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  2. AN IMPROVED LAWN MOWER.

    In the lawn mower shown in the illustration the knives are driven by crank and pitman connection with the ground wheels, the driving mechanism being located entirely within the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 339 words
  3. THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY.

    Notwithstanding recent complaints about the drought throughout the colony butter is coming forward in a manner that suggests a busy season. Although the ordinary period for ...

    Article : 2,808 words
  4. FRUIT LADDER.

    The accompanying illustration shows a very convenient form of ladder for gathering fruit. It may be made of any desired length. The support, hinged at B shut closely against the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 36 words
  5. SHEEP FEEDING TROUGHS.

    SIR,--Some months ago you wrote a very interesting article on the management of Swinton Station, near Glenorchy. In it you mentioned the fact that the breeding ewes were fed on ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 246 words
  6. THE MEAT EXPORT TRADE.

    FROZEN MEAT MARKET.--The latest quotations in London show a perceptible improvement. The abundance of feed has relieved the home farmers of the necessity for pushing their stock ...

    Article : 558 words
  7. THE CUNBOWER DISTRICT.

    Light shower, have fallen, but not in indent quantity to do any good to the crops weather it now exceedingly cold. The local butter factory will back ...

    Article : 109 words
  8. MELBOURNE LIVE STOCK MARKET.

    The change in the weather, although bringing with it all the rain that is so much desired, has to some extent had a favourable influence upon the market, sellers not now be ...

    Article : 361 words
  9. CORRESPONDENCE.

    SIR,--I enclose yon a sample of a bulb weed known, I believe, as Oxalia, and ask can you or any of your readers inform me how I can rid my orchard and cultivated paddocks of it. If ...

    Article : 299 words
  10. VINE PRUNING.

    Vine 15th May to 15th June. (November and December in Australia.) A B--Fruit branch. PPPP--Point where nipped off. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 34 words
  11. A HOME MADE MAIZE HARVESTER.

    A cheap maize cutter, to be operated by one horse, is the home made contrivance illustrated herewith. It costs next to nothing and does excellent work, cutting one row at a time. "The ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 123 words
  12. CATTLE.

    Sellers had a decidedly bitter market to-day only 1130 being yarded, as compared with the heavy glut of 1600 head last week. The yarding comprised 380 from New South Wales, 40 ...

    Article : 499 words
  13. QUARTER CRACK IN HORSE'S HOOF.

    Quarter crack can be cured, or, rather, grown out, if properly treated. First apply a bar A shows how the heel should bo rasped in order to avoid pressure and prefect movement. B. Nails ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 285 words
  14. TATURA DISTRICT.

    The local wheat market is improving. Fair business done during the week up to 2s. 6d. Large quantities still in hands of farmers. The minimum wage is generally being ...

    Article : 119 words
  15. Advertising

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    Advertising : 222 words
  16. GRINDSTONE FRAME.

    "A short time since," J. F. Thissell writes to the Farm and Fireside, "I saw a grindstone frame that took my eye, and I send you a rude drawing of it. All the other frames I ever saw ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 57 words
  17. WIMMERA DISTRICT.

    Heavy gales have hern the rule lately with some rain which has done a great deal of good to the grass. It was beginning to suffer from the drought. Some of the crops have turned ...

    Article : 179 words
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