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  2. The Fanners Column.

    The application of farmyard manure may be regarded as the original and most natural means of restoring to the soil those ...

    Article : 437 words
  3. NOVEL USES OF PAPER.

    Germany manufactures annually 425,000 tons of paper; England, 260,000 tons; France, 190,000 tons; Austria, 155,000 tons; ...

    Article : 249 words
  4. The Poultry Run.

    Place egg in a basin of cold water. If it sinks to the bottom and stays there it is fresh. If it floats off the bottom at all the ...

    Article : 55 words
  5. Science Notes & News.

    The densest form of matter is now understood to be neither continuous nor homogeneous, but full of holes. At a Royal Institution ...

    Article : 97 words
  6. SECRET OF YOUTH.

    The secret of youth lies in the vitality of the brain, and that activity of the brain preserves the suppleness of body and removes to a ...

    Article : 157 words
  7. QUALITY, NOT QUANTITY.

    Work for quality, not numbers. A sovereign comes to the front in any part of the world. A bird costing £20 might easily be a ...

    Article : 66 words
  8. A LENS FOR CIRCULAR VIEWS.

    One of the latest photographic inventions is a lens by means of which a complete view all round the observer can be taken at once. ...

    Article : 125 words
  9. FEEDING MISTAKES.

    Beginners make many mistakes with regard to the feeding ot young chickens. The digestive organs of the chick are very ...

    Article : 116 words
  10. ORIGIN OF SPECTACLES.

    Spectacles are supposed lo have been invented by Alexander de Spina, a monk of Florence, Italy, about 1285. According to Dr. ...

    Article : 293 words
  11. FUSSY AND FLIRTATIOUS MEN.

    There are two kinds of men whom the wise woman should flee from as from a pestilence—the fussy and the flirtatious. All ...

    Article : 230 words
  12. Facts & Fancies.

    In 1883 Krakatau was the scene of the most violent volcanic outburst of historic times, and its vegetation was completely destroyed. ...

    Article : 187 words
  13. TRINIDAD LAKE ASPHALT.

    The average consumption of lake asphalt, which forms a constituent of most of the asphalt in common use, is about 150,000 tons annually, ...

    Article : 164 words
  14. DIARRHOEA.

    During the prevalence of hot weather diarrhoea is very apt to make its appearance, more especially when fowls are not kept ...

    Article : 111 words
  15. HOW TO MAKE A DRY FOOD HOPPER.

    The accompanying sketch shows how to construct a dry food hopper from which fowls may feed but cannot stand in the food. The ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 199 words
  16. SOME SIMPLE REMEDIES FOR POULTRY.

    All poultry-keepers ought to make themselves acquainted with some of the common diseases of poultry, and to have some simple ...

    Article : 178 words
  17. WISE INDIANS.

    Canadian authorities say that an Indian kills with the greatest judgment and discretion. Unlike the white hunter, the Indian needs no ...

    Article : 79 words
  18. NATURE'S HANDIWORK.

    The down upon the peach or plum is so delicate and so thickly set that one cannot touch the fruit with a needle's point without ...

    Article : 169 words
  19. "THE PERFECT WOMAN."

    A theatrical manager who advertised for "the perfect woman" has declared that she is not to be found. The impresario insisted on the ...

    Article : 189 words
  20. THE BROOD MAKE.

    There is a great deal talked about, and a great deal written about, the value of a brood mare. but it is curious how little pains ...

    Article : 355 words
  21. THE ART OF WHEEDLING SHOPPERS.

    According to the Paris correspondent of the "Telegraph," it is proposed to start a school for shopgirls—not an establishment ...

    Article : 307 words
  22. CONSERVATION OF NERVE ENERGY.

    The human body may be compared with the machinery necessary to produce a searchlight on a steamboat, and the light itself, ...

    Article : 219 words
  23. PERFUME FROM BULGARIA.

    Although it is not easy to realise, there is a peaceful side to life in Bulgaria, the two main industries of this unenviable State being the ...

    Article : 229 words
  24. FERTILIZATION OF EGGS.

    If the cockerel and the hens have not previously been mated the eggs will be fertile on the third day. If it is found ...

    Article : 207 words
  25. AN INTERESTING WAIF.

    In some interesting notes contributed to the "Zoologist," Dr. James Clark points out that nowhere probably in Great Britain ...

    Article : 164 words
  26. SOUR MILK A PRESERVATIVE

    Most housewives do not know that sour milk is a preservative. Even oysters will keep in it for some time. A piece of beefsteak ...

    Article : 145 words
  27. HOW MONEY IS PAID AT PARISIAN BANKS.

    If you present a letter of credit at one of the great banks in Paris, like the Credit Lyonnais, an usher in livery receives you in a splendid ...

    Article : 107 words
  28. SELECTING DUCKLINGS.

    Those who breed ducks with a view to exhibition and the sale of high-class stock possess a decided advantage over those who ...

    Article : 256 words
  29. THE BEGINNING OF IRON.

    It is commonly believed that the use of iron commenced in either Africa or Asia, but Ridgeway, in "The Beginning of Iron," states ...

    Article : 251 words
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