THE NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY JOURNAL

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1990, 10 July 1880, Page 3

THE NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY JOURNAL

The July number of this popular periodical is to hand, and, as usual, contains a vast •amount of information, useful alike to the farmer, gardener, and general reader. Mr Poets’ ever welcome and chatty series of papers “ Out in the Open,” are continued. This month is devoted to a very graphicallywritten description of tho sheep-killing Sarrot of the Alpine ranges, the kea, and is lustrated by a spirited drawing from the facile pencil of a gentleman well known in artistic circles. Mr Potts has gathered a large amount of information connected with tho subject, and tho article will, no doubt, be read with great interest by many who, up to the present, had no idea of tho carnivorous -propensities of the bird referred to. Mr J. B. Armstrong continues his history of the grasses, which is tersely written, and though naturally to some extent technical, is yet not bo much so as to deter a non-botanical reader from enjoying it. A reference to the Malvern Hills chalk, and a valuable paper on the diseases of plants follow, and then we have a brief description of Longbeach, giving an idea of the extent of cultivation carried on at the estate, Mr Murphy's paper on European flax comes next, and an excellent one on the culture of grasses recently read before the Cambridge (Waikato) Farmers’ Club, closes what may be called the first part of the number. The sporting notes by “Oavesson,” as usual, evince the care and judgment of that contributor in compiling a record of «port, and there is also a brief but comprehensive notice of coursing during the_ season. Mr’ Gray’s paper on “ The Chemistry of Manures,” farm and garden notes, &0., conclude an admirable number.