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  2. Lime as a Manure.

    LIME is not a manure in the proper sense of the term. A true manure should contain a number of chemical ingredients, in fact all those contained in stablo or farmyard manure, which may be looked ...

    Article : 526 words
  3. Hints to Farmers, Graziers, &c.

    THE Swan River Flame Tree' (Nuytsia floribunda) is not now known to be in cultivation. The only specimen that ever existed out of its native habitation is now dead. It had been an object of almost unexampled ...

    Article : 531 words
  4. Forest Reserves.

    THROUGH the polite attention of the Hon. Mr. Abbott, Minister for Mines, we are in receipt of the report of the newly-appointod Inspector of Forests, on the two forest reserves of the Bellinger River ...

    Article : 320 words
  5. The Poultry Yard.

    As explained by the accompanying diagrams, an incubator can be made with three boxes, each 6in deep. The design is by P. H. Jacobs, who contributes a paper on the subject to the "American ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 778 words
  6. He Made His Apricot Trees Fruit Every Year.

    IT is a well-known fact among fruitgrowers that apricots bear best on every alternate year. In the intervening one they often fail entirely in their crop, or else produce so little as not to amount to half of ...

    Article : 863 words
  7. ORARA RESERVE.

    SIR,—I have the honor to inform you that, accompanied by Mr. Forest Ranger Wilson, I inspected the above reserve on the 13th, 14th, 15th, and 10th March last, and observed that all the mature ceder on the ...

    Article : 889 words
  8. A Split Pulley of Timber.

    THIS split pulley of timber is formed mainly of wood, and may be usefully employed where other pulleys are not easily got. It is made in separate sections ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 151 words
  9. A Horizontal Guide for Saws.

    THIS is a device to be attached to standing trees or stumps for guiding a crosscut saw in cutting the tree down or cutting the stump off close to the ground. The contrivance, which has been patented ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 341 words
  10. A Cure for Black or Peach Aphis.

    SIR,—There are very few orchards through the country in which this dreadful post has not shown itself, attacking principally the peach and nectarine trees, but occasionally spreading to the apricot. Trees ...

    Article : 299 words
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