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  2. FARM NOTES.

    Rains assist to a certain extent in adding fertility to the soil. In one year rains bring down about four pounds of ammonit per acre. Nitric acid, chlorine, ...

    Article : 375 words
  3. THE SANTOS-DUMONT AIR SKIP.

    At last (writes the Paris correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," on 27th July), M. de Santos-Dumont' was able to take his "turn in (or, ...

    Article : 1,617 words
  4. THE LAND OF AFTERNOON

    It is positive pleasure, in these days of alarms and excursions, accusations and counter accusations, to turn to something like the following by Beatrice ...

    Article : 1,507 words
  5. INDIAN PRINCES.

    The courage and originality of Lord Curzon's latest idea are manifest, and we think we can show that there is policy in it, too. He has been struck by ...

    Article : 603 words
  6. THE MANUFACTURE OF CHEDDAR CHEESE.

    The cheesemaker of Scotland, in supplying the markets of Scotland, has to compete to-day not merely with his neighbors, but with strangers. Competition is no longer local, but ...

    Article : 2,449 words
  7. THE WEANING OF PIGS.

    The common method is to let the sow go out in the pasture, and shut up the pigs, Then the music begins. This is the way I used to do (writes a correspondent of ...

    Article : 284 words
  8. DAIRY-FED PORK.

    The pig, nearly omnivorous as he may be, and able to assimilate and develop on widely different varieties of food, never produces either pork or bacon of ...

    Article : 2,118 words
  9. MOLASSES AS A FOOD.

    Practical experience, to the following effect, on this subject, is contributed by a farmer to Hoard's "Dairyman":— In the morning, after milking, we feed hay, ...

    Article : 411 words
  10. DR BABCOCK'S NEW DISCOVERY.

    Some months ago (says the "Breeders' Gazette") Dr Babcock, of the Wisconsin Agricultural College, announced in a gathering of friends that a new discovery of his would prove ...

    Article : 629 words
  11. RUBBER EFFIGIES.

    Visitors on the Paris Boulevards must have seen, and perhaps purchased, effigies of President Loubet, Czar Nicholas, the Shah of Persia, Henri Rochefort, Jules ...

    Article : 317 words
  12. HOME FERTILISERS AND FERTILITY.

    The main thing in farming is keeping up the fertility of the soil while annually gathering crops from it. If the soil degenerates just a little each year it must ...

    Article : 347 words
  13. HOW TO MAKE BEES PAY.

    Bees may be made to be worth the attention and expense bestowed upon them, and not only-that, but may be made very profitable, and to pay a good per cent on ...

    Article : 725 words
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    A lady and gentleman, with their little girl, on returning from Divine service, proceeded to criticise the minister, arriving at a conclusion that the sermon ...

    Article : 58 words
  15. MILK AND GRAIN FOR CALVES.

    In feeding skim milk to calves, the three essentials seem to be to give it to them warm sweet, often and in small quantities. The temperature of the ...

    Article : 513 words
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