November 1, 1909 
Employ the best farm hand you can 
‘find. A good hand is cheap at any price 
you are likely to have to pay. 
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At the present time the world’s con- 
sumption of fertilisers has been estimated 
“to be about 10 00),000 tons. and every 
“year brings an increase to this quantity, 
-as it’s employment extends to fresh 
“countries, and farmers in old cou tries 
“use it more largely. 
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Do you want to create the best impres- 
sion possible on those who come to ex- 
amine yourstock? Then don’t select the best 
and specially fit them, with a few poor 
“ones to be kept out of sight, but have all 
your stock at their best at all times, and 
‘have not only your stock, bué all your 
“premises, in such condition thit they are 
0,en to public inspection ut any time. 
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Tt,has beon found that the best practical 
“means of reducing the losses of nitrogen 
ina manure heap is to placo a layer of 
-old, well rotted farmyard manure as a 
basis for the new manure-heap ‘This 
has a distinctly benefical effect, and 
always results in smaller losses of 
nitrogen, possibly because of the constant 
“evolution of carbonic acid from the layer 
-cf old manure. 
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All grains of wheat look alike to t e 
‘™man who doesn’t know the difference, 
but one grain contains suflicent vitality 
‘to start the now plant in life with good 
prospects, while another grain germinates 
feebly, aud begets a weakly offspring, 
which may no stool out at all, and, if it 
blossoms into heads, the heads are either 
_ barren or contain a few shrivelled kernels 
that are of little value. 
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Agricultural societies might make their 
‘shows more instructive, especially in 
Tespect to the many breeds, if they 
‘Supplied a little 
Everyboly is not au expert in every 
breed, and a vast number of those who 
‘attend shows, although they may be 
_ farmers of very considerable and success- 
ful experience, and well acquainted with’ 
the points of some breeds, have very 
‘vague ideas on the points of others, 
more information. 
THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 29 
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