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VOL. LIV. INDIANAPOLIS, IND., JUNE 24, 1899. NO. 25 cgxpzxizutz Qzpuxtmzut. How Best Clean Rooms in Daily Housework, Floors, Furniture, Brass. Pictures and the Like. let Premium.—There are various waya of cleaning carpets. Some housekeepers save tea-grounds and throw them on the carpet, at leaet five minutes before commencing to sweep. This is claimed to keep a carpet looking fresh and clean. Another good way is to tear pieces of old newspaper fine, and after wetting the pieces in cold water scatter them over the floor before beginning to sweep. Salt is also used by some housekeepers. Oar- pets which seem dusty can be freshened by wiping off once a month in ammonia water. This usually removes any-grease spots. If ink is accidentally spilt on a carpet take a teaspoon and dip up all that you can, afterward washing thoroughly with water which has had baking soda or lemon juice dissolved in it. Be sure to rinse the spot with water well - afterward. Soiled wall paper can be cleaned with stale bread. After wiping the paper free from dust, break a small loaf of bread in two and rub it down, throwing away the bread as it becomes soiled. Freeh stains upon wall paper where children or older persons have rested their head against the wall can be removed by making a paste of pipe clay and water and covering the spots. Let it remain over night and then brush off with a whisk broom. To remove scratches from polished furniture saturate a flannel rag in a polish made of two-thirds linseed oil and one- third turpentine. Rub it in well and polish with a dry flannel until the scratches disappear. Another polish for furniture wblch is highly recommended is made of four tablespoonfuls of turpentine, four tablespoons of sweet oil, one teaspoon of lemon juice and 10 drops of ammonia. Shake well before using, apply with an old flannel and rub very thoroughly, polishing afterward, Lemon juice and salt are excellent for polishing braBS. After applying it rub well with soft dry flannel. Vinegar and salt are also used for cleaning brass. To remove fly speckB from oil paintings dip the fiDger in warm water and rub the spots gently. Afterward wash the whole picture very carefully. Gilt or bronze picture frames which have become tarnished can be mproved by going over them with gilding or bronze. Silver ones can be treated in a similar way. To clean white marble use Spanish whiting and common washing soda, with sufficient water to make a paste. Let it stand on the^marble sometime; then wash off with aoap and water, rub dry and polish with a soft cloth. The leather seats of chairs or covering of couches can be freshened by rubbing well with the white of one egg beaten stiff. Cabbie May Ashton. 2d Premium.—The trouble with euch a subject as this ia that thoae who read theee columns are very apt to have quite as good methods of their own, while thoee who might be benefited bya hint or two will very probably never glance at them. Now that the annual "Pring house-cleaning haa left our homes clean and wholesome and in good order, there is only needed occasional attention to keep them ao through the warm summer months, which " well, as theae montha bring ao many other duties to the women ln our farm homes. Recent letters of this department strongly advised the putting away of all heavy draperies for the summer months, replacing these with simple washable material. It ia a plan that greatly simplifies keeping the rooms fresh looking in summer, all carpets are now dust- '•388 from their recent thorough cleaning, and Instead of sweeping I would advise going over fte surface with a big soft cloth, wrung out of warm ammonia water. This especially for bed room carpets. Oountry homes set ln generous lawns, away from the dusty highways,tor- tunately do not require the persisted dusting necessary in city homes. Good, well-fitting screens for every door and window will be a great help towards preserving the immaculate conditions left by the annual house-cleaning. A piece of commendable extravagance ls the purchase of unlimited cheese cloth for use ae dusters, dish cloths, etc. It makes the work much easier, and thoee are so easily washed themselves. Here, as everywhere, preventing is better—nay, is best! Let every little accident or disorder, a spilt vase, or an upeet work box receive Immediate attention. The damage ia less to both the animate and inanimate—the table or floor, and the temper. Aa to the care of the furniture. During the summer months bring all the cane and rattan furniture into the foreground. Supply these with plenty of fresh covered, hard pillows, and clean towels for the head rests. Oane and rattan are best cleaned with a soft brush and with a weak briney wash. As to pictures, rather than cover these with mosquito-bar, leave open for any inspiration they may