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Wiscellaneous Items. 
No amount of work on the soil or in 
culture will make a ,ood crop of corn 
unless the seed is good. 
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The highest profit to be realised in the 
production of mutton and wool for the 
market comes from inducing rapid 
development. 
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There can be no doubt that in the 
economical production of pork a diet of 
rape is entitled to a much mere general 
use than it has been given in the past. 
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The four corner stones of successful 
farming are liye stock, legumes, crop 
rctation, and tillage. Upon these a wide 
system of farming can be built anywhere. 
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The best tonic for live stock is plenty 
of good, wholesome food, pure drinking 
water, and lots of fresh air; but the air 
should not come through cracks in the 
stable, 
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Never thatch with straw that has been 
threshed, Threshed straw is bruised, and 
not watertight. Rye straw, on account 
of its length and close texture, makes the 
best thatch. 
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The American consul at Zanzibar 
declares that soap, spirits, cattle food, 
unbreakable crockery, linoleum, sugar, 
paper, and leather can be made from the 
' prickly pear. 
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If one has little or no experience in 
keeping sheep, it will be well to start 
with a few, and learn from experience, as 
well as from observation and reading, how 
to care for them. 
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Barley is extensively used as a food for 
horses in many parts of the world, and it 
is evident that it has valuable properties 
from the fact that Arabian horses, which 
are famous for their speed and endurance, 
receive practically no other grain food. 
THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
The appearance, smell, and color of 
artificial manures are no guide as to their 
value, the only true test in buying is 
chemical analysis, although the best test 
is made by the crop itself. 
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Start early,.and keep your stock in 
first class shape this year. ‘ An ounce of 
prevention is worth a pound of cure.” It 
is much easier to keep out internal 
parasites then to get them out. 
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There is nothing that will keep the 
cowshed so neat, and at the same time 
add to the value of the manure pile, as a 
few shovelfuls of dry earth thrown under 
the cow. It absorbs the liqnid better 
than anything else, and keeps down any 
unpleasant odour. 
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Never allow a colt to lose its. colt 
flesh. Keep it going right along after 
weaning, especially up to the age of two 
years, and as long after ag one possibly 
can, for there is no denying the fact that 
condition is more than half of the horse 
at any and all times. 
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Success in agriculture, as in almost 
every other line of endeavour, depends 
primarily and chiefly upon the man. A 
good man on a poor farm will often make 
more than a poor man on a good farm, 
The value of opportunities depends npon 
the use made of them. 
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Good farming consists, not in growing 
a slashing big crop once in a while or 
even once a year, but in producing a 
good average of crops year after year, 
doing it, too, at a profit, without resort 
to niggardly or slave-driving methods, 
and without impoverishing the lind. 
Poth 
Salt, sulphur, and charcoal are good 
things for the brood sow. If kept in a 
box in the feed lot the sows will help 
themselves, Boxes may be made with 
hinge covers that project over the hedges 
of the box. This will keep out the rain, 
and the pigs will soon learn to lift the 
covers. 
January ] , 1910 
Bagot, Shakes, 
& Lewis, Ltd., 
STOCK AND STATION AGENTS 
Wool, Skin and Hide Rrokers, 
Auctioneers and Valuators 
Licensed Land Brokers, ern 
And Estate Agents 
Land Department have for Sale .. i 
Some Splendid Agricultural, ee 
and Herteuiied Lands i: pi pane 
of South Australia. 
Also in Westera Australia, Nyy South 
Wales, and other States, 
Properties sold privately or by auction 
in all parts of the State of Soath 
; Australia, d 
Large Estatcs disposed of fy Closer 
Settlement. 
Advice given as to Best Means of 
Realisation. 
Plans Prepared, Valuations Made 
Special attention given to City and 
Suburban House and Property bnginess 
Persons wanting Houses canyot an 
better than apply for partionjars to 
Manager, Land Department, jg King 
William Street, Adelaide. 
SUT SUES: ace peel 
Up to-date Tailors 
We havo a large 
stock of Woollens 
to choose from, 
(Hanighea: 
and Workman- 
ship guaranteed. 
Also, a large stock 
of Gents’ Mercery 
to choose from, 
which can be pur- 
chased at 20 per 
cent. less than 
elsewhere, 
Solf- measurement 
fornis supplied on 
application, 
A. BROWN & CO. 
15 CENTRAL MARKET. 
Robert Hill, 
Chaff and Grain Merchant, 
64 CURRIE STREET, Adelaide. 
Bran, Pollard, Oats, Wheat 
Chick Meal, and all kinds of 
Poultry Food 
AT LOWEST MARKED RATES. 
Telephone 1250. 
