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} son is not nearly so general as might be thought. The South Australian 
} , of the soil is an optimistic gentleman, always looking ahead for 
] 4,.2, mes, and thus grapegrowers are quite cheerful, and anticipate 
| joe vintage and high prices next year. It is, perhaps, just as well he is 
ee t that way. We are told that “anticipation is better than realisation” ; and, 
$ is so, vignerons are indeed well off. They have lately had plenty of 
pation, and precious little realisation — Garden and Field. 
| 2Ntigi 
TO TEACH A HORSE TO BACK. 
| Asntprn and yery convenient method of teaching a young horse to “back” 
putes the Cable) is to place the fingers between the point of the shoulder and } 
_ | _* breast-bone, and then apply a little pressure. Any force applied in this. I 
ler will be found to cause the animal to step back immediately. If in the: : 
| (“tof causing the animal to recede in this manner the word “back” is constantly i 
» It will very soon come to associate the use of the word with a retrograde: } 
*Yement, and will act accordingly. | 
TO TEST EGGS ON THE FOURTH DAY. 
i hus may be done by cutting a hole in a kerosene tin to hold a glassful of water 
| Pposite the lamp that you put inside the tin. You will see the germs floating j 
turning the ege held between the finger and thumb ; in fact, it may be seen | 
th Second night. Warm an old teapot cosy (or a new one, if your wife is not 
Sut), and bring the eggs to a warm room where your light_is ready, and it 
suit done any time of the year without risk. The advantage of this is, the 
“it eges are fit for pastry. 
MANURIAL VALUE OF URINE, 
urine of cattle contains on the average a little over one-half of 1 per 
a ty - Of nitrogen and somewhat less of potash. The urine of sheep contains 
| tte per cent. of nitrogen and 2+ per cent. of potash. But little of the 
| « Sphoric acid contained in animal food is passed in the urine. Sheep pass a 
| pee perion of the potash in their urine than other animals. The grass is 
“ped chiefly by the nitrogen and partly by the potash. A ton of cattle urine: 
itains 10 Ib. of nitrogen and 8 lb. of potash. Nitrate of soda is the most 
le form of nitrogen, and with potash will give almost as good results on. 
} °S8 as the urine. If you dissolve 10 lb. of nitrate of soda and 6 1b. of muriate 
i Daeotash in a 40-gallon barrel of water, you have a mixture nearly equal to a 
| rel of urine.— Exchange. 
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SOME USEFUL MEASUREMENTS. 
| Pop estimating the areas of paddocks and cultivated plots, the following figures. | 
} ~e found useful :— 
60 feet by 726 feet 
iH) Le BELO S 
TS eo ate 
22) eae feed LS eee 
Pe en Tre 
440, 99 
5 yards by 968 yards 
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BRE EE ee ee pp 
TOM RTPI Bae Ae = 3 
20 ee 24 Gees nee av 0 on 
40 pe AR “ip we ox on i 
ON ae ERY Gy a ae “. 
80 Fs 603 ,, a fe 
a A British halfpenny measures exactly 1 inch in diameter. Laid on a map i 
“Wh to a l-inch scale it will just cover 500 acres. 
