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  2. AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL NOTES.

    Then Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trefic, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. ...

    Article : 39 words
  3. VITAL STATISTICS OF THE METROPOLIS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 715 words
  4. To Utilise Sawdust for Firelighters.

    To make very good firelighters, take some resin—any quantity, and melt it. Do this with great caution for resin is highly inflammable, and, like pitch, will ...

    Article : 145 words
  5. A DAUGHTER OF THE PEOPLE,

    "Ah, here's Mickey!" cried Brianna, springing to her feet. She seized the butter, threw it on the table, then took Mickey Croom's two hands, and whirled him round ...

    Article : 4,115 words
  6. DAIRYING.

    Following a close inspection of a re-presentative part of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, the Dairy Expert has confessed the conviction that, under fair ...

    Article : 1,001 words
  7. ARTIFICIAL SPONGES.

    These may be produced from pure cellulose, which has been mixed with coarse rocksalt and exposed to the action of chloride of zinc. This mixture is ...

    Article : 119 words
  8. FOUNDATION WAX.

    How to convert honeycombs and capping into foundation for frames without getting wax that is too brittle to handle when run into sheets, is a ...

    Article : 249 words
  9. AN ANTS' SEWING CIRCLE.

    A party of Gorman naturalists recently returned from Ceylon have reported the existence of a species of ant that has been observed in the act of ...

    Article : 129 words
  10. THE THIEF OF TIME.

    The fact is, that in order to do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand shivering on the bank and thinking of the cold and danger, ...

    Article : 164 words
  11. VITICULTURAL.

    The advisability of "topping" vines—like all operations that go under the name of summer pruning—depends on various factors, say the Department's ...

    Article : 452 words
  12. TO REMOVE WARTS.

    Warts on the hands are both disfiguring and inconvenient. There are many ways of removing those unsightly excrescences. The simplest, and perhaps ...

    Article : 100 words
  13. THE BITE OF LOCHEIL.

    Once, in a fierce foray with General Monks' troops, in "Far Lochaber," Lochiel had a severe life-and-death struggle with an English officer. ...

    Article : 205 words
  14. THE UNION JACK.

    The origin of the Union Jack is well-known, but it may be surprising to many to learn that the "Union Jack" is in reality a misnomer, and that, if properly ...

    Article : 300 words
  15. NEW ZEALAND SCHOOLS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 80 words
  16. KAISER'S PACK OF CARDS.

    The Kaiser is said to have designed a pack of cards, in which the features of Queen Victoria, the Dowager Queen of Italy, the late Empress Elizabeth of ...

    Article : 188 words
  17. THE SOLUTION.

    Brains "A bald head is a sure sign of intelligence, my boy." Henpecked: "Explain, please." Brains: "An intelligent brain moves ...

    Article : 77 words
  18. HER BURDEN.

    "Where have you been, Mary Ann?" "I've been to the Girl's Improvement Class, ma'am," was the maid's reply. "Well, and what did the curate say ...

    Article : 64 words
  19. BEES AND HONEY.

    If a have is infected with bee moths mount a pin or needle on a short wooden handle, and go all over the combs, picking out as many moth grubs as possible. ...

    Article : 116 words
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