AGRICULTURAL ARITHMLTIC.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1710, 21 June 1883, Page 3

AGRICULTURAL ARITHMLTIC.

Ruiukim; to the Nairn -hiip Kaunas' Awj( iatiou foi the desti action ot looks, which fines a penny a head for e\ei\ rook .slaughteicd, a wntei m the //W Ciiw/n i laiitl 'Jiinrs oppoi timely lecalls a com citation w Inch took place in the House ot Common 1 * Committee on the* (Jiime Laws in IS4I between Ml John Blight, and Mr (Juuitly Ik'ikelcy. xMi Beikcley state I that in ilistiiuts unfie qiunted })y looks, hoys weic cmploj ed .i« ,i substitute to hunt fr)i that desti uciivu ioe of tiic i.umci, the wiiewoun The boyo, sud Mi Beikeley m mply to Mr linglit, weie p.ud at the late oi thioe halfpence pei liaudiod for thiMiuipbiT of w iie-woims they destioyed On being askcil how- mucli a lioy could cai n at this Kite ot payment, lie sud " Nine-pence per day. (I)iiu-.lioiicil( 1 )iiu-.Iioiici1 as to the numljci of mOl ins a hoy Mould dcstioj pci day in (■■lining the limcpenee, ,Mi I'ci Ueley found himself in <i (juaiidaiy. .mil judged that the liust u.iy to get out of it was to go into . i inge, vhich lie .iccoidmidy dul. ''lain not heic,'' lie sud "to unsuer mtiieato ,11 lthinotical questions." "If a hoy makes niiiepenct' pel day in dcstioymt.' w iie-\\oiins at the i ate ot one penny half-penny pcl 1 lnuidied, how many must hi- dc\stio} pei day? If)O'i find that piobleiu too 111tncate foi you," continued Mi Bught, "will you tell us whethei a boy can do the woi k as well as a ciow ? ' "A ciow is \\ oi tli fifty boys at such ■\\oik,'' leplieil Mr Uuikeluy. 'J^his was lnthei staithng mfoi lnatiou ; the mattei was getting to be moie mteie&ting as the in (piiiy pioceedcd. So Mi P.ii^ht appealed I', think, a& he puisued the witness with the. fmthei (piestion — "It a boy iswoitl. ninepfiice pei day in dct> tioynig wiiewoiuis, andaeiow is woitli liit) bo\^atwoik, how iiiueli \i> ,i oiou woith to the f.niiK l in staling nione) ? Again Mi Ueikeley was, disposed to it'ply b^ getting into a mge. But Ins inquisitor w.ih not to lie outdone. Papei, pen, and ink, weie applied, and Mi J3u Kcley was assisted in Ins calculation^, w hen it was disco\ eied that a ciow was woith neaily X- per day, what j may lie its jeaily value?" was the next (HU'ij. "About £700," answcied Mi. Ueikeley He had before said that fifty would be a low a\eiagc numlxr of crows tor each farm in some disti ict ; he was now finally asked, ' ' AY hat is the nggicgate \abie pa* *>ear to the tainiei ot his jnopei (juota of these useful birds ?" Tins, we aie told in the naiiatne evolved the most starling conclusion of all, foi it appealed that the fanner was a gainer of 135, 000 pci year by his fifty eiows ! I'm suing this ciow business a lut fiuther, another pioblem arises— lt a boy is able to make nincpenee pci day by killing wiie-woinis at one penny halfpenny pel huudied andaciowatsuchwoik 1=- woith fifty boys, thus earning £2 per day, or 1700 per yonr, what" will lia\e, hexn tlic total loss to the Nairnbiiuc f.umuis by the ilcstuiction of four thou-Miuls ciows at one penny pei head ?

" Arm vu -„ dcai," bhe said, tenduly pushing linn f ) 0111 lili, .\'i the moonlight flooded the \m\ window, wheio they were standing, "I think j em had bett'ei tiy sonic otlier luui dye — join moustache tastes like tiupentine.'" Li(,]ir.MM. lcccntly shuck a telegmph pole ar.d i an airing tin who into the oflice at Co.ilsulle, Indiana, when the clciU seated <it the nibti nni< nt excite dly telcgiaphed luck, " Don't send so fast !" A r.ov liomcfiom school, after paying liis usual holiday \ isit to the dentist^ thus desciibed how lie had a tooth diawn :— "The dentist collaieil me, pulled like wild hoises, ami just befoio my head came off the tooth diopped out." " Wi.r.i,, my dear, aic you getting on nicely -with your music?" "Oh, yes, mamma ; last month, when £ played four hand pieces with my music teacher, I was always a couple of hai& behind. Now I am always at least tluec ahead." A I'tutl'y girl out West told her bran th.it she was a mind-ieader. "You don't say so !" "Yes," she said ; "you have it in yoin mind to ask me to be your wife, but you arc pist a little scaled at the idea." Their wedding-cards are out. " You aio an ojus, hid jus, ldjit, my deal," said a playful mamma to her daughter at dancing-school the other day. "Oh, my dear Mis. ," Riged one of her neighbouis, " what, wouldn't I give to have your knowledge of Latin !" " What did you think of my tiain of thought?" asked a lecturer of a supposed friend. " I thought it lacked only one thing," replied the supposed. "Ah !" responded the delighted lecturer ; " What was that ?" "A sleeping car," was the answ or. I think," said an exasperated taproom orator, as he slowly elevated himself fioin the pavement to a perpendicular, "that a full-giown man Mho thiows oiange-peel on the pavement is no Christian." "Well," said a bystander, "What do you think of an orange-peel that throws a full-grown man on the pavement." A kovkl, if not very practical way of disposing of the dead, so that the remains will not tend to imperil the existence of the living, has been brought forward by Dr A. Mayer. He advises the adoption of solid glass coffins, which, after the introduction of the corpse, are to be closed ail -tight with cement. Two holes arc in the coffin. Though one of them carbonic acid gas is forced, ami by the other atmospheric air escapes. When the ordinary air is bupposed to be' all driven out the holes are olosed, ■ '

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