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  2. The Farmers Column.

    The odd saying that "the bull is half the herd" is not the whole truth He is, and he is not, according to the strength with which he ...

    Article : 778 words
  3. Science Notes & News.

    If there are astronomers on Mars or Venus, they must experience exasperating difficulties in observing the Earth. The Earth, like ...

    Article : 142 words
  4. The Poultry Run.

    Where scaly leg is rife, it should receive instant attention. The best remedy is to soak the bird's legs in tepid water for half-an-hour, dry ...

    Article : 41 words
  5. Facts & Fancies.

    The tubers of the dahlia, though too acrid for our insular taste, are eaten in some parts of France. This plant, which is the popular idol of ...

    Article : 116 words
  6. POLITE PHRASES.

    The politest of Eastern peoples, the Japanese, remove their slippers on the departure of a guest and with a genial smile announce, "The ...

    Article : 540 words
  7. HEAT APOPLEXY.

    Hot weather is apt to bring about an attack of heat apoplexy among the inmates of our poultry yards. Everything that can be done ought ...

    Article : 80 words
  8. PRIVATE TRADE SECRETS.

    Of these perhaps the most famous is that of the manufacture by the Chartreuse monks of the famous liqueur that bears their name. This ...

    Article : 129 words
  9. EVERY MAN "A BRICK."

    Many years ago a famous king sent an ambassador to another famous king. The ambassador was much surprised to find that the king ...

    Article : 154 words
  10. LOOK AFTER YOUR BROODY.

    Broodies should be fed only on hard grain and grit. The best food is a mixture of wheat and corn. Every hen should be taken off her ...

    Article : 157 words
  11. SULPHUR COMPOUNDS IN PAPER.

    It is not an uncommon thing for corrosion and exidation of bright steel objects to be caused by the presence of injurious substances in ...

    Article : 193 words
  12. FUTURE OF THE TELEPHONE

    The most marvellous inventions become commonplace when once they attain practical success (writes Beatrice Casseii in "Harper's ...

    Article : 606 words
  13. WASTEFUL PRODUCTION OF HEAT.

    The use of fire, by one of those very strange congruities of cosmic growth, has retained more nearly its elemental and primitive form than ...

    Article : 252 words
  14. THE MOST MAGNIFICENT JEWELS.

    Of all the Princes of India, Hindu and Mohammedan, not one has gems that can compare with those of the Gaekwar of Baroda. ...

    Article : 175 words
  15. EARLY DEATHS IN CHICKENS.

    Plenty of incubator chickens hatch out apparently full of vigor, but fade away from the fifth to the tenth day. Some defect in the hatching or ...

    Article : 380 words
  16. LIFTING WATER BY SUCTION PUMP.

    According to the laws of physics, the pressure of the atmosphere is equal to that of a column of water 34ft. in height, and this height is ...

    Article : 175 words
  17. AN ANCIENT ORCHARD.

    The oldest apple orchard in America, if not in the world, is in the centre of the ancient town of Manzano, eighteen miles south-west ...

    Article : 208 words
  18. STOVAINE—THE NEW ANESTHETIC.

    To dispel the scepticism of many of the American surgeons regarding the use of stovaine, the new anesthetic, Dr. Thomas Jonnesco, of ...

    Article : 160 words
  19. AN ANCIENT SWANNERY.

    Abbotsbury, a village of great antiquity, owes its name to the ancient lords, the abbots of the monastery founded by Ore, a steward in ...

    Article : 322 words
  20. THE SUN'S SURROUNDINGS.

    The peculiar value of total solar eclipses in enabling astronomers to determine the nature of the sun's surroundings is rapidly departing. ...

    Article : 288 words
  21. COLLAPSIBLE CHICKEN COOP.

    The average chicken coop made of a soap box or some other small box is not always convenient for carrying around and use in different ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 109 words
  22. WEALTHY CRANKS.

    That possession of much of the world's goods (remarks an English contemporary) is frequently attended by the manifestation of the ...

    Article : 460 words
  23. THE ANT.

    From the time of Solomon, at the least, the ant has been held up to manhood as a pattern of industry and usefulness. That the insect ...

    Article : 151 words
  24. WANTED HIS GAS BILL PAID.

    "I really cannot have you staying so late of a night with my daughter, young man," said Mr. Skinflint to young Suitor. "The gas bills ...

    Article : 146 words
  25. BANKNOTE SECRETS.

    The manufacture of ink used in printing American bank[?] is a great trade secret, This ink is in[?] for Government purposes. ...

    Article : 146 words
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