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  2. KISMET ACTOR FINED.

    When the constable asked you to move on, you should have exercised your reflective powers and realised that the man was only doing his duty. You ...

    Article : 495 words
  3. TEST FOR GLANDERS.

    Dr. J. P. Iverson, Deputy State Veterinarian, Sacramento, writes:— For several years past, following a systematic method, this department has, with ...

    Article : 414 words
  4. DELIGHTFUL SCHOOLS.

    The vast changes which have taken place in elementary education since 1833. and particularly since 1903, are dealt with in the report of the British ...

    Article : 275 words
  5. THE LAND.

    In cases of severe colic 6oz of whisky should be given in a quart of tepid water, and if 2oz. of laudanum can be added to this so much, the better. If there is ...

    Article : 355 words
  6. NATURE THE CURE FOR TETANUS.

    At the quarterly meeting of the California Veterinary Medical Society, held in SanFrancisco, an address was delivered by Dr. H. A. Spencer, of San Jose, upon the treat ...

    Article : 152 words
  7. FERTILISER. FOR ONIONS.

    On this subject the conductor of the Hadlow experiments, Dr. Dyer, recommends a dressing of 5cwt. superphosphate and from 3 to 4cwt of soot to the acre. Soot is also ...

    Article : 194 words
  8. ACTION OF SULPHATE ON VEGETATION.

    The science of soil fertility for the production of better crops still contains many secrets which have to be unravelld. Among the hidden things is the action of some ...

    Article : 294 words
  9. EXPERIMENTAL STATIONS IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

    If in the past the American farmers have been guilty of robbing the soil in order to make larger temporary profit, it, may have been partly from ignorance of the ...

    Article : 184 words
  10. PLANTS THAT RUN RIOT.

    Australia, is conceded to be out of the most prolific grass countries in the world. A penalty for this prodigality is that many imported plants run riot over the face of ...

    Article : 684 words
  11. IN DOCKING LAMBS

    Never let them run over three weeks at farthest. and it is better to be done at ten days old (says "The Pacific Rural Press.") In docking, the pruning shears or hoof ...

    Article : 214 words
  12. LONDON. MUSEUM.

    The King and Queen accompanied p[?]ably by the Prince of Wales and Princess Mary, made on inspection of the London Museun, whose temporary headquaters are ...

    Article : 929 words
  13. POTATO SCAB.

    There are two successful treatments for scabs in potatoes (says an American exchange.) One is dipping in a solution of corrosive sublimate. Dissolve one once in ...

    Article : 128 words
  14. EXERCISES HELP THE SOUL

    "Is it possible that character can be changed by any process, whether physical or mental is a question now being debated eagerly in Paris, not only in ...

    Article : 532 words
  15. LUCERNE HELPS TO MAINTAIN FERTILITY.

    Lucerne, ranks as the greatest fertilising plant known. to scientific agriculture. All croal crops use large quantities of nitrogen A field cropped for, years with maize ...

    Article : 331 words
  16. THE EFFECT OF GRASS ON YOUNG ORCHARD TREES.

    When a few years ago, farmers who have orchards and plant young, apple trees in them, from time to time were advised not to replace the turf, over the roots but bury ...

    Article : 244 words
  17. CHEAP ELECTRICITY.

    One essential to prosperous industry is a plentiful supply of power. For a long time that had but one meaning in England, Belgium or the States—cheap ...

    Article : 578 words
  18. FERTILISERS IN SWEDEN.

    According to a Consular report, the farmers in Sweden are only now beginning to realise the great benefits to be derived from the aid of fertilisers to agriculture. The ...

    Article : 60 words
  19. CYANIDE (NITROLIM) AS A MANURE.

    Practical manuring experiments, both in pots and in the open ground, for the purpose of checking and extending the numerous tests conducted by others in regard to the ...

    Article : 308 words
  20. SEVERE CASE OF GRAVEL AND KIDNEY COMPLAINT.

    "I suffered for months with Gravel and Kidney Trouble and most awf[?]l pains darting up my side, which were so bad at times that they would take ...

    Article : 308 words
  21. MANURING FRUIT TREES.

    It, is usual to apply manure underneath fruit trees as far as their branches extend overhead, but this is not a correct system, writes an authority on the Continent. At ...

    Article : 151 words
  22. HOME MIXING OF FERTILISERS.

    The Board of Agriculture for Britain and the Department of Agriculture for Ireland recommend mixtures of different fertilising substances for the various crops, and ...

    Article : 435 words
  23. HOW LIMe IS LOST TO THE SOIL.

    At a lecture delivered at the Agricultural College, Mount Bellew, on "Lime and its Uses." a farmer at the close of the lecture, asked how the time content of a soil to ...

    Article : 270 words
  24. TREACLE AND SAWDUST FOR PIGS.

    A Peterborough man fatted a sow on treacle and sawdust (say the English newspapers) Farmers' and small holders and dairymen in many parts of England have ...

    Article : 200 words
  25. COMEDY OF A CABINET.

    The last Spanish Cabinet resigned for the fourth time in 14-months. For the fourth; time Senon Canalejas the Premier. went to King Alfonso and ...

    Article : 244 words
  26. WIFE BUYS HUSBAND FOR £100.

    The old days of convict labor in, Australia and in some of the Western States of America are recalled, by a queer auction held at Ashville, North ...

    Article : 218 words
  27. THE FARMER IS A MANUFACTURER.

    The farmer is a manufacturer, and the farm is his factory, which is always in ope-, ration.. He can either sell his crop products or he can convert them into other forms— ...

    Article : 217 words
  28. FEEDING CHICKENS.

    It must be borne in mind that a little chicken has but a small storage capacity, and that by nature it absorbs its food rapidly, and, consequently, if it is to thrive ...

    Article : 282 words
  29. £30,000 PROFIT ON A LOAN.

    There is keen competition among the European banks to lend China money now that in her financial embarrassment she is prepared to pay high rates, ...

    Article : 93 words
  30. USE OF BLOOD IN AGRICULTURE.

    Fresh blood contains about [?] per cent, of organic nitrogen wth a small quantity of phosphoric acid and potash. In this natural stale it would be a good manure, but it ...

    Article : 400 words
  31. FIELD EXPERIMENTS, JERSEY.

    Report on Field Experiments in 1911 by John Dunlop. B.Sc., under the control of the Technical Instruction Committee, gives the results gained from experiments on ...

    Article : 168 words
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  33. SLAUGHTERING NEAR THE PADDOCK.

    Inspired by the success which has attended the Murtoa Co- operative Freezing Works, the producers of the Goulburn Valley and Southern Riverina are interesting ...

    Article : 169 words
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