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  2. CULTIVATOR AND GRAZIER.

    In most silk-producing countries the parties who raise the cocoons sell them to the reeling establishments before suffocation is necessary, as these establishments have better facilities for this ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 625 words
  3. Packing Lemons in Sand.

    We have several times printed the formula used in Italy for preserving lemons in sand; and now our correspondent, Mr. Daniel Jones, Red Bank Plains, Queensland, sends us his experience, and ...

    Article : 833 words
  4. Wheat Growing on Halves.

    A large number of the wheat growers of New South "Wales, especially the owners of large properties, have adopted the system of growing crops on halves—that is, they let the land to poor men, ...

    Article : 641 words
  5. TO CORRESPONDENTS.

    Labor Settlements Act—J. H. (Blayney): A resume of the Labor Settlements Act and the regulations thereunder were published in our issue dated July 1. ...

    Article : 4,396 words
  6. Nitriflcation in the Soil.

    Professor Frankland, in his lecture at the Royal Institution, London, on micro-organisms connected with the soil, showed not only that they had the power of nitrifying it, but also, ...

    Article : 143 words
  7. New Method of Preserving Timber.

    Under a new method of impregnating logs with zinc chloride, in order to preserve them, now in use in Austria, the timber is impregnated in the forest as soon as possible after it is f[?]lled. The ...

    Article : 170 words
  8. Preservation of Meat by Sugar.

    It results from a special report made to the French Minister for Agriculture that sugar is an excellent agent for preserving meat, and possesses some advantages over salt. In fact, salt absorbs ...

    Article : 266 words
  9. National Prizes.

    The report of the judge (Mr. P. F. Adams) of table grape vineyards which competed for national prizes was duly submitted to the Minister for Mines and Agriculture, who has approved the ...

    Article : 174 words
  10. The Farmers' Association.

    We are favored with a communication from Mr. G. F. Plunkett, president of the Farmers' Association, which has just closed its sittings at Cootamundra, conveying the thanks of the council of ...

    Article : 70 words
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