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Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 33, 7 February 1894, Page 2

Pabllc Notice,. -KTEW JfE ALAND JIARMER FOR FEBRUARY Is, Now Issued. CONTENTS:— THE FARM.—February Month—Merits Of Ensilage—Dry and Green BonesRape Culture and its 7»lne-Ensi£go Bxperien-e-The Dead Meat Trade-*; Burr Clovers and Three-cornered JacK (illustrated)— Notes and Gleanings ~ 37-w The D__a_>-Good Butter foi* Home Use-Champion Cows at the Chicago Show pust_-ated)-___king Maclnnes _t Work in Scotland-New Zealand Butter in London-A Clean Dairy-The Jersey Triumph _t TJJhicago-Milking by Machinery-Dairy Skimmings .. 41-1Z Live .S-dos:.—live Stock Registers— Newly-born Foals—Champion English Lincolns (illustratedhrFacte for Pig Breeders-From Woamhg Time Until Market-Skim Milk as Pig Food.. .. « Tho Butte** Trade with England .. .. 4 THE GARDEN.-Montbly Reminders for February-Shirley -Poppies and Canterbury Bells—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 Foxton Vinery-!-Fruit Tree Fertilizers—Nelson Orchard Notes—Points in Pruning—Horticultural CUppings %-48 SPECIAL INDUSTRIES. - The Sisal Hemp Industry ...... .. 48 Stud Stock in Quarantine 4° THE POULTRY YARD.-rln-Breeding —Pure-bred and Cro6s-bred Fowls (illustrated) - Points for BeginnersMoulting—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-°2 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 CommissionEnglish Agricultural Returns for 1893The Stock Act, 1893—Black Colour among Wild Bush Cattle—A Pictorial Memorial of the Hawke's Bay Floods— The Wellington Park Stud—Swedish Dairymaids -•• •• 53-57 The South Island 6° OUR INQUIRY DEPARTMENT.-In-secticidee add Live Stock—Situation for Apiary: Pruning Currants—Manuring a Pasture—Pettifer's Drench for Sheep —Sore Lips in Lambs ..... .. 57 THE MARKETS .. ... - - 58-59 Rural Rakings .. ... .. ... •- 60-62 DISTRICT REPORTS.—Hawke's Bay Province—Auckland Province : Bay of Plenty, Waikato, Whangarei — The West Coast—Wellington Province: Masterton, Palmerston North, Wanganui—Canterbury Province: South— Otago Provinco: Gore, Otago Peninsula —Nelson Province 63-66 Otago Peninsula Agricultural and Pastoral Society 66 THE APlAßY.—Seasonable Hints for February (illustrated)— Langdon Nons warmer a success—Doolittle Answers Questions—How to Cure. Foul Brood Disease Among Bees—Foul Brood .. 67-68 HOME AND HOUSEHOLD.—Poetry: Husking the Yellow Corn—A Ministering Spirit-our Only Day .. .. ... 69 The Storyteller.—A Maid of the Mmc -He Knew it 69-70 For the Ladies.—Fashion Column (illustrated)—WorkColumn (illustrated) —Rearing of Japanese Children — Coiffure Clubs .. 70-71 For the Young Folks.—The Timid Workers—SomeQueerThings in China— An Amusing Bird—Toby Peters and the Motmot—Tom Raffles, Gunner—Holes intheAir.. .. .. 71-73 Children's Post Office .. 73 The Household.—The Management of Children—Ways of Cooking Apples— The Late Prince Alexander of Bulgaria —The Care of the Cellar — Medical Notes—Fireside Scraps —Alma—Overwork and Disease .. 74-75 SUNDAY READING.-Sermon by tho Editor of the Sunday Times—Chiselwork .. ™ 76

_£5- POUNDS -^&o3 FIVE POUNDS POR PICTURES. "NEW ZEALAND GRAPHIC" SKETCHING KETCHING PRIZE COMPETITION! RIZE V^OM PETITION I Recognising that little or no encouragement rewards the efforts of the New Zealand amateur in art. the proprietor of tbe "Graphic "has determined on offering TWO PRIZES FOR THE BEST PICTURE OR SKETCH (In Water Colour or Monochrome), of NEW ZEALAND T IFE, qCENERY, or /CHARACTER By An Amateur Artist. Choice of Subject is absolutely unlimited, saving that it must be characteristic of New Zealand. Landscape, marine, sylvan, or gendre pictures are equally eligible. £3-THE FIRST PR I Z E-f 3 will be awarded tho best picture or sketch sent in. £2—THE SECOND PRIZE—£2 for-the second best. These and such of the sketches sent in as may be deemed worthy, will be published from time to time in the " New Zealand Graphic." The judges will award the prize to the BEST PICTURE, unbiassed by any prejudice ; but it is to be hoped on effort will be made to avoid hackneyed and much-painted subjects. CAREFUL ATTENTION TO THE RULES IS IMPERATIVE. 1. Sketches mubt NOT be on rough grained paper—smooth paper or bribtol board is indispensable. N.B.—This rule is absolutely imperative. Any infringement will Infallibly lead to prompt disqualification. 2. Amateurs only are allowed to compete. Persons making their living entirely by painting or teaching painting cannot be considered amateurs. Such persons ore professionals, and as suoh disqualified from competition. 3. With regard to size, little restriction is exercised. No sketch must he less than 10 inches by 8 (either way of the picture), but otherwise the artist may chose whatever size enables him or her to produce the best effect. 4. All sketches sent in become the property of the " New Zealand Graphic," and can be used Or discarded at the discretion of the proprietor. 5. No frames are required. 6. Sketches must be sent carefully packed, and not folded or creased, but carefully rolled or packed flat betwoen two boards. 7. The judging will be by persons who baro not papas to push or favourites to help—a revolt not always attained by the Art Societies. 8. S__mn__s jhtbt beach TBr_"" Graphic w Office ok or before MONDAY, TsvaoAVt 19th,-$94.