Pages in Issue:
264
Original Cost:
$0.25 (US)
Dimensions:
9.0w X 12.25h
Articles:
79
Recipes:
13
Advertisements:
261
Read This Issue
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: Thank heaven for spring!

Page: 6

Article

Thank heaven for spring!

FIRST come the the snowdrops and squills and crocuses, then daffodils and forsythia. After that it's pretty much your own choice-- violets in the lowland, dandelions on the lawn, seedling flats in the window, scallions in the hotbed. Spring is here at last.

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: This year yon can dry house-clean

Pages: 10, 11, 110, 111, 114, 115

Article

This year yon can dry house-clean

To avoid scrubbing floors: A longhandled, mop-like device makes it unnecessary to scrub wood floors and linoleum on your hands and knees. Using its own liquid waxbase dry cleaner, the device cleans, waxes, and polishes. You pour floor cleaner on wood floor or linoleum, and rub back and forth with long-handled applicator

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: Spring pruning guide

Pages: 16, 17, 216, 217, 219, 220, 221

Article

Spring pruning guide

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: Grow only the

Pages: 18, 28

Article

Grow only the "good eaters"

OF 15 good vegetables for the home garden, here are some of the best-flavored varieties. Start indoors seeds of those marked with an asterisk.

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: It's SEWS to Me!

Pages: 20, 22

Article

It's SEWS to Me!

An early start on plants means an early harvest of flowers and vegetables. Frame is stainless steel, 24½"x34½"x12" high at back; window is plastic material that lets in beneficial sun rays, filters out burn. Grooves admit light bulb cords in case of freezing weather.

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: How to plant a rose

Pages: 25, 26, 28

Article

How to plant a rose

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: Partition off a room

Pages: 30, 33

Article

Partition off a room

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: Yon can grow wildflowers

Pages: 37, 196, 197

Article

Yon can grow wildflowers

FOR 47 years Senator George D. Aiken of Vermont has been growing wildflowers. He owns a nursery, and he sells hemlock and apple trees and Christmas wreaths and wildflowers to a lot of people. Senator Aiken, who is 55, began growing wildflowers when he was 8. As a boy in Vermont, he had to fetch the cows from pasture. The cows were often in a wooded corner where blossomed spring beauties, hepaticas, bloodroot violets, squirrel corn, and Dutchman's-breeches.

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: Let color wake up your tired furniture

Pages: 38, 39

Article

Let color wake up your tired furniture

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: Remodeling tip: don't go too far

Pages: 40, 41, 42, 43, 109

Article

Remodeling tip: don't go too far

REMODELING has a way of getting out of hand. You're on your own; the dollars are trickling away. Then suddenly it is painfully evident that you're not getting your money's worth.

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: The best shrubs for a small place

Pages: 44, 45

Article

The best shrubs for a small place

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: How to set a company table

Pages: 46, 47, 48, 49, 172, 173, 174

Article

How to set a company table

KEEP center decoration low to permit guests to see one another across table. Use 15- to 20-inch candles to keep flames above eye level.

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: Here are answers to your most-asked questions on serving

Pages: 47, 98

Article

Here are answers to your most-asked questions on serving

Q. When should guests arrive for a dinner engagement? A. Guests should arrive 5 to 10 minutes before the hour set for dinner. It is unpardonable to arrive late.

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: His ideas are worth par checking

Page: 49

Article

His ideas are worth par checking

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: What makes your home individual?

Pages: 50, 51, 186, 187, 215

Article

What makes your home individual?

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: Put your walls to flowering!

Pages: 52, 53

Article

Put your walls to flowering!

IF YOUR WALL is built in a series of setbacks like the one opposite at upper left, you've an opportunity to plant each ledge with flowers that will swing down and across the laces of the stones, bricks, or concrete blocks.

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: How to arrange your kitchen

Pages: 54, 55, 146

Article

How to arrange your kitchen

NO ROOM in the house has received more expert attention, produced more theories, been the subject of more advice, than the kitchen.

