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Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 17, 21 January 1892, Page 3

_ Tho Jan nary issue of the " K"sw Zealand Farmer" ajways nssumes to a certain ■extent th<s character of a hdiday number, end tfiis year as usual there special literary features in keeping with the festive Kmeon. Still b&siheas is nob fey any-means ■overlooked, as may bo gathered''by tho titles .of tho following articles in the num. »m, ]usk P u arid now before us. the,: Smut of Oats," •• Treatment of X ,v« heep, "Breeding'for Wool in «w North, > short but thoroughly piacti,7 "jWffaliDc; with the causes for tho WweTselipg'valuo of" Auckland .wool as compared with' Southern- prices. Other "Me :t m of . , ODr bubtei . r( . fctafiiV""* kind of disc' chnrft Wtelnbited in .England, the spraying «™-trtM'fer fungoid blights, the & m \ n , boE ]mm and oran ff6 planta-' Oobbib. of Whangaroi, two "Wleinoontribntioris ou poultry mana K otoentoeto. .The-illustrationa include a Si i>T? VI H K fa y ; a Fr onch' artist, enSI A Mouthful of Hay," depicting a J Jngvottuwin.Bfleid with an'armful of tl'lwi - cl ' n « a :group of cattle. There are M S" d,d "•WinSs of P»ro bred Hamp-α-portmib of the'eeleEnotW t Brn!>i ' rl dc, S Plinlimmon, and! trumpeter pisjeoii.l ftt lV f° a co!!e o«on of Xmas stories, ■ Hh! v ft mes ' ancl a Xmil 3 letter-fromi b r N # to h " nephews-and nieces^ OaaStr^' the Children's 'Poeb! mof a thoroughly good uum ber. Sl «^^'s-woKTn.-Bretb'3 2Mra«.» an |»c and Diary comprises inffnm . clc *ely-printed matter, inoludJcinprehensive diary, statistical tables, P™vinctl C d'S. aCCOUnti ° f the AUCkland