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  2. NAPOLEON'S FABLE.

    This fable is said to have been written by the great Napoleon when he was a youth. It was entitled, "The Dog, the Rabbit, and the Hunter." ...

    Article : 170 words
  3. WIT AND HUMOUR.

    Man prefers to laugh at somebody else's expense. "I wonder," panted the turkey, glancing hastily over his shoulder at the ...

    Article : 819 words
  4. The Piggery.

    Do not keep swine of different ages in the same pen. Divide them according to age and size. Keep the pen clean and dry. It is ...

    Article : 189 words
  5. A New Chum Musician's Experiences.

    CHAPTER IV. The second ball was a da capo of the first, and not over until the next day, which was the usual custom. Not ...

    Article : 2,276 words
  6. FROM VARIOUS SOURCES

    This is a tale of a dog, a tramp, and a garden party. The judge, who always looks pleasant except when passing the last dread sentence of the ...

    Article : 1,276 words
  7. DAIRYING.

    Don't let the heifers form a habit of drying up early. Feed well and keep them milking well up to calving time. ...

    Article : 373 words
  8. Two Hundred Years Ago

    I stand in the gallery quaint and old, And there on the tapestried wall, I read the names or the knights and dames ...

    Article : 228 words
  9. "Anither Cast Oot!"

    Spending my annual holidays at a West Coast resort more summers back than I care to recall, I strolled one afternoon to the beach intent on ...

    Article : 209 words
  10. FATTENING BACONERS

    With good management very little capital is required to rear and fatten baconers. The common notion that milk is absolutely necessary for ...

    Article : 259 words
  11. A NOTABLE KERRY COW.

    The Kerry cow Belvedere Bratha (2219), by Belvedere Black Prince (351), from Bratha 2nd (1617), imported by the New South Wales Department of ...

    Article : 161 words
  12. Some Animal Habits.

    The zoologist is not satisfied with studying the physical structure of animals and their manner of life, but seeks also to trace the origin of habits and ...

    Article : 338 words
  13. SMALL FAITHFULNESSES.

    It has occurred to me (writes the lady contributor) that a few words might be said this week on small faithfulnesses, if I may use such a term. ...

    Article : 585 words
  14. FEEDING.

    As to feeding, there is no question whatever that the way in which food is prepared and fed to pigs has a great deal to do with their rapid ...

    Article : 248 words
  15. MILK TINGED WITH BLOOD.

    Cows frequently give milk tinged with blood. Occasionally this is due to constitutional weakness; but in the majority of cases it is the result of ...

    Article : 185 words
  16. GOOD COWS.

    Good cows can only be procured by keeping the good calves that are from animals which are known to be meritorious, but the farmers who buy their fresh ...

    Article : 93 words
  17. DAINTY MATS.

    Procure some art linen rather more than six inches square. Draw a good conventional pattern on tracing paper. Fix it on the linen, and then with a ...

    Article : 128 words
  18. The Strength of Song.

    Mr Albert Chevalier, in his recent volume of reminiscences, relates a charming story in connection with his famous song "My Old Dutch." While ...

    Article : 566 words
  19. PREVENTING TAINT.

    Various methods of preventing the taint of turnips from being conveyed to milk have been recommended from time to time, but few are effective. Such ...

    Article : 132 words
  20. AN ASTOUNDING RECIPE.

    We are all agreed that "too much of a good thing" is an evil; this even applies to tuition. It is of little use to anyone to acquire a mass of ...

    Article : 223 words
  21. DAIRYING IN HUNGARY.

    In a recently issued report of the visit paid by a number of English agriculturists to Hungary during the summer, an interesting account is given of the ...

    Article : 191 words
  22. BEWARE OF BEING "TOUCHY."

    There are many people always look[?]ng out for slights. They cannot carry on the daily intercourse of the family without finding that some offence is ...

    Article : 215 words
  23. "FIRST AID."

    Fainting is such a frequent occurrence that every one should know how to treat it. As a matter of fact not one in a hundred does. And the ...

    Article : 335 words
  24. A SHARP ANSWER.

    Alexander Dumas, the great French author, was a quadroon, and showed his African parentage in his woolly hair, his dark skin, his thick lips, and ...

    Article : 90 words
  25. A SOUND SLEEPER.

    A lady in quest of a servant called at a register office in Glasgow recently. The Maid, an Irish girl was seated in a side room waiting to be interviewed. After ...

    Article : 110 words
  26. Easily Explained.

    Two miners were recently walking along a street in Newcastle, when they passed a baker's shop at the door of which an untidy and dirty-looking ...

    Article : 132 words
  27. AMBITIONS THUS REALISED.

    A student of heredity referred to the well-understood fact that the offspring of distinguished parents very rarely inherit the gifts of their ...

    Article : 245 words
  28. AFFECTIONATE COWS.

    "'What a kindly and affectionate disposition the cows of this country have,' was a mental note which I took when on a walking-tour through Norway," ...

    Article : 135 words
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