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  2. Agricultural Items.

    The cattle on Eatonswill station were sold in lots on Tuesday. The prices were generally in favour of the buyers, the competition being very weak. The run, homestead, and the purchased land in various places were passed ...

    Article : 1,882 words
  3. The Bonnyrigg Poultry Farm.

    Sir,—In your issue of the 9th appears a letter signed by Mr. Edward B. Bosanquet, and headed "The Bonnyrigg Poultry Farm." I thank you for the replies which you have taken the trouble to give him, which only require ...

    Article : 496 words
  4. The Eucalyptus Ficifolia.

    We illustrate in this issue the flower and seed—the former being about one-third its natural size, the latter almost the natural size—of a rare variety of the Eucalyptus known as the Eucalyptus ficifolia, a tree in full blossom, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 306 words
  5. HORTICULTURAL

    In a monthly contemporary a correspondent inquired why pelargoniums produced green and malformed flowers and yellow stems with foliage. The answer given was to push the plants on into a ...

    Article : 1,004 words
  6. Insect Destroyers.

    Sir,—In the agricultural columns of the Mail, of December 19, under the heading of "Fertilizers and Insect Destroyers," the writer states that ladybirds destroy aphis. My experience is the reverse of this, as I have a plot of ...

    Article : 429 words
  7. Breaking Colts.

    Most colts, if taken young enough (says the American Agriculturist), and gently, though firmly bundled, can be driven as soon as they can be made to know what is wanted of them. Now and then a spirited fellow feels big oats, or ...

    Article : 372 words
  8. Dutch Cattle.

    The large milk yields which are obtained from the cattle which we class as "Dutch," whether they come from Holland, Denmark, or Schleswig-Holstein, have secured for the breed or breeds a considerable amount of patronage in ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 518 words
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