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Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 102, 30 April 1892, Page 5

The "Now Zealand Farmer" for May comes to hand replete with solid informa- ' ti on upon every branch of rural industry. A n article entitled '' Life on a Small Farm " is full of interest »or both the actual and tho intending settler. The observations of : tho writer are founded upon a very long 1 experience of farming life in New Zealand. I Th c live stock department chows the pre- ; vai ling interest taken in sheep farming at pre by the large amount of space devoU'dco practical articles on this subject, begi nnine with one by a practical authority on tihe management of sheep on small farms, and ending with a contribution entitled "Mα tton Cutlets/ There is also the con- ' tinua tion of a series of articles on cross--5 breeding sheep, in which will be found the 1 opinio ni of such well-known breeders as MeseniThrelkeld.of Inglewood, JohnGrigg, of Lonigbeach, W. E. Ivoy, of the Lincoln School of Agriculture, and several others, upon tlie different crosses and their merits. In the garden columns appears the first cf a series of illustrated articles on small 1 fruit culture, raspberries being the fruit dealt this month. All grape growers 3 should read the remarks of a practical - grower on the treatment of vines in t autumn. The poultry columns contain 2 some excellent contributions, and a good j engraving of a Lanjishan hen ot true type lately imported by a Wanganui breeder. y Tho leading article deals with the reported >f intention of the Government to grant cxi pore bonuses on butter, and another article discusses the proposed codiin c moth legislation. Wβ have only mene tionod a tv'tho of the valuable and instrucStive contents of tho current number of this popular agricultural joura:,l.