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  2. PASTORAL.

    THERE are some hopes now that the districts which have suffered most from the drought will soon be relieved; indeed, some of them have already had the first benefits of a change. The northern parte of Liverpool Plains and the ...

    Article : 2,133 words
  3. TRIALS OF AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.

    YEAR after year we have looked forward for the promised improvement in this, the most important portion of the agricultural show. The stewards who have charge of the section have had to bear the blame; but, in reality, they ...

    Article : 222 words
  4. ON MOISTURE IN FORESTS AND IN THE OPEN COUNTRY.

    THE dimate of a place is determined by temperature and by moisture. In order to understand the influence of forests upon a climate we require to ascertain in what way they affect both these factors. A few weeks ago we gave ...

    Article : 2,059 words
  5. OUR MARKET-GARDENS.

    THE oldest among the Botany market-gardeners is my respected friend Mr. Thomas Hambly. of West Botany. so to his place I took myself and Walking-stick this week. Passing the halfway House and some very nice cottages ...

    Article : 1,731 words
  6. BREEDERS' FACTS.

    MESSRS. A. and N. Brown, of Wide Bay. Queensland, have again made selections from the Tocal herd. On this occasion twenty-one pure-bred Devon heifers from seven month, to sixteen months, by the well-known imported bulls ...

    Article : 265 words
  7. PLOUGHING.

    THE editor of the Practical Farmer has the following common-sense remarks on the above subject:—" Teams drawing loads get a breathing spell on descending ground, while in ploughing the draught is from morning' to night. ...

    Article : 454 words
  8. JERSEY COWS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT.

    THE Jersey cow is a singularly docile and gentle animal; bat the male, on the contrary, is apt to become fierce after two years of age. In those bred on the heights of St. Ouen, St. Brelade, and St. Mary, there is a hardness and ...

    Article : 1,532 words
  9. A NEW AMERICAN HARVESTER.

    THE machine just imported by Mr. Christie from America into Scotland is called the Polo harvester, it being manufactured by a firm in Polo, Ilinois. It is alleged to be superior in some respects to the March harvester, one ...

    Article : 620 words
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