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  2. CULTIVATOR AND GRAZIER.

    Several correspondents in different parts of the country have ashed for information about a number of economic plants, including arrowroot, which they purpose cultivating as new ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 894 words
  3. The Shoeing of Oxen.

    Inquiries have recently been made at this office respecting the shoeing of working oxen, and with a view to the enlightenment of our correspondents as far as possible, we have engraved the Figures ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 200 words
  4. CULTIVATION, Etc.

    The only thing to be done in the way of cultivation is to keep the weeds down with a light horse acariner until the plants are a'bout 3ft high, when they should be partiially earthed up. This ...

    Article : 92 words
  5. LIFTING.

    The best months for lifting the crop are July and August. If deferred much later than the lastnamed month. the roots will begin to grow again. When growth commences the arrowroot will be ...

    Article : 149 words
  6. Milk Preservatives.

    An important case was decided by the Enfleld justices last week. The Middlesex County Council (by Mr. Arthur L. Bridge, inspector) summoned a milk dealer for selling milk as an article of food ...

    Article : 291 words
  7. Yield of Cheese from Milk.

    With ordinary mille the yield is about 2.5 pounds of cured cheese for each pound of butter fat in the milk. The per cent, of butter fat in different milks very nearly determines their relative ...

    Article : 163 words
  8. The Yield of Butter from Milk.

    This is about 1.15 pounds to each pound of butter fat. It varies somewhat, depending on the closeness with which the skimming and churning are done and also upon the amount of water, salt ...

    Article : 395 words
  9. PROPAGATION.

    The propagation, of the arrowroot plant is effected by portion's of the tubers—the thick, knotty ends, each one of which contains a bud, from which the future (plant develops, are the best ...

    Article : 47 words
  10. YIELD.

    The yield per aere varies on different soils, but on good land, and with a fair amount, of cultivation, it onay be reckoned at from 20 to 30 tons, though there are instances on record where 40 ...

    Article : 56 words
  11. PLANTING.

    Those farmers who are not prepared to grow arrowroot on a commercial scale might with advantage devote a small area' on their farms to the cultivation of the iplant, the produce from ...

    Article : 247 words
  12. CONSUMPTION.

    According to the "Statistical Register" for 1893, New South Wales imported 1S5,2191b of arrowroot, valued at £2041, and exported 33481b, valued at £47, thus leaving the value of the bonne ...

    Article : 104 words
  13. MACHINERY.

    Messrs. Crimes, who have long been noted for manufacturing good arrowroot in Queensland, have supplied the writer with the following information: "A six-horse power engine will be required to ...

    Article : 683 words
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