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  2. The Farmers Column.

    A sow, when her pigs are young and small, delights in a large family, and is one of the happiest of animals; she encourages their suckling ...

    Article : 412 words
  3. The Poultry Run.

    A good dry food mixture for chickens can be made as follows:—7lb. finely cracked wheat (the flour sifted out), ½lb. canary seed, a handful ...

    Article : 60 words
  4. Random Readings.

    The clock of Lyons Cathedral is a wonderful piece of mechanism, and the legend describing it is as follows: The cock crows, the bell ...

    Article : 380 words
  5. Feather-eating Among Ducklings.

    There is one bad habit to which ducklings of four or five months old are addicted, and that is feather eating. First, the down will begin ...

    Article : 234 words
  6. THE "HAGAN" SYSTEM.

    There are various methods practised by experts in selecting the best laying stock from a flock. The "Hagan" system has found favor with ...

    Article : 176 words
  7. Science Notes & News.

    Doelter has published the results of experiments on the action of radium rays on the colours of precious stones, and those of dyed fabrics in ...

    Article : 125 words
  8. ALUMINIUM POWDER EXPLOSIVE.

    The danger of explosion of mixtures of air and combustible dust is well known. Explosions of this character occur in flour mills, and ...

    Article : 116 words
  9. A MODERN MIRACLE.

    In all the marvels wrought by surgical skill it would be difficult to find a rival to the operation performed at the Kent (Eng.) County ...

    Article : 436 words
  10. DIPPING FOWLS.

    Fowls may be thoroughly cleansed of lice and other vermin by being dipped. Dusting with insect powder is slow and costly, and does ...

    Article : 169 words
  11. SNOWFALL AND FLOODS.

    It is well-known that the amount of snowfall in the Rocky Mountains determines the flow of water in the leading rivers that head in this ...

    Article : 107 words
  12. WOOD PRESERVATIVES.

    Experiments have been made in France on various preservatives of wood, including carbonileum Avenarius, carbonileum Lyon, gas tar, ...

    Article : 98 words
  13. CANALS AND THEIR COST.

    The estimated cost of digging the Panama Canal, which is to shorten the journal to the Pacific Slope by many thousands of miles, has ...

    Article : 228 words
  14. WELSH MEDIAEVAL LAW.

    The Welsh laws or customs, commonly called the "Laws of Howel the Good," have not until recently received the attention which their ...

    Article : 326 words
  15. NOTES.

    If you breed for high class, you will get a colt that will fit in somewhere at a profit. A colt tied by the head, week in ...

    Article : 327 words
  16. Meat for the Hens.

    Meat makes eggs. One reason why the scores in the laying competitions have been better of late years is that it was found out that ...

    Article : 201 words
  17. THE GENESIS OF THE DRONE

    It is generally accepted belief among naturalists that in the case of the hive bee drones are produced from unfertilised eggs. But some ...

    Article : 230 words
  18. YOUNG SCIENTIST'S CRIME.

    A trial which took place before a Vienna jury had a curious and unprecedented result. A young man and a lady belonging to a good ...

    Article : 366 words
  19. PROVING THEIR PLUCK.

    Should an Englishman wish to prove himself of high courage, he may, if possessed of the most extreme daring, take a cold bath about ...

    Article : 179 words
  20. Greenstuff for Fowls.

    Everyone must, of course, use that green food which is most easily procured, as long as it is suitable; but for those who can make ...

    Article : 260 words
  21. DESTROYING RATS BY ELECTRICITY.

    Many and various have been the means of waging war against the rat, and the results have been equally diverse. There is, however, one ...

    Article : 409 words
  22. Automatic Fire-Alarm System.—

    The automatic fire-alarm system illustrated comprises a piping system sufficiently infusible to remain intact at a danger temperature. This ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 90 words
  23. HOW RUBBER IS GROWN.

    The cultivation and preparation of rubber is the subject of an article in the "Magazine of Commerce." In Brazil the trees are tapped during ...

    Article : 298 words
  24. TWO MILLION MILES BY RAIL

    A locomotive of the London and North-western Railroad, named Charles Dickens, has the distinction of having travelled nearly two ...

    Article : 73 words
  25. SURGICAL TRIUMPH.

    The operating theatre of the Seamen's Hospital at Greenwich witnessed an innovation which may revolutionise surgical procedure in this ...

    Article : 394 words
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