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  2. Agricultural and Horticultural

    At a meeting of the Staindrop Farmers' Club, the following address was given by Mr. Marley Headlam, who said:—The use of lime in agriculture is almost coeval ...

    Article : 2,292 words
  3. THE FOOT-ROT IN SHEEP.

    Foot-rot is a disease prevailing to a greater or less extent over most of the pastoral districts of Scotland. On hill pasture it is always confined to what is ...

    Article : 3,231 words
  4. ON THE ROAD: IN RUSSIA.

    The coachman of a Russian household is usually chosen for his fatness and the length of his beard. These seem curious reasons for choosing a coachman in a country where ...

    Article : 1,714 words
  5. Sporting.

    Attention was recently called to the Top-thorne case, which revealed the prevalence of certain discreditable practices on the Victorian turf. We are now advised to look at home. ...

    Article : 1,448 words
  6. The House.

    Charcoal ground to a fine powder will be found a very good thing to give knives a first-rate polish. The asphodel is useful in driving away rats ...

    Article : 1,546 words
  7. Trifles of wit and [?]

    NEW NAME FOR A FOG.—The air apparent. THE WAITER'S EPITAPH.—Coming, coming! THE AUCTIONEER'S EPITAPH.—Going, going, gone! ...

    Article : 2,168 words
  8. FARMYARD FOWLS.

    The following letter on farmyard fowls appears in the Canterbury Press:—"Sir—In your Tuesday's issue I endeavored to point out that the most suitable fowl for and the grey Dorking hen; also the crosses that may be made with advantage for the second and third years' breeding. The next point is to consider in what manner ...

    Article : 681 words
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