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Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 44, 5 April 1884, Page 8

f* Dear 5?m»-Havlng Subucrlberl for Brktt's Colonist a' Giyuii;, I beg to say that I am very ploaeed.'with it. The amount df practical Ipfor^ mation contained in it is/in valuaWe,' and I,non. aider it tho" best' 50a Worth 'jet offered to th,e New Zealand Pablio. No' settler of busings man should be without it. -I. think puMio opinion will say that you have conferred a hoon on tho colony by' your bPiri 1 cd effort. Thank n« you personally, and wishing the publication every success, I am, Sir, yours truly, Noah Wood."

Consul Grippin writes as follows with reference to this work. As a gentleman of extensive literary acquirements, and acquainted with the valuable library or praotical works for which wo are indebted to the United States, his opinion is noteworthy :— " The book is the most valuable work of tho kind published in the Colonies. I have rend every chapter in it with attention and pleasure The extent, vnrioty, and accuracy of its information are extraordinary It is what It claims to be, a Cyclopaedia of Universal Knowledge. The insight that it Kivos into tho most approved methods of agriculture, the management of live stock, the dairy— in fact everything pertaining to farming operations— commend it to » very one interosted in tho prosperity of the colony. The editor has diRnlayod most excellent taste and judgment. All his ideas ure eminently broad and prnctical. Tho arrangement of the subject matter is simply admirable. I am .especially plea-ed with the Articles on vinery, flax, fruit, and hop culture." The abstract of the local Government and land laws of thta colony is the most succinct, and irirelliglb'e that has come under my observation, whilst the printing binding, and illustrations of the work are euporb."

SUMMARY OF CONTENTS ; The •'COLONISTS' GUIDE AND CYCLOP/KUTA OP USEKUL KNOWLEDGE " contains 830 pages, and is profusely illustrated with engravings, comprises sections on :— THE FARM, by Thomas Allen: Directions for Bush and Fern Land; Growth of varS ous Coreal and Root Crops ; Managementof Cattle, Sheep, and Horses, with Cure of their Disuses, etc., etc. This section, whioh contains 217 closely printed pages, with many diagrams and illustrations, including specimens of the best pure-bred horses.sheep and cattle, together with selections froni the Stud and Pedigree Stock CompanyV thoroughbred stock, comprises the carefullj collated experience of some of the most successful Auckland and Canterbury Farmers. HORTICULTURE, BY W. Got.die: In tnisection, which covers 106 page?, with nnmer ous illustrations, special attention is pah to the management of Fruit Trees, with sucl simple directions and diagrums for Priming Grafting, Budding, etc., that any settler without previous knowledge or skill, carmanage his orchard profitably. POULTRY, by Thomas Allen : This section comprising -U" pages, gives specimen* of thi bust varieties of Poultry, with directions foi their Management, Designs of Fowl-houses Treatment of Diseases, etc. USEFUL MECHANICAL CONTRIVANCES 31 Pages: Under this heading have hoei classed a variety of contrivances, whicl will be found useful to the settler ; hints and helps for the bush ; cheese presses, carts fences, gates, measuring and .splitting timber, measuring garments, erecting walls and banks, windmills, &c, &c. PRESERVING AND STORING, SO Pages: Includes the best methods of storing, drying bottling, canning, and preserving fruit; thi most approved modes of curing bacon and hams, with design for smoke-house ; instrnc tions for pickling, sauces, vinegur-makim , i &c &c. INSECTS AND AGRICULTURAL EN1MIES, by Capt. Broun : In this section Captain Broun, the well-known New Z<-a land entomologist, supplies the results o' years of observation upon native and im ported insects, useful and injurious, wit) illustrations of the same, and directions fui destroying garden and orchard posts. 8CIENTIFIC BEE CULTURE, by J. Hoi kins This interesting department ha been fully and skilfully treated 'by Mr Hoi kins, of Mataraata, whose works on thi subject are well known throughout Nev Zealand. WINE-GROWING AND MANUFACTURE Practical Arborioulture, Tobacco Culture Hop Growing and Silkworm Rearing, witi Cultivation of Olives, Tea, &c, are eacl exhaustively treated. THE FAMILY DOCTOR, by Dr. Knioht ANt Mr. J. A. Pond, of Auckland, compriflop Treatises on both Allopathic and Hommn pathic systems, compiled with special regard to Country' Settlors. To it is appended a MAORI PHARMACOPOEIA, giving the medicinal properties of New Zealand Bush Trees and Plants. COTTAGE COOKERY AND FOODS, covering 120 paces, is a complete Treatise on Cookery, according to the best methods, and com prises some thottsands of easv receipt"" fo» tasty dishes, without the flummery of ordi nary Cookery Books. HOUSEHOLD HINTS extend the information in the Cookery Books with many usofu directions on Household Management. COTTAGES FOR SETTLERS : Four design; of Useful Cottages, with plans and detailed Estimates, are given, so that the settler cai simply copy the specification and send to th< mill and procure the complete material foi the erection of his house. ALES, WINES AND SYRUPS, PATNTING TANNING, SOAP-MAKJNG, and HINT.FOR PROSPECTORS, form separate sec tions, containing a large amount of Valuabli Information. LEGAL MEMORANDA, prepared by Mi. Thomas Cotter, Auckland City Solicitor, giving a digest of all the laws which it if imperative for a settler to know, including Fencing Act, Scab in Sheep Act, Timbei Floatage, Roads, etc., etc. The above recapitulation only enumerates the General Heads indicating .the scope of the work. It is the largest Book ever published in Austral asia, is Handsomely Bound in Cloth, and published at, an exceedingly Low Price, for a Cyclopaedia of this description •— namely, TWENTY SHILLINGS (20a). JJenry Brett, wyndham- street, PUBLISHER. ON SALE AT THE OFFICE THIS PAPER.

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