furnish, touching up the frames it such becomes needful with the easily applied gilding now to be had everywhere. Picture frames now run to white and gold, both of which any handy woman or girl can repaint to look like new. A friend with a "knack" for fixing up things, recently showed me the new frames she had contrived for ancestral portraits. These had been the old black ovals once so fashionable. They had a good wide piece of gilding inside the wood work, and thla was now the whole frame. -The wooden part having been cut away. Betouched with fresh gilt these make very stylish and pretty frames. My way of cleaning blass is to wet up some Spanieh whiting with vinegar, rub well, and afterwards polish with dry whiting. Sapolio answers very well too, and is handier usually. 0. R. P. 3d Premium.—Were I to say what I think to be the best way to clean rooms in daily house work it would be the one I practice, although I am always anxious to learn new methods. In cleaning a room I raiee the windows, and if on the first floor, carry chairs and other small pieces of furniture into the yard; cover books and remaining furniture with dusters. Then sweep vigorously, using a wlek broom in the corners. A carpet sweeper will do just as good work as a broom, and with lesB dust. Allow me to emphasize the importance of cleaning the corners and under furniture nicely. Aa eoon as the dust settles I uncover the furniture and remove the duet with a slightly moistened cloth, followed by a cloth dampened with lineeed oil and turpentine. Then rub with a dry cloth, until all moisture ie gone. Moet picture frames can be cleaned in the same way without injury. It freshens lace curtains and draperies of all kinds to hang them on the line occasionally, when the wind ia not too strong. As a finisher in cleaning a room, soft water andammoDia are excellent, especially for the windows and sideboards, and it purifies the room. It is best to have system about the housework. As landlady, baking and many otherhousehold duties usually consume the firet days of the week, it is boat to clean rooms the latter part of tho week. I prefer Friday for such work. I do not mean to be rigid; euch work can alwaya be laid aside for matters of more importance. Floor oil cloth and linolieum can best be cleaned with undiluted coal oil, followed of couree, with a cloth dampened with water. In fitting to the floor neither of them should be tacked. If heavy paper is laid near the edges they will tuck themselves to the floor and look much nicer than if tacked. Olear Water is beat for painted floors. Boiled lineeed oil and turpentine will brighten them, if rubbed until quite dry with a clean dry cloth. A cleaner for natural floors, zinc, dishes and many other things I find in 2 ounces of dry ammonia; 1 ounce ealta tartar; 3 ounces of borax; 1 box of potash, dissolved in 2 gallons of soft water. I keep it in a two gallon glass jar, closely covered; using just a little at a time with soap and water. It is helpful in washing white clothes, and with very hot water and eoap it ls almoet as good as washing Boda in cleaning braes lamp burners. 0. B. Connersville. Windows may be kept immaculate and as clear. a8 a meadow brook, by cleaning with coal oil; a little rag dipped in tbo oil and rubbed over the window, then wiped off and a final polishing, will make anything of glass shine like a mirror. It has the advantage of being very quickly and very easily done, no slopping of water and no heavy lifting as the windows can be cleaned right where they are. Coal oil will also remove all dirty spots from woodwork, unless it may bespatters of cream, milk or buttermilk, which require a wet cloth, a little wiping twice a week with daily dusting, or better still a little wiping off of woodwork when soiled spots appear, will keep it looking fresh and clean. In point of fact do all work when lt is necessary for it to be done. Olean water and hot rinsing, with soft clean cloths will keep lamps immaculate, if applied daily. They will really need no cleaning, just a good rinsing and wiping. Forthe brass part of lamp, boiling occasionally will keep the air holes open, and add much to the brilliancy of the light. Pearline. borax or something of the kind is excellent to put in the water for all sorts of cleansing. Borax will effectually clean silver, if it is boiled once a week in water in which borax has been dissolved. If very much discolored, whiting and ammonia will polish it as bright as new, Braes is not difficult to keep looking nice; whiting will clean it and curtain poles and such brass articles will not need polishing more than twice a year; braes lamps Tubbed off once a week will shine almost like gold. Oil paintings may be wiped off with a damp cloth, pianos and all aorta of poliehed furniture may be cleaned with a damp cloth followed by an immediate wiping with