RAISING CHICKENS.

(Prom The Farmer of April /j )

Raising chickens is attractive now, for the birds are bright and garrulous and profitable, and the time of chickens is at hand. We have always dis couraged the raising of early chickens, says the Pictorial World (from which we quote), because of the many losses people have to endure who begin too early. But the earlier the better always, and as many experienced people get up chickens a month or two in advance of the time when the world at large com mences, we are bound to remark that what may be possible with the few may not be advisable with the many. But you may begin in the early spring if you have broody hens, and in any case it is well to be prepared so as to make the best of opportunities. I will endeavor in very few words to convey to begin ners, as well as to many who are often unlucky although not beginners, some useful advice that may prevent mishaps and improve successes. In the first place, then, make it a rule not to fight against Nature, for those •who engage in that foolish game are pretty sure to get the worst of it. You will find in the books instructions for curing broodiness when it is not desired to set a hen. If you carry these out you will have to be cruel, and perhaps fail after all. One thing must be done : a brooding bird must be removed, for if she remains in the house with laying hens she will do mischief. Take her away quietly and give her a snug, dark place with a nest and a little room to turn about, and food and water where she can find both by walking a few paces. If you do not want her to hatch eggs, put a couple of pebbles or potatoes in the nest, and leave her alone. The little trouble needful to help her going in this way is as nothing you must encounter if you are determined to cure her broodiness. And bear this in mind : the act of removal puts a brood ing hen to the test. If she means it she will presently settle down, and then if you wish to put eggs under her you may do so with a reasonable hope that she will stick to them, and if she does not mean it she will be restless, and after a certain amount of cackling and fidgetting she will find her way back to the yard, provided there is any way of escape. Thus, by a quiet, kindly pro cedure, you learn the intentions of the party, and you act accordingly, either to change eggs into chickens, or save eggs from being addled. The number of eggs put under a hen must depend upon her size and their size, and the season of the year. It is better to be within the mark than beyond it. When starting early lam content with from seven to nine, and as the season advances I raise the number to eleven or twelve. There is no luck in odd numbers, whatever Rory O’More may say about it. For one egg too many will endanger half-a-dozen, be cause every time the bird turns them one or two will be left outside, and in this way the entire setting may be spoiled.

Never touch a bird unless there is a good reason for it. Some people take them off, and endeavor to compel them to eat and drink, This proceeding is preposterous. I strongly object to put ting food and water within view of a bird; it seems to make them loathe refreshment. These things should be at a distance of a couple of yards or so, and somewhat hidden: they will be found when wanted, and there need be no fuss about Mrs. Partlett seeking and finding her dinner. There may be added to the usual meal of grain, a cabbage tied to a string, for her to take a salad from as appetite suggests. Nests are best placed on the ground, and a brick floor is preferable to a wooden floor. A slip of wood may be placed in front to prevent the eggs rolling out, and a bit of sweet hay will complete the arrangement. When several hens are on nests in the same enclosure they should be separated as much as possible by means of a simple kind. When nests adjoin, and there are no definite divisions, you will soon find certain nests deserted, and other nests will have two or three birds huddled together in them; for when they go out to feed they make mistakes and very unprofitable partnerships are’ the result.

THE ASHBURTON HERALD

[Thursday June 12, iS?g



New Advertisements. £IOO Reward. STRAYED from Longbeach, about a Fortnight back, a Chestnut GELD ING ; white face, and branded G on shoulder. The above Reward will be paid for information leading to his recovery. <BB* JOHN GRIGG, Concertinas, A^ord^ons, Mouth Organs, and Violin Strings, at H. M. JONES’, Baring Square. Tenders. THE EDUCATION BOARD OF THE DISTRICT OF NORTH CANTERBURY. CHERTSIY SCHOOL, TENDERS are invited for Building a Concrete TANK, and for GATES, FENCING, Etc. Plans and specifica tions can be seen on application to Mr. Markham, at Chertsey, after THURS DAY, June sth. Endorsed Tenders are to be sent in to the Chairman of the Board' at Christchurch, not later than THURSDAY, June 12tli. THOMAS CANE, Architect. Christchurch, June 2nd, 1879. 97d



