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  2. Science in Play.

    The pin is thrust half way into a cork, from which hang suspended, as in the illustration, a couple of penknives of equal weight. Should they ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 184 words
  3. Science Notes and News.

    An interesting use has been found in astronomy for the bicycle wheel. By fitting such a wheel with a series of opaque screens placed at ...

    Article : 130 words
  4. The Poultry Run.

    The incubator thermometer is responsible to a very great extent for the ultimate results attending the operation of artificial hatching ...

    Article : 325 words
  5. The Farmer.

    During recent, yeans investigations on the production of new and useful zebra hybrids have made progress at the Experimental Station of ...

    Article : 173 words
  6. SLIME ON SPONGE.

    The familiar slime which forms on the household sponge has been usually attributed to an accumulation of soap, etc. Recent ...

    Article : 85 words
  7. JUDGING THE AGE OF SHEEP BY THE TEETH.

    [?] buy a horse without opening the mouth and examining the teeth. They are one of the most certain guides to age. The cow’s mouth ...

    Article : 180 words
  8. SPIDERS’ THREADS

    One of the most remarkable facts in the natural history of spiders is their ability to leave long single lines stretched over water, over ...

    Article : 139 words
  9. A LONG SLEEP.

    After an unbroken sleep extending over thirty-two years, Caroline Kronboeck has awakened to find the world considerably changed. This ...

    Article : 272 words
  10. WATER FOR CHICKS.

    Supplying the chicks with fresh water is one of the easiest and yet one of the most important things in the poultry business. It takes ...

    Article : 206 words
  11. GROWTH OF A LICHEN.

    Hans Fitting describes in a botanical periodical the interesting course of development of a species of lichen. This is found growing ...

    Article : 100 words
  12. SEA WATER A LIQUID FOOD.

    It has hitherto been supposed that marine animals derive their food from each other’s bodies, and, in the last analysis, from plants, says ...

    Article : 247 words
  13. IMBECILES’ MARVELLOUS MEMORY.

    Some imbeciles are endowed with an excellent memory, and thus are enabled to acquire a great wealth of experience. But the intelligence of ...

    Article : 126 words
  14. There is no chance in results.

    To accept good advice is but to increase one’s own ability. When two men grow angry he who is first silent is the wiser. ...

    Article : 33 words
  15. AMBITION.

    It has been well said “It is better to have a high standard and strive to reach it than to have a standard so low that our ambitions never look ...

    Article : 65 words
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