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  2. Different Ways of Cooking Green Maize.

    There is no more delicious vegetable than green maize, nor one that is capable of being served in a greater variety of ways, yet it is seldom seen on Australian tables. This is hard to explain, ...

    Article : 731 words
  3. What Natural Selection Does, And What It Cannot Effect.

    Since the year 1859 we have all heard a great deal about natural selection, for in that year Darwin published his immortal work "The Origian of Species by Means of Natural Selection." He ...

    Article : 1,347 words
  4. A Pig-Hanger Ready for Use.

    The hardest work about butchering is hanging the pigs unless one has something that will lighten the labor. The device shown in the accompanying illustration is very satisfactory, and can be ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 450 words
  5. A Home-made Cider Press.

    On the farm where there is no cider mill a large number of good apples are wasted every year. These might be converted into cider (says a writer in the "American Agriculturist"). The ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 355 words
  6. A Well-Braced End Post.

    The accompanying illustration shows an effective way of securely anchoring the end post of a wire fence (says the "American Agriculturist"). The post (a) should be set at least 3ft in the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 136 words
  7. A Cactus in the Botanical Garden At Berlin.

    In the Botanical Garden of Berlin is to he seen a cactus which has grown for seven years in a glass flask sealed hy fusion; it was presented by a German pharmacist, Ludwig Rust. He explains ...

    Article : 232 words
  8. Beet Hay.

    In an article entitled "Fostering Competition by Food Exports," the "Breeders' Gazette" of Chicago says: "As the years go by it grows more and more astounding that American meatmakers ...

    Article : 406 words
  9. Fruit Growing in Tasmania.

    The Tasmanian Minister for Agriculture has had compiled the following statistics relating to fruit growing in his colony. The figures contain particulars relating to the acreage devoted to the ...

    Article : 157 words
  10. Composition of Farmyard Manure

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 122 words
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    We have received from the author, Robert Wallace, Professor of Agriculture and Rural Economy, in the Edinburgh University, a printed copy of a lecture on "Famine in India." The author has ...

    Article : 64 words
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