a dry ono and a polishing with chamois skin. Polished dining tables ehould be wiped off after each meal and rubbed with oil twice a week; the polish will grow more luetroue and beautiful with each rubbing. Varnished furniture may be easily renewed by a fresh coat of varnish. Painted floors wiped off with a damp mop each day will almoet never need a thorough mopping, unless in muddy weather. It is the keeping thinge clean more than in the cleaning, the little daily attentions, that keep the house immaculate. I do not, however believe in a woman being forever with a wet rag in her hand, or with a broom in search of a stray bit of dirt. Usually the housework can be done during the forenoon, and time be left ln the afternoon for a nap and sewing. A damp cloth is best for dusting. There ls little gained by using a dry cloth to wipe the dust off, and then scatter it about the room to settle on something else. R. S. M. ers and under furniture. I surely did not understand Mrs. 0. B. to uee lineeed oil and turpentine every day, on her furniture. After reading Mrs. M's. letter I tried to take off fly specks and dirt from a window pane with coal oil and it wouldn't work. Mrs. M. truly says, however, "it is easier to keep things clean, than to let them get dirty and clean them. How do you like Mrs, B's. recipe? The lesson today certainly tells ue how to clean up and keep clean, and avoid "The narrow gloom of this cold room Where nothing clean is ever seen." KSVISW. How many little thinge it is nic-3 to know in house work! As Mrs. P. says those needing these bandy points won't see them. Yet I know a lot of people who are helped by practical teaching. A little school boy was crying becauee eome one threw some snow in his ear, when one of the other boys said "don't cry Charley lt is the first time there has been any water in your ear for a month." So there are plenty of people who keep a a dirty house. There is a difference between a dirty house and one that shows the ordinary elasticity of being used. I might emphasize in these letters the use of carpet-sweepers and cleaning out the corn- No. 173, July 1.—The effect of the policy of political expansion on American agricultural interests. No. 174, July 8.—Is clover sod the beet seed bed for corn? Do you prefer to break it for wheat firet and follow with corn? What is the best rotation? When do you prefer to lay corn by and how? No. 175, July 15.—In threshing, eome neighborhoods take theirdinners with them. Some hire a man to furnish machine, fuel, hands, board and all. Which plan has proven most satisfactory to you, and why? No. 176, July 22.—How do you can fruit? Why does so much canned fruit spoil? What vegetables are best canned? No. 177, July 29.—How can the busy houBe- keeperfind time for the club? Name some advantages and drawbacks to clubs. No. 178, Aug. 5.—If you had ten thousand dollars to invest ina farm for a home, in what section of the United States would you prefer to locate, and why? No. 179, Aug 12.—(For children under ten.) Name the books that you have of your own. What papers come to you through the Post Oflice this year? Of all the books and papers you have ever read, name one or two books and one or two papers that you like best. No. 180, Aug. 19.—(For students of an Agricultural class at Purdue ) Name some of the opportunities and advantages offered to both boys and girls in the four year course, the two year course and tho winter course in Agriculture at Purdue University. No. 181, Aug. 2G.—Give experience with irrigation, for crops, garden or fruit. How do you manage it, and how does it pay? Premiums of $1, 75 cents and 50 cents will be given to Ut, 2d and 3d best articles each week. Let copy be aa practicable as possible and forwarded 10 days before publication to Oarmel. -E. H. Collins. POSTAL CARD CORRESPONDENCE. Olay Co., June 17 —Moet wheat is a fair crop. Wheat cutting has begun; making clover hay ls progreseing finely; corn moetly in good shape and plowed once; oats eitra good; timothy meadows look well; early potatoes are excellent; berry crop in general, ia a fair one; pasturea never better; progreaelve townehipe are building gravel roads. S. R.T. LaPobtb Co., June IC—Wheat on our best prairie soils in some fields escaped the fly and looks woll, but in some townships the wheat was bo badly winter killed and fly eaten that none will be cut, and there will be no threshing to do. Apples look well; other fruit ia mostly poor. Grass ia fine and pastures good. Oata doing well. Mbs. B. A. Davis. Jeffebsoh Co., June 13.—From observation and information there will not be sufficient wheat made and saved to feed the inhabitants of this county. Fly, rust, rain and wind the cause. Many farmers have no corn planted. Stand of corn poor that haa been planted. Ground too soft to put machine for wheat in fields. Olover rank. w. H. W.
