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  2. PRACTICAL HINTS FOR FARM AND HOME.

    THERE is a right way and a wrong way of setting a stove pipe into either a brick chimney or another iron pipe. No opening should be left round ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 210 words
  3. Song of the Lazy Farmer.

    I LIKE to hear the drummers play, and buglers, Decoration Day, I like to march in the parade and then sit down beneath the shade and listen to ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 261 words
  4. Ladders Made From Pieces of Pipe.

    TWO ladders are often used with a plank reaching from one to the other for men to stand on. The type of ladder or trestle illustrated is ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 160 words
  5. Dosing Pigs.

    AT the best of times the pig is a refractory animal, for no domesticated creature objects so strongly to being man-handled. And so when ...

    Article : 502 words
  6. Blasting Stumps.

    BECAUSE of the various factors which naturally influence the blasting of stumps, no absolute rule can be laid down giving the required ...

    Article : 265 words
  7. A Clod-crusher.

    IN preparing land for irrigation it is advisable, after levelling and grading for the final work of smooching the surface and reducing the soil to ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 140 words
  8. A Stool or Table.

    A USEFUL milking stool or table can be made easily in the fashion illustrated here. The first thing to do is to choose a tree with a fork of three ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 113 words
  9. The Vet and a Bed.

    THE Australian climate demands outof doors sleeping, and those unable to have a proper sleeping-out veranda, or partially closed-in section for bad ...

    Article : 265 words
  10. A Use tor Old Horseshoes.

    IT is a common thing on Queensland farms to see old horseshoes used to hold sliprails, and they are well adapted for this purpose. In most ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 125 words
  11. Horse Hair.

    AMONG the many uses that horse hair has, one of the best is a reinforcing medium in cementing and concreting, especially in repair jobs. ...

    Article : 87 words
  12. Repairing Pump Valves.

    IF the brass mushroom valves in a pump get pitted, and [?]ak, do not throw them away.; they can be repaired. Drill two small holes through ...

    Article : 89 words
  13. SHELL-LESS EGGS.

    IT is uncommon to find hens laying shell-less eggs when they have free range on young grass. The trouble is due either to a too stimulating ration ...

    Article : 51 words
  14. TREACLE FOR COWS.

    IT would be wasteful to feed treacle in the cows' ration when plenty of young grass is available. It is a useful and palatable supplement to dry ...

    Article : 42 words
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