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  2. Wheat for Cattle.

    Replying to a correspondent of the Chicago "Live Stock Report," who requested to be informed of the fattening qualities of what and whether it is likely to prove a profitable ...

    Article : 776 words
  3. The Proportionate Measurements of Wcrking Horses.

    Every year, and this generally after the Spring Shows, or the annual meetings of the Royal Agricultural Society of England or the a Highland and Agricultural Society of ...

    Article : 1,036 words
  4. AGRICULTURAL.

    Dr Schellenberger has measured the globules of fat in the milk of six races of cows. He used an ocular micrometer, and found the diameter of the globules averaging in the milk ...

    Article : 560 words
  5. THE LADIES' COLUMN

    The times are hard, and Dorothy, A thrifty little maid, Is quite content these days to be In cotton gowns arrayed. ...

    Article : 97 words
  6. WIT AND HUMOUR

    Husband: Does that new novel turn out happily ? Wife: It doesn't say. It only says they were married. Mother: Now, Johnny, I don't want to ...

    Article : 1,401 words
  7. THE YOUNG FOLKS

    There was an old man in the sun, Who said, "If I cared to have fun, All the mountains and vales, Hills islands and dales ...

    Article : 68 words
  8. My May-Blossom.

    You are looking at that likeness hanging over the mantel shelf. That's my little May-blossom, my my girl. She was seven years old when a that was taken, and it was taken not so very ...

    Article : 1,989 words
  9. "Rational" Dress.

    A Chicago gentleman has been fined 25 dollars for laughing at a knicker-bockered lady cyclist; at least, he said le only laughed, but the lady swore that ...

    Article : 104 words
  10. POPULAR SCIENCE.

    The "British Medical Journal" has been endeavoring to throw same light on the sudden death which sometimes overtakes swimmers to all appearance in the fulness of ...

    Article : 440 words
  11. She Was Right, Too.

    There is an amusing story told of a bride in the north of England. During the marriage service, just as she was about to say the word "obey," the bridegroom, who was an ...

    Article : 122 words
  12. The Royal Visit to Yorkshire.

    One incident of the recent Royal visit to the loyal city of Leeds has been reported by cable. A half-witted man suddenly rushed out of the crowd, who were ...

    Article : 410 words
  13. Home and Fireside.

    HOUSE PAINTING HINTS.—New Walls—A good, smooth ground is the first consideration, a well prepared surface being an essential basis for the work. The same ...

    Article : 1,922 words
  14. Dairy Notes.

    Prizes for tidiest dairymaids at agricultural shows are surely an innovation. There was such a class at the Shotts Show. At the luncheon table the judge said he had done his ...

    Article : 666 words
  15. Thistles.

    The variety of thistle most hostile to farmers (says the Field" the Field")the corn or creeping thistle (Card[?]us arvensis. This is a perennial e weed of the most noxious type. It is ...

    Article : 1,073 words
  16. Wire Glass.

    Shuman's process of embedding wire in glass so as to form large sheets of transparent material for the glazing of hothouses and the like, has recently been brought to ...

    Article : 192 words
  17. The Structure and Growth of Wool.

    Wool consists of an infinite number of cells; each fibre has a bulbous root from which new cells are constantly springing; as the new cells are formed, they push outwards the preceding ...

    Article : 734 words
  18. The Wallaby Track.

    Away, away, you swagmen all Who travel the road and on stations call Shun the Avoca, and don't go there, For a pint of flour is the only fare. ...

    Article : 334 words
  19. The Burrowing Wasp.

    A Correspondent of the "Times of India" points out that the burrowing wasp if watched at work will furnish a sight quite as full of hints for the sluggard as the busy bee ...

    Article : 175 words
  20. Poultry Yard Scratchings.

    Oats—the most perfect food for laying fowls. A good quantity of eggs being shipped to London. ...

    Article : 456 words
  21. London's "Eiffel" Tower.

    London's "Eiffel" Tower, which, when complete, is to be 150ft. higher than its Parisian prototype, is now complete to its fire stage, and it is already a notable object, ...

    Article : 98 words
  22. The "Photoret" Camera.

    The "Photoret" is an apparatus formed like a watch, and is perhaps a trifle larger both in diameter and thickness than the railway timekeeper carried by guards and ...

    Article : 201 words
  23. First Class.

    The stout old country lady in unfashionable attire, with a large parcel in her arms, had got into a first-class carriage at Spencer street, when a porter, ...

    Article : 174 words
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