Public Notice. V. R. In the District Court of Canterbury, Holden at Ashburton. IN THE MATTER OF The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1576, and of The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876, Amendment Act, 1878, and in the matter of the bankruptcies ofTHOS. HICKS, J. M‘LOUGHLIN, and CHARLES SMITHEL, debtors. NOTICE is hereby given that the creditors having failed to elect creditors’ tius tees, I have, pursuant to Section 46 of the said Act, appointed William Richardson Boyle, of Ashburton, certificated accountant is* bank ruptcy, to be the creditors’ trustee in the said estates, and that the said William Richardson Boyle has in writing signified to me lrs ac ceptance of such trusteeships. All proofs of debts to be forwarded to the creditors’ trustee. Dated at Ashburton th : s nth day of June, -579. C. CAVENDISH HURRELL, 1010 Clerk of the District Court. In the District Court of Canterbury Holden at Ashburton. IN THE MATTER OF the Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876, and of The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876, Amendment Act, 1878, and of <he bankruptcy of JOHN JONES, of Ashton, farmer, a debtor. NOTICE is hereby given that the creditors having failed to elect a creditors’ trustee, I have, pursuant to Section 46 of the said Act, appointed William Richardson Boyle, of Ash burton, certificated accountant in bankruptcy, to be the creditors’ trustee in the said estate, and that the said William Richardson Boyle has signified to me in writing his acceptance of such trusteeship. All proofs of debts to be forwarded to the creditors’ trustee. Dated at Ashburton this nth day of June, 1879. C. CAVENDISH HURRELL, ioit C'e k of t’ e D'strict Court. In the District Court of Canterbury, Holden at Ashburton. IN THE MATTER OF The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876, The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876, Amendment Act, 1878, and of the bankruptcy of JOHN ASHTON, of Ashton, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, farmer, a debtor. NOTICE is hereby given that at the sitting of the above-named honorable Court next, after the expiration of ten clear days from the publication hereof, or so soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, the above-named debtor intends to apply by counsel to the said Court for an Order of immediate discharge. Dated this nth day of Juue, 1879. BRANSON & PURNELL, 1009 Solicitors for the debtor. Q_ RE A T C< AL E ' OF DRAPERY AND CLOTHING, at the TRIANGLE, ASHBURTON, FOR ONE MONTH ONLY. Early purchasers will have the opportunity of making good selections. 1008 GABITES & PLANTE.



TAILORING, AT MOST REASONABLE RATES, TO MEET THE TIMES. W. L E E (Formerly Tailor to G. Fletcher, of Christ church), BEGS to announce to the Gentlemen of the County of Ashburton that he has commenced the business of Tailoring and Habit Maker, in all its branches, and can guarantee a Good Fit and Superior Workmanship in all orders entrusted to him. Gentlemen’s materials supplied made up in the best style, on the shortest notice. Clothes cleaned and repaired, and made to look equal to new. ALL ORDERS EXECUTED AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE RATES FOR CASH. Address— W. LEE, TAILOR, &c. , j Havelock Street, Ashburton. j£tf\Enquire at Hooper, Aitken & Co. ’s. 1012



IN BANKRUPTCY. In the matter of REUBEN KITE, of Charing Cross, a Bankrupt. A DIVIDEND in the above Estate will be payable on all proved claims on and after the §Jrd Juno instant, at my office, Saunders 1 Buildings. GEORGE ALLEN, 1007 Trustee. LOS T, A PACKET of about Twenty-five PHOTOGRAPHS, on or about Good Friday last, between Wakanui Road and tha Railway Station, Ashburton. The finder will be rewarded on leaving same at the Ashburton Herald Office. 1005 NOTICE OF REMOVAL. HM. JONES begs to inform his • friends and the public generally, that after the 24th inst. he will be found, at his NEW PREMISES, BARING SQUARE (Next Post Office). Stationery, Books, Toys, Fancy Goods, Music, &c. 397



