August, 1, 1907 
THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
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WW HEE ue ARr RO WS. 
Light, Strong, and Everlasting. Unequalled for Garden, Farm, and General Use. 
Made in Black or Galvanized Iron. 
MANUFAC TURERS— 
Sizes — No. 0, 14 bushels ; No. 1, 14 bushels ; No. 2, 24 bushels. 
SON; 
Gawler Place and Pirie Street, Adelaide. 
‘Makers of Field Gates, Water Barrows, Watering Cans, and all kinds of Metallic Goods for 
Orchardists in the great apple-produc- 
ing countries of England, viz., Devon- 
shire. Somersetshire, and Herefordshire 
anticipate the most abundant crops of 
apples they have ever known this autumn 
and that wholesome and _ refreshing 
beverage, cider, so largely consumed in 
parts of the old country, will be plentiful, 
cheap, and of high quality. 
One of the chief features at the recent 
show of the Royal Horticultural Society, 
was a group of culumnar fuchsias. There 
are eight of these splendid specimens, 
-about nine feet in height, and were 
‘beautifully furnished with blossoms from 
ot to summit. They were awarded a 
gold medal. 
Geraniums and Pelargoniums are by 
many persons considered to be synony- 
mous terms.; but they arenot so. They 
are distinguished by two characters. In 
the true Geraniums the flower is regular, 
while in the Pelargoniums it is irregular, 
the two upper petals being larger or 
smaller and differently marked from the 
-other three Inthe Pelargoniums, again, 
‘the back sepal is furnished with a hollow 
spur, which is adnate with the stem, 
while this is wanting in the Geraniums. 
If the flower stalk be cut through, just 
behind the flower, the hollow will be 
-seen in the Pelargoniums, while the stalk 
-oi the Geraninm will be found to be 
Garden Use. 
solid, The foliage and growth is dif- 
ferent, and they belong to different 
hemispheres. ’ 
Rapid milking is an advantage if it 1s 
done without hurcing or irritating the 
cow and she is milked clean. 
Cows should be able to drink whenever 
they wish, «sa constant s :pply of water 
increases the milk yield, 
As the piys learn to eat their feed may 
beincreased. Skim milk should be used 
liberally, using rather large quantities at 
t.firs 
= 
GEO. TAIT, 
Veterinary Surgeon. 
Horse Mouth Specialist, 
28 years Victorian Practice. 
OPERATIONS PERFURMED. 
ALL DISEASES TREATED, 
249 Rundle St., Adelaide. 
TELEPHONE 1,654. 
The drauzht stallion sho ild hiya gol 
size and he must have energy aal fin3 
action. The big, slugsish, draushs hrs 
is not wanted in the market, ani shoald 
not be bred to reproduce that type. 
Where possible all the implemsnats 
thould be kept under cover whea not in 
actual use. 
A pullet should never be- entrusted 
with a sitting of eyss unlil sha hs left 
her nest once or twice and returned to 
it without tov long an absence. 
If you waut the flow of milk tv keep 
up always milk clean. 
Daily feed for a 1,000-pound cow-— 
Forty pounds of silage, seven pounds 
clover hay, and eight pounds of grain. 
STRANG & CO., 
Tailors 
AND 
Mercers, 
30 Gawler Place, 
