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  2. THE EXPERIENCE OF AN AMERICAN FARMER.

    A FARMER, to become successful, should be practical and a close observer, so as to rightly understand the right mode of managing, and should be well acquainted with all the best breeds of stock, and keep only what will be the most ...

    Article : 964 words
  3. THE CINCHONA IN INDIA.

    It appears from a paper recently read before the Pharamaceutical Society that at the present time the total number of Cinchona trees growing in India amounts in round numbers to 3,000,000, covering a total area of about 1900 acres. The ...

    Article : 405 words
  4. AN INTERESTING FACT.

    UNDER this heading, in a letter from a correspondent of the Country Gentleman of the 31st January, we find the following interesting statement:—"I ran across a fact to-day, as I am pretty apt to do ...

    Article : 609 words
  5. CATTLE AND MILK.

    THE debate in the Lords on the second reading of the Cattle Plague Bill brought out but a languid opposition compared with that which will probably be offered in the Commons. Lord Ripon and Lord Spencer spoke as though the ...

    Article : 1,560 words
  6. A NEW DIGGING MACHINE.

    THE digging machine illustrated is the invention of Mr. J. H. Knight, of Farnham, Surrey, England, and is the latest production of this engineer. The illustration, which we copy from Iron, will materially assist the reader in ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 838 words
  7. AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.

    AGRICULTURAL VALUE OF THE WORM.—The Scientific American publishes the following note:—Herr Von Hensen finds that, although the earth worm weighs only about 46 grains, it produces in four hours nearly 8 grains of ...

    Article : 337 words
  8. BUCKWHEAT AS BEE FEED.

    A Los Nictos beekeeper, writing to the Los Angeles Herald, suggests the sowing of buckwheat for bee feed. He says: The past season has been a trying one, especially in stock and bee men in these Southern counties; the loss ...

    Article : 552 words
  9. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

    T. C. (Bundarra).—There is no law for preventing people working on Good Friday, and any secession from work is a matter of custom in the observance of the sanctity of the day. A man can be "pulled up" for using obscene ...

    Article : 473 words
  10. THE WORDING OF A HORSE WARRANTY.

    THE decision of the Court in the recent case of "Anthony v. Halsted" deserves the attention of horseowners, as teaching a practical lession in the construction of writtne warranties. The plaintiff bought a horse of the defendant, ...

    Article : 706 words
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