Amusements. TOWN HALL. Lessees and Managers Hiscocks, Hayman, and Co. Business Manlger ... Geo. Lingard. JUNE iS AND 19. The Idols of Two Continents, PROFESSOR S. S. and CLARA BALDWIN, EXPOSERS OF SPIRITUALISM, In their Original and EXTRAORDINARY LIGHT SEANCE, Performing by Human Agency all the Mar vellous, Physical and Mental Tests of the Most Celebiated Spirit Mediums. Endorsed by upwards of 1,000 prominent Divines, Editors, Literati, and Notables, as being the Most Crushing Blow yet aimed against the performances of Mediums, being all the more overwhelming in that the Banner of Light the leading Spiritualistic paper (U. S. A.), claims that Professor Baldwin is a Medium. QLA R A Jg ALDW IN ’ S RENOWNED SPIRIT SEANCE MATERIALISATION. Ths Melbourne Argus says:—“You can actually see and recognise the faces and forms of the dead as they appear in a bright light on the open stage during Clara Baldwin’s spirit xride reception.” Doors open 7.30 ; commence S sharp. Ad mission, 35., 25., is. 987 W. C. CONKLING, Agent. VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL CON CERT IN THE TEMPLAR HALL. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25TH, 1879 An Entertainment will be given on the above date in aid of the WESLEYAN CHURCH BUILDING FUND. GLEES, PART SONGS, DUETS, AND SOLOS. Admission, Is 6d. Tickets can be obtained from Messrs. Jones, Aitlen, Weeks, Orr, Ashwood, Andrews, and others. 994 Public Notices. NORTH ASHBURTON AND LOWER ASHBURTON ROAD DISTRICTS CONSTITUTED. [l.s] Hercules Robinson, Governor. A PROCLAMATION. BY virtue of the powers vested in me by the seventh section of the Ordin ance of the Province of Canterbury, in tituled “ The Canterbury Roads Ordin ance, 1872,” and of the powers vested in me by “ The Abolition of Provinces Act, 1875,” and “The Canterbury Roads Or dinance Amendment Act, 1877,” I Her cules George Robert Robinson, the Gover nor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that, from and after the date li.reof, the portion of the Lower Ashburton Road District des cribed in the First Schedule hereto shall be severed from the said road district, and shall be and is hereby constituted a new district under the name of the “ North Ashburton Road District,” and that the remaining portion of the said Lower Ash burton Road District described in the Second Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be a new district under the name of the “ Lower Ashburton Road District.” FIRST SCHEDULE. Description op the North Ashburton Road District. The North Ashburton Road District comprises all that portion of the Provincial District of Canterbury, bounded towards the North-east by the South Rakaia Road District; towards the North-west by the Great Southern Railway and by the Town of Ashburton ; towards the South-west by a line running along the Middle of the Ashburton River ; and toward the South east by the South Pacific Ocean; as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the Survey Office, Christchurch.



SECOND SCHEDULE. Description of the Lower Ashburton Road District. The Lower Ashburton Road District comprises all that portion of the Provin cial District of Canterbury bounded to wards the North-east by a line running along the middle of the Ashburton River ; towards the North-west by the Great Southern Railway; towards the South west by the Rangitata River ; and towards the South-east by the South Pacific Ocean ; as the same is delineated on the plans deposited in the Survey Office, Christchurch. Given under the hand of His Excel' lency Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Com mander--in--Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same ; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine. G. S. WHITMORE. God Save the Queen. 1001 SLAUGHTERING LICENSE. WE HEREBY give notice that we in intend, at the Council’s sitting on the 2nd July, to apply for a license to hill small and large cattle on R,S, 2G598, ROBERTS & WINTER. Selina, Juno 9,1879. 990 ESTATE OF F. P. LeBRETON. ALL Claims against the above Estate must be sent in to the undersigned by TUESDAY, 17th June, otherwise they will not be recognised. A. 0. AITKEN, Trustee. 992 Ashburton, June 10th, 1879.



