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  2. An Automatic Wood-turning Lathe.

    It will be readily understood from the illustration how the power communicated through the driving pulley operates the lathe spindle and its mandrel, and the worm on the same shaft, through which ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 588 words
  3. Cultivation in South Australia.

    In his examination before the South Australian Vegetable Products Committee, Mr. C. Englebrecht, of Mount Gambier, said; I have made starch, experimentally, from potato.s It is a most simple ...

    Article : 976 words
  4. A Home-made Sawing Machine.

    A correspondent has described how a cross-out saw may be used to good advantage by one man: One end of the saw—the handle being taken off—is hung by a swinging bar several feet long to the side of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 141 words
  5. An Energetic Secretary.

    The energetic secretary of the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society of South Australia, Mr. Charles James Coates, whose portrait we publish above, is a man who has seen many changes of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 478 words
  6. Vegetable Products Commission.

    Mr. Henry Poett, who has been for over two years manager of coffee and cinchona plantations in the Northern Territory, said in his examination recently before the South Australian Vegetable Products ...

    Article : 646 words
  7. Roost and Nest Box.

    This contrivance, which we herewith illustrate, is recommended by a poultry keeper as the neatest and handiest for the purpose which he has seen. Fig. 1 shows the front and one end. Fig. 2 gives a bird's, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 343 words
  8. The Work Done by Machinery.

    That locality and circumstance alone are true magicians in respect to their effects on the value of human labor is well known. In a manual by Mr. Alexander Wylie, entitled " Labor, Luxury, and ...

    Article : 381 words
  9. Remedies for Poultry.

    You can cut off the combs of fowls, if yon prefer. Use a sharp knife; cut off both combs and wattles. To prevent bleeding, first wash the head with strong alum water; and then sprinkle with powdered ...

    Article : 286 words
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