Article image
Article image

_ETQ-W BEADY. A NEW AND GREATLY ENLARGED EDITION OF ff^^k BP" I**1 ** —P— tammm ■ dSBRRh*, __$B9fe_ rgmih ■ jfi"^ IS!_ 0 fl _4f 9B|Bb. ___PSp**-_i -tfSiw 1 a HO ■bh^k Ip*o3o* AND CYCLOPEDIA OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE, BEING *. Compendium of Information fry Practical Colonists upon Farming, Horticulture^ and all Subjects of Interest to New Zealand Settlers. EDITED BY THOMSON W. LEYS. LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS. ADAMS & SONS . .' . Nurserymen Christchurch HAWKE, J. A., M.R.C.V.S., London; F.V.M.A., Edin. . - Wanganui ARMSTRONG, J. B. • • • • Canterbury HOPKINS, ISAAO • Author of" The Australasian Bee Manual" BROUN, CAPT. THOS. - • Government Entomologist KIRK, T. W., F.L.S., etc., Lond., Chief Govt Entomologist & Botanist CARRIE, I. G. • - - - ■ Matakana KNIGHT, A. OSBORNE, M.R.C.S., Eng.; LS.A. - Auckland CHARLTON, J. R., M.R.C.V.S., M.P.S., etc. Govt. Vet, Christchurch MITCHELL & WATT Architects to Board of Education, Auckland PENTON, JUDGE F. D. - • • Auckland PALMER. JACKSON , • • Barrister and Solicitor FOSTER, REGINALD - Inspector of Sheep for N.Z. Government PARK, JAMES -\ • Late Director Thames School of Mines, GILLINGHAM, J. R. - - • - Canterbury PEACOCKE, G. L - • • Editor " N.Z. Farmer" GILRUTH, JOHN A., M.R.C.V.S. Chief Government Veterinarian POND, JAMES A. • • ■ • Government Analyst GOLDIE, WJLLIAM - Superintendent ef Public Parks, Auckland WALSH, AUSTIN - • - _• Auckland WILLIAMS, W. L • ■ Waihou ***J*^m**%f***^*Bßttß&Bßßlm'" ' l"«"'"'**i' wii'***,>***^V^ r he Qbove work, which contains 1208 pages, and is profusely illustrated with 553 plates, comprises sections on: THE FARM, by a Farmer of Forty Years' Colonial Experience. Directions for Bnsh and Fern Land; Growth of various Cereal and Root Crops ; Management of Cattle, Sheep, and Horses, with Cnte of their Diseases, etc., etc. This section, which contains about 500 closely-printed pages, with many diagrams and illustrations, including specimens of the best pure-bred horses, sheep, and cattle, together with selections of celebrated Stud and Pedigree Stock, comprises the carefully collated experience of some of tne most successful New Zealand Farmers in the North and South Islands. CHEEP, by Reginald Foster, Inspector of Sheep for the New Zealand Government. In a treatise extending over 43 pages Mr. Foster gives explicit directions for the guidance of New Zealand Sheep-farmers. All the leading varieties of sheep are represented by illustrations of prize specimens. Plans are also given for the construction of sheep-drafting yards. CONCISE PRACTICAL HINTS TO SETTLERS, by an Experienced Farmer,, The writer of this section gives in brief compass some valuable hints to fanners upon the Breeding and Management of Horses, Cattle, and Sheep; tho Cultivation of Turnips ; the Laying-down and Management of Grass Land ; and the Selection of a Farm. VETERINARY SECTION, by John A. Havyke, M.R.C.V.S., Lond.; F.V.M.A., Edin., 52 pages, will be found a complete fiide to the medical and surgical treatment of the Ailments of Stock, Food, Administration ftf Medicines, Application of oultiees, Fomentations, and Blisters, Embrocations, etc. The symptoms and treatment of various ailments are exhaustively dealt with. Included in this section are the Veterinary Leaflete for Farmers, issued by the Department of Agriculture. THE ORCHARD, by W. Goldie (Superintendent of City Parks, Auckland). In this section, whi-h covers 48 pages, with numerous illustrations, there is embodied the recent experience of many of the most successful New Zealand fruit-growers. - Special attention is paid to the management of Fruit Trees, with such simple directions and diagrams for Pruning, Grafting, Budding, etc., that any settler, without previous knowledge or skill, can manage his orchard profitably. THE VEGETABLE GARDEN, by VV. Goldie, contains lucid directions for laying-off a vegetable* garden, with short instructions upon the cultivation of useful vegetables and herbs. THE FLOWER GARDEN, by W. Goldie. Anyone who carefully follows the simple instructions given in this section will never lack flowers at any season of the