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Title | Indiana farmer, 1899, v. 54, no. 25 (June 24) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA5425 |
Date of Original | 1899 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | United States - Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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Title | Page 1 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
Rights Statement | Content in the Indiana Farmer Collection is in the public domain (published before 1923) or lacks a known copyright holder. Digital images in the collection may be used for educational, non-commercial, or non-for-profit purposes. |
Repository | Purdue University Libraries |
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Transcript | VOL. LIV. INDIANAPOLIS, IND., JUNE 24, 1899. NO. 25 cgxpzxizutz Qzpuxtmzut. How Best Clean Rooms in Daily Housework, Floors, Furniture, Brass. Pictures and the Like. let Premium.—There are various waya of cleaning carpets. Some housekeepers save tea-grounds and throw them on the carpet, at leaet five minutes before commencing to sweep. This is claimed to keep a carpet looking fresh and clean. Another good way is to tear pieces of old newspaper fine, and after wetting the pieces in cold water scatter them over the floor before beginning to sweep. Salt is also used by some housekeepers. Oar- pets which seem dusty can be freshened by wiping off once a month in ammonia water. This usually removes any-grease spots. If ink is accidentally spilt on a carpet take a teaspoon and dip up all that you can, afterward washing thoroughly with water which has had baking soda or lemon juice dissolved in it. Be sure to rinse the spot with water well - afterward. Soiled wall paper can be cleaned with stale bread. After wiping the paper free from dust, break a small loaf of bread in two and rub it down, throwing away the bread as it becomes soiled. Freeh stains upon wall paper where children or older persons have rested their head against the wall can be removed by making a paste of pipe clay and water and covering the spots. Let it remain over night and then brush off with a whisk broom. To remove scratches from polished furniture saturate a flannel rag in a polish made of two-thirds linseed oil and one- third turpentine. Rub it in well and polish with a dry flannel until the scratches disappear. Another polish for furniture wblch is highly recommended is made of four tablespoonfuls of turpentine, four tablespoons of sweet oil, one teaspoon of lemon juice and 10 drops of ammonia. Shake well before using, apply with an old flannel and rub very thoroughly, polishing afterward, Lemon juice and salt are excellent for polishing braBS. After applying it rub well with soft dry flannel. Vinegar and salt are also used for cleaning brass. To remove fly speckB from oil paintings dip the fiDger in warm water and rub the spots gently. Afterward wash the whole picture very carefully. Gilt or bronze picture frames which have become tarnished can be mproved by going over them with gilding or bronze. Silver ones can be treated in a similar way. To clean white marble use Spanish whiting and common washing soda, with sufficient water to make a paste. Let it stand on the^marble sometime; then wash off with aoap and water, rub dry and polish with a soft cloth. The leather seats of chairs or covering of couches can be freshened by rubbing well with the white of one egg beaten stiff. Cabbie May Ashton. 2d Premium.—The trouble with euch a subject as this ia that thoae who read theee columns are very apt to have quite as good methods of their own, while thoee who might be benefited bya hint or two will very probably never glance at them. Now that the annual "Pring house-cleaning haa left our homes clean and wholesome and in good order, there is only needed occasional attention to keep them ao through the warm summer months, which " well, as theae montha bring ao many other duties to the women ln our farm homes. Recent letters of this department strongly advised the putting away of all heavy draperies for the summer months, replacing these with simple washable material. It ia a plan that greatly simplifies keeping the rooms fresh looking in summer, all carpets are now dust- '•388 from their recent thorough cleaning, and Instead of sweeping I would advise going over fte surface with a big soft cloth, wrung out of warm ammonia water. This especially for bed room carpets. Oountry homes set ln generous lawns, away from the dusty highways,tor- tunately do not require the persisted dusting necessary in city homes. Good, well-fitting screens for every door and window will be a great help towards preserving the immaculate conditions left by the annual house-cleaning. A piece of commendable extravagance ls the purchase of unlimited cheese cloth for use ae dusters, dish cloths, etc. It makes the work much easier, and thoee are so easily washed themselves. Here, as everywhere, preventing is better—nay, is best! Let every little accident or disorder, a spilt vase, or an upeet work box receive Immediate attention. The