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  2. A Tax on Stallions.

    We have in Queensland nearly half a million horses that ought to be a most valuable asset to us, but through our want of enterprise and lack of judgment in breeding, the greater portion ...

    Article : 1,921 words
  3. AGRICULTURAL

    The season has, in some respects, been remarkable, particularly in respect of the severe frosts of May, which retarded vegetation, and almost completely destroyed the fruit crops. ...

    Article : 2,002 words
  4. THE LADIES' COLUMN.

    But once or twice we met, touched hands. Today between us both expands A waste of tumbling waters wide. A waste by me as yet untried, ...

    Article : 108 words
  5. THE YOUNG FOLKS.

    While for you the day is young And the minstrel harp is strong, Ere the golden hour is spent, Come enjoy your merriment; ...

    Article : 221 words
  6. WIT AND HUMOUR.

    A Very Faint Resemblance.—A woman who is always fishing for compliments, asked Colonel Yerger if he heard Patti sing. "Yes, I am personally scquaintes with her." ...

    Article : 1,263 words
  7. Ladies' Gossip.

    Miss Violet Coghill the daughter of Sir John Coghill, is studying medicine with the intention of taking her degree. Princess Louise, the eldest daughter of the ...

    Article : 563 words
  8. The Milking Trials at the Essex Agricultural Show.

    The report of Dr Bernard Dyer and Mr Edward Roaling upon the milking trials at the recent show of the Essex Agricultural Society at Colchester, England, has been issued. The ...

    Article : 572 words
  9. POPULAR SCIENCE.

    It is all important, in order to preserve the system from shock and the danger of contamination by foreign substances, that before the air enters the lungs it should be made as nearly as ...

    Article : 352 words
  10. An Australian Red Riding Ho[?]

    She sat upon a sofa and meditated: "I don't fink," she said, "that if I had seen Red Riding Hood, that I would have been as had as she. fink that I would have done. I—I." ...

    Article : 1,733 words
  11. Illustrations.

    No, 1. shows an Eton jacket opening over a white blouse, The jacket is made with wide revers and leg of mutton sleeves No. 2 shows a dress with new full skirt, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 42 words
  12. Notes on Various Matters.

    The common notion that beech trees are not struck by lightning so often as other trees is supported by experiments made by Jonesco Dimitric, who passed the spark of an Holtz ...

    Article : 251 words
  13. Home Dairy Tests for Ayrshire.

    The Ayrshire Breeders' Association of America believes the success of the breed in the future demands a cow that shall be not only a large milker and an economical producer but ...

    Article : 392 words
  14. Flying Machines

    Lord Rayleigh, at the British Association, considered that three out of the five great flight problems had been solved, namely, motive power, propelling power, and the ...

    Article : 160 words
  15. Electricity as a Motive Power.

    The railway men say that electricity has not yet been made to drive a goods train; but, according to a recent English authority, "we are only beginning to find ...

    Article : 251 words
  16. Farming in Russia.

    Wheat in Russia is the landowner's crop, especially the winter wheat, of which 75 per cent. s grown on the big home farms of the nobility and the landed gentry. The entire what crop ...

    Article : 696 words
  17. The Horse's Stomach-and Digestion.

    The digestion of the horse is like that if the human being, very liable to get out of order. It requires attention, and the rules which need to be observed are very simple. In proportion ...

    Article : 615 words
  18. Compensation Cropping.

    The following items from a Rothamstead report may be instructive:—The annual rainfall supplies and average of 7 291lb. nitrogen perscrs. The roots and stubble of oats and wheat ...

    Article : 358 words
  19. How to Curry Favor With Some Farmers.

    The sensible farmer will catch the man who tie to "gat at" him in the manner hereafter described, by the scruff of the neck and kick mover the boundary. The ignorant farmer ...

    Article : 317 words
  20. Home and Fireside.

    To CLARIFY ALE OR BEER. —To clarify ale or beer, dissolve an ounce of isinglass in a quart of hard beer or vinegar, and then add enough good beer to make Igal. One or two pints of ...

    Article : 1,427 words
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