year. POULTRY, by the Editor ofthe '''New Zealand Farmer." This section, comprising 100 pages, is a complete guide for the profitable management of poultry, and gives specimens of the best varieties, with directions for treatment, Designs of Fowl-houses, Kemedies for Diseases, etc. SCIENTIFIC BEE CULTURE, by I. Hopkins, Author of "The Australasian Bee Manui*.!." This interesting department has been fully and skilfully treated by Mr. Hopkins, whose works on the subject are well known throughout New'^ealand. His instructions are specially designed to guide the unskilled bee farmer and amateur. INSECTS, USEFUL AND INJURIOUS, by Capt. Thos. Broun, F.E.S., Entomologist to the New Zealand Goverrunent. In this exhaustive paper, which comprises 39 pages, the author describes the useful insects, native aud imported, and also the insect pests which afflict the farmer and orchardist. Careful drawings of these insects, reproduced, will assist the settler in identifying them, and directions are given for their extermination. The leaflets issued on the subject by the Department of Agriculture are re-published. WEEDS AND NOXIOUS FUNGII. Besides the attention given to these pests in the General Farm Sections, they form the subject of a separate treatise, comprising the excellent series of illustrated leaflets issued by the New Zealand Department of Agriculture. USEFUL MECHANICAL CONTRIVANCES. Nearly 100 page 3. Under this heading have been classed a great variety of contrivances which will be found useful to the settler ; hints and helps for the bush ; cheese presses, carte, fences, gates, measuring and splitting timber, measuring garments, erecting walls and banks, windmills, etc., etc. PRACTICAL ARBORICULTURE, by G. B. Armstrong, Christchurch. The cultivation of both imported and native trees for timber and ornamental purposes, together with instructions for wattle-growing are fully dealt with in this section. TOBACCO CULTURE, by Austin Walsh. This section contains a complete treatise on the culture and after treatment of tobacco under New Zealand conditions. A series of carefully-drawn plates accompany the text. CURING, CANNING, PRESERVING, AND STORING. 40 pages. Includes the best methods of storing, drying, bottling, canning, and preserving fruit ; the most approved modes of curing bacon aud hams, with design for smoke-house : instructions for pickling, sauces, vinegar-making, etc., etc. THE FAMILY DOCTOR, by Dr. Knight and Mr. d. A. Pond, of Auckland, 32 pages, compris-is Treatises on both Allopathic and Homoeopathic systems, compiled with special regard to Conntry Settlers. To it is appended a MAORI PHARMACOPOZIA, giving the medical properties of New Zealand Bush Trees and Plants. COTTAGE COOKERY AND FOODS, covering 100 pages, is a complete Treatise on Cookery, according to the best methods, and comprises some thousands of easy recipes for tasty dishes, without the flummery of ordinary Cookery Books. COTTAGES FOR SETTLERS. Five designs of Usefnl Cottages, with plans and detailed estimates, are given, so that the settler can simply copy the specification, and send to the mill and procure the complete material for the erection of his houso. VITICULTURE. The Cultivation and Treatment of the Vine out of doors and under glass are fully dealt with; also the Manufacture of Wine. HOP CULTURE, by I. G. Carrie. The author, a successful shows how the cultivation of hops may be made a valuable source of revenue to the New Zealand settler. v His directions are very lucid and profusely illustrated with diagrams. ALES, WINES AND SYRUPS, PAINTING? TANNING, AND SOAP-MAKING, form separate sections, containing a large amount of valuable information. THE MINING GUIDE, by Jamos Park, F.G.S., late Director of the Thames School of Mines. In.this section the occurrence of the precious metals and other ore deposits and mineral veins is explained, aud pictonally illustrated. Some useful teste are added for the guidance of prospectors. MINING LAWS. The abridgment of Mining Laws, prepared by Mr. Jackson Palmer, Solicitor, includes the Mining Act passed in the 1896 Sesson of Parliament. LEGAL MEMORANDA, prepared by Mr. F. D. Fenton, formerly Assistant Law Officer ofthe Crown, District