Auction Sales. SATURDAY. i 4 th JUNE. At 12 o’clock. ALFRED HARRISON has received instructions from the Trustee in the estate of F. P. Leßreton, bankrupt, to sell by public auction, at his Yards, Baring Square, on the above date, — 1 Dray 1 Set Trap Harness, complete. ALFRED HARRISON Will also sell, on the obove date, a quantity of B E EF, PORK, AND MUTTON HAMS, IN SPLENDID CONDITION. At 12 o’clock. 1003 ALFRED HARRISON, Auctioneer. MONDAY, JUNE i6th, At 11 o’clock. MR. ALFRED HARRISON has re ceived instructions from Robert Macfarlane, Esq., of Burnett Street (be hind the English Church), to offer for sale by public auction, on the premises, the greater part of his HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND EFFECTS, On the above date, comprising— -IVERV HANDSOME -i TRICHORD PIANO, ± By Aucher & Sons, Paris (To be on view any day between 4 and 5 o’clock, p.m.) -ALSO- Bedsteads, Spring Mattresses, Chest Drawers, Dining Tables, Toilet Sets, Looking Glasses, Arm Chairs, Bookcase, Sofa, Cheffoniers, Whatnot, Washing Machine, Perambulator, Dining Service, Kitchen Utensils, Etc., Etc., Etc.'



997 ALFRED HARRISON, Auctioneer. UNDER DISTRAINT FOR RENT. WEDNESDAY, ißth JUNE, At i o’clock. ALFRED HARRISON has received in structions to sell by Public Auction at Waterton, on the above date, — 1 Horse Power, with intermediate motion 1 Single Furrow Plough I Double Furrow Plough 1 Set (4 leaves) Iron Harrows 1 Movable Hut 1 Spring Cart 1 Harvest Frame for dray 1 Roadmaker’s Scoop And a Quantity of Wheat Oats Barley and Flour. Sale at 1 o’clock, AT WATERTON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE ißth. Extra stock may be entered up to day of sale with Mr. H. Hudson, Waterton. ALFRED HARRISON, 1002 Auctioneer. Public Notices. ASHBURTON ROAD DISTRICTS. ASSESSMENT COURT, 1879. IVTOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance J3I of the provisions of the Rating Act, 1876, that Assessment Courts will be held by meat the places undermentioned, and at the times hereinafter specified, for the purpose of hearing and determining all objections to the respective Valuation Lists of the various Road Districts within the County of Ashburton for the now current year, when all clerks, valuators, and others duly appointed on behalf of the local bodies — are requested to attend the sittings of the said Courts:— Mount Hutt Road District. Monday, June 16, at 12 o’clock, at the Road Board Office, Mount Hutt. May 31,1879 F. GUINNESS, Judge. 956 DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. BY Deed of Assignment, dated 21st day of May, 1879, filed in the Supreme Court of New Zealand on 22nd May, 1879, and assented to hy the Creditors in Meeting hold at Christchurch on 10th of June, 1879, the partnership existing be tween Messrs. SANDO & OLSEN is hereby dissolved. Dated June 11, 1879. /c . ~ ( KNUD SANDO. (Signed) j JOHN OLSEK 995 Assigned Estate of A. W. WORTH INGTON, of Ashburton, Book seller, &c. (commonly known as Alfred Weston). CREDITORS in this Estate will please forward their claims on or before June 20, to my office, Ashburton, or they will not be recognised. W. H. ZOUCH, 986 ' Trustee.



