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  2. AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND FARMING.

    A contemporary has measured me proportions of a pig, bred by Mr S. Wreford, of Cheriton Bishop, which he pronounces to be upwards of nine feel in length, seven feet six inches in girth ...

    Article : 71 words
  3. MEMORANDUM ON BAR HARBOURS.

    To the Editor: Sir—Upwards of ten yean ago, my attention was drawn, by the proposed opening of the Kowie Mouth, to the subject of bar harbours generally, and under a conviction that ...

    Article : 1,281 words
  4. ORGANIZATION OF LABOUR.

    On the 18th February last, a public meeting, convened by the committee of the journeymen tailors, was held at the "Old Meal House," Nicholas Croft, High-street. Manchester, for the purpose of taking ...

    Article : 2,688 words
  5. BUST.—A HINT TO FARMERS.

    Sir—I take the liberty to request the publication of the following remarks upon a subject of great importance to the farmers of this colony, I am a farmer myself, and have grown wheat for In Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, mechanics get $1 a day; labourers are paid 62 cents a day, or $12 a month. In 1845, in Maine, persons employed in sawing, at iron works, in the plaster. ...

    Article : 1,563 words
  6. GRAPES.

    Grapes are said to decrease in flavour and richness the farther they are removed from the ground. This has been the result of the experience of the French and German wine-growers. ...

    Article : 33 words
  7. WOODEN BOILER.

    This novelty in mechanics, we are informed, is in operation in several parts of the United States. The boiler, which is morticed, is 6 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 2 feet deep. A piece of iron piping ...

    Article : 172 words
  8. THE OLIVE.

    At the meeting of the Hunter River Vineyard Association, Mr Edwin Hickey, of Osterley, stated that he had this year made a small quantity of his oil—some of his olive trees, of the large ...

    Article : 192 words
  9. Advertising

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    Advertising : 236 words
  10. ACRES UNDER VINE CULTIVATION IN THE MAITLAND POLICE DISTRICT.

    In the Mercury of Saturday last, we mentioned that the returns from the vineyards in the Maitland police district this season, of acres under vine cultivation and their produce was—acres. ...

    Article : 244 words
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