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: This house needs little maintenance, fits on a narrow lot, has a fresh, subtle beauty

Pages: 56, 57, 152, 154

Article

This house needs little maintenance, fits on a narrow lot, has a fresh, subtle beauty

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: Hedges--and how to make them work for you

Pages: 58, 59, 253

Article

Hedges--and how to make them work for you

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: For a greener lawn next August

Page: 60

Article

For a greener lawn next August

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: SPOT-light your kitchen

Pages: 66, 67, 155, 156

Article

SPOT-light your kitchen

YOUR kitchen jobs have long since moved from the old kitchen worktable out to the walls of the kitchen. So in addition to adequate central light, you need good light at sink, range, and work counters.

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: Look what you can do with a cutlery box!

Pages: 74, 75, 80

Article

Look what you can do with a cutlery box!

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: You can cover up with color

Pages: 82, 83

Article

You can cover up with color

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: how-to helps

Page: 84

Article

how-to helps

It will be a bright spring at your home this year, and you will be working the magic. Yes, you can make light of dull winter living by dressing your home in bright new color. Booklet No. 42, Color in Your Home. 15 cents, will help you plan. And in your planning, don't overlook the role well-dressed windows can play in a decorative scheme. Booklet No. 44, Well-Dressed Windows.

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: Cooking with canned juices

Pages: 90, 92

Article

Cooking with canned juices

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: New recipe contest!

Pages: 93, 94

Article

New recipe contest!

CALLING you cooks who have a delicious banana recipe or cook with soups! For you there's a $70 jackpot waiting, it's easy to try for a cash prize-- just read this announcement, then write your recipe down and mail it to us.

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: What would improve your washday?

Pages: 96, 97, 115

Article

What would improve your washday?

More speed? It will save time to start washday by piling likes together: (1) less-soiled whites, (2) more-soiled whites, (3) light fast colors, (4) dark fast colors, (5) work and play clothes, (6) colors that may run, (7) wools, silks, and rayons for short machine run or hand-washing. Wash likes together and hang likes together so you don't have to reorganize at ironing time.

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: Easter bunnies

Pages: 100, 101

Article

Easter bunnies

THE Bunny Twins will take you only a few hours to make. They're soft and cuddly. Materials needed: Two skeins of yarn for each (one skein pink or blue four-ply knitting worsted for body, and one skein white chiffon baby yarn for playsuits), a No. 1 bone crochet hook, and two pieces of cardboard.

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: You can build on the skyscraper principle

Page: 105

Article

You can build on the skyscraper principle

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: How good an amateur architect are yon?

Page: 122

Article

How good an amateur architect are yon?

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: This rambling house fits a 50-foot lot

Pages: 134, 137, 138

Article

This rambling house fits a 50-foot lot

THE one-story home of Mr. and Mrs. Spiros G. Ponty of Los Angeles is shaped like a U. But it fits on a 50-foot lot.

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: How to got and keep a baby sitter

Pages: 140, 260, 261

Article

How to got and keep a baby sitter

THERE'S a definite code of etiquette for parents and baby sitters. It's a code that develops understanding between the mother and the sitter.

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: Five rules for furnishing a small home

Pages: 143, 144, 146

Article

Five rules for furnishing a small home

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: Columbia WINDOW SHADES

Page: 148

Article

Columbia WINDOW SHADES

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: The Kohners prove you ran mix periods

Pages: 148, 149

Article

The Kohners prove you ran mix periods

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: Take it off your income tax

Page: 150

Article

Take it off your income tax

STORM damage to your shade trees (like the ice damage in the photographs) is a loss you can deduct on your income tax report.

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: ENAMELED WARE

Page: 156

Article

ENAMELED WARE

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: How to season with a reason

Page: 156

Article

How to season with a reason

Green beans from the can or frozen package take on fresh exciting flavor when you add a minced clove of garlic before heating.-- Samela K. Parkhurst, Seattle, Washington.

