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  2. NOTES ON TOBACCO-GROWING.

    SHEDS AND APPLIANCES FOR DRYING.—The shed should be enclosed all round, with a window or loophole at each end to admit a current of air when required. Beams are placed across at about three feet apart—say one, two, or ...

    Article : 1,494 words
  3. POISONING BY GOATS MILK.

    SOME few weeks back an account of poisoning by goat's milk came from New Zealand in which a family was reported to have narrowly escaped death. Looking over our late English exchanges we find that the Lancet reports ...

    Article : 371 words
  4. PRIZE-TAKERS AT LATE ENGLISH SHOWS.

    THE annual meeting of the Yorkshire Association was held early in August, at Driffield. The shorthorns represented almost exclusively the cattle section. The following list embraces the principal awards:— ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 713 words
  5. ANGORA GOATS IN CALIFORNIA.

    THE following items appeared in a late issue of the California Farmer:— "That excellent journal the Prairie Farmer, in copying our articles upon these beautiful animals, and in commenting ...

    Article : 198 words
  6. AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.

    THE STEAM PLOUGH V. THE STEAM CULTIVATION AS A WEED KILLER.—About this there can be no difference of opinion when once it has been tried. The plough shakes the earth from their roots and buries them heels upwards ...

    Article : 1,762 words
  7. SPREAD OF THE FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE IN ENGLAND.

    The Lend and Water, of August 28, says:—We continue to hear unfavourable reports of the spread of cattle disease from various districts. Throughout Warwickshire foot-and-mouth disease appears to be gaining ground. The last ...

    Article : 539 words
  8. WARRAH STATION.

    As mentioned in last issue, the management of this magnificent station is about to undergo a complete change, through the resignation of Mr. S. A. Craik. Such an occasion furnishes an opportunity for remarking upon the ...

    Article : 634 words
  9. NATIVE SARSAPARILLA.

    SIR,—In compliance with the wishes of your correspondent J. G., in your Questions and Answers column, I send you the following mem.s which I hope will be found satisfactory and useful to others as well as to the questioner. ...

    Article : 532 words
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