Auction Sales. BULLOCK AND CO., AGENTS FOR THE SOUTH BRITISH FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. CAPITAL £1,000,000. Insurances effected at the lowest current rates on all kinds of Buildings, Threshing Machines, Crops Growing and in Stack. J. DRUMMOND McPHERSON, Manager, Christchurch. TO RUNHOLDERS, FARMERS, AND OTHERS. 1 1 iHE Undersigned have on Sale : Fencing Wire No. 6 to 10. Standards and Stakes. Seeds— White Clover Red Clover Cow Grass Alsike Trefoil Lucerne, <&c., &e. Rye Grass Seed Coal and Firewood Station Stores of Every Description. We are prepared to allow a very liberal discount for cash. BULLOCK AND CO., East Street.



Business Notice. Properties for sale and] TO LET BY Messrs. Potntz 6c Co,, ASHBURTON. F OR SALE. 800 Acres Unimproved Land, near Chert sey. 150 Acres,; three miles from Ashburton, 70 acres in English Grass. 150 Acres at Longbeach; Good House and Outbuildings. 10 Acres near Wakanui Township ; good stand for a Blacksmith. |-Acre in South Rakaia Township. The Central Temperance Hotel, Baring Square, Ashburton. TO LET. 40 Acres of Good Land, two miles from Tinwald. 350 Acres Good Land, Coldstream Run, Rangitata—purchasing clause. Several Houses in Ashburton, various sizes. A House and Shop in East Street. A House and Shop in the Triangle. A House, Shop, and Bakery, in the Tri angle. A House and Shop in Burnett Street. also, —. SEVERAL HOUSES IN ASHBURTON FOR SALE, ON EASY TERMS. Apply POYNTZ & CO., East Street, 928 Ashburton. Public Notices. -Si IN BANKRUPTCY. WEEKS & DIXON have on Sale at their Office, East Street North, —- BANKRUPTCY ACTS, PROOFS OF DEBT FORMS, FORMS OF AFFIDAVIT, Also, — FORMS of TO LET and FOR SALE. BIBLES, Prayers, and Church Services, Hymnals for various churches.—H. M. JONES, Stationer, Baring Square. DIARIES. —A Few Commercial and Scribbling Diaries on Sale, Cheap, at the “ Herald” Stationery Depot, East Street North, near Railway Station. SEWING Machines and other Requi sites. H. M. JONES, Stationer, Etc., Baring Square. 473 f, WANTED KNOWN—That the cheap est Lnd neatest CARDS may bt> had at the ASHBURTON HERALD OFFICE East Street North.



Booksellers, &c. NEW BUSINESS. J . Y . WARD, BOOKSELLER, COMMERCIAL AND FANCY STATIONER, HAS much pleasure in announcing to the inhabitants of the Borough o.' Ashbur ton and County, that he COMMENCED BUSINESS ON SATURDAY MARCH x, 1879, in Messrs. Saunders Bros.’ Buildings, EAST STREET, NORTH, With A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF Professional Stationery, Commmercial Stationery, Household Stationery, Fancy Stationery, &c., &c., &c. LITERATURE— (In Assorted Bindings) COMPRISING ALL THE MOST POPULAR AUTHORS Also, — PRESENTATION BOOKS. SCHOOL REQUISITES IN STOCK. Colonial, English, and Foreign Papers and Magazines supplied to order. WORK-BOXES, WRITING-DESKS, and OTHER FANCY GOODS, AT REASONABLE PRICES. Hamilton’s Library Books on Deferred Payment. ftnuNote the address— J. Y. WARD, East Street North (Saunders Bros.’ New Buildings), ASHBURTON. 440 Business Notices. N IW |NDUSTRY. COFFEE, Pure and Fresh Ground Daily at ORR & CO.’S. 953



