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  2. FARM AND FIELD.

    Unlike the wheat crop, which can be grown on almost any description of soil, barley of a fine matting quality can only be grown on a special and very limited ...

    Article : 502 words
  3. THE LADIES' COLUMN.

    Barley Soup.—This is a capital winter soup. Take two pounds of shin of beef, quarter of a pound of pearl barley, a large bunch of parsley, four onions, six ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 486 words
  4. THE DAIRY.

    From the veterinary department of the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, U.S.A., comes a bulletin on garget, or congestion of the udder. The ...

    Article : 1,108 words
  5. BAGSHOTIANA.

    This is (remarks the compiler in the "Westminster Gazette") a chapter of random observations, gathered from three note-books, dated 1895, 1900, and ...

    Article : 1,116 words
  6. TO MAKE A ROUND LEATHER BELT.

    Cut the leather into long strips, having a square section, and then draw through a die made by drilling holes in a piece of steel, as shown in the illustrations ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 78 words
  7. THE BEEKEEPER

    There is no system that will absolutely prevent honey from candying; but by the following method granulation may be deferred for one and possibly two years. ...

    Article : 397 words
  8. THEATMENT OF HORSE COLIC.

    Colic is a pain in the bowels caused usually by an irritation from food. It may be from imperfect digestion, or from some substance that is foreign and ...

    Article : 557 words
  9. WIT AND HUMOR

    "Is Maud taking a day off to celebrate her birthday?" "No; she's taking a year off." She: Do you believe in metempsychosis?" ...

    Article : 314 words
  10. SAVAGE FIGHT BETWEEN STALLIONS.

    An account of a sensational fight between two stallions is given in a Canadian paper. The horses occupied one compartment of a "palace horse car" ...

    Article : 257 words
  11. Analyses of Straw.

    Numerous analyses have been made by chemists of straw, from which it has been ascertained that it may be reckoned to contain on an average ...

    Article : 252 words
  12. WOULD DO HIS BEST.

    The artist was very eager to please but the following instructions perplexed him. "That old portrait of my late wife was taken forty years ago and my daughter agrees with ...

    Article : 110 words
  13. WHAT WAS IT?

    The young French stenographer, whose progress in English has not kept pace with her proficiency in shorthand, was puzzling over some notes she had taken of a recitation at ...

    Article : 85 words
  14. A BABY'S BONNET.

    The fashion in baby bonnets does not alter much. The two-piece variety, with front and crown; can be made with or without revers. Often a strip of good ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 116 words
  15. A SUFFICIENT REWARD.

    A certain Army officer was much disliked by his men. One day, during field operations, the officer had the misfortune to slip from a footbridge ...

    Article : 109 words
  16. RECTOR ELOPES.

    The New York correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote on 2nd' May:—Detectives are seeking the Rev. Jere ...

    Article : 414 words
  17. REMEDY FOR A KICKING HORSE.

    The following method of preventing a horse kicking when hitched to a waggon is given by an exchange:—Fasten two straps, with a ring in each, around the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 115 words
  18. Live Stock in Argentina.

    An official estimate of the live stock in the Argentina, just issued by the Department of Statistics and Rural Economy, is as follows:—Cattle ...

    Article : 248 words
  19. BRIGHT AND THE PRIEST.

    While Mr Bright was paying one of his fishing visits to Castleconnel, on the Shannon he had an amusing encounter with the local parish priest. The genial "soggarth," who ...

    Article : 129 words
  20. THE SEAT OF AUTHORITY.

    It is an unwritten law on shipboard, and especially on men-of-war, that the quarterdeck is for the exclusive use of officers, and all good seamen remember it, in spite of ...

    Article : 125 words
  21. BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.

    The question as to which European country, can with justice be granted the palm as regards feminine beauty has always been a vexed point, even to such ...

    Article : 484 words
  22. MILKING TRIALS AT LONDON SHOWS.

    An elaborate and instructive report on the milking trials at the London Dairy Show, prepared by Mr F. [?]. Lloyd, F.C.S., appears in the last ...

    Article : 251 words
  23. VICE FROM MONKEY WRENCH.

    A handy clamp or vice can be made from a monkey wrench by drilling a hole in the burr of the screw and inserting a nail for lever, after manner ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 128 words
  24. HE FELL IN.

    "Sister Henderson," said . Deacon Hypers, "you should avoid even the appearance of evil." "Why Deacon, what do you mean?" asked ...

    Article : 180 words
  25. The Brood Mare.

    Under no circumstances should the blood mare be allowed to eat damaged, food, either in the shape of mouldy hay or unsound oats. Such things are bad ...

    Article : 223 words
  26. AN UP-TO-DATE BOOTMAN.

    At the warehouse of Mr. R. F. Quinn, of 582-4 George St., is to be seen a fine display of footwear, bearing out the old axiom "There's nothing like leather." ...

    Article : 107 words
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