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  2. THE NEW FARMER.

    If the "transition of agriculture" which is thought to be in progress is to reach the more intensive state desired by reformers, it can only be ...

    Article : 1,132 words
  3. HOMELY HINTS.

    The tangled threads of yesterday Will still unsnarl with toil and pain. To-day, our stubborn fingers play Sad havoc with to-morrow's skein. ...

    Article : 761 words
  4. MELBOURNE LETTER

    The Indeterminate Sentences Act, which was brought into action some five years or so ago, and from which much was expected, has not fulfilled ...

    Article : 1,381 words
  5. APPLE EXPORTS.

    Fruitgrowers, who export apples to Europe, will be interested in some statistics compiled by Mr Thos. Boss Walker, regarding the actual results of ...

    Article : 218 words
  6. WOMEN'S INTERESTS

    The skirt is going to hall-mark the dress—is, in fact, doing this now. I can only offer one opinion: that the spring-spread hip is going to be ...

    Article : 1,286 words
  7. ACTION OF GRASS ON TREES.

    In the latest number of Science Progress is an article by Mr Spencer Pickering, F.R.S., director of the Woburn Experimental Fruit Farm, England. ...

    Article : 864 words
  8. FOR THE FARMER'S WIFE.

    Folding Skirts for Travelling.—Fasten the waistband and pin the middle of the back to the centre of the front. Then lay the skirt out flat on the ...

    Article : 944 words
  9. OF RURAL INTEREST

    "This is a great, country, but it is not used," said an American the other day. He said it with an air of uncovering a fact of which Australians ...

    Article : 1,452 words
  10. RAISING CROPS WITH GUNPOWDER.

    The old brown gunpowder, formerly standard in the United States navy, but disused since the introduction of smokeless powder, has been found by ...

    Article : 151 words
  11. BRITISH FOOD IMPORTS.

    The report of the Board of Agriculture on the farm products imported into Great Britain gives an impressive idea of the value of that country as ...

    Article : 907 words
  12. POULTRY NOTES.

    It is surprising more poultry-keepers do not keep a well-filled dust bath, which is the best of all cures against insect troubles. It is little trouble ...

    Article : 412 words
  13. TURNIPS AND NITROGEN.

    Mr Thomas Jamieson, Director of the Agricultural Research Association of Scotland, has made a careful consideration of the turnip, which ...

    Article : 347 words
  14. A NEW JERSEY CHAMPION.

    "What is the highest record we can expect a dairy cow. to make?" is a query that has often been made. As it was with the trotting horse, 20 or 30 ...

    Article : 239 words
  15. ENGLISH FARM PRODUCTS.

    Part II of the Agricultural Statistics for 1912, issued by the British Board of Agriculture, deals with the produce of crops, and brings out the deficient ...

    Article : 267 words
  16. MEAT PROBLEM IN ARGENTINA.

    The shortsighted policy of indiscriminate slaughter of likely bulls and cows in Argentina, says a South American authority has resulted in a state of ...

    Article : 200 words
  17. POTASH AND CROPS.

    One of the most striking effects of potash manures is the remarkable way in which they promote the growth of clovers and other leguminous plants. ...

    Article : 150 words
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  19. MAN-EATING FOXES.

    That the fox may be a man-eater appears from experience in Upper Piedmont, Italy. A young woman, accustomed to wander in the mountain ...

    Article : 85 words
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