When your sewing machine works heavily, fill the oil-can with kerosene, and use it in the usual holes; then place the machine by the fire and leave the door open. In a short time the oil will work out, bringing a lot of (lust and grit with it. Wipe the machine parefully, and oil again with proper machine oil. It will now run quite smoothly. When covering a floor with linoleum that pete hard wear in certain parts only, it is more economical to have the usual "width of two yards cut into one yard width, same as piece carpet. These long strips can easily be shifted when required. If laid down close to th* wainscoting when new, they will join perfectly later on withcirt overlapping as linoleum shrinks a little.
FR-NING FRUIT TREES.
the knee. Probably the tree, when procured from the nurseryman, has been stopped during the previous summer, and there are a number of branches. If this is so, the -best and strongest should
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 148, 22 June 1918, Page 16
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