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  2. The Manufacture of Potash.

    FOR the preparation of potash the wood, bark, branches aud foliage are burnt in pits sunk three or four feet in the ground; the incineration is continued till the pit is almost filled with ashes. Young branches ...

    Article : 1,577 words
  3. THE CULTIVATOR.

    THE juice of cane is a natural fluid containing sugar in three forms—viz., cane sugar, grape sugar (glucose), and molasses. The two latter are often confounded with each other. The normal amount of molasses ...

    Article : 3,706 words
  4. Sugar Cultivation by Steam.

    THE plantation, Magnolia Grove, fifty miles below New Orleans, is 3000 acres in extent, and the owner, Mr. Effingham Lawrence, conducts all the operations on a large scale, and in an enterprising manner. One ...

    Article : 909 words
  5. Facts for Farmers.

    WE described in our issue of the 7th instant, a mode of making butter by simply burying the cream enclosed in small bags in the earth, instead of churning it. This process, which was an ancient Irish practice, has ...

    Article : 932 words
  6. AMERICAN BLIGHT UPON APPLE TREES.

    SIR,—Much has been written of late upon that pest, the American blight upon apple trees. No one will doubt that, by working upon a stock that is never affected with it, more than half the work is done by eradicating the disease. Let ...

    Article : 216 words
  7. The Aphis.

    THIS insect pest threatens the complete destruction of the "brassica" tribe; it abounds in myriads in every part of thosuburbs of Sydney, and more especially on the land occupied by the Chinaman gardener, Ah Soo, at ...

    Article : 366 words
  8. To the Editor.

    SIR,—Can you inform your numerous readers in the Northern districts why so many letters, passing to and from the various country post-offices, also to and from Sydney and the country post-offices, never reach their destination? Is it ...

    Article : 229 words
  9. Agricultural Items.

    THE weather during the week has been favourable to farming and other like operations, but a day's rain is needed in most quarters. In the suburban districts, the fields and gardens wear a very healthy appearance, ...

    Article : 975 words
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