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  2. THE POULTRY YARD

    Occasionally, in poultry, as in all else, One comes across something which upsets one's previous calculations, and chows how much there is left to be ...

    Article : 687 words
  3. THE BEEKEEPER

    Just when the fruit trees are blooming is the best time to purchase and transfer bees. At that time the insects are breeding plentifully, young are born ...

    Article : 382 words
  4. THE DAIRY.

    A South Australian dairy expert (Mr Donald Forbes) in a recent address on the subject of dairy cows stated that the head of a good cow should be fairly ...

    Article : 356 words
  5. JACK ASHORE.

    The starboard watch is preparing go ashore this fine afternoon on leave. At the present moment, indeed, the starboard watch is scarcely presentable ...

    Article : 1,093 words
  6. THE VINEYARD.

    When the vineyards of Europe were overtaken by phylloxera (states an American viticultural expert) it at first appeared as though no means could be ...

    Article : 458 words
  7. MODERN FAME.

    "Fame," said a philosopher some years ago, "is a very subtle thing. If you neglect It, it will not come to you. Now, I propose (writes an Englishman ...

    Article : 1,307 words
  8. "ROOKS" AND "PIGEONS".

    The case of Mrs Horne, recently brought before the courts, differs in no essential details from the accepted type. It is true that there were ...

    Article : 1,387 words
  9. DIVING DOG!

    Hammersmith has many ways of spending the Summer days, and one of the most interesting is to watch the intrepid diving of a brown retriever ...

    Article : 837 words
  10. PIG BREEDING ESSENTIALS.

    Increasing attention is being given throughout the Commonwealth to pig-breeding on sound lines. This is indicated by the fact that owners of ...

    Article : 348 words
  11. HANDLING BEES.

    A New Zealand expert apiarist states that it is a common idea that beekeepers use some means of stupifying bees when handling them. He observes: ...

    Article : 404 words
  12. DR. AKED'S FUTURE.

    Dr C. F. Aked, pastor of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church in New York, made a statement to a representative of the Central News Agency' before ...

    Article : 317 words
  13. POULTRY AILMENTS.

    Simple colds, if treated at once, are cured in a few days, whereas if they are neglected the birds frequently develop diphtheritic roup. The pus which ...

    Article : 459 words
  14. THE SKIPPER'S WIFE.

    In these days of steam, the captain rarely takes his wife to sea with him. In most of the big lines the practice is strictly prohibited. Yet in the sailing ...

    Article : 311 words
  15. DOOR FOR PIG HOUSE.

    This door may be employed on buildings where a swinging door would be in the way when open (1). The door is constructed in the usual manner and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 108 words
  16. SAVAGE WARFARE.

    Severe fighting has taken place in Mexico between the rebels and the Government troops (said "Lloyd's News" on March 17). It is said that there ...

    Article : 426 words
  17. LUNATIC IN TRAM-CAR.

    A powerful young man with a perpetual smile. Arthur Wakeford, made' the Kingston-on-Thames Court ring with wild laughter as witnesses ...

    Article : 299 words
  18. TEN THOUSAND POUNDS.

    Mr L. Hart, a young American, has lost £10,400 to three Italian cardsharpers in Paris (telegraphed the Paris correspondent of the "Daily Express" on ...

    Article : 262 words
  19. JAMES PAYN.

    Mr G. W. E. Russell, in the "Manchester Guardian." writes sympathetically of Mr James Payn. He recalls that during the last two years of his ...

    Article : 261 words
  20. DIVORCE STILL EASY.

    Reno, in, the State of Nevada, U.S.A. is still to retain its attractiveness as the greatest centre for divorce in the, whole world. ...

    Article : 182 words
  21. TOO NUMEROUS TO BURY.

    The China correspondent of the "Lincet" gives a rather gruesome picture of the disposal of the victims of the plague in North China. The greatest ...

    Article : 179 words
  22. LIME AS FOOD.

    The great benefit of applying lime lies in the fact that it is a great improver of the soil breaking it up sweetening it, removing acidity, and thus ...

    Article : 124 words
  23. CANADA'S CALL FOR WOMEN.

    Every day as the prairie lands of Western Canada are coming more and more under the influence of civilisation there is an Increasing call for women. ...

    Article : 53 words
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