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  2. THE FARM & STATION

    IT cannot be said that the agricultural outlook in this country is one of a reassuring description; for no sooner are matters made right in one direction than they become bad in another, and it seems only natural that ...

    Article : 1,207 words
  3. THE GARDEN & ORCHARD Seasonable Hints.

    THE cold weather which has prevailed during the last few weeks has been favourable to gardening operations, by assisting in pulverizing the soil, although it has played sad havoc with the tender kinds of plants. In ...

    Article : 602 words
  4. Sawdust for the Stable.

    THE Queenslander says:—Sawdust is becoming more and more used as bedding in stables for horses kept in towns. It is most excellent for the purpose, being cleanly and comfortable and a good cushion for the tired ...

    Article : 351 words
  5. The Great Bamboo of Japan.

    IN a paper recently read before the Horticultural Society of Victoria, Mr. F. C. Christy, describing a specimen of the Japanese gigantic bamboo, now growing in the society's gardens in Melbourne, says,—"It is ...

    Article : 364 words
  6. The First Ploughman in Victoria.

    THE Portland Guardian relates that one of the old and infirm inmates of the Benevolent Asylum, named John Fowles, who lately died at the age of ninety-six years, appears to have had the peculiar distinction of being the ...

    Article : 264 words
  7. Transplanting.

    THIS being the season for transplanting, the following practical observations from the "New South Wales Gardener," published by Messrs. Anderson and Co., of Sydney, will be found extremely useful:—" The ...

    Article : 776 words
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    THE OLIVE TREE PARASITE.—The olive trees of Provence are menaced by a scourge which may ultimately prove as dangerous as the phylloxera. A grey fly, known as the Dacus olece, has made its appearance, and has ...

    Article : 305 words
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    ENGLISH LIVE—STOCK IN AMERICA.—In reference to the strenuous efforts being made by the Americans and Canadians to improve their live stock by importations from England, it may be mentioned that the ...

    Article : 140 words
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