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  2. THE DAIRY.

    In an address before the Ontario Live Stock Association, Mr T. H. Mason, Straffordville, said:— "A mistake we often make is that we ...

    Article : 433 words
  3. FARM AND FIELD

    Recent reference was made to an experiment in top-dressing pastures in south Australia. "M. W. A. Cox, in a Becture at Hertford, England, ...

    Article : 409 words
  4. A RAILWAY JOURNEY.

    Mr Edward Thomas writes In the "Daily Mail":— The railway carriage was nearly full of men reading the same newspapers, ...

    Article : 806 words
  5. THE BEEKEEPER

    It has been proposed to import some "bumble" bees into Tasmania. In England the insects are known as "humble" bees, and in America they are called ...

    Article : 818 words
  6. THE POULTRY YARD

    At this season, when many young pullets are coming on to lay (says the "Daily Telegraph." N.S.W.), there is occasional trouble through ovary ...

    Article : 517 words
  7. CONCRETE TROUGHS.

    Concrete troughs, as shown in this article, can be constructed at a small cost. The "Michigan Farmer," from which the illustrations are taken, states ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 942 words
  8. ENGLISHMAN FIRST.

    Mr George Ade, the American humorist and playwright, whose "Fables in Slang," as he would put it, "kept English readers guessing," has left Berlin ...

    Article : 853 words
  9. FRUIT TREES DYING.

    Several complaints have reached the South Australian Agricultural Department lately respecting the sudden decline of apricot trees at a mature stage ...

    Article : 282 words
  10. VITALITY OF SEEDS.

    Experiments conducted to ascertain the vitality of weed seeds after passing through the digestive tract of an animal, led Mr E. I. Oswald, of Maryland ...

    Article : 371 words
  11. GENERAL NOTES.

    A record shipment of cheese and butter left New Zealand recently, the cargo totalling 41,920 boxes of butter, and 19,556 cases of cheese. ...

    Article : 320 words
  12. SEASONABLE HINTS.

    Fowls require a balanced ration to produce eggs. It is a mistake to feed altogether on one sort of food, although that article of diet may possibly be the ...

    Article : 335 words
  13. SETTEING A CART AXLE.

    In setting a cart axle the wheels should he placed on the axle arms with one of the front spokes vertically underneath, as shown in Fig. 1. A properly ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 293 words
  14. THE ROSE GARDEN.

    The following list of select roses of about fifty years ago—1855 to be accurate—may awaken pleasant memories here and there. Less than a quarter ...

    Article : 245 words
  15. DISEASE IN POTATOES.

    The potato disease known as "black scab" was first discovered in England in the Autumn of 1900. It is caused by the fungus named, chrysophlyctis ...

    Article : 403 words
  16. THE CARE OF HONEY.

    When nectar is gathered it is thin and watery. The heat of the hive, aided by the manipulations of the bees, gradually reduces the nectar to thick, "ripe" ...

    Article : 297 words
  17. BANANA CULTIVATION.

    For the production of bananas in the northern parts of Queensland virgin Jungle land of the most fertile character is considered essential. Such land is ...

    Article : 342 words
  18. PRIVATE PENSIONS STOPPED.

    The action of private people, and in one case at least a public body, discontinuing pensions to old folk on the ground that they can take advantage of ...

    Article : 517 words
  19. ROMANCE OF A BLUE TOPAZ.

    There is now lying on a cushion at the Queensland office (says the London correspondent of the "Daily Despatch") A large blue topaz of great price and ...

    Article : 349 words
  20. KAISER IN BERLIN.

    The Kaiser made his appearance in Berlin to-day after six weeks' seclusion at Potsdam (said the Berlin correspondent of the "Daily Mail" on January 1). ...

    Article : 199 words
  21. THE PREFECT'S MISTAKE.

    A trout luncheon which M. Boudet, Prefect of Ariege, enjoyed recently at Fontesverbes, in the canton of Lavelanet, is the subject of a grave official ...

    Article : 238 words
  22. FEEDING FOR WINTER.

    Food, to be of any value as a winter supply in the hive, must be stored and sealed. Feeding should be commenced in good time. Before the sealing and ...

    Article : 466 words
  23. FATE OF A FAMOUS CHURCH.

    "The Church of the Saviour" at Birmingham, built by the followers of George Dawson, who for thirty years was one of the most popular preachers ...

    Article : 144 words
  24. THE SUBMERGED CITY.

    Messina, now destroyed by the sea, was founded by pirates in 732 B.C. (says the "Westminster Gazette.") It has its interesting associations with ...

    Article : 112 words
  25. A MERE NOTHING.

    A woman who looked old enough to be her husband's mother and big enough to swallow him—according to a Nottingham paper — and who ...

    Article : 68 words
  26. CRAZE FOR FURS.

    At no period in the history of human attire did we wear fur to the extent that we do at present. Your third-best char woman arrives "with the milk" in a ...

    Article : 70 words
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