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: When the citizens took over the gully

Pages: 158, 160, 161

Article

When the citizens took over the gully

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: Brand-new bedroom

Page: 164

Article

Brand-new bedroom

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: Steak at 6 weeks?

Pages: 171, 252

Article

Steak at 6 weeks?

SOMETHING new is being added to Baby's diet. This something new is meat. At last, even the very young infant is going to get a diet that's really balanced. It has been a long time, of course, since babies were expected to thrive on milk alone. Cod liver oil, orange juice, cereals, and vegetables have been added, one by one.

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: Let slipcovers rescue your dining-room chairs

Page: 175

Article

Let slipcovers rescue your dining-room chairs

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: Not sick or naughty-- just allergic

Page: 179

Article

Not sick or naughty-- just allergic

IF YOUR child seems to catch one cold after another, or if he frequently develops a little hacking cough and has difficulty breathing, the chances are it has nothing to do with Grandma Jones' weak lungs. Or, if he is quarrelsome and irritable, don't assume an outcropping of Uncle Ned's mean disposition.

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: EPILEPSY isn't a curse!

Pages: 180, 181, 182, 183, 185

Article

EPILEPSY isn't a curse!

HAD Georgie Reims lived in the Middle Ages, he would have been considered bewitched. He might have burned at the stake or had a red-hot poker driven into his skull to let out the evil spirits. As late as the eighteenth century he would have been spat upon and shunned.

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: Exploding the myths about epilepsy

Pages: 180, 181

Article

Exploding the myths about epilepsy

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: Pies were popular

Page: 185

Article

Pies were popular

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: Why

Page: 185

Article

Why "antimacassar"

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: Profitable pie

Page: 189

Article

Profitable pie

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: Who owns your home?

Page: 190

Article

Who owns your home?

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: If distemper hits your dog

Pages: 192, 224, 225

Article

If distemper hits your dog

DISTEMPER time is here! This dread disease goes on its severest rampage in early spring-- when thaws are heaviest, when mud and slush coat the earth, and chill, wet air pierces clear to our very marrow. So a few timely observations and suggestions for the dog owner are in order-- especially those who own young pups.

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: Born 80 years too soon

Pages: 194, 195

Article

Born 80 years too soon

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: How to sharpen a knife

Pages: 198, 199

Article

How to sharpen a knife

SATURDAY afternoons, when I was a little kid, Dad used to raid Mother's kitchen drawers of all their knives, large and small. With me as the motive power on a hand grindstone clamped to a cellar step, we would put a new edge on the cutlery for the week to come.

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: How to solder

Pages: 200, 201

Article

How to solder

MOST people get the idea that it requires some very special knowledge and training to solder. Visions come up of expensive equipment. As a matter of fact, any boy can solder, and a boy's allowance of 75 cents a week would cover the necessary equipment.

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: Are you a walking dictionary?

Page: 201

Article

Are you a walking dictionary?

YOU have finally realized your dream of a 'round-the-world trip. But, how seasoned a globe trotter are you? How many times during the trip will you need to reach for a dictionary? Score 5 for each time you can get by without it. A score of 45 is excellent, 35 is good, and 25-- better you should stay home. What's your score?

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: Slipcovers: How to choose material pattern trim fasteners

Pages: 202, 203, 204

Article

Slipcovers: How to choose material pattern trim fasteners

MAKE-DOS and hand-me-downs and just plain comfortable chairs and sofas can be good-looking, too. All you need are several yards of material, a slipcover pattern, and a few hours at your sewing machine.

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: Hints for the handy man

Page: 204

Article

Hints for the handy man

When you put away your best white shirts, wrap them in blue tissue or well-blued cloth. This keeps them from turning yellow.

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: Hints for the handy man

Pages: 205, 206

Article

Hints for the handy man

If you're painting from a stepladder, use a coat hanger to keep paint from sliding off. Bend the hook so it clamps onto the top of the ladder, then wedge the paint can in the hanger. Even when you move the ladder, the can won't fall.