Judge, and Chief Judge of the Native Land Court, 102 pages, give a digest of all the law which it is imperative for a settler to know, including Fencing Act, Impounding Act, Advances to Settlers' Act, Scab in Sheep Act, Timber Floatage, Roads, etc, etc. ,— + gMf The above recapitulation only enumerates the General Heads indicating the fteope of the work. It is the largest book ever published in Australasia, is Handsomely Bound in Cloth, and published at an exceedingly Low Price for a Cyclopaedia of this description, namely, Twenty-One SnlllingTS (215.). Posted to any part of New Zealand, Is. 3d. extra. TESTIMONIALS TO THE FIRST EDITION. THE following letter is from Mr. James Wallace, Hillside, Papatoitoi. As one of the most practical and successful settlers In New Zealand his opinion is of great value :— Sm —I have looked forward with a considerable degree of interest to the publication of BRETT'S COLONISTS' Guide, and can now say that it has far exceeded my expectations. Hardly a day passes without mytinding something in its pages both interesting and instructive. It is a book that should be in every settler's house in the colony. The portion devoted to farming is full of reliable information, and I have uo hesitation in saying thab it is the most comprehensive and useful guide for a New Zealand colonist ever published. . V nn -"-.m George Grey K_C B Kawau, January 7tb, 1884. My Dear Sir,—l' have kept in constant use for upwards of two months the copy of Brett's Colonists' Guide and Pvr*LOP_*EDiA of Useful Knowledge, which you were good enongh to send me. I have tested rfc in many ways upon a great v .rietv of useful subjects, and am satisfied that it is by far tlie best work of the kind I have ever seen. I feel that its merits and usefulness in relation to all practical subjects, on which a settler's comfort and success depend, render it a necessary appendage to every home in New Zealand.—Faithfully yours, G. Grey. The late Mr. John WALLACE, of Bothwell Park, Waiuku (formerly of Flat Bush), who was one of our .earliest settlers, and had been for many years closely connected with every effort to promote the agricultural interests of the colony, Vtote as follows :- DEAR SIU.-I have much pleasure in adding my mite in warm commendation of Brett's Colonists' Gtjedr. It is a book that should be, not only in every farmer^ library, but should also be on every colonist's book-sheli, no matter m^vhat line of I IcMnrWrv be or she may be enea^ed. There is information for all. In looking back over a period of 41 years of hard co onial i™^ *'^ might have been saved if at the beginning such a funS of inforrnati«nM_ad been alTin the shape of Brett's Guide. Colonists, who desire to be worthy of the aVaila Innll not Tom itaXlntawSJa^or the quality of the material, make it a drawing-room book, to be lookectat and name, should.not from l^f^^^^^SonUhJL it on the mantel-shelf, the sofa, or the corner of the table; in. fact, J°™y> and even the helpS' "^r. a chance of looking at it during anywhere soahat tne eye or v^r -lio ! *> f. fc M Brefct h ghown lack brmgmg oub such a book, ha* gex,-Sy IS^J^S£^S^^^^ a»d T sh*cer^ h°Pe *™ U P roVe a financial BUCCeSBMR- George Holdship, Managing Director of the Kauri Timber Company, and a practical colonist of long experience, writes:— (~-mKHs' Guide and consider it one of the most useful and valuable books for the New uJ2?alZ£s*&ttSEELffiZE*. *_ the__.... so ratM a __*. ,__«_,*,v_i _*_. _.*»* worth more than the cost of the book. _ . . -. _. | o++a^ n f puloev mirht be added. One settler states that within six months of his purchase* li. BRETT, Publisher, Shortland Street, Auckland, AND ALL BOOKSELLERS

This article text was automatically generated and may include errors. View the full page to see article in its original form.
Permanent link to this item

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18971105.2.60.2

Bibliographic details

Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 257, 5 November 1897, Page 7

Word Count
1,865

Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 257, 5 November 1897, Page 7

Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 257, 5 November 1897, Page 7