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The "6OLONIST8 1 GUIDE AND CYCLO?M\>tA OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE I ' contains 830 pa^ee. and is profusely illustrated with engraving, comprises Bcoi ions on :— THE FARM, nY Thomas Am.en: Directions for Bush and Fern Lonfl ; Growth of vari oub Cereal and Root Craps; Management of Cattle, Sheep, and Horses, with Cure of their Diseases, etc., otc. This section, wliich contains 217 closely printed pages, with , many diagrams and illustrations. Including specimens of the best pnre-bred horst'S,sheop and cattlo, together with selections fron. the Stud and Pedigree .°*foek Company'} • thoroughbred stock, comprises the carefullj collated experience of some of the mo*-t successful Auckland and Canterbury Farm c 1 8. HORTICULTURE, by W. Got.dik: In tnu socUon, which covers M<> page«, wish nnmer ous illustrations, special attention is i-aii to the management of Kruit Trees, with sucl simple direct ions and diagrams tor Pruning Grafting, Hudding, etc,c te, thut any settlor without previous knowledge or skill, can manage his orchard profitably. POULTRY, by Thoma<« Atj.rn: This section comprising 41 paices. givea spon'mi'Mi* of th« best varieties of Poultry, with dinuioni fo. their Man vi'-im'tit, J)e-ignsof Fowl-houses Treatment of Diseases etc. USEFUL MECHANICAL CONTTrTYANCEi31 Pages: Under tlii u heading ha\e bi«" classed a variety of cuntiivanoeb. wlun will be found UM-ful t<i ilie st-IIIer ; liintß nn> helps for the bush; cheese prebses, carts fences, H atl -' s t measuring and splitting urn ber, measuring garments, erecting walls and banks, windmills, &c, &c. , PRESERVING AND STORING. TO Pages: Includes the best methods of storing, drying bottling, canning, and preserving fruit ; tht most approved modes of curing bacon ano hams, with design for smoke-house ; instrtic tions for pickling, sauces, vincgar-makin &c. &c. INSECTS AND AGRICULTURAL ENI IVJIES, by Capt. Kkoun: In U-is scetioi Captain Mroun, the well-known Now Zi »' land entomologist, supplies the results 0 years of observation upon native and mi ported insects, useful and itijarious. wit> illustrations of the same, and directions foi destroying garden and orchord pests. " SCIENTIFIC BEE CULTURK. by J, Hoi kinb This interesting department ha been fully and skilfully treau-d by Mr Hoi kins, of Matamata, whose works on tL subject are well known throughout Ne\Zealand. WINE-GROWING AND MANUFACTURE Prnotioal Arboriculture, Tobacco CuUnr<ITon Growing and Silkworm Rearing, \v ; " Cultivation of Olives, Tea, &c., are euol exhaustively treated. THE FAMILY DOCTOR, by Dr. Kntoht ant' Ms, J. A. Pond, of Auckland, comprise* Treatises on both Allopathic and JTomcp<. pathic systems compiled with special regard to Country Settlors. To it is appended a MAOHI PHARMACOPOEIA, giving th< medicinal pioperties of New Zealand Busl Trees and Plants. ; COTTAGE COOKERY AND FOODS, covering 120 pn- es, is a complete TreaM-e on Cookery according to the best methods, and com prises some thousands of easy receipt? for tasty dishes, without tho flummery of ordi nary Cookery Books. HOUSEHOLD HINTS extend tho informattor in the Cookery Books with many usefu directions on Household Management. COTTAGES FOR SETTLERS : Four desiorm of Useful CotUiseg. with plans and detail--' 1 Estimates, are given, so that the settler cai Simply copy tho specification and senrl to tin mill and procure the complete material fo> the erection of his house. ALES, WINES AND SYRUPS, PUNTING TANNING, SOAP-MAKING, and HINTFOR PROSPECTORS, form separate see tions, containing a largo amount of Valuabl> Information. LEGAL MEMORANDA, prepared by Mi Thomas Cotter. Auckland City Solicitor, giving a digest of all the laws which it il-imperativei 1 - imperative for a settler to know, including Fencing Act, Scab in Sheep Act, Timbei Floatage, Roads, etc., etc.
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Te Aroha News, Volume 1, Issue 45, 12 April 1884, Page 8
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