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: How large should jour bathroom be?

Pages: 208, 209, 210, 211, 212

Article

How large should jour bathroom be?

MODERN plumbing fixtures and colorful accessories don't make a good bathroom. It's the efficient use of space that counts.

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: Plumbing a Wedgwood By-Product

Page: 212

Article

Plumbing a Wedgwood By-Product

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: Why use Chemical plant food?

Pages: 214, 215

Article

Why use Chemical plant food?

ONE of the more recent scares has to do with the supposed dangers from using chemical plant foods. The claim is made that these chemicals ruin your soil, kill the useful soil bacteria and fungi, drive away the earthworms, and produce crops responsible for the increasing susceptibility of mankind to disease.

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: How to graft four trees

Page: 222

Article

How to graft four trees

WHEN friends visit my garden they marvel that I can grow green, yellow, and red varieties of apples on one tree.

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: How does your garden grow?

Page: 223

Article

How does your garden grow?

HERE are 10 common vegetables which you probably grow in your garden every year. Each couplet describes a different vegetable. You should have no trouble getting all of them correctly.

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: MARCH GARDEN GUIDE

Page: 226

Article

MARCH GARDEN GUIDE

MARCH is a busy month for gardens. Spring is here in much of the country. There's still time, tho, in colder areas to make your last application of pest-killer sprays at winter strength.

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: Scale-killing time is now

Page: 232

Article

Scale-killing time is now

MARCH and early April, before the buds open, is the best time to spray for scale insects. While trees and shrubs are dormant, they will stand stronger and more effective sprays.

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: GARDEN CLINIC

Page: 233

Article

GARDEN CLINIC

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: GARDEN CLINIC How to plant a young tree

Pages: 236, 237

Article

GARDEN CLINIC How to plant a young tree

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: We landscaped from scratch

Page: 237

Article

We landscaped from scratch

WE HAD to buy a house last year to have a place to live. There wasn't much money left to fix up our yard. We had a front lawn, of sorts, but that was all. The back yard rose steeply in a brush-covered wilderness.

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: THE DIARY OF A Plain Dirt Gardener

Pages: 238, 239, 240, 241

Article

THE DIARY OF A Plain Dirt Gardener

March 1 Since it was dead of winter outdoors, this day was devoted to paper work inside headquarters and to contemplation and planning as I worked.

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: Now it's sweet corn without hoeing

Page: 242

Article

Now it's sweet corn without hoeing

IF YOU'LL plant the right variety, you won't need to weed or cultivate your sweet corn. You can use a new method of controlling weeds-- spraying with 2,4-D, after the corn has been planted but before it shows above ground. This is what experiment station men are calling the 2,4-D pre-emergence spray.

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: Where to get it

Page: 243

Article

Where to get it

Most items shown in this issue should be available in your local stores. If, however, they are not, for your store's convenience in ordering we list the names of the companies making the items.

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: Need a nook for breakfast?

Page: 243

Article

Need a nook for breakfast?

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: To build a trouble-free outdoor fireplace--

Pages: 244, 245

Article

To build a trouble-free outdoor fireplace--

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: Your fireplace goes modern

Page: 250

Article

Your fireplace goes modern

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: Nothing New Under the Sun

Page: 253

Article

Nothing New Under the Sun

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: Thru the Shops

Pages: 254, 255

Article

Thru the Shops

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: Thru the Shops

Pages: 256, 257

Article

Thru the Shops

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: Thru the Shops

Pages: 258, 259

Article

Thru the Shops

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: Is your husband hard to cook for?

Page: 260

Article

Is your husband hard to cook for?

UNLESS you are one wife in a thousand, you cook-- and eat-- to satisfy the food habits and prejudices of the man at your house. You seldom consider your own tastes in food, or risk serving something he doesn't like. Grocers say this is true of most women; a dozen grocers were questioned recently, and they agreed unanimously that men decide the meals, and that the average wife is afraid to stray from the straight and narrow path of her husband's likes and dislikes.

