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  2. Pastoral and Agricultural Items.

    THE wheat crops on the Darling Downs are said to be languishing for lack of rain, and a poor harvest is expested to be the result. The crops about Camden need rain, though they ...

    Article : 2,108 words
  3. WATER FINDERS.

    In olden times, in certain parts of Asia, among the Arabs, and then I think in Spain, and in England, carried by the Moors in their migrations west and north, there were certain men, very rare, who could ...

    Article : 280 words
  4. Buckeye Windmill Force Pump.

    THE Buckeye force pump is specially adapted for working with the iron turbine wind engine, works easy in a deep well, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 142 words
  5. RESPECTIVE COST OF GAS AND ELECTRICITY.

    Some additional data as to the relative cost of street lighting by electricity and gas are supplied by the new contracts for lighting New York, which have just been concluded. "Iron" says the price to be ...

    Article : 284 words
  6. Holder for Grain Bags.

    THE contrivance illustrated in this issue looks simple and effective. There should not be much difficulty in making such a holder. The hopper to which the bag is hung by hooks is so constructed that it can be ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 54 words
  7. VERY ORIGINAL WHEAT.

    Evolution claims at length to have solved the problem of the origin of wheat. The noted botanist, Grant Allen, says:—"Wheat ranks by origin as a degenerate and degraded lily. The primitive ancestor ...

    Article : 264 words
  8. Iron Turnine Wind Engine.

    To those who feel the need of some power other than that of hand or horse power for raising water for stock and domestic use,the first question that suggests itself is what shall I use, and how much ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 343 words
  9. Getting the Seed from Broom Corn.

    THE "Seeder" illustrated,in this issue, is of a kind usual on American farms where broom corn is grown in quantity. The "Comb" is made from 1½ in timber —inch spotted gum or other tough hardwood should ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 270 words
  10. Scientific and Useful.

    IT is undoubtedly a clinical fact, and admitted by every aurist, that offensive discharge from the ear may originate from various causes, but the principal cause in this order of acute disease is one which has ...

    Article : 396 words
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