A USEFUL NOVELTY, Most Favorable OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE MONEY. h\ DISCOUNT of SEVEN AND A HALF Per Cent, will be allowed to all CASH CUSTOMERS Friedlander Bros., EAST STREET. 828 GEORGE LADBROOK, (Near the Station, Winslow), HAS in Stock a Good Supply of Gene ral Stores, which he can supply Wholesale and Retail at the lowest current rates. ■mi ■iiiiww———a—gawMii iiiiimimm— ■gawgßgggiigwM Public Notices. NOTICE. ESTATE OF F. DOHERTY. ALL Accounts due to the above estate must be paid forthwith to Mr. Doherty, or they will be sued for without further notice. By order of the Trustees, D. CARO. 927 W. BROWNE. NOTICE. ALL ACCOUNTS due to the Estate of Thomas Hicks, Ashburton, must be Paid at Once to the undersigned, at Messrs Pass and Co’s, or at the Road Boai'd Office, Ashburton. Accounts re maining unpaid will be sued for without further notice. J. H. PASS, ) Trustees -454 C. B. BRANSON, } lrUstees^



Business Notices. C. PERCY COX, AND AND ESTATE AGENT ANI* VALUATOR, ASHBURTON. TO LET OR SELL— -680 Acres first-class land (limestone) with; good house, large stables, woolshed,' sheep-yards, granaries, etc., etc., com plete ; very convenient. 320 Acres reserve, first-class land, partf. sub-let, sufficient to cover the ■whole on Government rent, etc., leaving upwards* of 200 acres rent free for 2 years. Low, price wanted for goodwill of lease, or; would be let to a suitable tenant. ’• 2,500 Acres ring-fenced, to be let in one" block for grazing, or in blocks to suit.' purchasers for cropping, with or with* out purchasing clause. Town and Suburban Sections sell or lei» in Ashburton and Hindhope. ■ MONEY TO LEND ON APPROVED FREEHOLD SECURITY,’ Agent for U N TON I NSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. , 71* Tailors. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. S. STOKES, TAILOR AND CLOTHIER.;* BEGS to remind his friends and tliQ public that he has removed his busi< ness to re.v shop near Baldwin’s Central Hotel, Wakanvi Road, and would takd this opportunity of acknowledging thq very liberal support accorded to him herej t<~fore, ard solicits a continuance oj patronage at. his new shop—Wakanuj Road, near Baldwin’s Central Hotel. S. STOKES, TAILOR AND CLOTHIER. 794 ■ _ ,i " | py g o Eootmakers. PUBLIC NOTICE. BOOT S ! B O O T S! T. CHAMBERS HILE THANKING the public of Ashburton and surrour ding dis-'> tric> for past favo-s, begs to inf, rn them< that be has received, and to arrive, at hi.i place of business, East-street, a WELL-ASSORTED STOCK LADIES’, GENTLEMEN’S, AND CHIL-i DREN’S BOOTS AND SHOES Of all descriptions. T. C. also calls special attentii 1 to the Measure Department, and inrites the* gentlemen of Ashburton to inspect thqj. superior class of Sewn Boots and he is now making. Riding Boots, Shooting Boots, Walking! Boots and Shoes, Cricketing Boots and Shoos, and Running Shoes. WORKMANSHIP UNSURPASSED. A PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED. T. CHAMBERS, PROSPECT BUILDINGS, Next to Montgomery’s, East-street. M. NEALAS, BOOT AND SHOEMAKER, AND IMPORTER, 'AS now on sale a Splendid Assortment AJL of BOOTS and SHOES for Winter, which are of the Best Quality, and will b f Sold at very reasonable prices. Note the address— M. NEAL A NEXT TO MESSRS. ORR & CO.’S, ' EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Educational. MUSIC TUITION,. VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL. Terms, per Quarter or per Lesson, on appli cation to the Principal., SUPERIOR LADIES BOARDING AND* DAY SCHOOL, Oxford Villa, Burnett Ashburton, Conducted by Miss Steane. Private Lessons in 'French, German, and Latin, twice weekly ; Music, and Drawing in Various Styles. Preparatory School for Boys. Inclusive Terms. SCHOOL Books, Bags, Etc. —H. M. JONES, Stationer, Etc., Baring; Square. 473 a SCHOOL Requisites and Artist Mate rials. H. M. JONES, Stationer Baring Square. 473.'