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  2. Farmers' Pages. Forthcoming Shows.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 41 words
  3. Strength, of Plants.

    CAN a mushroom lift a stone? Certainly, if not too heavy. A correspondent of an American paper seeing a statement that in a single night mushrooms or fungi raised a large stone, ...

    Article : 181 words
  4. Egg Production in Nevada.

    ON Februrary 1,1885,I commenced to keep a record of my poultry. I had then 72 hens, and the number of eggs produced by them during the year ending February, 1886, is as ...

    Article : 231 words
  5. More Land to be Offered.

    THE Department of Lands has recommended that three portions on the resumed part of the Kilooy run, in the Ipswich district, and measuring respectively 2,280, 2,500 and 2,500 ...

    Article : 69 words
  6. The Japan Quince (Pyrus Japonica.)

    AS an ornamental shrub, the Japan qui ce possesses almost every element of popularity. It was introduced into cultivation early in the present century, and though by no means very ...

    Article : 238 words
  7. Grazing Farms.

    IT will be gazetted this week that 15 portions on the resumed pare of the Northampton Downs run, three on the Alice Downs, 23 on the Lansdowne, three on the Tambo, 12 on the ...

    Article : 66 words
  8. Potato Fruit.

    UNDER the heading of "The Capacities of the Potato," a circular has been issued by Mr. Torbitt, of Belfast, in which he strongly urges the utilisation of the berry or apple of ...

    Article : 354 words
  9. Agricultural Farms.

    WE learn that the Department of Lands has recommended that 25 square miles on the Kenilworth run, in the L gan land agent's district, and on the Mary River near the Obi ...

    Article : 68 words
  10. Forthcoming Exhibition.

    A CORRESPONDENT wants to know if there is to be an exhibition in August [?], and if so, why the [?] are not yet sent out? The first of theee questions may safely be answered ...

    Article : 126 words
  11. Sowing Grass Seed by Itself.

    WHEN grass seed is sowed by itself in the spring it often does better and males a better and evener stand than when sowed in any other way. The conditions are simple, but must be ...

    Article : 268 words
  12. Queensland National Association.

    THE usual monthly meeting of the Queensland National Association was held at the office of the association on Monday afternoon. Mr. Justice Mein, the president, occupied the chair, ...

    Article : 1,030 words
  13. Measuring a Stack.

    MULTIPLY the length by the breadth, and this by the height in feet; then divide by 27. This will give the number in cubic yards. To get the height add together the number of ...

    Article : 152 words
  14. Good Seed Wheat.

    THE importance of sowing good sound seed, particularly in growing wheat, is fully set forth in the recently-published circular of Messrs. Bainbird, of Basingstoke. They state that it ...

    Article : 362 words
  15. Californian Raisin Industry.

    AS showing the extent of the raisin industry in California, last sesson in the district of Los Angeles one firm (M'Pherson Brothers) not only purchased all the Muecat grapes in their ...

    Article : 389 words
  16. Test Your Seeds.

    PLANTING time is near at hand. Look to your seed-corn and other seeds, and be sure that a fair percentage of them will grow. It is well known that a small proportion of the best ...

    Article : 156 words
  17. Sorghum as a Fodder Crop.

    THE probability that sugar will be made from sorghum with profit in the near future, makes it desirable that it should be cultivated, if only for fodder until farmers become expert ...

    Article : 179 words
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