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  2. THE HOUSEHOLD.

    CHICKEN SOUP.—Take one well-dressed chicken and cut it in small pieces. Put it In a stew-pan nearly full of water. Add one large tomato, one large onion, one half cup of ...

    Article : 557 words
  3. THE AGRICULTURIST.

    Take a bag or more, if required, of salt. empty it on a floor in a shed, make a hollow on the top of the heap and in this put the required quantity of sulphate of iron (7 or 8 ...

    Article : 138 words
  4. WIT AND HUMOR.

    New Bride (who does the cooking, starts up in bed at 2 a.m.): "Wake up, Charlie What's the matter! Why do you groan so terribly in your sleep?" Charles (half ...

    Article : 362 words
  5. THE STORY OF ANDREW FAIRFAX.

    During that afternoon Mrs Bernard was wonderfully gracious to Mavis, but no allusion was made to her morning's walk. About five o'clock Wilton returned fromr. ...

    Article : 6,838 words
  6. A RECIPE FOR CLEANSING WOOL.

    The following tip may be useful to those interested in the cleansing of wool. At a meeting of the Linnean Society of London, Mr Thomas Christy, of the well-known firm ...

    Article : 110 words
  7. COW-PEA AS A FERTILISER.

    The reputation of all varieties of cow-pea as a fertiliser has long been known in the art of green-soiling or manuring for nearly every kind of crop. Planters and farmers ...

    Article : 73 words
  8. PECULIAR METHOD OF CLIPPING.

    They have a peculiar way of clipping the hunting-horse in Gloucestershire. They clip the horse's body only, and leave the lees covered with hair. The country has a great ...

    Article : 130 words
  9. THE WOOL TRADE.

    SIR,—Under the above heading the letter appearing in your recent issue, signed "Riverina," is particularly misleading, and it seems to me an error in permitting ...

    Article : 253 words
  10. IMPORTANCE OF GROOMING.

    The grooming of horses is only secondary in importance to that of diet. Health is secured by keeping the skin pores open, and this can only be obtained by the currycomb ...

    Article : 191 words
  11. ODDS AND ENDS.

    The average weight of a horse is 1,000lbs. Electricity, where unretarded by atmospheric influence, travels at the rate of 288,000 miles a second. ...

    Article : 104 words
  12. STABLE NOTES.

    See that all food is clean. Do not use soft soap about the heels of a horse; hard soap is preferable. After washing, dry the legs thoroughly, as ...

    Article : 131 words
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    Advertising : 108 words
  14. TO REMOVE PANES OF GLASS.

    Lay soft soap over the putty which fixes them, and after a few hours they may be easily removed. ...

    Article : 24 words
  15. TO REMOVE MARKING INK FROM LINEN.

    Paint the mark with a solution of cyanide of potassium, applied with a camell's hair brush. As soon as the ink disappears the linen should be well rinsed in cola water. ...

    Article : 37 words
  16. MILK RESTORES THE TASTE.

    It is very important that a cook should, when serving up a dinner, know of something to drink which will restore the table when it has become vitiated by the tasting ...

    Article : 55 words
  17. VALUE OF LIME.

    Although lime is not, properly speaking, a manure, it has not only the effect of sweetening the land by improving its texture, and by bringing into use the vegetable ...

    Article : 56 words
  18. TO REMOVE PAINT FROM AN OVERCOAT.

    As the stains are old and dry, first soften them by lightly rubbing the material with a little olive oil. The softened mass will then easily yield to the action of the other ...

    Article : 66 words
  19. SILO AND ENSILAGE.

    It is surprising that silos are not more popular with farmers ant stockbreeders in the country, although horses, cattle and sheep are ravenously fond of the ensilage. ...

    Article : 138 words
  20. PULSE OF ANIMALS.

    Frequent inquiries as to the number of beats of the harts of healthy animals are from time to time made from different sections or the country. The pulse of ...

    Article : 85 words
  21. THE MECHANISM OF A WATCH.

    The average watch is composed of 175 different pieces, comprising upward of 2,400 separate and distinct operations in its manufacture. The balance has 18,000 beats or ...

    Article : 76 words
  22. GOOD AND BAD SEEDS.

    High class farmers or farmers with an inquiring mind. will in future select all seed, seed, prepare the land well, and throw greater intelligence into cultural management and ...

    Article : 413 words
  23. THE LARGEST FARM IN ENGLAND.

    The honor of possessing the largest farm in England must be given to the owner of Withcoil Farm, near Lonth, in Lincolnshire. The farm consists of the whole parish of ...

    Article : 327 words
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