NOTES AND QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2467, 26 June 1901, Page 48

NOTES AND QUERIES.

Questions for rtrtly in enmina istue to be received tut later than MONDAY niglu.

A Simple Germinatob. — Mr Eclgai "Wsid, Musselburgh, kindly supplies ihe following In reply to "C. J. H.s" inquiry for a simple form of germinator, the following will be found cheap, simple, and effective. Take a box shaped like an ordinary garden frame, say 22in high at the back and lGin m fiort. -About 9in fiom the bottom fit in a false bottom of thin sheet non— common flat galvanised will do admirably — ond stay it veil so that it will not fcefcd with the wei/r.t, en top. On this lay about Sin of soil >.o dis,tn- . fcute the heat. Fit on a hinged glass cover, ■out a square aperture in the back in order to introduce a lamp under the non bottom, tit . this aperture with a slide, and the aerminator is complete. To heat "t, procure a flat iron or tin lain 1 to hold about a pint of ■kerosene, fitted with a "no-euiimi V bi.v3ior; that is. a burner that does not require h chimney; -light it, and keep a theimometer plunged in the soil (which should be kept damp, but not wet), and :-diust ".lie flrime until a temperature of about fJOcl'-g is obtained. Lay the seed pans on top of the soil or if pots are used plunge them. r ilie expense of running it is the smallest, a- for a 3ft by 2ft size the consumption of oil will be scarcely rnoie than half a pint .i i\ "Jj. Constant Readek. — Agitator was classed with Clydesdales at the horse parade last September. Ihe article you lefer to appealed in the Witness of April" 24. A copy of this issue can be sent you if desired. GoLDMihrER. — Mr J. A. Miller, writing in answer to yom query, says- — For saving rusty or any other light gold tliere i" nothing like the under current; that is, a perforated pla-ta with holes three-sixteenths of an inch in diameter fixed m a box sin, or better still Gin, above the bottom of the box. upon wh;ch cocoanut upon calico is placed and held in position with frames. If a fuller description is required, it will be furnished, when you write again to that effect. The box can do with a good steep fall, one in ten is not too much. Lk Marseillaise. — We could scarcely be expected to' reproduce such a well-known hymn as the French National Anthem. Write to Braithwaite's and they will no doubt quote you a book containing it. Got-s- Geben Keeper. — All golf clubs in N.Z. keep green keepers. If you are a golf player, and a, qualified green keeper, you might do well to apply, sending copies of testimonials, to the secretaries of the Otagc Golf Club, Dunedin G.C., Christchurch G.C., "Wellington G.C., Oamaru and Timaru G.C.'s. John Brown. — A person may build as high as he pleases on his own land provided he does no harm thereby to any other persons' rights. If B's bank, through being higher than A's bank, causes any injury to A, A will have a right of action against B. Eclipse.— The local postmaster was right; the postage to the old country on the New Zealand weeklies is 3d. Maggie. — Through an omission, your contribution was not acknowledged thi= week It is to hand, and will be acknowledged m the propel place in next issue.