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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9990, 29 November 1895, Page 6

The Agricultural Gazette reports as follows about; the extraordinary weather experienced in England during September : — The unseasonable heat of the second half of September will make a " record." We have had hotter days than the hottest of the past week, though the thermometer registered 130deg. in the sun and 86deg. in the shade on Tuesday; but we doubt whether any previous last week of September, with an equally high average temperature, can be remembered by the oldest man living. There should be rare quality in apples and pears ripened in almost tropical sunshine, and certainly for colour we hare seldom seen this year's fruit equalled. Outdoor tomatoes, too, have ripened as perfectly as hothouse fruit. It is to be presumed that the quality of roots will also be very high after such a long spell of hot and sunny weather as they have had to mature in, though we regret to learn that turnips have become mildewed in. many districts. For potatoes the weather has been all that could be desired, and the crop is generally as sound and as high in quality as it is large. As for autumn cultivation, it has never been carried on to better advantage, except where the whole land has become too bard to be turned up thoroughly by the plough. A good downpour of rain would now be generally welcome to freshen the pastures and root crops, and to soften the land shortly to be ploughed up for wheat) and other winter

crops.. . It will be seen from our advertising columns that Professor Van Buskirk has discontinued his instructive and useful exhibition of horse breaking and training. Attention is also called to the school of instruction to be held next week. Three hundred and eighty manufacturers patterns of carpets, just received, and being sold very cheap, 1J and 2 yards lengths from la fid. Some beautiful patterns in these and in Is 6d oilcloths. J, Tonson (Jarlick, "The People's" Furnishing Warehouse.

■ Painless Cobn Core. — This preparation completely cures the most painful corns, hard or soft \ A few applications only required to deaden the pain. It is also most useful in removing any : f thickening of the epidermis, or horny portion of the akin. Full directions attached to each bos' m •Price One Shilling.—J . Edson, Chemist, Auckland.