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Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 4278, 9 February 1884, Page 7 (Supplement)

Jjj" o w read y. « "dretts /colonists' r^ vide Jjhett's Colonists1 vjtuide AND pfYCLOPJKDIA OF T7PEFUL OF V SEFUL KNOWLEDGE » NOWLEDGE, BEING A COMPENDIUM OF INFORMATION BY PRACTICAL COLONISTS UPON FARMING, ; HORTICULTURE, AND ALI. SUBJECTS OF INTEREST TO NEW ZEALAND SETTLERS. Edited by Thomson W. Lets The above work, which contains 830 pages, and is profusely illustrated with engravings comprises sections on :— THE FARM, by Thomas Allen: Direction for Bush and Fern Land; Growth of various Cereal and Root Crops; Management of Cattle. Sheep, and Horses, with Cure of their Diseases, etc., etc. This section, which contains 217 closely-printed pages, with many diagrams and illustrations, including specimens of the best pure-bred horses.sheep, and cattle, together with selections from the Stud and Pedigree Stock Company's thoroughbred stock, comprises the carefully collated experience of some of the most successful Auckland and Canterbury Farmers. HORTICULTURE, by W. Goldie: In this section, which covers 10G pages, with numerous illustrations, special attention is paid to the management of Fruit Trees, with such simple directions and diagrams for Pruning, Grafting, Budding, etc., that any settler, without previous knowledge or skill, can manage his orchard profitably. POULTRY, by Thomas Allen : This section, comprising 44 pages, gives specimens of the best varieties of Poultry, with directions for their Management, Designs of Fewl-houßea, Treatment of Diseases, etc. USEFUL MECHANICAL CONTRIVANCES. SI Pages: Under this heading have been classed a variety of contrivances, which will be found useful to the settler; htote and helps for the bush; cheese presses, carts, fences, gates, measuring and splitting timber, measuring garments, erecting walls and banks, windmills, &c, &c. PRESERVING AND STORING, 30 Pages: Includes the best methods of storing, drying, bottling, canning, and preserving fruit; the most approved modes of curing bacon and hams, with design for smoke-house; instructions for pickling, sauceß, vinegar-making &c, &c. INSECTS AND AGRICULTURAL ENB MIES, by Capt. Broun : In this section, Captain Broun, the well-known New Zealand entomologist, supplies the results of years of observation upon native and imported insects, useful and injurious, ■with illustrations of the same., and directions for destroying garden and erchard pests. SCIENTIFIC BEE CULTURE, by J. Hopkins This interesting department has been fully and skilftdJy treated by Mr Hopkins, of Matamata, whose work 3 on the subject are well known throughout New Zealand. WINE-GROWING AND MANUFACTURE, Practical Arboriculture, Tobacco Culture, Hop Growing and Silkworm Rearing, with Cultivation of Olives, Tea, &c, are each exhaustively treated. THE FAMILY DOCTOR, by Db. Knight .and Mr. :J. A. Pond, of Auckland, comprises Treatises on both Allopathic and Homceopathic systems, compiled with special regard to Country Settlers. To it is appended a MAORI PHARMACOPOEIA, giving the medicinal properties of New Zealand Bush Trees and Plants. COTTAGE COOKERY AND FOODS, covering 120 papres, is a complete Treatise on Cookery, according to the best methods, and comprises some thousands of easy roceipts for tasty dishes, without the flummery of ordinary Cookery Books. HOUSEHOLD HINTS extend the information in the Cookery Books with many usefu. directions on Household Management.' COTTAGES FOR SETTLERS: Four designs of Useful Cottages, with plans and detailed Estimates, are given, so that the settler can simply copy the specification and send to tho mill and procure the 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 large amount of Valuable Information. LEGAL MEMORANDA, prepared by Mr Thomas Cotter, Auckland City Solicitor, giving a digest of all the laws which it is imperative for a settler to know, including Fencing Act, Scab in Sheep Act, Timber Floatage, Roads, etc., etc. The above recapitulation only enumerates the General Heads indicating the scope of the work. It is the largest Book ever published in Australasia, is Handsomely Bound in Cloth, and published at an exceedingly (Low Price, for a ?{vENTY aSH°rLLi>,%S<^f iPtiOn ~ namely ' Henry JJrett, VV V N D H A M - S T It E E T, PUBLISHER. Mi. R. ARMITAGE, High-street, has been ippointcd General Canvassing Agent. Waitakcrei. 7th December, 1883. UNION OIL, SOAP, AND CANDLE COMPANY (LIMITED). MANUFACTURERS OF COMMON AND TOILET SOAPS, CANDLES, PEANUT, AND OTHKR LUBRICATING OILS. Soap and Candle Works: Parneli. Oil works: Customs-street West. warehouse and Offices: Lower Albert STREET. Caeh Purchasers of TALLOW. Delivery taken at their Parnell Works or] Warehouse. 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