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  2. LAVENDER.

    The Melbourne Age recently had an article upon the Dunolly Scent Farm, under the management of Mr. Mellon. This gentleman mentions amongst other things that he ...

    Article : 171 words
  3. FORESTRY. FOREST NOTES.

    The Canadian Government has taken alarm at the wholesale destruction of forests, and has directed the Forestry Department to distribute seedlings to applicants, together with ...

    Article : 233 words
  4. A NEW INSECTICIDE.

    The New Zealand farmer, says Mr. E. S. Rapson, used a solution of 1 oz. of cyanide of potassium in 20 gallons of water, sprayed on trees to destroy caterpillars of codlin moth. ...

    Article : 151 words
  5. NECESSARY PRECAUTION IN ORDERING FRUIT-TREES.

    Whereas the fruitgrower must wait three to four years usually before he can surely ascertain what is the variety of fruit that will be produced by his trees; and because it is most ...

    Article : 278 words
  6. MEDICINAL HERBS AND ROOTS.

    It is alleged that quite £20,000 value of medioinal herbs and roots is annually imported into Victoria, and a similar sum is exponded by New South Wales upon like ...

    Article : 189 words
  7. THE OLDEST TREES IN THE WORLD.

    The Bo-tree of Anuradapura was planted 288 (should be245, Davids,) years before Christ. Its age is matter of record, its conservancy has been an object of solicitude to several ...

    Article : 154 words
  8. GARDEN NOTES.

    POTATOES.—Potatoes should be planted in every third furrow, four inches deep, and one foot apart. Then harrow and cross harrow, and when the plants are up hoe either by hand ...

    Article : 149 words
  9. THE BEEHIVE.

    In reply to a letter asking for information on the subject of how to get laying queens, Miss Jennie Atoherley, a leading apiarist of Texas, states that it is not her practice to ...

    Article : 457 words
  10. ORCHARD AND VINEYARD NOTES.

    OIL FROM GRATE PIRS.—The financial troubles of Italy (says a London paper) are likely to hare for one of their side effects the development of a new industry. The duty on ...

    Article : 183 words
  11. CONDENSED HINTS FOR PACKING APPLES FOR EXPORT.

    Stalke must be left on the apples. Finger nails should be cut short. Fruit should be gathered when just ripe, and during dry weather. Lay each apple as gathered very ...

    Article : 201 words
  12. ORCHARD&VINEYARD KEEPING OUT FRUIT PESTS.

    Prevention is better than cure. So thought a deputation of AgricuituraBureaucrats and vignecons, who induced the representative of the Ministry to ...

    Article : 273 words
  13. THE DAIRY. CARRIAGE OF BUTTER TO ENGLAND.

    A conference was held to-day between the Premier and Minister of Agriculture and representatives of the P. & O. and Orient Companies regarding a reduction ...

    Article : 94 words
  14. AN ENGLISH MARKET FOR AUSTRALIAN WINE AND PRODUCE.

    Prior to his departure for London on April 2 Mr. E. Burney Young, Manager of the London Wine and Produce Depot, prepared a report on the subject of "An English ...

    Article : 1,133 words
  15. THE CODLIN MOTH.

    Any statement to the contrary not withstanding, the codlin moth caterpillar, just emerged from the egg, will be killed most certainly if the apple, pear, quince, medlar, ...

    Article : 216 words
  16. TASMANIA BUTTER EXPORT.

    Owing to the establishment of an Agricultural Bureau in Tasmania, there has been an awakening amongst the dairymen in that colony. The Secretary of the "Council of ...

    Article : 129 words
  17. THE POULTRY-YARD.

    The cross between a pure Plymouth Rock rooster and pure Light Brahma hens results in the production of plump fowls which grow astonishingly, but the pullets are not good for ...

    Article : 293 words
  18. A TRIP TO SEPPELTSFIELD AND TANUNDA.

    Several members of the Gawler Corporation and a few friends had an enjoyable trip to Seppeltsfield, Nuriootpa, and Tanunda on Wednesday, April 4. Leaving the Colonial ...

    Article : 988 words
  19. HAWKERS' LICENCES FOR FRUIT, &c.

    In any civilized Christian country one would think that a poor man who went out fishing all night, or another who toiled in a garden all day, or a poor woman who knitted stockings, ...

    Article : 170 words
  20. PORK.

    Mr. A. Vecht, Manager of the Intra-Marine Supply Company, is now establishing factories in New Zealand for curing pork. These factories cost about £20,000 each, so it is said, ...

    Article : 111 words
  21. THE "MYSTERIOUS" DISEASE OF COWS.

    In a week or two, complaints will again be heard of a "mysterious" disease of cows, which causes them to refuse food, to lie down and die, even when there is lovely green grass for ...

    Article : 179 words
  22. APPLES AND PEARS.

    The codlin moth caterpillars will leave the fruit in the store-roam and fix themselves up on the walls in crevices. About a month before the apple-trees begin to flower the ...

    Article : 179 words
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