J^" 0 W R E A D y. " tjrett's /colonists' /i vide Jjrett's Colonists1 vjtuide AND /^YCLOP^DIA OF T7SEFUL VyYCLOPiKDIA OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE » NOWLEDGE, BISING A COMPENDIUM OF INFORMATION BY PRACTICAL COLONISTS UPON FARMING, HORTICULTURE, AND ALL SUBJECTS OF INTEREST TO NEW ZEALAND SETTLERS, Editkd by Thomson W. Leys The above work, which contains 830 pages, and is profusely illustrated with engravings, comprises sections on: — THE FARM, BY Thomas Allen: Directions for Bush and Fern Lund; Growth of various Cereal nnd Root Crops; Management of Cati'.o, Sheop, and Homes, with Cure, of their Diseases, etc., etc. This section, which ronluins 21" closelj- printed nagos, with many diagrams and illustrations, including specimens of the best puro-brcil horscs.sthecp, and cattle, together with selections from tho Stud and Pedigree Stock Company's thorouKhbrod stock, comprises the carefully collated experience of some of the most successful Auckland and Canterbury Farmers. HORTICULTURE, lIV W. GOU)IE: In this suction, which covers 10U pages, with numerous illustrations, special nttcntion is paid to tho management of Fruit Trees, with such simple directions and diagrams for Pruning, Grafting, Budding, etc., that any settler, without iprcviotiß knowledge or skill, can miiuftKO Ills orchard profitably. POULTRY, HY Thomas Allen : This section, comprising 44 pages, gives specimens of tho best varieties of Poultry, with directions for tholr MauaKflinont, Designs of Vowl-houecs, Treatment of Diseases, oto. USEFUL MECHANICAL CONTRIVANCES. :tt Pages: Under this heading have boon classed a variety of contrivances, which will be found useful to the settler; him;; and helps for tho bush; cheeao presses, carte, fences, gates, measuring and splitting timber, measuring garments, erecting walls nnd banks, windmills, &c, &c. PRESERVING AND STORING, 30 Pages: Includes the best methods of storing, drying, bottling, canning, and preserving fruit; tho most approved modes of euriiif,' bacon and hams, with design for smokehouse; instructions for pickling, sauces, vinegar-making, &c, &c. INSECTS AND AGRICULTURAL ENEMIES, iiy Cut. BltOUN: In this section, Captain Broun, the well-known New Zealand entomologist, supplies the results of yours of observation upon native and imported insects, useful and injurious, with illustrations of the same, and directions for destroying garden and orchard pcsU. SCIENTIFIC BEE CULTURE, ny J. Hopkins: This interesting department has boen fully and skilfully treated by Mr Hopkins, of Matumata, whose works on tho subject are well known throughout New Zealand. WINE-GROWING AND MANUFACTURE, Practical Arboriculture, Tobacco Culture, Hop Growing anil Silkworm Rearing, with Cultivation of Olives, Tea, See,, arc each exhaustively treated. THK FAMILY DOCTOR, ny Dk. Knight and JIk."J. A. l'o.Mi, of Auckland, compriseu Treatises on both Allopathic and Homccopathio systems, compiled with special regard to Country Settlers. To it is appended a MAORI PHAItMACOPaCTA, giving tho medicinal properties of New Zealand Hush Trees and Plants. COTTAGE COOKERY AND FOODS, covering 120 pages, is a complete Treatise on Cookery, according to tho best methods, and comprises some thousands of easy receipts for tasty dishca, without tho flummery of ordinary Cookery ISooks. HOUSEHOLD HINTS extend tho Information in tho Cookery Books with many useful directions on Household Management. COTTAGES FOR SRTTLEItS: Four designs of Useful Cottages, with plans and detailed Estimates, aro given, so that the settler can simply copy tho specification and send to tho mill and procure tho complete material for the erection of his house. ALES, WINES AND SYRUPS, PAINTING, TANNING. SOAP-MAKING, and HINTS FOR PROSPECTORS, form separate sections, containing a largo amount pt Valuablo Information. LEGAL MEMORANDA, prepared by Mr Thomas Cotteu, Auckland City Solicitor, giving a digest of all the laws which it is imperative for a settler to know, Including Fencing Act, Scab in Slice)) Act, Timber Floatage, Roads, etc., etc. Tho abovo recapitulation only enumerates (ho General Heads indicating tho scope of the work. It is tho largest Book over'published in Australasia, ia Handsomely lound in Cloth, an<l published at an exceedingly Low Price, for a Cyclopedia of this description — namely twenty shillings (ms). JJenry [Brett, W V N D H A Jt - STHEiJ T, PUBLISHER. Mb. R. ARMITAGE, Hiqh-steeet, has boefi appointed General Canvassing Agent.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 4193, 24 November 1883, Page 5 (Supplement)
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