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  2. FARM AND FIELD

    Bacteria are the agents at work ill increasing the supply of nitrogen, forming nitric acid in the soil, leguminous plants being especially adapted for the ...

    Article : 521 words
  3. Short Story

    "How would it do if you were to tell her when she comes back from tobogganing?" I asked. "Oh, I couldn't" said Myra with a ...

    Article : 2,255 words
  4. Interesting War Notes.

    The "Queen of the Adriatic," as Venice has been called is built on seventy or eighty islets. Its Grand Canal is two miles long, ...

    Article : 228 words
  5. WIRELESS TORPEDO.

    A new type of torpedo, which is bound to add largely to the existing difficulties of dealing with the subtle nature of submarine warfare, has lately been ...

    Article : 280 words
  6. POULTRY PARS.

    Exchanging with neighbours or breeders with whom the fancier is on terms is one of the best ways of keeping up the vigour of the flock. ...

    Article : 184 words
  7. ITALIAN AIR FLEET.

    Although our Italian Allies started late in the building of aeroplanes they now possess an air fleet which is far superior to that of Austria, and which ...

    Article : 325 words
  8. SCIENCE NOTES.

    When King "Albert ascended in[?] a Belgian military aeroplane for an aerial recounaisance over the Gorman lines, he was the first crowned monarch to ...

    Article : 177 words
  9. GERMANY'S GIBRALTAR.

    Twenty-five years ago Bord Salisbury made one of the few mistakes of his political career, and one which is now preventing our Grand Fleet ...

    Article : 151 words
  10. SPEED OF AEROPLANES.

    It is estimated that an aeroplane fitted with engines of 500 horse-power could travel round the world in ten days. Recently such a trip was mapped ...

    Article : 74 words
  11. ARSENICAL SPRAYING.

    It has been commonly reported that arsencial spraying of trees in New English in order to climinate the gipsy moth has proved fatal to many birds, ...

    Article : 76 words
  12. Kaiser's Great Ambition.

    Appare[?]tly we did not realise then Germany's great ambition to become a son Power; for when the present Emperor came to the throne in 1888 the ...

    Article : 178 words
  13. INVISIBLE INK.

    Invisible ink, which figured in the recent espionage trial, appears to have been known since the early days of writing, for both Ovid and Pliny give ...

    Article : 82 words
  14. GRAFTING FRUIT TREES.

    Grafting is an operation in which almost every person growing fruit trees is more or less interested, as it not only enables the growers to change ...

    Article : 493 words
  15. BIG ZEPPELINS.

    Built, as are all Zeppelins, with a rigid framework of reinforced aluminium, it has eighteen "napkin-ring" sections, each containing a gas-tight ...

    Article : 279 words
  16. ITALY'S FRENCH.

    So the Duke of Aosta, who will command one of the five Italian field armies, has been called, and the description is no exaggeration. By profession a ...

    Article : 167 words
  17. INVISIBLE AEROPLANES.

    Of late there have been made attempts to construct aeroplanes of a transparent material, at least for all purposes where a canvas covering is ...

    Article : 96 words
  18. Armour-Plated.

    Millions were spent on Heligoland, and though the exact nature of the fortifications has naturally been kept a secret, it is known that a large ...

    Article : 173 words
  19. HYDRAULIC CARTRIDGES.

    It is often hard and sometimes dangerous to use ordinary explosive for mining and excavating in confined spaces a foot that has led to the ...

    Article : 138 words
  20. Married Near London.

    Furthermore, the Duke of Aosta has been indefatigable in his efforts to develop the Italian armament works, these having now provided that country with ...

    Article : 195 words
  21. £1,000 PER SHOT.

    Thin is a war of artillery. Shells and shrapnel are being used on a seals for in excess of the calculations of the most far-seeing military experts of Europe. ...

    Article : 305 words
  22. FOR DESTROYING ZEPPELINS.

    Mr. R. F. Rabertson, of Dublin, has produced an invention designed for the destruction of Zeppelin balloons by aeroplanes. It consists of a steel dart, ...

    Article : 196 words
  23. MOTOR FOR DENTISTS' USE.

    An electric motor, even in small sixes, is quite heavy for the power it yields. For this reason dentists have been using a motor mounted on a bracket, ...

    Article : 192 words
  24. MANURE AND POTATOES.

    Two hundred bushels of potatoes will remove 42lbs. nitrogen, 8½lbs. phosphoric acid, and 60lbs. potash from the soil. It is not possible to state just ...

    Article : 226 words
  25. Italy's Navy.

    It is a fact of which few people are aware that thirty years ago Italy's yards were turning out battleships 2,000 tons larger than anything in the ...

    Article : 343 words
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