RURAL NOTES.
LeWe weaned lambs in the old pastures and take all bub two or three old ewes away. Allow no weeds to go to seed in fenced corners and around farm buildings. Mow and burn them. Mfcnt a few tives every year, and see how they foot nj in the long run. Plant in the autumn, and get a good spring stark. The best far n.e.-s never allow land to l>e idle. With ground as witli people idleness is productive of mischief. Weeds will grow if no crop is planted. The largest cow in America, it is believed, belongs to John Pr.itt, of Chase County, Kansaa. It ;s throe yeirs old, 22 hands high, and weighs 92001b5. A writer in the Bee Journal says that the best way to have hoes clean combs is to put them in a upper story, and pi. ice this over a stiong colony just at niu'lit, if in times of honey dearth, and in foui to twelve hours the combs will be all clean, and the upper can be removed in the usual way. Whatever may otherwise be said in favour of the Jeisey, she is the cow for the mechanic, or the village and city resident who desire 3 to keep but one or twocows to supply the family with milk and butter. She is the ideal of a family cow, peaceable, gentle ami appreciative of swillpail attentions— which goes a long way in developing the characteristics of every good cow. The length of time that a young heifer keeps in] milk after her first calving is likely to measure her staying qualities for all after life. For this reason young heifers should have the calf in autumn, for then by good care they can be kept up tho next summer, whereas if they calve in the spring they are likely to dry up in the autumn. Poultry require plenty of house room, for crowding them on their roosts, or having badly built, ddapidated or damp houses is conducive to disease. If on account of breeding more than one vaiiety, because you ha\e. limited gionnd, or because you have ft nits and \egetables you wish to keep the birds fiom, >ou have to keep the fowls in lestricted quarters, by all means give them all the exercise room you possibly can, and there is far more danger of giving them too little than too much. In securing clover seed it is best to cut it as soon as as the heads become brown. If cut later the heavy dews and reduced heat of the sun will cause dampness and the hull to cling very tightly to the heads. When cut it is recommeded to be at once put under cover to secure dryness ; some put in stacks or cover with etraw. If the ground is dry and the sun is hot it in*v be hauled in the same day it is cut. Some fanners cut it and atir it and put it in winrows, the same as making hay j but this is n waste of seed, as the stiring iftttles off the ripest and best of the seed. In moving it to the barn it can be dored on tho barn floor Until leady to thresh. In Denmark fainiers ai'e compelled to destroy all weeds on their faims, and in France a man who pcnnits weeds to go to seed that may endanger the land of his neighbour can be piosccuted. Such a law i-> a wise one. Stiange as it may seem there are some iaimeis who will allow the most noxious weeds to go to to seed, such as not only loul their own land but will ako injuie the hind ot ( i neighbour. E\en in pastuies it is a good plan to synd a man o\cr them with hoe and shovel, in the autumn before weeds go to seed, with directions to destroy all weeds and plants found giowmg which are detrimental to the <?ia&s. The fai met is indeed shiftless w ho allows weeds to <j,o to seed on his premises.
At a recent meeting of the Leeds and "West Ruling Medieo-Chiiuigical Society, Mr Margeton, of Di-wsbeny, exhibited an incandescent eleetiio lamp, designed by himself ami u&ed by himself since October la^t iv examining the mouth and throat. The globe was about h.ilf the size of a walnut. It cm lie held in the mouth for two minuteo without discomfort from heat. Sir J. Vo(jkl is making good piogress with his scheme to form a public comp.inyto undertake tlieconstruction of laying a duplicate submarine cable between England and Australia. Theiewillbe no difficulty mseeuiingthe requisite amount of capital for this undertaking upon advantageous terms. Theeompany in course of formation by Sir J. Vogel olfers to undertake the work on condition that the Australian colonies guaiantee a subbidy of £4,000,000. An inquest was held on Dec. 0, nt Bootle, near Li\ ci | ojl, on the body of an unknown man, who had been found burnt almost to a cinder between two boilers on board the White Star steam fillip Baltic, lying in the Lnngton (Jiaving Dock. A boy found the deceased lying on his bick lietween the foutth and fifth boilers on the poit side of the ship. The deceased was no doubt a fctowauay, who had got between the boilers to evade detection. There was only just room foi him to lie between the boilers. The jury returned an open veulict. There are Aiabs among the followers of the Malidi who habitually wear armour which once adorned the limbs of Anglo-Norman crusadois. Many of the gallant knights who followed the "Lion Heait Plantagenet " to fight against Saladin, left their bones to whiten on Eastern deserts, and the aimour of those who fell M.is eagcily seized upon by the successful paynimry. The armour thus obtained lias been handed down fiom father to son for generations and foi centuries, with the greatest pride and care ; and some of it, no doubt, was worn in those three terrible days of lighting which dcstioyed the army of Hicks Pasha. AVCIKN'T DKiCRH'TIOX OF OUR Saviour.— ln the Vatican, at Rome, is preserved the original of an ancient document, written by Publius Lentulus, Proconsul of Jucbud to the Roman Senate, wherein occurs a description of the Redeemer. The following is a translation of this remarkable document: — "There hath appeared in these our days, and is at pi esent living amongst us in Jndea, a man of singular viituc, whom they call Jesus Christ. Of the Jews he is accepted, and believed to be a gieatpiopbet of truth ; but his own disciples adoie him as being descended from theimmoital Gods. He raiseth the dead to life, and healeth all manner of human maladies and diseases by his woul or touch. In struc ture he is tall and of perfect form ; his countenance ami air, sweet and reverent, such as the belioldeis may both love and fear ; his hair is of a colour that would be difficult to desciibe — something resembling the coloui of the ripe chestnut — from the crown ot his head to his ears, whence downward it is more of tint or of golden hue, and falls waring and curling into ringlets, and spieads itself in golden profusion on his shoulders. In the centre, from the forehead to the crown of his head, his hair is parted by a seam or partition, and falls over each ear, after the manner of the Nazareth. His forehead is lofty and pale, and his face without spot or wrinkle, beautified with a slight tinge of comely complexion. His nose and mouth are foi mcd with the most admirable symmetiy. His beard is thick, and ot the colour of his hair ; not of any great length, and dividing in the centre at the chin, takes nearly the foi in of a fork. His look innocent and mature. His eyes blue, brilliant, and serenely beautiful. In reproving, he is awful and majestic ; in admonishing, courteous, sweet, friendly and persuasive, and speaking or acting he is grave, temperate, modes£and wise. It cannot be" remembered that any have seen him laugh, but many have seen him weep. In a word he | is a man, who, by his exceeding great beauty and his divine perfections, snrpaKseth the children of men." Rats and Mice.— lf you wish to de •troy them get a packet of Hij-i.'* Magic Vbrmin Xii wr in packets, (sd. od, $rid Is, to be nbt.tined of all storekeeper*, or from B, Hill by on--tlqiinjf at) fjttu t tamp, *
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Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1817, 28 February 1884, Page 4
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