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  2. THE VINEYARD.

    There is considerable difference in the susceptibility of various varieties of vines and therefore in the ease with which they can be kept free from the ...

    Article : 1,300 words
  3. THE BEEKEEPER

    In the course of an interesting article on the different races of bees now being farmed in the United States, L. D. Huffman, in the "Michigan Farmer," writes: ...

    Article : 765 words
  4. FARM AND FIELD.

    Many farmers in prchasing rams Keep shifting from one breed to another, thinking that they are producing lambs of greater stamina and profit producing ...

    Article : 118 words
  5. THE LADIES COLUMN.

    Mutton Fritters and Tomatoes.—Required: Slices from a leg of mutton, a little salad oil, onion juice, pinch of allspice, one egg, breadcrumbs, one ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 377 words
  6. THE DAIRY.

    The breeding up of the dairy herd is, perhaps, the most vital question in dairying to-day. The milk yield of a cow depends chiefly on her inherent ...

    Article : 624 words
  7. In-and-in-Breeding.

    In-and-in-breeding is the mating of animals within the degree of second cousins. The mating of animals more distantly related is known as ...

    Article : 211 words
  8. HONEYCOMBING THE ALPS.

    "Ever since the inauguration of the Simplon Railway, France, Switzerland, and Italy have been flooded with tunnel literature setting forth the advantages ...

    Article : 451 words
  9. WIT AND HUMOR

    Stern Father: Now, now, my boys, quarrelling again—and for a miserable little half-penny! One of the Boys: Well, you said the less we quarrelled about the better! ...

    Article : 950 words
  10. Hot Water Remedy for Barley Smut.

    The hot water treatment for eradicating barley smut has been found effective by the University of Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station. This ...

    Article : 296 words
  11. MONTE CARLO.

    A suggestion that it is time to abolish Monte Carlo as a gambling centre is put forward in a letter to the "Times," signed "Indicus." ...

    Article : 335 words
  12. Loss of Nitrogen from Soils.

    Nitrogen is the most expensive element of plant food, as well as the one most easily lost from the soil. A fundamental basis of the best systems of ...

    Article : 415 words
  13. NURSERY NOTES.

    "Nurse must go home for a week!" This was the fearsome edict with which I was suddenly confronted when Baby Gladys was just five months old. ...

    Article : 903 words
  14. IMPROVED TURNIP-CUTTER.

    An improved root cutter has been invented in England. It is fitted with a new safety feed, which should effectually prevent the many serious accidents ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 95 words
  15. A FEEDING-RACK.

    A serviceable feeding-rack, shown in the illustration, is designed to prevent waste of feed given to poultry and to keep water from being soiled. It ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 127 words
  16. RUBE RIDERS.

    A correspondent present at Olympia comments on the gauche behavior of some of the riders in the presence of the Royal visitors: "Shall we set it ...

    Article : 108 words
  17. WORTH THE RISK.

    "I have been expecting this," said Percy Ferguson, when he was arrested in Brixton road on 2nd August. "They have been a long time making up their ...

    Article : 206 words
  18. SIGNALLING FROM ST. PAUL'S.

    The Grenadier Guards, writes the "Westminster Gazette," who carried out military signalling operations on Monday, 5th August, from the Golden ...

    Article : 158 words
  19. BILL'S REPUTATION.

    "Ah," said the head clerk, "got an accident to report, have you, Murphy? Well just fill up one of these forms. "Yes, sir," said the foreman of the works, and, having duly ...

    Article : 119 words
  20. Shearing in the Argentine.

    Shearing machines are largely employed in the Argentine. Average tallies are between 120 and 130 per day. In the days of the hand shear the tallies average ...

    Article : 248 words
  21. WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

    A powerful man, brought up recently for drunkenness, sought to defend himself by stating, "The truth was he found the policeman courting a cook in ...

    Article : 103 words
  22. CAUGHT BY GUILE.

    A young man, in order to sain the consent of his prospective father-in-law, told the latter that he was earning L4 per week. "That's all right, lad," said the future father-in-law, ...

    Article : 85 words
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