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  2. THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE AT CIRENCESTER.

    The farm attached to the college contains 500 acres, of which 45 are in pasture, the remainder arable. About 30 acres of land, of which eight acres are in pasture, the ...

    Article : 2,811 words
  3. CURE FOR AMERICAN BLIGHT.

    Sir,—I notice in your columns different receipts for the cure of apple blight. none of which I believe are efficacious. The remedy I recommend I know is infallible, having ...

    Article : 273 words
  4. NOTES AND QUERIES.

    Sir,—Can you, through your paper, give me any information respecting the culture of opium? By so doing, you will greatly oblige [The information will be found in another ...

    Article : 41 words
  5. TREATMENT OF AN AILING HORSE.

    Sir,—I have a valuable horse that was seized with a trembling some time ago. and his legs swelled up very fast. I clothed him up and gave him some mashes, and he seemed ...

    Article : 267 words
  6. CHEVIOT SHEEP.

    Sir,—Can you inform me of the address of any one owning a flock of Cheviot sheep in the Australian colonies, and also of the following particulars regarding Cheviots at home: ...

    Article : 67 words
  7. FOOD FOR DRAUGHT HORSES.

    Sir,—Can you inform me what quantities of crushed maize, oats, barley and bran (and what proportions) ought to be sufficient for hard-working town dray-horses, and especially ...

    Article : 195 words
  8. MEETING OF MARKET-GARDINERS.

    A meeting of marketgardeners, to consider the best steps to be taken to remedy certain disabilities under which men of their calling ate labouring, was held on ...

    Article : 441 words
  9. THE NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

    The ordinary monthly council meeting of this society was held on Friday, 14th Jnly inst., at 2 p.m., as usual, when, after reading and confirming the minutes of the previous ...

    Article : 1,027 words
  10. THE THISTLE QUESTION.

    Sir,—As this matter is most likely to come shortly before the legislators, I have taken the liberty of sending yon an extract from the minutes of the last meeting of tire Shire ...

    Article : 423 words
  11. WATERPROOF PATHS.

    Sir,—Can you supply a formula for making cement of some kind for hardening garden walks? Will not a mixture of litharge, lime, and gravel, or quartz tailings, form a mixture ...

    Article : 132 words
  12. CAHCEB IN THE EYES OF CATTLE.

    Sir,—My cattle having suffered occasionally from inflammatory disease of the eye, I perused attentively your reply to "Stockowner" in The Australasian of last week. ...

    Article : 90 words
  13. A TRIP TO ROCKBEARE.

    It was to Rockbeare, by the kind invitation, of Mr. W. M'Culloch, the well-known importer of hones, that a few friends retired on Saturday, July 15, for the purpose of ...

    Article : 1,110 words
  14. DISSOLVING SULPHUR.

    Sir,—Can you inform me through your valuable columns of die best means of dissolving sulphur and also how to get rid of slugs which infeat houses? ...

    Article : 72 words
  15. DETERMINATION OF SEX IN BIRDS.

    Sir, I am quite aware that thousands of persons know very little of the anatomy of birds, as to their sex, in spite of so many practical proofs before them when indulging ...

    Article : 165 words
  16. THE SCAB ACT.

    Sir,—A Short time ago I saw in your paper the reports of the chief inspectors of sheep in New South Wales and South Australia. I fear no such satisfactory report can be ...

    Article : 328 words
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