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  2. The Farmers Column.

    The Royal Society's "Journal" (England) contains an interesting article as Tillers of the Soil," by ...

    Article : 800 words
  3. The Poultry Run.

    Diphtheria is one of the most contagious of all poultry diseases, and the mere fact of a bird being in perfect health will in no way make it ...

    Article : 164 words
  4. STRENGTH OF THE GORILLA.

    Of all the existing man apes, the gorilla is beyond question the most formidable, a large male standing not infrequently over 5ft. 6in. in ...

    Article : 631 words
  5. Science Notes & News.

    The problem of securing for his crops a suitable supply of the indispensable nitrogenous matter is an important one for the agriculturist. ...

    Article : 229 words
  6. Facts & Fancies.

    According to accounts in the French papers, the most luxurious prison is in Japan, about 15 miles from Tokio. In the midst of ...

    Article : 118 words
  7. THE TWO ANGELS.

    The following allegory is told among the Turks:—Every man has two guardian angels, one on his right shoulder and one on his left. ...

    Article : 119 words
  8. ALUMINIUM COINS.

    The Royal Mint of England has struck oft nearly 32,000,000 coins of aluminium for circulation in Uganda and the Nigerian Protectorate in ...

    Article : 93 words
  9. PICKING THE LAYERS.

    Early maturity is a good guide. Some pullets will turn into lay at five months; others from the same parents will hang on up to seven and ...

    Article : 207 words
  10. STOCKINGLESS WOMAN.

    A startling reform in woman's dress has been suggested by Mile. Lydia Lipkowska, a well-known Russian singer of the Boston Opera ...

    Article : 250 words
  11. IRON THINNER THAN TISSUE PAPER.

    A competition was for a long time carried on among the English iron-masters as to the degree of thinness to which cold iron could be rolled. ...

    Article : 139 words
  12. STIMULATING BUT DESTRUCTIVE.

    Two kinds of action on plants and animals have been shown by X-rays. The concentrated rays have a destructive or paralysing effect. ...

    Article : 62 words
  13. ROMANTIC METAL.

    A metal with a romantic history has just been rediscovered and put on the market. It was a poem of Swinburne's ...

    Article : 279 words
  14. INSTANTANEOUS RADIOGRAPHS.

    One of the difficulties of photographing by means of the X-rays is the long exposure required. A German inventor, however, has ...

    Article : 142 words
  15. SOME SPLENDID CROSSES.

    The Minorca-white Leghorn is, without doubt, one of the best crosses known, using a Leghorn cock. The offspring are mostly white in ...

    Article : 242 words
  16. ORIENTAL GREETINGS.

    Some of the Oriental modes of salutation are very peculiar. For instance, in Central Thibet the custom is for the saluter to stick out his ...

    Article : 99 words
  17. LIGHT ENERGY.

    Speaking before the Psycho-Ther[?]eutic Society at the Caxton Hail, Westminster, Mr. Dudley d'A. Wright described some of the ...

    Article : 150 words
  18. SUPERSTITION ABOUT THE ELDER.

    The elder is believed to be the tree on which Judas hanged himself, though in Buckinghamshire, says a writer in "Farm and Home," I ...

    Article : 134 words
  19. ROMANTIC LOVE AFFAIR.

    Great interest is felt in diplomatic circles in Sofia and Vienna in a romantic love affair which has terminated in a runaway match. ...

    Article : 296 words
  20. THE ITINERARY LUNCH.

    The quick lunch has been tried in London, and has failed as an advertisement. But many of us lunch quickly, and this writer went into ...

    Article : 251 words
  21. EMERGENCY HORSESHOE.

    Figure is a horseshoe for use in such emergencies as ice or other very smooth surfaces. The bearing surface is provided with extra ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 45 words
  22. URGENT NEED FOR GREEN FOOD.

    There is an urgent need for green food, and the birds cannot well have too much of it, as long as it is given regularly. Fortunately, green food ...

    Article : 254 words
  23. CREOSOTE TREATMENT OF TIMBER.

    Before timber is subjected to preservative treatment it is customary to remove the bark. Unless this is done very thoroughly, however ...

    Article : 198 words
  24. THE NAVEL ORANGE

    The first we know of the navel orange, which is very valuable, not only on account of its fine quality and taste, but also because of its ...

    Article : 129 words
  25. THE ENCLOSING OF STAMPS.

    In enclosing stamps in a letter, the stamp, if possible, should always be one from the outside rows of a sheet, which provides a blank ...

    Article : 122 words
  26. BOY PRODIGY.

    A boy prodigy, with alleged marvellous powers of mathematical divination, has been discovered in New England (U.S.A.), in the ...

    Article : 309 words
  27. WHY MONKEYS DON'T TALK.

    The reason why the ape cannot speak has become clear, since his brain has been studied and dissected with as much thoroughness as ...

    Article : 195 words
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