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Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 15, 19 January 1898, Page 7

3STQ-W BEADY. A NEW AND GREATLY ENLARGED EDITION OF -, AND OYGLOP/EDIA OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE, BEfflG k Compendium ot Information by Practical Colonists upon Farming, Horticulture, and aU Subjects of Interest to Mew Zealand Settlers. EDITED BY THOMSON W. LEYS. LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS. ADAMS k SONS . • • Nurserymej Christchurch HAWKE, J. A., M.R.C.V.S., London; F.V.M.A., Edin. - Wanganui ARMSTRONG, J. B. • • • ■ Canterbury HOPKINS, ISAAC - Author of " The Australasian Bee Manual" BROUN, CAPT. THOS. - • Government Entomologist KIRK, T. W., F.L.S., etc., Lond., Chief tiovt Entomologist & Botanist CARRIE, |. 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 FEMTON, JUDGE F. D. - - - - Auckland j 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.CV.S. Chief Government Veterinarian POND, JAMES A. - • - • Government Analyst GOLDIE, WJLLIAM ■ Superintendent of Public Parks, Auckland -WALSH, AUSTIN ..... Auckland WILLIAMS, W. L • ■ Waihou r he above work, which contains 7208 pages, and is profusely illustrated with 553 plates, comprises sections on: THE FARM, by a Farmer of Forty Years' Colonial Experience. Directions for Bush and Fern Land; Growth of variotta Cereal and Iloofc Crops ; Management of Cattle, Sheep, and Horses, with Cure of their Diseases, etc., etc. This section, which contains about 300 closely-printed pages, with many diagrams and illustrations, including specimens of the best pure-bred horses, sheep, ami cattle, together with selections of celebrated Stud and Pedigree Stock, comprises the carofully collated experience of some of the nio3t successful New Zealand Farmers in the North and South Islands. EHEEP, 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 aro 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 hinta to farmers npon 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. Hawke, M.R.CV.S., Lond.; F.V.M.A., Edin., 52 pages, will be found a complete guide to the medical and surgical treatment of the Ailments of Stock, Food, Administration of Medicines, Application of Poultices, Fomentations, and Blisters, Embrocations, etc. The symptoms and treatment of various ailments are exhaustively dealt with. Included in this section are the Veterinary LeaQets for Farmers, issued by the Department of Agriculture. THE ORCHARD, by W. Gcldie (Superintendent of City Parks, Auckland). In this section, which 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 W. 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 of the "New Zealand Farmer." This section, comprising 100 pages, is a complete guide for the profitable management of poultry, and gives specimens of the test varieties, with directions for treatment, Designs of Fowl-houses, Remedies for Diseases, etc. SCIENTIFIC BEE CULTURE, by I. Hopkins, Author of "The Australasian Bee Manual." This interesting department has been fully and skilfully treated by Mr. Hopkins, whose works on the subject are well known throughout New Zealand. His instructions &re 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 Government. In this exhaustive paper, which comprises 39 pages, the anthor describes the useful insects, native and imported, and also t the insect pests which afflict the fanner 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 pesta in the General Farm Sections, they form tha 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 pages. Under this heading have been classed a great variety of contrivances' which will be found useful to the settler; hints and helps for the busli; cheese presses, carts, 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; tho most approved modes of curing bacon and bams, with design for smoke-house I instructions for pickling, sauces, vinegar-making, etc., etc. THE FAMILY DOCTOR, by Dr. Knight and Mr. J. A. Pond, of Auckland, 32 pages, comprises Treatises on both Allopathic, and Homoeopathic systems, compiled with special regard to Country Settlers. To it is appended a MAORI PHARMA-' COPCEIA, 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 design 3of Useful 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 house.! 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 hop-grower, shows how the cultivation of hops maybe made a, valuable source of revenue to the New Zealand settler. His directions are very lucid and profusely illustrated withi diagrams. ALES, WINES AND SYRUPS, PAINTING, TANNING, AND SOAP-MAKING, form separate sections, containing a large , amount of valuable information. THE MINING GUIDE, by James 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, and pictorially illustrated. Some useful tests are added for the guidance of prospectors. MINING LAWS. The abridgment of Mining Laws, prepared by Mr. Jackson Palmer, Solicitor, includes the Mining-Act passes in the 1896 Sesson of Parliament. LEGAL MEMORANDA, prepared by Mr. F. D. Fenton, formerly Assistant Law Officer of the 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. j#ggj"* The above recapitulation only enumerates the General Heads indicating the scope of the work. It is the largest book 6VBf published in Australasia, is Handsomely Bound in Cloth, and published at an exceedingly Low Price for a Cyclopaedia of this, description, namely, Twenty-One Shilling's (215.). Posted to any part of New Zealand, Is. 3d. extra. TESTIMONIALS TO THE FIRST EDITION. THE following letter is from Mil. JAMES WALLACE, Hillside, Papatoitoi. As one of the most practical and successful settlers In New Zealand his opinion is of great value : — Sir,—T have looked forward with a considerable degree of interest to the publication of Bkett's Colonists' Guide, and can now say that it has far exceeded my expectations. Hardly a day passes without my finding 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 no hesitation in saying that it is the moat comprehensive and useful guide for a New Zealand colonist ever published. From Sir GEORGE Geey, K.C.B. Kawau, January 7th, 1384, My Dear Sir, —I have kept in constant use for upwards of two months the copy of Brett's Colonists' Guide and. Cyclopaedia of Useful Knowledge, which you were good enough to send me. I have tested it in many ways upon a great variety of useful subjects, and am satisfied that it is by far the 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 waa one of our earliest settlers, and had been for many years closely connected with every effort to promote the agricultural interests of the colony, wrote as follows :— Dear Sir,—l have much pleasure in adding my mite in warm commendation of Brett's Colonists' Guide. It is a book that should be, not only in every farmer's library, but should also be on every colonist's book-shelf, no matter in what line of colonial industry he or she may be engaged. There is information for all. In looking back over a period of 41 years of hard colonial work, how ranch valuable time and money might have been saved if at the beginning such a fund of information had been available to guide us as is now within the reach of all in the shape of Brett's Guide. Colonists, who desire to be worthy of the name, should not, from its elegant appearance or the quality of the material, make it a drawing-room book; to be looked at and admired as one would a picture or a curio ; they should have it on the mantel-shelf, the sofa, or the corner of the table ; in fact, anywhere so that the eye of Father, Mother, Johnny, and Jenny, and even the helps, may have a chance of looking at it during spare minutes in the heat of summer or the inclemency of winter. Mr. Brett has shown pluck in bringing out such a book, has been exceedingly fortunate in the selection of hia contributors, and I sincerely hope it will prove a financial success. Mr. George Holdship, Managing Director of the Kauri Timber Company, and a practical colonist of long experience, writes :— Sir,—l have looked over your Settlers' Guide, and consider it one of the most useful and valuable books for the New Zealand settler ever published. The information i§»so varied, and the advice so practical. A single paragraph will often be found worth more than the cost of the book. ' g$W~ Dozens of similar letters of euiogy might be added. One settler states that within six months of his purchase of tb®&>ok he saved £25 on his oat crop by following the advice giveu him in the Guide. jd. BRETT, Publisher, Shortland Street, Auckland, AND ALL BOOKSELLERS