvest of broom-
peas or others of the legumes. A pe coru this j-e ir will furnish material
rusal of ties bulletin will give the for 42.000.060 brooms worth, appprox-
With 4,000
reader a v r.v e'ear understanding of imately, $15.000.006.
the value of food for animals.
brooms to a car. lo.ooO freight cars
will be required to transport the
FooJ Value of B ead.
The second bulletin on Bread Mak broom output
I> ENGLISH SUBURBAN STREET AND STONE HOUSES.
ing. Farmer's Bulletin 112. also g >es
into the question of what is a balanced
And tils < 'Is to mln<l a practical II- handsome and well built homes,
ration, but for human food. As corn The star nearest to the earth Is Al
lURtr.iunn
Hl < > nat a good thing it I n . ear© and attention given to this
and corn fodder is a fat-producing pha i entaura, estimated to be 2o,00O,-
Wluit u > *1 «p.undid thingl to start 111 may in Itself have brought
food for animals, so corn bread Is a 000.000.000 miles away or 275,000
giuw in ><• -tu Hung in \>»ur Imck jaRl. neighbors.
one-sided diet for man and while It times farther distant from the earth
If you havv nothing bigger. For 1
A good lawn was made, shad«» and produces fat ami energy or fuel for than the sun. Needless to say these
have Ir mind two people, a young fruit tret's wert? immediately set out the body does not fond to give him figures are In what are knoivn
man a id Ids wife, who started their and st'dulously cared for. tbe man has the same capacity for endurance that ‘round numbers.”
married Ute in a rent «'ll city bouse liecome an expert gardener, the chick
with n back yard 18 feet wide and en business has l»ecome an im|>ortant
containing alxmt one-fortieth of an adjunct, furnishing not only an ample
acre. They laid lived In th»' city all meat supply, but a considerable ad
their lives and knew nothing of the ditional income from eggs, broilers
womiers of plant and animal produc ami capons. The fruit trts's are lo
tion
But they coinnM n<*ed at one»' ginning to bear ami the berry lushes
to ise th» Ir ground. They planted have long since yielded fresh fruit for
radlahea and lettu<*e ami some flow- th<* table ami Jellies and Jams for
en and trained tomatoes against th»' winter. The place is constantly im
fence, and they set a hen. Their fall proving ami Iwing improvetl.
er»'» and Interesting experiences dur The Interior of the hou*»» was well
ing the two years they lived thus tinlsht'tl to commence with.
Room
would till a volume. But the great re after room has since been furnished
sult was that before the end of th»' ami beautified as means admitted.
first year, they who had never llv’ol
For making thia rnonp, for adopting
outside their four walls, frit terribly this change In their modes of life, this
cm lined. They longed to get out and couple an* better people; they are bet
have enough la ml to grow more ter citizens. they are broader, they
things, to milk»' a genuine garden and know more, they ar»' happier and they
to nurture ami rear and reap the ar»» richer In two senses. They make
things which they ate. And so they mor»» money and thry save more.
moved into tin* country, hardly th»» They buy less of canned vegetables
I country yet; but they thought and meats and they hare more
f au acre Just beyond the city out- spend iu improving their place
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