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  2. POUTRY.

    Mr. Edward Brown, F.L.S., hon. secretary of the National Poultry Organisation Society, writes on this subject as follows:— ...

    Article : 673 words
  3. SIGNS AND OMENS.

    One of the commonest experiences in life is to hear people say they are having bad luck. And yet you will often find on inquiry that these people ...

    Article : 1,732 words
  4. A SCIENTIST'S VIEWS ON FLYING.

    There are many among those who are hopeful about the future of aeroplanes (says Sir E. Ray Lankester, writing in the "Daily Telegraph") who ...

    Article : 639 words
  5. GREAT MEN'S WOOINGS.

    That there is no accounting for the eccentricities of lovers is sufficiently proved by the odd methods in which many of the world's great men have ...

    Article : 841 words
  6. FROM HERE AND THERE.

    "The up-to-date farmer is the man who has a well-planned system of farming with ariations to suit the seasons and circumstances. He ...

    Article : 200 words
  7. THE SPINSTER MAN.

    Much has been written on the subject of the Bachelor Maid. She has been one of the finest of the new works of creation. She has been said ...

    Article : 496 words
  8. Making Land Produce its Utmost.

    "Many farmers really have so much land that they can be said to be land poor; they have so much land that they are unable to till and manure it; ...

    Article : 154 words
  9. Farm Machinery.

    "A modern farm requires modern machinery. Sometimes, however, we run across a farmer who will not believe this statement, and who still ...

    Article : 128 words
  10. FLOWERS, THE SINGER'S ENEMY.

    In his book, "The Art of Singing," Mr. Charles Santley describes how he frequently found his voice affected by the exhalations from flowers. ...

    Article : 664 words
  11. PRINCESS AND SCULPTOR.

    A pretty story is told of the Duchess of Aosta, who is a Princess of the House of Orleans and sister to Queen Amelie of Portugal. There lives in ...

    Article : 301 words
  12. The Practical Farmer.

    "Every successful man in any trade or calling has been a mixture of advanced ideas and close, practical methods. They occupy two separate ...

    Article : 138 words
  13. WHAT A PARROT DID.

    One of the cleverest performances ever recorded of a parrot is told in a Chicago paper. In a certain home in that city the heads of the household ...

    Article : 161 words
  14. THE ORDER OF THE BATH.

    To bath, or not to bath? Ay there's the rub! "When snug between the sheets at morn I find ...

    Article : 205 words
  15. Homes in the Country.

    "Not every man who lives in the country can have a showy or costly home; nor does he want such. But as long as flowers and vines and trees ...

    Article : 124 words
  16. Arrested Him.

    At a recent dinner in New York, Joseph H. Choate, a former Ambassador from the United States to Great Britain, was speaking of the necessity ...

    Article : 130 words
  17. SOME TRIBUTES TO MOTHERHOOD.

    Motherhood, as revealed in biography, has ever a perennial charm. Often only a few letters tell the story, but the true, loving spirit has ...

    Article : 203 words
  18. THE CARE OF THE SICK.

    Be very careful how you conduct yourself in the presence of an invalid. He or she is apt to be worried, and perhaps retarded in convalescence by ...

    Article : 318 words
  19. Crops and Plant Food.

    "All that is necessary for the growth of crops are food and a clean, healthy soil. The food, of course, must be such as the plant requires ...

    Article : 199 words
  20. How the Cook Understood it.

    An elderly gent in a country village, unable to attend morning service, sent his cook instead. "Well what was the sermon about?" ...

    Article : 171 words
  21. He Didn't Mind.

    The minister of a large parish had for sonic time been much troubled by the scandalous gossip that seemed to be occupying the minds of a portion ...

    Article : 193 words
  22. The Silo.

    "The silo is no longer an experiment. The economic feeding value of silage is recognised by all dairymen, and the successful feeder has ...

    Article : 143 words
  23. Guided by Precept.

    An old farmer discovered that one of his men was constantly stealing wheat from the barn, and, being uncertain what course to pursue, he ...

    Article : 111 words
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