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north-east, and in the Otway forest on the west. There are 79L acres of hop 
gardens in Victoria, and 128 growers The average yield is 15 cwt. per acre, 
although yields of L ton have been recorded. In the hop districts, the school 
holidays are given during the picking season, to enable the growers to avail 
themselves of the services of the school children. 
FOLDING SAWING MACHINE. 
In the April number of the Journal we described a folding sawing machine, 
and have since been asked by persons interested in timber-getting to illustrate 
it. This we are now enabled to do, 
As we stated (quoting the southern journals) any man accustomed to the 
inachine here illustrated, for which, by the way, Messrs. James McEwan and 
Co,, Elizabeth street, Melbourne, are agents, can unfold it, arrange it for sawing 
down a tree, change to the. position suitable for log-sawing, or fix it so that it 
can be used on a hillside. It saws down a tree at from 4 inches to 274 inches 
above ground. 
No matter how rough the ground around the tree may be, the saw can be 
immediately adjusted to meet the case. It almost’ entirely obviates the use of 
the axe, is easy to carry about as it folds up as completely as a pocket-knife, 
and saves backache when being used 
HOW TO EXTRACT A SPLINTER. 
Ir a splinter is too small or too deeply imbedded to be got at with a pair of 
tweezers, the following simple method of extracting it may be tried. It has 
been found specially useful where children are concerned. A wide-necked 
bottle is filled with steaming hot water nearly two-thirds up to the neck. Then 
place the mouth of the bottle over the sore where the splinter has entered, 
pressing it firmly over the skin to create suction. The steam from the hot 
water will allay the inflammation, and at the same time assist the suction of the 
bottle to withdraw the splinter. Usually the steam and suction will draw out a 
splinter that has been driven in so deep that nothing less than a severe cutting 
of the flesh would ordinarily accomplish. 
DESTRUCTION OF ANTS. 
Amoncst the best substances to repel ants from the house is corrosive sub- 
limate. The corrosive sublimate may be brushed along the floor where the ants 
enter, or strings may be dip into it--carpet rags do well—and_ laid along where 
they will obstruct the ants’ path. The ants seem so averse to this substance 
that they leave at once. Dusting with the buhach also clears them out, but the 
treatment may have to be repeated every week or two. 
