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  2. AGRICULTURAL

    Proper management in the rearing of calves is of the very greatest importance to many farmers, especially small farmers, and there is not nearly sufficient thought and attention ...

    Article : 778 words
  3. Cattle Cabbage.

    Of late years the cabbage has come rapidly to the front are field crop, and most deservedly, as, when liberally treated, if not only attains a great weight per acre, and is of high feeding ...

    Article : 819 words
  4. THE HORTICULTURIST.

    Constant attention must now be paid to fruit trees, particularly those that have not yet arrived at maturity or bearing, and which are in consequence making a strong growth of ...

    Article : 1,865 words
  5. THE LADIES' COLUMN.

    What is it that wears a woman out? It isn't work or hurry. Not gain of care or loss of hair, Bat worry, simply worry. ...

    Article : 167 words
  6. POPULAR SCIENCE.

    Sciences owes a peculiar obligation to the [?] observers who have so closely studied the [?]vements of Jupiter's moons. for to them in d[?] the original discovery of the speed of light. ...

    Article : 286 words
  7. THE YOUNG FOLKS.

    To us it is clear A. good engineer Should know all about pistons and steam, Be able to make ...

    Article : 170 words
  8. WIT AND HUMOUR.

    At Last—Would you take me for an energetic, imaginative man? Oh, George, this is so sudden ! Jenes: So Smith gave you a cigar? ...

    Article : 1,277 words
  9. Home and Fireside.

    VINEGAR MAKING.—The liquor should be run into barrels placed endways, tied over with coarse canvas, arranged side by side in a darkened chamber, and freely supplied with ...

    Article : 707 words
  10. Bucephalus.

    One summer morning, more than 2,200 years ago, as King Phillip, of Macedon, and his officers were in the field reviewing the cavalry, a man walked up to the royal circle, leading a ...

    Article : 752 words
  11. Low-lying Meteors.

    Mr. Charles Tomlinson, F.R.S., has related me curious instances of low-lying meteors, our contemporary "Knowledge." Of phos-pihorescent meteors some are caused by decaying ...

    Article : 446 words
  12. ILLUSTRATION.

    lemons, taking care to remove all the white pulp from them. Then rub them with salt, and at once plunge them into clear water. Let them lie in the water for two or ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 8 words
  13. Dairymen and Duffers.

    The duffer is the man who "trusts to Providence," and fails to provide food for his cows; who keeps anything that has horns at one end, tail at the other, and udder underneath; who ...

    Article : 195 words
  14. Common or Thoroughbred Fowls

    " Give me the old-fashioned hens, says Mk Conservative; they don't cost near so much, and they lay pretty near as well." Our friend h[?]ing stout a ...

    Article : 434 words
  15. A Wonderful Pearl.

    An extraordinary treasure, illustrating the successful manner in which pearls can some- times be produced by the " strategical process," was lately shown by the Smithsonian Institute. ...

    Article : 169 words
  16. Hide-bound Horses.

    The term "hidebound" is used by horse-owners to express the condition of horses when out of sorts, tucked up with their shin drawn down tightly over their bodies, the skin harsh ...

    Article : 494 words
  17. Ants as Bridge-builders.

    The following story, told by an eye-witness to the "Rocky Mountain News,'" is entitled to p place among the instances of intelligence among the lower animals. A cook was much ...

    Article : 357 words
  18. Cog-Wheels of Hide,

    An Austrian firm professes to have partially solved the problem of silent machinery running. It has brought on the Vienna market cog-wheels made of pressed raw hides, which are to ...

    Article : 55 words
  19. A Wise Judge.

    There is an impression that judgments akin to those of Solomon are only given in the East, but it is evident that a judicial cleverness like that of the King of Israel is also to ...

    Article : 313 words
  20. 102 Miles on Hour.

    The high speed of a mile in 35 seconds, equivalent to the rate of 102 miler per hour, is said to have been attained by the Empire State Express of the New York Central and Hudson ...

    Article : 49 words
  21. Horticultural Hints.

    When selecting almond nuts for planting, have none but the largest, thin or paper shell, such as may easily be broken in ones hand. Young trees will thrive better, and push up ...

    Article : 466 words
  22. Pearl Buttons.

    The oyster shells from which pearl buttons are made come principally from the coast of Australia and the South Pacific Islands. The oysters are gathered in the spring, beginning in ...

    Article : 134 words
  23. USEFUL HINTS.

    To scale fish easily, dip them. in boiling water. Boiled cabbage is much sweeter when water is changed in boiling. ...

    Article : 1,161 words
  24. Cold Storage for Canadian Cheese

    The Canadian cheese trade (says the "Montreal Trade Bulletin), is getting to be an interesting study since cold storage facilities have become so extensive as to admit of the storage of ...

    Article : 384 words
  25. The Bushman's Friend.

    I love the dear Australian soil. I love the southern sky; I love the bush we gallop through, My faithful steed and I. ...

    Article : 253 words
  26. Dangers of Wooden Milk-pails.

    While vessels in which milk is received and stored may be clean, as far as the visible dirt is concerned, by far the greater majority of dairy- men do not clean their dairy utensils so that the ...

    Article : 317 words
  27. Cream Cheese.

    A cream cheese of excellent quality may be made as follows:—The milk is set in shallow pans, and at the end of twelve hours is moved carefully, without disturbing the cream, on to a ...

    Article : 225 words
  28. Not Yet Paid Fer.

    A photographer at Barri Elsace, who seems to have been troubled with unprofitable sitters, has (says a London paper) invented a new sort of pillory, in which he ...

    Article : 105 words
  29. HIS REASONS.

    Fond Mother : What would you like to be, Harold, when you grow u[?] Harold (thoughtfully): I think I'd like to be a minister. Fool mother (delighted): What ...

    Article : 72 words
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