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  2. NOTES ON TOBACCO-GROWING.

    THE following notes on tobacco, mainly compiled from a little work lately circulated in Melbourne, written by Mr. W. H. Otter, a native of Virginia, U. S., and for over thirty years engaged in tobacco cultivation and ...

    Article : 1,574 words
  3. PARASITIC DISEASES OF STOCK.—BOTS IN HORSES.

    The larvæ of the gad-fly a temporary habitat in various parts of the bodies of higher animals. One variety, the Estrus equi, passes part of its life in the stomach of the horse, where it finds the conditions which are favourable to ...

    Article : 814 words
  4. TOBACCO AS A PROFITABLE CROP.

    SLOWLY but surely fanners are turning their attention to the rotation and variety of crops suitable to the soils they have settled upon, and gradually farming commences to become a profitable calling. Tobacco may now be fairly ...

    Article : 1,064 words
  5. THE ICERY PROCESS OF SUGAR-MAKING IN QUEENSLAND.

    A CORRESPONDENT who has tried the Icery process writes to the Queenslander the following:—"Starting with no other knowledge than could be obtained from Dr. Icery's printed instructions, it was inevitable that we should make ...

    Article : 1,048 words
  6. THE IMPORTATION OF CATTLE AND THE PRICE OF MEAT IN ENGLAND.

    SINCE the time when the cattle plague decimated our herds, regulations have been in force to check the entrance of contagious diseases of animals at the ports. These regulations are far from over stringent, and there is the most positive ...

    Article : 813 words
  7. VISITS TO THE LONDON WOOL SALES.

    THERE has been so much said and written about the conducting of wool sales in London that I determined, while in London on pleasure bent, to see what I could in the wool warehouses and sales. I inquired about the mode of fixing ...

    Article : 1,248 words
  8. FARM MECHANICS.

    TRIFOLIUM repens, or creeping white clover, is a hardy perennial, suited to a great variety of soil and climate. This clover is a native of Europe. It is now grown largely in Jamaica, and said to make very superior horse feed ...

    Article : 1,637 words
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