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  2. AGRICULTURAL COLUMN.

    At a Farmers’ Institute in Kansas U.S.A. Mr. M’Lain gives the following advice to the farmers of that state. It is equally applicable to Victoria. ...

    Article : 129 words
  3. THE YOUNG FOLKS.

    You never would have taken him for a hero. With his funny little suub nose and the patches of freckles under his grey eyes, and his big mouth, which was eternally involved ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 927 words
  4. THE LADIES’ COLUMN.

    Cupid visited some pretty. Country girls once, long ago. But they scampered when they saw him Goming with his darks and bow. ...

    Article : 5 words
  5. GENERAL EXTRACTS.

    A case of what may be described as Russomania has occurred at Clichy, a suburb of Paris reports a London paper). A woman there became crazy and ...

    Article : 882 words
  6. THE WIDE WORLD.

    There recently died in the Bellevue Hospital, New York, an Indian who was described as a pathological giant. The man had been reported to be 8ft in height ...

    Article : 825 words
  7. Protection of Infant life.

    In feminine circles—amongst those who propose to be inspectors, also amongst those who expect to be inspected—there is much talk over the innovations in the working of ...

    Article : 1,130 words
  8. POPULAR SCIENCE

    The source of the English alphabet may be found in the writing of a people who lived in the hills of Northern India some 3,000 years ago. As time Went on, these people were ...

    Article : 202 words
  9. Large or Small Seed Potatoes.

    There seems to be little occasion to doubt that light seeding for the potato crop is followed by a far smaller crop than use of large seed would give. ...

    Article : 191 words
  10. WIT AND HUMOUR.

    She : “ That’s prejudice Why wouldn’t you marry a shop-girl ?” He : “ Oh, she’d always be calling for cash, you know.” “ Perhaps I shouldn’t complain,” said the ...

    Article : 673 words
  11. The Work a Horse Will Do.

    A horse will travel 400 yards in four and a half minutes at a walk; 400 yards in two minutes at a trot: 400 yards in one minute at a gallop. The usual work of a horse is taken at ...

    Article : 166 words
  12. Under-feeding and Over-Eating in Advanced Life.

    It may seem hard for the man, who in youth has known the pinch of poverty, who remembers how the cut of mutton, with a supply of potatoes and greens, scarcely ...

    Article : 306 words
  13. Lockjawed Horses.

    A writer in “ Clark’s Horse Review” gives his experiences in curing lock jaw in which he says : “If a nail is picked up get it out, of course, as soon as possible; then get a half pailful of hot ...

    Article : 202 words
  14. Horticultural Notes.

    As a summer crop the sweet potato has hitherto been overlooked, although it is one of the richest and most nutritious vegetables. Unlike the common potato the plant grows a ...

    Article : 414 words
  15. Sunlight as a Microbe Killer.

    Dr Andrew Wilson, in “Health,” thus discourses on the virtues of sunlight :— “ I have alluded before to the effect of light on the development of germ-life, and have shown ...

    Article : 287 words
  16. A Deserter.

    An event which has caused considerable talk in Woolwich garrison has been reported. A deserter named Thomas Roberts, an artilleryman, had been committed by one of ...

    Article : 166 words
  17. The Drink.

    There was a capital sketch in Loudon “Punch” some time ago, illustrating in its own way the hold which the drink question has ...

    Article : 159 words
  18. The Glories of the Ballet.

    The glories of the ballet—as our fathers understood that term—live again for a moment in Mr Leland’s Memoirs (Heinemann). It seems to have been about ...

    Article : 142 words
  19. Description of a Fox Terrier.

    Head long and Isan, with skull very flat; Neck strong and clean, set on shoulders, that : Are sloping, with plenty of Freedom ; Ears should be small, V shaped as well, ...

    Article : 166 words
  20. Home and Fireside.

    BUTTER MAKING.—It is difficult to fix the exact time that should elapse before butter is formed, as it depends on so many things; ...

    Article : 229 words
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