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  2. AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL NOTES.

    These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, N.S.W., and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 212. ...

    Article : 532 words
  3. THE SENSITIVE KAISER.

    The hyper-sensitiveness and megalomania of the Kaiser have much to answer for. They created a mild reign of fear in Germany, but they have not turned ...

    Article : 501 words
  4. HOW TO SAVE COAL.

    How to minimise the consumption of coal is a problem that most careful housekeepers are striving to solve. "Muriel," in the "Weekly Telegraph," ...

    Article : 345 words
  5. A Bachelor's Nieces

    After a year or two the letters did not sketch [?]uch bright [?]es of prosperity. The rain did not come at the proper time, and his uncle's sheep died in thousands for ...

    Article : 4,062 words
  6. THE ORCHARD.

    Probably no night is more familiar to growers of peaches, apricots, cherries, or plums, than the exudation of gum from the wood. Sometimes the masses ...

    Article : 903 words
  7. THE DISCOVERY OF WOOD PULP.

    With reference to a recent article on the above subject, Mr. Frank Lund, Bury, writes:— I notice the inventor is stated to be ...

    Article : 345 words
  8. THE "75" GUN.

    Mr. D. Cambanis, a Greek soldier, who had fought against the Turks and the Bulgarians, has an interesting article in T.P.'s Journal of Great Deeds of the ...

    Article : 280 words
  9. GROWING WHEAT.

    Some attention has been directed lately to the question whether the common practice in New South Wales of sowing wheat in drills seven to eight ...

    Article : 258 words
  10. WIRELESS ON RAILWAY TRAINS.

    The advance which has been made by American scientists in the practical application of wireless is illustrated in the successful use of wireless train ...

    Article : 153 words
  11. 12,000,000 TYRES A YEAR.

    The average man has but a vague idea of the enormous extent of the automobile tyre industry. In the United States alone there are at present in round ...

    Article : 178 words
  12. SOWING WHEAT IN SPRING.

    The idea that wheat might grow in New South Wales if sown in the spring and harvested in autumn has been discussed on many occasions, and a trial ...

    Article : 495 words
  13. THE CAVALRYMAN'S LOAD.

    The regular Russian cavalry are armed with sword, rifle and bayonet, and each man carries forty rounds of ammunition. There are the two days' oats and hay ...

    Article : 113 words
  14. EXTINGUISHING A CANDLE.

    An ingenious method of extinguishing a candle when it burns down to a certain point is worked as follows: Tie a string around the candle at the desired point, ...

    Article : 134 words
  15. Bridget's One Regret.

    A certain lady, after making arrangements for an evening party, finally went down into the kitchen to see Bridget. "Now, Bridget," she said, "I am going ...

    Article : 52 words
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