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  2. GARDENING NOTES.

    The cold wet conditions prevailing will greatly by retard gardening operations at this time of the year. June is usually a cold wet month, and the present month promises to be ...

    Article : 84 words
  3. EGG-LAYING COMPETITION.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 158 words
  4. Advertising

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    Advertising : 300 words
  5. POULTRY NOTES.

    Austral,"—Mr. Syd. Smith, of Brunning's Bendigo, has the whole stud of O'Mullane White Leghorns, so I would advise you to get particulars from him. Mr. O'Mullane's ...

    Article : 316 words
  6. NOTES ON PRUNING.

    The pruning of shrubs may be done and fruit trees should be pruned as well as the vines. The latter should be pruned back to two eyes. As winter is usually the best ...

    Article : 387 words
  7. "INDEPENDENT" COMPETITIONS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 435 words
  8. BREEDS OF THE FUTURE.

    The majority of the poultry in Australia at present comprises white Leghorns and Black Orpingtons. Next year there will be more Orpingtons than White Leghorns. The Black ...

    Article : 313 words
  9. HINTS FOR POULTRY-KEEPERS.

    Hatch in July and August. Hatch only from good stock. Feed is too dear to feed to poor layers The hen that doesn't lay over 180 eggs as ...

    Article : 189 words
  10. WHITE LEGHORNS.

    A fancier asks for value of points in White Leghorns. The defects in comb count up to 12; in face, comb, car lobes and wattles, 15. The legs must be a good yellow or orange, ...

    Article : 43 words
  11. THE CONSERVATORY.

    In the glass house or conservatory advantage should betaken to pot on growing cinerarias, primulas, petunias, etc. If green fly is troublesome to the cinerarias, syringe, ...

    Article : 81 words
  12. GENERAL ITEMS.

    An interesting advertisement is appearing this issue, interesting because of the unusual offer made. Mr. Mueller is not only offering to guarantee the fertility of every one of his ...

    Article : 234 words
  13. THE KITCHEN GARDEN.

    Preparations should be: made for hotbeds for early tomatoes. Seed sowing will still be restricted to the very hardy sorts, such as broad beans, ...

    Article : 81 words
  14. CASTLEMAINE SINGLE TEST.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 123 words
  15. GENERAL.

    While in Gippsland last week laying out a poultry farm, I was introduced to a man who has been totally blind ever since he was eight years of age. He was delighted to meet me, ...

    Article : 189 words
  16. COLAC SINGLE TEST.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 311 words
  17. KHAKI IN ITALY.

    (By H. Warner Allen, London "Daily Express" Special Correspondent in Italy.) German Propaganda had been hard at work trying to persuade the Italians that ...

    Article : 219 words
  18. RED MITE ON POULTRY.

    Every poultry-keeper must fight mites. The are carried by sparrows, and in various other ways. Mites thrive in dirty houses, and live in cracks and crevices about the roosts. Mites ...

    Article : 196 words
  19. CHEAP POULTRY.

    It is the practice of many people who go it for fowls to buy some birds of a certain good strain, thinking that they are starting on good lines. But this is where the mistake is. ...

    Article : 329 words
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