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  2. HORTICULTURAL

    As a natural result of heat and moisture, both insect pests and rank-growing weeds are very prevalent and demand the whole resources ot the cultivator to keep them in anything like check. One of the worst troubles is the native autumn ...

    Article : 1,986 words
  3. MINING

    It is a very common fallacy that hard and fast rules can be laid down for the treatment of quartz of whatever kind it is. Experience has shown that what is an excellent method in one district will not suit in ...

    Article : 2,038 words
  4. Reminiscences of Victorian Goldfields.

    Bank officials on the goldfields, alike in the early and more recent times, underwent great dangers, both of a physical and moral character. In the first case, the danger in taking cash for the purpose of buying gold in outlying ...

    Article : 2,433 words
  5. Gabert's Universal Excavator.

    This machine is adapted for the mechanical excavation of any trench or ditch whatever by attacking the earth from below. In certain cases it is capable of rendering great ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 386 words
  6. Another Rabbit Exterminator.

    An ingenious device for exterminating burrowing animals by suffocation has been recently patented in America. It consists of a perforated cylinder, contained in an outer casing that is open at the bottom, and of an air-pump that ...

    Article : 139 words
  7. Cherry's Improved Butter Worker.

    Messrs. Lessetter and Co., Limited, are now displaying in their warehouse, George-street, several sizes of an improved butter worker, the invention of Mr. Cherry, of Victoria. The form and mechanical parts of the machine ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 171 words
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