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  2. Ladow Jointed Pulverizing Harrow.

    THE great improvements made from time to time in revolving disc narrows are now being appreciated by the agriculturists of the Australian colonies. The subject of our engraving is one of the latest improved ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 217 words
  3. The Carnation,

    AMATEUR, florists have in vain sought to introduce the choice varieties of the carnation family, ever since floriculture was practised in New South Wales. Large sums of money have been expended by ...

    Article : 1,135 words
  4. Trouble in the Maize Field.

    I AM a maize grower. My farm is chiefly of dark blue clay subsoil, with about 5in loam (or mould). On the surface the corn stalks grow very strong and tall, but the cobs prove very small in comparison, ...

    Article : 346 words
  5. STORING HONEY IN WINTER.

    I note your Tamworth correspondent's remarks in issue of August 6. Allow me now to bring under notice the very opposite state of things in the Newcastle and Maitland districts. For the past two ...

    Article : 185 words
  6. Cheese Making. &c.

    I SAW in your TOWN AND COUNTRY of July 23, some questions from a correspondent concerning cheese factories, and cheese making, and cattle, to which I can perhaps give some information that may ...

    Article : 198 words
  7. Eastern Suburbs Horticultural Society.

    THE monthly meeting of the society was held on Tuesday, August 16, in the schoolroom. Point Piperroad. There was a very fair attendance. Mr.W.Brown occupied the chair. The plants exhibited were very ...

    Article : 860 words
  8. New Vegetables.

    IN vegetables it is not so much real novelty as the effects of judicious selection that must be looked for. Even the work of the hybridiser has to be corrected by selection. Mr. Laxton, an English ...

    Article : 469 words
  9. A Promising Breed of Pigs.

    WE have received a letter from Mr. W. R. Dyer of Waitangi, dated the 30th ultimo. says the "Tasmanian Mail," drawing our attention to a pair of imported pigs of the celebrated American strain ...

    Article : 454 words
  10. Smoking and Preserving Hams.

    I HEREWITH give a drawing of my smoke-house, combined with an ashpit, that is fireproof. The drawing shows one end of the building (supposing the outer wall to be removed), so that the mode of construction ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 906 words
  11. Bees and Honey.

    [We are in receipt of several articles with diagrams and sketches concerning bees. Soon as the sketches are engraved they will appear. ...

    Article : 28 words
  12. The Dairy.

    AT the last meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society of South Australia, the president laid before the Society correspondence he had received respecting De Laval's centrifugal cream separator. Dr. ...

    Article : 528 words
  13. A FEW SEASONABLE HINTS CONCERNING BEES;

    BEE FOOD.—During the winter season serious losses occur amongst our bees, when cold or drought are severe and honey is scarce. At such times it is desirable to feed the bees until spring weather brings ...

    Article : 499 words
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