damage ia less to both the animate and inanimate—the table or floor, and the temper. Aa to the care of the furniture. During the summer months bring all the cane and rattan furniture into the foreground. Supply these with plenty of fresh covered, hard pillows, and clean towels for the head rests. Oane and rattan are best cleaned with a soft brush and with a weak briney wash. As to pictures, rather than cover these with mosquito-bar, leave open for any inspiration they may furnish, touching up the frames it such becomes needful with the easily applied gilding now to be had everywhere. Picture frames now run to white and gold, both of which any handy woman or girl can repaint to look like new. A friend with a "knack" for fixing up things, recently showed me the new frames she had contrived for ancestral portraits. These had been the old black ovals once so fashionable. They had a good wide piece of gilding inside the wood work, and thla was now the whole frame. -The wooden part having been cut away. Betouched with fresh gilt these make very stylish and pretty frames. My way of cleaning blass is to wet up some Spanieh whiting with vinegar, rub well, and afterwards polish with dry whiting. Sapolio answers very well too, and is handier usually. 0. R. P. 3d Premium.—Were I to say what I think to be the best way to clean rooms in daily house work it would be the one I practice, although I am always anxious to learn new methods. In cleaning a room I raiee the windows, and if on the first floor, carry chairs and other small pieces of furniture into the yard; cover books and remaining furniture with dusters. Then sweep vigorously, using a wlek broom in the corners. A carpet sweeper will do just as good work as a broom, and with lesB dust. Allow me to emphasize the importance of cleaning the corners and under furniture nicely. Aa eoon as the dust settles I uncover the furniture and remove the duet with a slightly moistened cloth, followed by a cloth dampened with lineeed oil and turpentine. Then rub with a dry cloth, until all moisture ie gone. Moet picture frames can be cleaned in the same way without injury. It freshens lace curtains and draperies of all kinds to hang them on the line occasionally, when the wind ia not too strong. As a finisher in cleaning a room, soft water andammoDia are excellent, especially for the windows and sideboards, and it purifies the room. It is best to have system about the housework. As landlady, baking and many otherhousehold duties usually consume the firet days of the week, it is boat to clean rooms the latter part of tho week. I prefer Friday for such work. I do not mean to be rigid; euch work can alwaya be laid aside for matters of more importance. Floor oil cloth and linolieum can best be cleaned with undiluted coal oil, followed of couree, with a cloth dampened with water. In fitting to the floor neither of them should be tacked. If heavy paper is laid near the edges they will tuck themselves to the floor and look much nicer than if tacked. Olear Water is beat for painted floors. Boiled lineeed oil and turpentine will brighten them, if rubbed until quite dry with a clean dry cloth. A cleaner for natural floors, zinc, dishes and many other things I find in 2 ounces of dry ammonia; 1 ounce ealta tartar; 3 ounces of borax; 1 box of potash, dissolved in 2 gallons of soft water. I keep it in a two gallon glass jar, closely covered; using just a little at a time with soap and water. It is helpful in washing white clothes, and with very hot water and eoap it ls almoet as good as washing Boda in cleaning braes lamp burners. 0. B. Connersville. Windows may be kept immaculate and as clear. a8 a meadow brook, by cleaning with coal oil; a little rag dipped in tbo oil and rubbed over the window, then wiped off and a final polishing, will make anything of glass shine like a mirror. It has the advantage of being very quickly and very easily done, no slopping of water and no heavy lifting as the windows can be cleaned right where they are. Coal oil will also remove all dirty spots from woodwork, unless it may bespatters of cream, milk or buttermilk, which require a wet cloth, a little wiping twice a week with daily dusting, or better still a little wiping off of woodwork when soiled spots appear, will keep it looking fresh and clean. In point of fact do all work when lt is necessary for it to be done. Olean water and hot rinsing, with soft clean cloths will keep lamps immaculate, if applied daily. They will really need no cleaning, just a good rinsing and wiping. Forthe brass part of lamp, boiling occasionally will keep the air holes open, and add much to the brilliancy of the light. Pearline. borax or something of the kind is excellent to put in the water for all sorts of cleansing. Borax will effectually clean silver, if it is boiled once a week in water in which borax has been dissolved. If very much discolored, whiting and ammonia will polish it as bright as new, Braes is not difficult to keep looking nice; whiting will clean it and curtain poles and such brass articles will not need polishing more than twice a year; braes lamps