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  2. The Sydney Meat-preserving Company.

    In the last issue of the Mail I promised to devote another paper to the factory of the Sydney Meat-preserving Company ; and before I enter on this self-imposed task, in justice to my power of observation it is but just to state ...

    Article : 2,290 words
  3. To Puzzle Ants.

    We have several complaints this season from bee-keepers and others, who are suffering through the ants, which seem to be more than ordinarily plentiful this season. Some time back a correspondent kindly forwarded to us, from ...

    Article : 357 words
  4. Destruction of Marsupials in Queensland.

    The Queensland Marsupial Destruction Act has now been in operation since November, 1877, and where it has been worked properly there is no doubt but the results have exceeded all expectation. Our correspondent gives us the ...

    Article : 337 words
  5. A New Beehive

    The accompanying engraving represents a simple and effective device, recently patented by an American, for protecting bees from the destructive moths which enter the hives, and, depositing their eggs at the bottom of the hive ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 216 words
  6. Shoalhaven Agricultural Association's Show of 1879.

    This annual gathering of the products of the district came off on Thursday and Friday last, the 23rd and 24th ultimo ; and, taking into consideration the weather of the preceding three days, we may claim for it one of ...

    Article : 1,122 words
  7. Horticulture.

    The downpour of rain and following hot weather must convince the most sceptical that it is dangerous to begin general sowings out of doors too early in the season. People during the hot summer months may sow and sow again ...

    Article : 2,757 words
  8. Farming in New Zealand.

    To the east of Hamilton, and extending for many miles in the direction of the Thames Gold-fields, is observable a vast prairie where, from the point of observation looking north-east, no hills are seen until the eye rests on distant ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 2,305 words
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