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  2. FARM NOTES.

    The question of the danger from using the milk of tuberculous cows has been so much discussed lately that we reluctantly refer to it agaiu, but the results ...

    Article : 1,218 words
  3. TOBACCO FERMENTS.

    The United States department of Agriculture has recently entered upon a very comprehensive investigation of the tobacco problem. The last congress ...

    Article : 1,577 words
  4. CONSERVATORY AND POT PLANTS.

    Young shoots of achimenes must be kept tied up to small stakes as growth advances. These tubers when grown in hanging baskets have a very pretty ...

    Article : 260 words
  5. HOME-MADE NEATSFOOT OIL.

    Every farmer who Kills a beast should save the feet and get all the oil out of them. This is called neatsfoot oil, and is valuable for many purposes. Almost ...

    Article : 141 words
  6. MAKING FARM LIFE ATTRACTIVE.

    Can anything be done to make farm life more attractive, and prevent the constant gravitation of the young people to the cities and towns? There is. ...

    Article : 381 words
  7. THE HORSE.

    The outlines of the rough sketch which accompanies this are drawn by means of tracingpaper from a photograph of one of the finest horses that ever carried pigskin. The breadth ...

    Article : 1,950 words
  8. HORTICULTURAL THE ORCHARD.

    As early apples and pears [?]ea[?] the ripening stage they ought to be carefully picked and placed in a cool room or shed. Most early pears, such as Williams’ Bon ...

    Article : 399 words
  9. REMARKABLE MARRIED LIFE.

    At the Lancashire Pa[?]a[?] [?] [?] Chancellor Hall heard a petition in the matter of Smith v. Meadows, as to the construction of two wills, and the ...

    Article : 680 words
  10. COLIC AND CONSTIPATION IN THE HORSE.

    Cohc is divided into two classes—namely,spasmodic and flatulent. The former is du[?] to spasmodic contractions of the muscular coat of some part of the intestines; the latter to ...

    Article : 1,710 words
  11. VALUE OF CAREFUL TILLAGE.

    The experiments or the Cornell Experiment Station, U.S.A., go to show very clearly that tillage is fully as important a factor in growings crops successfully as ...

    Article : 160 words
  12. THE KITCHEN GARDEN.

    A good sowing may now be made of cauliflower seed. The bed should be in a somewhat shady place and kept well watered. If the plants are kept growing ...

    Article : 270 words
  13. PRESERVING THE FERTILISERS IN MANURE.

    About the stable and tne manure neap much valuable ammonia escapes and is lost. This can be largely prevented by the application of materials which will ...

    Article : 106 words
  14. KING WHEAT.

    You may tell of your armored cruisers, And your great ships of the line; And swift and slow may steamers go Across the billowy brine. ...

    Article : 307 words
  15. THE FLOWER GARDEN.

    From the middle to the latter end of this month is the best time to propagate trees and shrubs by layering. Choose shoots conveniently near the ground, and ...

    Article : 368 words
  16. STORING POTATOES.

    In the absence of a regular root pit, or other receptacle, where the tubers can be kept dry and free of frost, and which is susceptible of proper ventilation, there ...

    Article : 335 words
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