Title: American homes and gardens
Identifier: americanhomesgar81911newy (find matches)
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture, Domestic; Landscape gardening
Publisher: New York : Munn and Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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July, 1911 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 251
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Making ready for a landing for the night proofed, oiled and painted, thoroughly saturating it, so that it repels water like rubber, prevents mildewing and cracking and makes it proof against changes in temperature. The framework is made of high carbon, tempered spring steel and, being galvanized, will not rust in salt or fresh water. Xo tools are required to set up or to take down the modern canvas boat, and no instructions are needed by the beginner, who can set it up and take it down in the dark, if necessary. There is nothing to get lost, such as bolts, nuts or cotter pins. The cross ribs, being fastened to a strong strap, can- not get misplaced, nor do they have to be sorted out. Long before the bull crosses the pasture, your folded burden is set up, you push off in your boat and you are beyond the reach of his horns. The cost of an outing depends on the point of view, or the point of resources. It is easy enough to lay down the cost of equipment, as prices of 1911 were shown at the recent Xew York Sportsman's Show, continued on a lesser scale at sporting goods houses. Folding canvas boats begin at the 9-foot size and end at the 20-foot size. A 9-foot boat has 32 inches beam and 10 inches depth, either jointed oars or double paddles, carrying case, thwart seat, spreaders and air chambers." It will carry 350 pounds of weight. As a package to tote it is 3 feet long by 8 inches wide and weighs 30 pounds. Its price $25. Prices then increase with length until 20 feet are reached at a cost of $65. As lengths increase, the number of people that can be carried increase, the 20-foot boat, for instance, weighing only 120 pounds, will carry 3,000 pounds. Tent tops range from $11 to $18, according to the length of the A camp of the folding canoers boat, and cabin ends from $3 to $7. Cabins to cover the whole boat range from $9 to $21. It will be seen that the cost of equipment cannot be charged to one outing, as it will last for many annual out- ings. If one desires a separate tent, all that can be said is that they cost from $3.50 up, and one may go away up. For the open, for roughing it, many prefer a sleeping bag, the priceless boon of scientific expeditions where all is tramp, tramp, day after day. Their range of cost is from $7 to $60. Assuming that you are a youth, with $100 or less for your two or three weeks vacation, your folding canvas 9-foot boat and tent top would cost you $36 for all the outings you are ever likely to make while young. To this add the amount of carfare. If you are to camp, there is so much to be apportioned for food, utensils for cooking and eating (which may be had at the 10-cent store), fishing tackle and perhaps a gun and shells. The gun and shells must be dispensed with unless you can afford a State license and unless you are to camp in the season when shooting is allowed by law. As a rule, two or more combine on a boat- ing camping trip, dividing and thereby reducing the ex- penses and sharing the camp work. Those who have ex- perience and can afford it may take along a man of all around ability, who will attend to all the camp drudgery. Say what you will, the proposed camper of small means can do far better with a canvas boat, by going where he can board at a farmhouse or small hotel at from $3.^0 to $5 per week. The expense is less, and the outer has all of his time to wrestle with nature for pastime and relaxation.

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