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  2. MEASUEMENT OF A TANK.

    Sir,—Would you be kind enough to inform me how much water a round tank 12 feet deep and 12 feet in diameter would held; also, how many yards of earth would come out of it and if you ...

    Article : 133 words
  3. THE HOUSEHOLD FRUIT PRESS.

    This contrivance is found very effective for pressing small quantities of fruit. A hardwood plunk 30 in. long and 11 in. wide serves for the bottom. A hole 6 in. or 7 in. square is made in the plank near its middle. The plank is raised upon four legs, and a box fitted into the hole, as shown in the accompanying engraving. An upright picco is fastened at one end of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 149 words
  4. PRICES OF AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.

    SIR,—We notice a loading article in your last week's paper re prices of agricultural implements, and take the liberty to forward you two letters published in the Horsham Times in answer to ...

    Article : 385 words
  5. SELLING SELECTIONS.

    SIR,—Having a fow years ago selected a half section of land, and not having sufficient means to complete the improvements required by the let, I was obliged to borrow a sum of money to ...

    Article : 148 words
  6. WEST BOURKE SHOW.

    SIR,—In your issue of last week, I see Mr. [?]ugdale's reply to mine of 1st inst., which states that he attended at the time appointed, and [?]ffered to pay Tasman's entry of £100, to ...

    Article : 332 words
  7. TETHERING ANIMALS.

    It is found in many cases profitable to confine animals to a given spot by hurdles or tethering, and when this is cleared to move them to a fresh place. In tethering animals care should be taken to so place them that they cannot interfere with one another, and to provide such a tether that they cannot become entangled with it. On the island of Jersey, where every cow is continually tethered ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 135 words
  8. THE CONGUPNA (GOULBURN) DISTRICT.

    The fine rains that hare fallen lately have dispelled the gloomy fears that were entertained as to the safety of the crops throughout this district. Up to tho second week in July only ...

    Article : 430 words
  9. THE INTERCOLONIAL PLOUGHING MATCH.

    SIR,—I have been waiting anxiously to see it there would be a reply from some of the judges in class A at the match, explaining upon what grounds I was disqualified. It would be seen ...

    Article : 507 words
  10. A PIG-HOLDING CONTRIVANCE.

    The accompanying block illustrates a handy device for catching and holding pigs, when wanted for ringing or other purposes. The "trap" may be placed at the end of shute or passage way, or by the side of a pen having a small door opening into it. As tho pig attempts to pass out at the opposite end of the trap a lover is brought up, and the animal is hold fast by the nock. The ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 122 words
  11. ANTS AND FRUIT TREKS.

    SIR,—I find, both from correspondence pub[?]inhed in The Leader, to which paper I have subscribed many years, and also from conversations held with my brother gardeners, that a ...

    Article : 360 words
  12. A LAYING COOP, OR NEST BOXES.

    A correspondent of the American Agriculturist sends to that journal a sketch, which we here reproduces of a "laying coop" made without any nails, and which can be quickly taken apart for packing away or whitewashing. It can be made of any size to suit. The top and bottom boards have tenons on the ends passing through mortices in the end boards, and held in place by wooden ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 170 words
  13. THE GARDEN.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 68 words
  14. FOUNDERED MARE.

    SIR,—Is there any cure for a mare that is foundered, and would it make any difference in breeding?—Yours, &c., J. P. F. Buxton. ...

    Article : 513 words
  15. THE STOCK TAX.

    SRI,—I see in some of the papers that the stock tax has caused all butchers' meat to rise the first year [?] 1/2d. per lb., second year to a 1d., and to the consumers it now stands 2d. and 2 1/2d. per lb. I ...

    Article : 528 words
  16. MEMOS BY THE MAIL.

    The Royal Agricultural Society's show, which is held this year at Reading, opened under favorable auspices on Monday, 10th July. Important features were the working dairy, exhibition of ...

    Article : 1,105 words
  17. ENGLISH HORTICULTURAL INTELLIGENCE.

    The weather in the beginning of July was drier and finer than for some time previous, but towards the middle of the month became more cloudy and unsettled, with a temperature ...

    Article : 2,868 words
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