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  2. Harvest Estimates.

    The present wheat harvest, although not concluded, is sufficiently far advanced to form a rough estimate of what will be the breadstuffs, supply grown within the colony for the season of 1882-3. The area under ...

    Article : 2,182 words
  3. Pure-bred Ayrshire Cattle

    There arrived here on Monday, by the Cheviot (s.), rom Melbourne, a shipment of three pure-bred Ayrshire cattle, one bull and two heifers, which are en route for the Glen Innes neighbourhood, to the order of Mr. John Rose, of ...

    Article : 330 words
  4. Belt Lacing.

    A correspondent writes to the Scientific American:—I send you a sample of belt lacing which I am using in my factory. It is far superior to any other way of lacing. It runs smoother on small pulleys, as it bends to fit them To ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 96 words
  5. A Tour Through the Wheat Growing Districts.

    The Albury district, which comprises the neighbourhoods of Germantown, Jindera, Walla Walla, Bungowannah, Moorwatha, and Howlong, extending from Albury down the Murray to Corowa, and back along the Billabong, by way of ...

    Article : 2,438 words
  6. A Simple Potato Screen.

    Sorting potatoes by hand is tedious, and the adhesive earth remains. With a very simple, cheap apparatus, shown in the engraving, the small potatoes are quickly separated from the larger ones, suitable for tho market. It ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 189 words
  7. The Poultry Yard.

    In some of the livestock papers there has been a good deal said about this lately. All agree that sunflower seed in moderation is a good food for fowls, but the opinion is not so unanimous as to how to secure it. it can always be ...

    Article : 870 words
  8. A Cheap Roller.

    A correspondent sends the following plan for a homemade Field Roller to the American Agriculturist: "Take a log 6 or 8 feet long, 18 or 20 inches in diameter, and put pins in each end for journals, either of wood 1½ inch, or iron ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 252 words
  9. Land Monopolisers in Manitoba.

    The London correspondent of the Toronto Globe has written to that paper as follow:— "The land policy of Sir John Macdonald's Government is bearing bad fruit on this side of the Atlantic. Recently ...

    Article : 671 words
  10. The Senses of Bees.

    At the meeting of the Linnean Society [?] Thursday last, Sir John Lubbock read an account of his further observations on the habits of insects, made during the past year. The two queen ants which have lived with him since 1874, ...

    Article : 493 words
  11. Agricultural Items.

    During the late wet season the farmers of Blayney lost large quantities of hay. Poisonous plants on the Forbes Common have caused the death of over 2000 sheep this season. ...

    Article : 560 words
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