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North Otago Times, 22 May 1909, Page 2 (Supplement)

During the lifetime of a healthy hen she will lay from 400 to 500 r.T7S. Her best laying capacity is during her second year,

A boy's hair prows one-half slower than n girl's. In boys, the averago rate of growth is 3ft. 3in. in six years, being an average of .nißin. per day. During his twenty-first and twenty-fourth years a man's hair grows quicker than at any other period,

[ All European armies have certain extras weekly in the way of food. Sugar is given in England a"d France, two gallons of beer in Russia., half a gallon of wine in Italy, fllb. of fish in Spain, and So?., of butter in Belgium,

The great South Dakota Cave is the largest cavern in Ihe world. It is situated in the region of l!i 0 lilack Hills in America, and exceeds oven the Mammoth Cavp j n Kml"fk.v. It is fifiy-hvo miles l„„g nnd ronlnins l.r.fif) rooms, many of which are over 200f|. an ,|' m mass,,! „•;,„ slalnriiins nm| „„, in"'* of si-nnl sis-e. There nrn «'reams. "'"'"''m Ms. „ml Ihir-v-sn-on ~"! " ,is v <isi MiiiiiTinnpnn ,7* whlgb o,oooft. above Z lovel ant) 400lt, deep, i,» *.