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  2. RURAL TOPICS.

    Whether dairying pays well or ill depends upon many circumstances, and these circumstances have relation to natural as well as artificial conditions. The last report published ...

    Article : 1,094 words
  3. RETTING FLAX BY CHEMICALS.

    One important drawback connected with the flax industry in the past has been that the operation of retting has involved expense and trouble in providing water suitable for the ...

    Article : 351 words
  4. Alderman J. C. MacDougall, J.P.,

    one of the foremost municipalities of the metropolis, is a well-known and highly respected business man of Sydney. He has represented West Ward of the borough council for ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 172 words
  5. Russian Post Horses.

    Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace, in his recent work, "Russia," says:—The number of post-horses generally used in those parts of Russia where railways have not penetrated is three, ...

    Article : 179 words
  6. BOOKS, PUBLICATIONS, ETC.

    "The Day Book of Claudius Clear" is the title of a volume recently published by Hodder and Stoughton, which reaches us through Messrs. Angus and Robertson. It consists in a series ...

    Article : 1,202 words
  7. Chinese Agriculture.

    A curious custom of the Chinese, says M. Emile Bard, in his recent work on these people, illustrates the importance the Government attaches to agriculture. On the first day ...

    Article : 190 words
  8. Short Notice.

    We have received from Messrs. Edwards, Dunlop, and Company a copy of "Old Convict Days in Australia," by Charles White, the author of "Australian Bushranging," "The Story ...

    Article : 100 words
  9. Ostrich Feathers.

    Those who think that ostrich feathers are obtained without cruelty, as one is so often told, should consider the following facts:— "When plucking time comes an ostrich's life ...

    Article : 289 words
  10. B[?]rs' Horses.

    The Bo[?]rs' horses (says Mr. Herbert Mockford) are seldom stabled, never groomed, and rarely fed; they pick up their living as best they can off the v[?]ldt. Some of the richer and ...

    Article : 274 words
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