In lowa, it is said, there are 955 farms owned by women; twenty of these are dairy farms, and are managed entirely by women. There are in the State 122 women physicians and five women lawyers. One of the largest firms in the United States is busily engaged in carrying out a large contract for the military authorities at St Petersburg for metal sheeting, the cost of which will amount to nearly £1.000.000. Sir Andrew Clark defines health as " that state in which the body is not consciously present to us ; the state in which work is easy, and duty not overgreat a trial; the state in which it is a joy to see, to think, to feel, and to be.” The largest bag of grouse (421 brace) was made by Lord Walsingham on Bluberhouaea Moor, Yorkshire, on August 28 16/2. Mr Milbank (now Sir F. Milbank) killed 364 brace on We tamer gill Moor, Yorkshire, August 20,1872.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 8034, 6 December 1886, Page 6
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158Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 Lyttelton Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 8034, 6 December 1886, Page 6
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