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  2. ORCHARD & VINEYARD FRUIT AND VINE CULTURE.

    And now the stately Roman Catholic Church and College at Sevenhills—which tell a tale of the flourishing and prosperous times which existed in the early days, but ...

    Article : 1,921 words
  3. THE DIAMOND HITCH.

    The following description of a very useful method of securing packs and packsaddles is taken from a letter from Mexico written to the Field by Mr. Albert H. Zeith:—"Twenty years of frontier life and use of the said 'diamond hitch' enable me to thoroughly realize the above, and having frequently seen such allusions to it I think that perhaps my present ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 700 words
  4. RABBIT DESTRUCTION.

    The pollard and phospherous mixture seems to be a most effective weapon for arresting the ravages of the rabbits. Baits can hardly be made too small, and very little phosphorus ...

    Article : 384 words
  5. EXPERIMENTS.

    There are a good many plants with which it is desirable to try experiments. Sugar corn, for instance, would probably produce cobs if sown during February and well watered and ...

    Article : 114 words
  6. AGRONOMICAL UNITY.

    The greatest enemy of our farmers and gardeners—if any such exist—could not be better pleased than to see the want of unity, and in some cases distrust of each other, ...

    Article : 272 words
  7. DRAKE OR DARNEL.

    This grain is poisonous. The botanical name is Lolium temulentum, and it has always been regarded as being dangerous. Thompson's "Rural Oyclopaedia" calls it "A ...

    Article : 160 words
  8. SUMMER PRUNING.

    It has long been a subject of dispute amongst practical gardeners whether or not it is advantageous to prune fruit-trees during summer. Some, speaking from their own ...

    Article : 711 words
  9. TRAINING VICIOUS HORSES.

    A new and very simple method of training vicious horses was exhibited at West Philadelphia recently, and the manner in which some of the wildest horses were subdued the ...

    Article : 274 words
  10. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

    THE RECIPROCITY TREATY.—A well-known nod much-respected resident of Kangaroo Island writes to us as follows in reference to the reciprocity treaty with New Zealand:— ...

    Article : 277 words
  11. THE PASTORAL QUESTION.

    Sir—The Commissioner of Crown Lands recently stated that during the last ten years 12,000,000 acres has been let to farmers, and it was the desire of his Government to remove ...

    Article : 234 words
  12. WATER GRASSES.

    There are a few places where water grasses might, perhaps, with some advantage be introduced by our Agricultural Bureau. Poa aquatica and Glyceria fluit[?] have been ...

    Article : 256 words
  13. OUR PASTORAL LEASES.

    Sir—On the 5th inst. I received from the Survey Office a circular calling attention to the Vermin Fencing Act of 1890, by which the months of February and March are specially ...

    Article : 417 words
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