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  2. WATER-BORING IN THE NORTHEAST.

    On Friday week Mr. J. H. Green, who was connected with a party of the Austral-American Boring Company that has been lately boring for water on the New South Wales ...

    Article : 389 words
  3. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF GOVERNMENT NURSERIES.

    Sir—I notice that Mr. Gillen has given notice of motion, "That nurseries be established in ourforest reserves for free distribution of fruit-trees and vines to blookers and others." ...

    Article : 492 words
  4. BUREAU OF AGRICULTURE.

    Present—Messrs. F. W. Paeoh (Chairman), P. H. Sonnemann, C. Jaensoh, A. Sohroeder, W. Pengelley, H. Spoehr, C. Beimann, A. von Doussa, and J. C. Rundle (Hon. ...

    Article : 617 words
  5. SHEEP BREEDING.

    Sir—I notice in a recent issue an extract from the Australasian, contributed by "Bruni," re the fecundity of some of the English ewes (he does not mention the breed), and he also ...

    Article : 224 words
  6. SHEEP DISEASE IN TASMANIA.

    The disease in sheep has been pronounced as not the Cumberland disease. Experienced men say it is stomach rot, caused by wet pasturage. The sheep ...

    Article : 57 words
  7. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

    The season so far has been favourable for every class of the rural population, and in the North the rainfall to date has exceeded the average. Sunday and Monday were ...

    Article : 1,755 words
  8. THE VERMIN QUESTION.

    Sir—The subject of the above heading is assuming such serious proportion as to demand immediate legislation to secure justice and security to owners and occupiers of land in ...

    Article : 427 words
  9. RUST IN WHEAT.

    Sir—If the wheatgrowers of Australia can once clearly realize the fact that the whole of their troubles with rust lies in the seed which they sow and in the seed which sows itself ...

    Article : 425 words
  10. AUBURN, JUNE 18.

    Present—Mr. J. English (Chairman), Dr. Yeatman, Mersrs. J. Allen, J. Pollard, G. R. Lambert, J. Barkla, and P. H. Tothill (Hon. Secretary). Sparrow and mice pests were ...

    Article : 180 words
  11. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.

    For the fortnight ended on Monday, 23rd inst., 6½ inches of rain has been recorded at Lake Hamilton, which has been the means of destroying most lambs between Mount Hope ...

    Article : 531 words
  12. THE GARDEN.

    No annual flower is a more general favourite than Reseda odorata, known popularly as mignonette. Its modest sweet-scented flowers recommend it to every one, and its hardiness ...

    Article : 320 words
  13. PORT LINCOLN. JUNE 20.

    Present—Messrs. J. St. G. Puckridge, J.P., G. Dorward, J. D. Bruce, J. Telfer, J.P., E. P. Oswald, J.P., C. B. Evan, J.P., and J. Anderson, J.P. (Hon. Secretary). The ...

    Article : 404 words
  14. MR. EGESON'S PREDICTIONS.

    Sir—We have passed through nine months of what is known as Egeson's weather, and true to his forecast there has been an abundance of rain. We are now entering upon the ...

    Article : 451 words
  15. KITCHEN GARDEN.

    Spinach and bacon is a very old and a very wholesome dish amongst the farming population of the old country—indeed the majority of the rural population in European countries ...

    Article : 920 words
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