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Journal of Agriculture. 



[lo Aug., 1909. 



G. and beaded liiiing^, fur- 



•i"'] uished with rim locks 



and hung on strong T 



linges. The windows 

 are if in. easement 

 sashes of four lights 

 glazed with 16 oz. glass 



lung on strong butt 

 hinges and furnished with 

 necessary fasteners, bolts 

 and hooks. 



Brick fireplaces are 

 built in living room and 

 kitchen ; the flues are 

 gathered in quickly above 

 opening, bent to obscure 

 daylight, and finished off 

 smoothly. A colonial 

 oven is fixed in kitchen 

 fireplace, and brick hobs 

 with dished bottom are 

 built in the open fireplace 

 of living room. A cup- 

 board with shelves above 

 is constructed l)etween 

 chimney breast and out- 

 side wall in kitchen and 



iving room. Two dozen 

 hat and coat hooks on 

 6 in. rail will be fixed in 

 convenient positions in 

 the various rooms. 



The cost of the 

 material in Melbourne, 

 using the felt roofing, is 

 about <£68, and the labour 

 about £36 ; total £104. 

 Where it is not possible 

 to procure bricks, a single 

 iron chimney and fire- 

 place could be used on 

 an outside wall. This 

 would mean a saving of 

 ai)out &~j . 



"DEVIL'S GRIP" IN MERINO 811EEP. 



//. ir. Ham, Sheep Expert. 



" Devil's Grip," as this fault is railed, is found immediately behind 

 the shoulder blades, or more correctly, above that portion of the fore- 

 quarter where the loin flesh (or chops) and the shoulder blades meet. It 

 is indicated by a dark line, usually semi-circular, following the shape of 

 the shoulder blades, not immediately on the edge, but an inch or two 



