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THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER 1 323 (20) r 1 1 i ,-'1 i i 1 I 'I r 4 T ? if I 1 - X it S V i 1 si li White Clothes Less Scrubbing fWax Will take a mighty lot of hard work off your shoulders oa wash da-. Thii Borax to! tent the water it helps the tra and drive out the dirt it sives crabbing and it makes your clothes snowy white. IMOLE'TMM BORAX ; . will cut the grease and put a fine polish oa your china and glass ware. When you take a bath, sprinkle 20 Mule Team Borax in the water to cleanse the pores, refresh the skin and destroy per spiration odors. Other uses on package. ...... 20 Mule Team Borax Soap Chips Soap in chip form. Saves you soap cutting. Blended . in the riht proportions, one part Borax to three parts of Pur$ ioap. Not a substitute for Borax but a time, labor and money saver that will pay you to use every wash day. See the picture of the famous 20 Mules : an each of the above-packages. . , 3VBSv W5 I -f yA vl- r Georgia Marble The Most Lasting and Beautiful of Remembrances Actual tests have proven that no other monument material will last so long as Geor gia Marble. ; The stately purity of its beauty remains unmarred for years after .other ma terials have stained and crumbled away. Ask your dealer to tell you about Georgia Marble, its low price will surprise you. If your dealer doesn't handle, Georgia Marble, . we will gladly put you in touch with a relia ble dealer who does. . Write for Booklet B THE GEORGIA MARBLE FINISHING WORKS, Wholesale Manufacturer Canton, Ga. IS Our Farm Women Cdlted by 'MRS. W.- IM. HTJTT the HOUSE BLESSING : 1JLESS the: Four Cornera .of this Houfle, f And be the Lintel ciest. And hiesa the : Hearth, and blesB Board, . . And bless each Place of Rest: And bless the Door that opens wide To Stranger as to Kin; ' And bless each crystal Windowpane - That lets the Starlight in; ; And bless the Rooftree overhead, ; , And every sturdy Wall; --v The Peace of Man, the- Peace of God, ;. The Peace of Love on A1H Arthur Guiterman. flowering plant in a' pot and sink it in the earth. . ' ' r The Sleeping Porch Is Not a Fad ;THE sleeping v porch has come to stay. Since. we: have' learned that Jresh night jair; breathed in while we sleep brns up the waste tissue of the body, destroys its'poisohs and makes - strong the fhting -germs of the blood, we haye learned to appreciate it ;EveryfamilytHat ever had a case of tuberculosis i in it, every per son whb. "catches bad colds," and : everyone who' has an occasional bili- THE woman who cannot look but .ous attack or wakes- up feeling her through her windows through worst," should sleep put in the air. ferns or -flowers ,misses one Ot the f luclce l1wu lo"es ana a real joys of a home. - v - porch the roof of theporch can us- , j " ually be utilized as the fleor of the T"?"1, 2 ikme porch; Enilose the porch to Tirr7'.;i'll:-llm or four eet from Window or puicu aiiu lasitusu i.y then those which stand inside and Porch and Window Boxes have legs with castors on them. Each has its -advantages ; the first does not take up room in the house; the " second can be used winter as well .as summer and for decorative effect in the house as well as out. : Mofever, it is readily moved to or from the sun. ... '- . In building window or porch boxes make them permanent by having gal- vanized iron linings ; if yo. cannot do this, do not let it be ah excuse for getting along , without the boxes.; Have the inner boxes made of gal-" . vanized iron and put a small drain pipe in the bottom of each. Close thisrwith a cork when you wish to give the plants a thorough watering. In the bottom of the box put a layer of stones, over this lay one thickness. of wire screening, cover with earth.' At one end have a pipe, reaching to the bottom of the galvanized , iron box. ? Water the plants through this pipe.: The roots go down through the screening. Remove the, cork ; when the floor. If there is a geod roof, denin curtains fastened on rods with rings top and bottom make an effec tive protection ' for,-; very stormy weather.. .Plenty of -blankets and comforts filled with wool or down are neces sary for the . sleeping porch.' Put a wool blanket under the- sheets as we?' as over them. A good knitted r Canton; flannel night, cap coming well down , to the eyebrows will keep the' head warm,- . - ' ' - . Make the Floors Warm 17HEN you are Suilding be econom- ical elsewhere, if you will, but not withithe floors; Malce a double floor, if possible, ou the principle that warm : feet and : tool head will make pale cheeks red. If there is ' anything in the world that makes work hard, to do, it is to do it with cold feet and stiff fingers.' The best floor is made of quarter sawed oak with very narrow boards, , nna iinA ' ft ' tio It in fit . VA?n rt a vprv the plants are well soaked and drain good width. 'A floor of this kinS will I have not found it a good praotice to keen clean and does not solinter. to mix ferns . and flowering plants. :- - " -',v - . If you wish to mix them, out the The men who'readare.the men who lead. When writing to advertisers say: I am. writing you as an advertiser m ine rrygressive warmer, wnicn guarantees the reliability of all the ad vertising it carries." ...... .. ' r V ,LV AN ATTRACTIVE LAYOUT FOR THt HOME GROUNDS I H - Chickens . i i. ... ..'- - V; . ' . ,'. t ' . Utter WhA misery-' i' " fi - ' . ; . . ' o W y lU Hits AHE crowning Idea it the house to which the open greeniward I aicendf. The trees' and bushes are massed into a framework T '-; for the, house. Utility places the bams and outhouses near, a loye of beauty keeps them partly obscured.The path and drireway reach the house by the contour of the slope. . '
The Progressive Farmer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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