Tubbed off once a week will shine almost like gold. Oil paintings may be wiped off with a damp cloth, pianos and all aorta of poliehed furniture may be cleaned with a damp cloth followed by an immediate wiping with a dry ono and a polishing with chamois skin. Polished dining tables ehould be wiped off after each meal and rubbed with oil twice a week; the polish will grow more luetroue and beautiful with each rubbing. Varnished furniture may be easily renewed by a fresh coat of varnish. Painted floors wiped off with a damp mop each day will almoet never need a thorough mopping, unless in muddy weather. It is the keeping thinge clean more than in the cleaning, the little daily attentions, that keep the house immaculate. I do not, however believe in a woman being forever with a wet rag in her hand, or with a broom in search of a stray bit of dirt. Usually the housework can be done during the forenoon, and time be left ln the afternoon for a nap and sewing. A damp cloth is best for dusting. There ls little gained by using a dry cloth to wipe the dust off, and then scatter it about the room to settle on something else. R. S. M. ers and under furniture. I surely did not understand Mrs. 0. B. to uee lineeed oil and turpentine every day, on her furniture. After reading Mrs. M's. letter I tried to take off fly specks and dirt from a window pane with coal oil and it wouldn't work. Mrs. M. truly says, however, "it is easier to keep things clean, than to let them get dirty and clean them. How do you like Mrs, B's. recipe? The lesson today certainly tells ue how to clean up and keep clean, and avoid "The narrow gloom of this cold room Where nothing clean is ever seen." KSVISW. How many little thinge it is nic-3 to know in house work! As Mrs. P. says those needing these bandy points won't see them. Yet I know a lot of people who are helped by practical teaching. A little school boy was crying becauee eome one threw some snow in his ear, when one of the other boys said "don't cry Charley lt is the first time there has been any water in your ear for a month." So there are plenty of people who keep a a dirty house. There is a difference between a dirty house and one that shows the ordinary elasticity of being used. I might emphasize in these letters the use of carpet-sweepers and cleaning out the corn- No. 173, July 1.—The effect of the policy of political expansion on American agricultural interests. No. 174, July 8.—Is clover sod the beet seed bed for corn? Do you prefer to break it for wheat firet and follow with corn? What is the best rotation? When do you prefer to lay corn by and how? No. 175, July 15.—In threshing, eome neighborhoods take theirdinners with them. Some hire a man to furnish machine, fuel, hands, board and all. Which plan has proven most satisfactory to you, and why? No. 176, July 22.—How do you can fruit? Why does so much canned fruit spoil? What vegetables are best canned? No. 177, July 29.—How can the busy houBe- keeperfind time for the club? Name some advantages and drawbacks to clubs. No. 178, Aug. 5.—If you had ten thousand dollars to invest ina farm for a home, in what section of the United States would you prefer to locate, and why? No. 179, Aug 12.—(For children under ten.) Name the books that you have of your own. What papers come to you through the Post Oflice this year? Of all the books and papers you have ever read, name one or two books and one or two papers that you like best. No. 180, Aug. 19.—(For students of an Agricultural class at Purdue ) Name some of the opportunities and advantages offered to both boys and girls in the four year course, the two year course and tho winter course in Agriculture at Purdue University. No. 181, Aug. 2G.—Give experience with irrigation, for crops, garden or fruit. How do you manage it, and how does it pay? Premiums of $1, 75 cents and 50 cents will be given to Ut, 2d and 3d best articles each week. Let copy be aa practicable as possible and forwarded 10 days before publication to Oarmel. -E. H. Collins. POSTAL CARD CORRESPONDENCE. Olay Co., June 17 —Moet wheat is a fair crop. Wheat cutting has begun; making clover hay ls progreseing finely; corn moetly in good shape and plowed once; oats eitra good; timothy meadows look well; early potatoes are excellent; berry crop in general, ia a fair one; pasturea never better; progreaelve townehipe are building gravel roads. S. R.T. LaPobtb Co., June IC—Wheat on our best prairie soils in some fields escaped the fly and looks woll, but in some townships the wheat was bo badly winter killed and fly eaten that none will be cut, and there will be no threshing to do. Apples look well; other fruit ia mostly poor. Grass ia fine and pastures good. Oata doing well. Mbs. B. A. Davis. Jeffebsoh Co., June 13.—From observation and information there will not be sufficient wheat made and saved to feed the inhabitants of this county. Fly, rust, rain and wind the cause. Many farmers have no corn planted. Stand of corn poor that haa been planted. Ground too soft to put machine for wheat in fields. Olover rank. w. H. W. |
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