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Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 141, 15 June 1892, Page 2

y : 'V Public Notices. THE TKT E W TJ E AL AN D "|J!ARMER \ FOR JUNE Is Now Issued. CONTENTS: .: " . " ..,-.- ' iPAOB. THE FARM. —June Month—Cost of % Farm Machinery—Ah Easy Way of \. . ; , Farming—-The Price of New Zealond -, v-\ Muttonin London—Downs asFreezers » —Notes and Gleanings ..-. ..v .. 23_-2_4 Live Stock. — Valuable Importation of Southdowns (illustrated) — Crossbreeding of Sheep — Devon' Heifers; • Zulu Sheep (illustrated)—A Colonial Shorthorn Bull (illustrated) — The .. Management of Sheep on Small Farms -^-Origin and Distribution of the Sheep . — Different Crosses With Merino. Ewes — Lumpy Jaw in Cattle—Live and Dead Weight of Fat Beasts — Sheep for bhe Frozen Mutbon Trade— The Horse a Terrifying Spectacle .. 235-238 THE DAIRY.—The Use and Action of Air in Churning — Garget — Whab Thought Did—Dairy Skimmings ... 238 Tho Australian Irrigation Colonies -..-■ 239 SHOW REPORTS. — Horticultural Show—The Chrysanthemum Show .. 240 THE GARDEN.— Monthly Reminders for June—Small Fruib Culture (illustrated)— New Varieties of Straw- - berries Wanted—Setting Strawberries , —Yates' Vegetable Competition—Horticultural Clippings •- -- •• 241-242 The Fruitgrower.—Orchard Notes —Opinions on the Codlin Moth Question—Prune, Don't Butcher Your Trees .. .. 243-244 ENTOMOLOGICAL.-Insect BlightsEntomological .... .. .. 2f15 Whangarei Experimental Station .. 246 The Smithfleld's Club Annual Show :.. 247 THE POULTRY YARD.—Hints for Successful Breeding—ls Trimming Fowls for Show Allowable ?—Rearing Ducks—Tho Shows aro ComingPoultry Scratchings ' .'. .. .. 248 EDITORIAL. — Down and Lincoln Breeds of Sheep—Export Bonus on New Zealand Butter; Mr Sorensen on the Question .. .. 249-250 MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES.-The Down v. Lincoln Question—An East Coast Trip—Co-operativo Butchery— A Yankee Farmer on the Land Question—New Zealand Apples—Argentina as a Wool-growing CountryLord Onslow on General Booth's Colonising Scheme — Working Farmers and the New Taxation Scheme—Fruitgrowers' Associations — New Plymouth Poultry Association's Coming Show—Auokland Provincial Agricultural Association .. .. ... .. 250-252 EDITOR'S LETTER BOX.—Jerseys in tho Waikato—Stocks for Lem on Trees —The Cabbage Tree Scale—Salt Dressing for LancP-Pippins or SeedlingsBlack Currant Leaves—Twin Calves Breeding—Ostrich Farming .... 253 Our Inquiry Department.-Indian Doub Grass .. .. ... .. ... 253 THE APlAßY.—Seasonable Hints for June—The Local Honey Market— The Value of Drawn-out Combs—lntroduction of Black Bees into Tasmania .'. .... : ..- 254-255 Messrs Carter and Co.'s New Premises.. 255 SPECIAL INDUSTRIES.-Corn Broom —Oil of Lemons .... .255 DISTRICT REPORTS. — AucklandWest Coast—Hawke's Bay Province : ' Napier, Woodville—Wellington Province: Wanganui, Masterton — Canterbury Province: North and Mid, South—Otago Province : Gore, Riverton—The West Const—Auckland Province: Bay of Plenty, Waikato, Whangarei, Waimate North—Nelson Province .... .. 255-263 HOME AND HOUSEHOLD.-Poetry: The Loßt Kiss—A Man of Letters— When Father Carves the Duck.. .. 265 The Storyteller.—By the Night Express 265-266 For the Ladies.—Mrs Fad tells a St or y__Fashion Column (illustrated)— Styles for Children—Baby's Knitted Boot (illustrated)— English Fashion Items—No Bad Eggs Yet—Fireside Scraps .. .. 266-268 For the Young Folks.—The Carrier Pigeon—Tommy's Sister—A Dormouse's Winter Sleep 268-269 Children's Post Office .. .. .. 269-270 The Household. — Keeping Home- . y . killed Pork—Medical Notes—Kitchen ; Recipes .. v .. y ... -. .. ■ ..' 271 TO* 0 BkV'f LI B L I S H ED ATTHB . 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