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Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 32, 6 February 1894, Page 2

Fnblle Notice*. TCTEW f^EALAND TpIARMEE FOR FEBRUARY Is Now Issued. CONTENTS:THE FARM.-February Month—Merita of Ensilage—Dry ana Green BonesRape Culture and its Value—Ensilage Experience—The Dead Meat TradeBurr Clovers and Three-cornered Jack (illustrated)— Notes and Gleanings ~ 37-40 The Dairy.—Good Butter for Home Use—Champion Cows at the Chicago " Show (illustrated)— Milking Machines at Work in Scotland—New Zealand Butter in London—A Clean Dairy—The Jersey Triumph at Chicago—Milking by Machinery—Dairy Skimmingg ... 41-«2 Live Stock.—Live Stock Registers— Newly-born Foals—Champion English Ldncolns (illustrated)— Facts for Pig Breeders—From Weaning Time Until Market—Skim Milk as Pig Food.. .. 45 The Butter Trade with England .. .. 44 THE GARDEN.—Monthly Reminders for February—Shirley Poppies and Canterbury Bella — Celery— Watering Plants—Mildew and Overbearing of Vines 45 The ■ Fruitgrower.—Strawberry Culture—Grape Culture in Wanganui— Summer Pruning of Vines —Apple Foliage and Fruit—A Foxbon Vinery— Frnit Tree Fertilizers—Nelson Orchard Notes—Points in Pruning—Horticultural Clippings 46-48 SPECIAL INDUSTRIES. — The Sisal Hemp Industry. .. _ 48 Stud Stock in Quarantine .48 THE POULTRY YARD.-In.Breedinsf —Pure-bred and Cross-bred Fowls (illustrated) — Points for Beginners — Moulting—What are Wyandottes Like (illustrated)— Poultry Scratchings .. 49-50 ABOUT NEW ZEALAND. — Round about Manurewa — From New Plymouth to Rahotu — Masterton — The Land for the People 51-52 EDlTOßlAL.—Veterinary Science and Sheep Diseases—The Hessian Fly Again —Our New Dairy Expert—Beans and Clover Seed—Auckland to Napier Overland—A Co-operative Commission— 1 English Agricultural Returns for 1893— j The Stock Act, 1893-Black Colour among Wiid Bush Cattle—A Pictorial Memorial of the Hawke's Bay Floods— The Wellington Park Stud—Swedish Dairymaids 5347 The South Island 60 OUR INQUIRY DEPARTMENT.-In-eecticides acd Live Stock—Situation for Apiary: Pruning Currants—Manuring a Pasture— PeUifcr's Drench for Sheep —Sore Lips in Lambs 57 THE MAREETS 58-59 Rural Ratings 60-62 DISTRICT REPORTS.-Hawke's Bay Province—Auckland Province : Bay of Plenty, Waikato, Whangarei — Tho West Coast—Wellington Province: Masterton, Palmerston North, Wanganui—Canterbury Province: South— Otago Province: Gore, Otago Peninsula —Nelßon Province 63-66 Otago Peninsula Agricultural and Pastoral Society 66 THE APlAßY.—Seasonable Hints for February (illustrated*—Langdon Noaswarmer a success—Dooiittle Answers Questions—How to Cure Foul Brood Disease Among Bees—Foul Brood .. 67-68 HOME AND HOUSEHOLD.—Poetry: Husking the Yellow Corn—A Ministtxing Spirit—Our Only Day 69 The Storyteller.—a Maid of the Mine —HeKnewit : 69-70 For the Ladies.—Fashion Column (illustrated)— Work Column (illustrated; —Rearing: of Japanese Children — Coiffure Clubs .. 70-71 For the Young Folks.—The Timid Workers—Some Queer Thingsin China— An Amusing Bird—Toby Petereand the Motmot—Tom Raffles, Gunner— Holes in the Air 71-73 Children's Post Office .. „. „ 73 The Household.—The Management of Children—Ways of Cooking Apples— The Late Prince Alexander of Bnlgaria —The Care of the Cellar — Medical Notes—Fireside Scraps—Alma—Overwork and Disease .. 74.75 SUNDAY READING.—Sermon by the Editor of the Sunday Times—Chiselwork .. 75 £O -P O UN D S- J£O FIVE POUNDS FOP. PICTURES. "NEW ZEALAND GRAPHIC" SKETCHING KETCHING PRIZE /COMPETITION! RIZS VyOiIPETITION! Recognising that little or no eooour&getneat rewards the efforts of the N ew Zealand amateur in art. the proprietor of the " Graphic " has determined on offering TWO PRIZES FOR THE BEST PICTURE ORSEETCH (In Water Colour or Monochrome), ' OF NEW ZEALAND J^IFE. SCENERY, or /^HARACTER By Ak Amatecb, Artist. Choice of Subject is at>«olutely unlimited, saving that it must be characteristic •f Now Zealand. Landscape, marine, ■ylran, or gendrc pictures are couaUj eligible. £3-T HE FIRST PRIZ E-£3 will be awarded the best picture or sketch seat in. £2—THE SECOND PRIZE—£2 for the second best. ! These and snch of the sketches sent in as may be deemed worthy, will be published from time to time in thu " New Zealand Graphic." Tue RaKesj^l award the prize to the BEST FUTURE, unbiassed by any prejudice ; but it »to be hoped an effort will be made to avoid , hackneyed and .much-painted subjects, CAREFUL ATTENTION TO THJE: RULES IS IMPERATIVE. 1. Sketches must NOT be on rough GRAINED PAPER—SMOOTH PATER OR BBISTOL BOARD IS INDISPENSABLE. N.B.—This rule is absolutely imperative Any infringement will infallibly lead to prompt disqualification. 2. Am&tenm only are allowed to compete Persona making thair living entirely by painting or tcaehinß: p&intinc eamnotbe eonsider«d am» wart. Snch person! are professionals, aad as such disqualified team competition. 5. Witt reeard to ake, little restzictioa is exeraßed. No ak«tch must be lest than in inchw by 8 (either way of the pictur.), but otherwise the artirt may chow wiiatew «Lse enables him or her to produce the best effect. .k4' ."oS ake^ h«B ""yn b«»»e the property of the "New Zealand Graphic." aid ou Tt»used or discarded at the discretion of the proprietor. 5. No frames are required. 6. Sketohet must be sent earefnlly paektd, and not folded or creased, but earefnlly rolled or packed flat between two boards. 7. The judging win be by persons who hare not wapfls to posh or arouritea to help— a remit not always attained by the Art Societies. 8. SkSTCHES MTTBT REACH THE " GRAPHK3 " g^CK^OTf OR BEFOSK MONDAY. FEBRUARY