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  2. TUBERCULOSIS IN THE NORTH.

    At the meeting of the Burra Town Council, sitting as the Local Board Health, on Monday last the Mayor in reply to a question said he had notiocd in the daily Press that Dr. ...

    Article : 288 words
  3. THE GARDEN. S.A. GARDENERS' SOCIETY.

    The monthly meeting of the Gardeners Society was held on Saturday, April 7, at Marlborough Chambers, Waymouth-street, Mr. Edwin Smith presided over a good ...

    Article : 425 words
  4. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

    The state of the weather is becoming an anxious topic with every one interested in agronominal pureuits. The rains of a fortnight ago were abundant enough to start vegetation ...

    Article : 1,466 words
  5. THE RUST CONFERENCE.

    Messrs. G. Inglis and H. Marshall, the South Australian representatives at the Intercolonial Rust Conference recently held in Brisbane, have returned. Mr. Inglis has made ...

    Article : 341 words
  6. AGRICULTURAL BUREAUS.

    Present—The Hon. F. Krichauff, M.L.C. (Chair, man), Professor Lowrie (of Roseworthy College), Messrs. H. Kelly, T. Hardy, and C. J. Valentine (Chief Inspector of Stock), and the Secretary (Mr. ...

    Article : 638 words
  7. SEED.

    There is no question in the minds of really observant farmers that fine plump grain is necessary for seeding purposes. If grain were selected year after year, from the same growth, ...

    Article : 129 words
  8. THE FROZEN MEAT INDUSTRY.

    As the Government has decided to erect cool storage accommodation at Port Melbourne in connection with the frozen meat export trade, the Minister for ...

    Article : 179 words
  9. RUNNING HIM DOWN.

    With a few ill-natured people it is a too common practice to try and discredit any good work that hag been done by their fellow labourers and neighbours. For instance, some ...

    Article : 180 words
  10. JERUSALEM ARTICHOKES.

    The edible tubers of Helianthus tuberosus—stupidly called Jerusalem artichokes through mispronunciation of the Italian name—should be of great use to farmers in the billy districts ...

    Article : 174 words
  11. FREEZING WORKS IN THE SOUTH-EAST.

    A meeting of the Directors of the SouthEastern District Frozen Meat Company was held here to-day. A considerable number of gentlemen concerned in stock were also present ...

    Article : 290 words
  12. TRY TO DO LIKEWISE.

    All over the colony, in every locality nearly, there will be found one or more farmers and gardeners who seem to be more successful than the rest. One man can grow summer ...

    Article : 166 words
  13. TOMATO ROT.

    The black rob which spoils the top half of the large rough tomatoes is due to a fungus parasite known as Macrosporium Solani, the spores (or seeds) of which find a lodgement in the ...

    Article : 181 words
  14. OUR PASTORAL COUNTRY.

    Sir—The following statements given to me are either correct or incorrect—if the letter they can easily be refuted, if the former they show that there is something wrong somewhere ...

    Article : 142 words
  15. DISTEMPER IN DOGS.

    There is something in the gunpowder treatment of distemper in dogs, but it is better to give the pure unadulterated article which effects the cure. It is the "villainous ...

    Article : 126 words
  16. POTATOES.

    In 1,000 lb. of potato tubers there are 7501b. water, 241 lb. organic matter, and 9 lb. ash, consisting of potash, soda, magnesia, lime, pbospborio and sulphuric acids, silica, chlorine, ...

    Article : 76 words
  17. WARNING.

    Certain persons are "booming" a supposed new fodder plant, called Siberian Persicary (Polygonum Sachalinense). There is nothing that is inviting which is not said about it, but ...

    Article : 166 words
  18. KEEP THE HENS AWAY FROM THE STABLE.

    Nearly everywhere we notice that fowls are allowed to haunt the stables and mangers. They not only defile the horses' food, the harness, the traps, and everything they come ...

    Article : 171 words
  19. TUBERCULOSIS.

    Sir—In your valuable paper I notice some correspondence on diseased meat—"no doubt in many cases with some cause." But in the particular case of tuberculosis I maintain the ...

    Article : 257 words
  20. POTATO SCAB.

    In some parts of this colony growers have had to complain of a corky disease upon the skin and in the substance of their potatoes. The same disease has been prevalent in some ...

    Article : 193 words
  21. LOCUST DESTRUCTION IN CAPE COLONY.

    The latest method of destroying locusts has been discovered in Cape Colony, and is said tob be more effectual and cheaper than destroying by trenches. First, the hatching places are ...

    Article : 211 words
  22. POPULAR NOMENCLATURE.

    Very many people object to the Latin and Greek names given to plants and insects and other animals. It is somewhat of a pity that it is necessary to do so, but until a universal ...

    Article : 211 words
  23. LIMA BEANS.

    Lima beans, which are so very extensively frown by American farmers as a field crop, would be called kidney beans or French beans by our gardeners. They are allowed to ripen, ...

    Article : 110 words
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