Read Article
Better Homes & Gardens March 1948 Magazine Article: THE MAN NEXT DOOR

Page: 262

Article

THE MAN NEXT DOOR

Apparently the midwinter bride in our block has made an important discovery in cooking. It is an all-purpose cutlet. So far, she's passed it off as calves' brains, perch, sweetbreads, veal, or shad roe. And my wife reports that at a noon luncheon it also did duty as a chicken patty.

Read Article
Cover
Page: 2 - 3
Page: 4 - 5
Page: 6 - 7
Page: 8 - 9
Page: 10 - 11
Page: 12 - 13
Page: 14 - 15
Page: 16 - 17
Page: 18 - 19
Page: 20 - 21
Page: 22 - 23
Page: 24 - 25
Page: 26 - 27
Page: 28 - 29
Page: 30 - 31
Page: 32 - 33
Page: 34 - 35
Page: 36 - 37
Page: 38 - 39
Page: 40 - 41
Page: 42 - 43
Page: 44 - 45
Page: 46 - 47
Page: 48 - 49
Page: 50 - 51
Page: 52 - 53
Page: 54 - 55
Page: 56 - 57
Page: 58 - 59
Page: 60 - 61
Page: 62 - 63
Page: 64 - 65
Page: 66 - 67
Page: 68 - 69
Page: 70 - 71
Page: 72 - 73
Page: 74 - 75
Page: 76 - 77
Page: 78 - 79
Page: 80 - 81
Page: 82 - 83
Page: 84 - 85
Page: 86 - 87
Page: 88 - 89
Page: 90 - 91
Page: 92 - 93
Page: 94 - 95
Page: 96 - 97
Page: 98 - 99
Page: 100 - 101
Page: 102 - 103
Page: 104 - 105
Page: 106 - 107
Page: 108 - 109
Page: 110 - 111
Page: 112 - 113
Page: 114 - 115
Page: 116 - 117
Page: 118 - 119
Page: 120 - 121
Page: 122 - 123
Page: 124 - 125
Page: 126 - 127
Page: 128 - 129
Page: 130 - 131
Page: 132 - 133
Page: 134 - 135
Page: 136 - 137
Page: 138 - 139
Page: 140 - 141
Page: 142 - 143
Page: 144 - 145
Page: 146 - 147
Page: 148 - 149
Page: 150 - 151
Page: 152 - 153
Page: 154 - 155
Page: 156 - 157
Page: 158 - 159
Page: 160 - 161
Page: 162 - 163
Page: 164 - 165
Page: 166 - 167
Page: 168 - 169
Page: 170 - 171
Page: 172 - 173
Page: 174 - 175
Page: 176 - 177
Page: 178 - 179
Page: 180 - 181
Page: 182 - 183
Page: 184 - 185
Page: 186 - 187
Page: 188 - 189
Page: 190 - 191
Page: 192 - 193
Page: 194 - 195
Page: 196 - 197
Page: 198 - 199
Page: 200 - 201
Page: 202 - 203
Page: 204 - 205
Page: 206 - 207
Page: 208 - 209
Page: 210 - 211
Page: 212 - 213
Page: 214 - 215
Page: 216 - 217
Page: 218 - 219
Page: 220 - 221
Page: 222 - 223
Page: 224 - 225
Page: 226 - 227
Page: 228 - 229
Page: 230 - 231
Page: 232 - 233
Page: 234 - 235
Page: 236 - 237
Page: 238 - 239
Page: 240 - 241
Page: 242 - 243
Page: 244 - 245
Page: 246 - 247
Page: 248 - 249
Page: 250 - 251
Page: 252 - 253
Page: 254 - 255
Page: 256 - 257
Page: 258 - 259
Page: 260 - 261
Page: 262 - 263
Page: 264

View the next article from your search or return to your search results.

view the complete issue