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  2. FARM AND STATION.

    What should be the northern farmers' motto?—"A direct route to the West Coast." I want to see Messrs. Cameron, ...

    Article : 1,436 words
  3. THE MERIDIAN.

    J. D, Varney, in a paper in the "Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies." describes one of the latest devices for determining the ...

    Article : 244 words
  4. SCIENCE AND HEALTH.

    Professor Fiocci, the Italian chemist, found by experiment that when a, cat licks its lips it spreads over them a saliva in which there are swarms of ...

    Article : 127 words
  5. GETTING RID OF FAT.

    If one can believe what one reads, the flesh-reducing system may he put in a line—"No liquid at meals." This is said to be the only requisite Dr. ...

    Article : 151 words
  6. A NOVEL METHOD OF PRESERVING OYSTERS.,

    The aim of this invention is to compel the bivalves to which it is applied to retain their natural juices, so that when required for use they may be ...

    Article : 122 words
  7. HYPNOTISM.

    The dangers of hypnotism are exemplified in a story told by the "British Medical Journal." If true, it is a serious matter. It appears that a ...

    Article : 238 words
  8. MUSIC & THE DRAMA.

    Things theatrical are as dull as the proverbial ditchwater—at least, so far as Tasmania is concerned. A good company would do well in Launceston ...

    Article : 2,211 words
  9. FARM AND STATION NOTES.

    A good rain fell on Saturday, and on Sunday afternoon we were visited by a gale, accompanied by a heavy downpour, thunder, and lightning. ...

    Article : 156 words
  10. A JOKE THAT FAILED.

    Here is a good story which Hanlan, the holder of the sculling championship, tells of the way a boating crew tried to play a trick on him and failed. ...

    Article : 549 words
  11. A NOVEL THEORY.

    "According to M. R. Quinton, says "Cosmos," "the different modes of reproduction observed in the animal scale—oviparous, marsupial, ...

    Article : 217 words
  12. A USEFUL WORK.

    Wheatgrowers should be on the look out for the elaborate work shortly to be issued by Mr Frank Maddox, of Eastfield, on "Cereal ...

    Article : 120 words
  13. HOW TO UTILISE WASTE OR DISEASED POTATOES.

    Tasmanian farmers have very frequently tons of waste or diseased potatoes thrown on their hands, so perhaps at this season, when the tuber ...

    Article : 233 words
  14. PROTECTION AGAINST RUST.

    The protection against rust of bright parts of machinery, when put out of service for any appreciable length of time, becomes an important matter ...

    Article : 204 words
  15. ALLEGED BOT FLY CURE.

    Some Weeks since I published an extract from a New Zealand paper on the peach leaf cure for the hot fly in animals. Recently I notice a Mr. ...

    Article : 271 words
  16. A MOTOR FOR SEWING MACHINES.

    A patent has been granted in the United States to Mr. F. A. Burrows, of Columbia, S. Carolina, for a "motor" for sewing machines and other light ...

    Article : 133 words
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