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  2. THE NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA.

    The adjourned meeting of persons interested in the formation of a new agricultural, society was held at Hockin's Hotel, Elizabeth-street, on Monday. Mr. Hood presided. The ...

    Article : 608 words
  3. NOTES AND QUERIES.

    Sir,—A correspondent in The Australasian of Sept. 10 alludes to the destruction of the dingoes by poison. In New Zealand we have not the dingo, but a wild dog, chiefly ...

    Article : 95 words
  4. AGRICULTURAL NEWS BY THE MAIL.

    According to the tables of averages published weekly by the English agricultural journals, wheat saw its lowest during the week ending September 24, when 45s. 4d. per quarter ...

    Article : 2,568 words
  5. RATE OF WATER SUPPLY.

    Sir,—The quantity of water flowing at the rate of four miles an hour which would pass through a pipe a quarter of an inch in diameter in 24 hours would be, in round ...

    Article : 150 words
  6. RULE FOR CALCULATING VELOCITY OF RUNNING WATER.

    Sir,—I should feel obliged if some of your scientific readers would give me some well-established rule for calculating the velocity of running water. In Molesworth one formula is ...

    Article : 107 words
  7. A QUESTION FOR ROAD SURVEYORS.

    Sir,—"T." asks for information as to the usual and best mode of measuring cuttings of roads, but gives as an example a case so exceptional in practice that I cannot help ...

    Article : 232 words
  8. IS SCAB SPONTANEOUSLY GENERATED?

    Sir,—In the prize essay on "Scab in Sheep," for which Mr. C. M. Curr (chief inspector of scab, Victoria) obtained £150, I find at page 19 of said essay the following rather ...

    Article : 175 words
  9. HORTICULTURAL.

    Unless English raisers of these beautiful and gaudy summer flowers are applying themselves successfully to the work of raising new varieties, the horticultural public will ...

    Article : 418 words
  10. DAIRY BUILDINGS AND CHEESE STORES.

    Sir,—I am largely in the cheese-making way, and at present a[?] compelled to use a wooden building as store and curing-room, and also as dairy; the cheese suffer dreadfully from ...

    Article : 348 words
  11. BEST METHOD OF CLEANING COLONIAL THE CASKS, OR OTHERS.

    Sir,—As the time for the vintage of 1871 approaches, I feel assured that information on the above subject will be thankfully received by your numerous vinegrowing ...

    Article : 328 words
  12. HYDRAULIC RAM.

    Sir,—What current of water would it requite to work the hydraulic ram? Please state rate and pressure. ...

    Article : 23 words
  13. PICKLING OLIVES.

    Sir,—Can you inform me the proper way to pickle green olives? Perhaps some of your readers would forward a recipe. Colonists from France, Spain, or Portugal would be the ...

    Article : 37 words
  14. WESTERN AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION'S ANNUAL EXHIBITION AT WESTBURY.

    The yearly show of this society took place at Westbury on the 14th inst., and as the day was a fine one, and expectation very considerable, the attendance was more numerous ...

    Article : 994 words
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