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country in good condition. Seeing that the frozen milk will keep sweet so 
long as the blocks are unmelted, it would be reasonable to suppose that milk, . 
kept in a frozen state in the cool chamber of a steamship, would keep for a 
much longer time, and that thus, wherever a good market could be found, milk 
could be profitably supplied. 
TO KEEP A SMALL DAIRY COOL. 
Insreap of boarding up the gable ends of the building, close them with battens 
3 inches apart. Nail canvas over the battens, and on a small platform above 
- place a kerosene tin full of water. Over the edge of the tin hang a bunch of 
* woollen rags, reaching to the bottom of the water and falling over the canvas 
to a greater length than the ends lying in the water. The rags then act asa 
siphon. The water is drawn up from the tin, and constantly drips on the 
canvas, keeping it always moist. As a breeze blows through the wet canvas, 
the temperature inside the building is reduced by many degrees. 
IRISH HONEY. 
Axmonast the many beneficent efforts of the Irish Congested Districts Board 
was an attempt to induce the Irish peasant to grow honey, and to this end an 
instructor was sent who had authority to make loans to residents willing to 
keep bees. It was, however, soon seen that the Board would need to help the 
beekeepers to sell the honey as well as buy the bees, and, accordingly, those 
who were willing were invited to send in their honey packed in boxes provided 
in Dublin. A building was also fitted and prepared -for its reception until a 
sale could be effected. To save trouble it was resolved to sell the whole in one 
lot if possible, and Mr. Lipton was invited to become the purchaser. He at 
once agreed to the price, and offered to take all the section honey, subject to 
inspection for quality. This was agreed to, and his agents and packers visited 
the Board’s store, with the result that they were able to take all without 
rejection of any on the score of either quality or packing. This is a great 
boon to the peasantry of Donegal, Mayo, Galway, and Kerry, while the slump 
purchase by Mr. Lipton greatly simplifies the cost of marketing. Should this 
venture of the victualler prove successful, it will be a good thing for the bee- 
keepers in the congested districts. The greater part of the honey is from white 
clover, but a considerable proportion is characterised as most fragrant heather 
honey from the moors and mountains of the West.—NScottish Larmer. 
UTILISING CORNSTALKS. 
Yer another method of turning cornstalks to account is known as the 
“ Marsden Process.’ The process consists in extracting the pith, after which 
the remainder of the stalk is desiccated and granulated. As fodder for stock, 
the prepared cornstalks are said to have proved of great value. 
HOW TO GROW LARGE MELONS. 
A yery simple method of watering and at the same time manuring melon 
vines is to sink a cement or bottled ale-cask a little over half its own depth in 
the ground. ‘Then throw up the soil against the uncoyered part of the cask, 
thus making it the centre of a gradually sloping mound, much like a scrub 
turkey’s nest. ill the cask with stable manure. Sow the melon-seeds outside 
and at a little distance from the cask. very day or every second day, when 
the plants have begun to grow vigorously, water the manure in the cask. ‘The 
liquid passes between the staves, and thus fertilises the plants. A distinct 
advantage of this process is that during dry weather, when surface watering 
would only result in baking and caking the soil, the plants draw moisture and 
nourishment from below, and thus the soil round the roots is kept constantly 
moist. 
