NOTES AND GLEANINGS.

Americas Crops.—The report of the Igricoltural Department) for August an- Maneee a reduction in the national average tireora to 60.7, against 97.7 in July, the Idling off being caused by long-continued fagk in tbe va'leys of the Ohio and teonri, where two-thirds of the crop are Jtotfn. Spring wheat has fallen off slightly, letrerage being 75.8, against 80.8 in 1 SBt>, ttfiftilio extreme east and on fehe Pacific Coastthe condition is high. The condition i)t«teisßs.o) indicating that the crop is fightly under the average. Barley is 86.2, «hindicates,a nearly average crop, and lie July yield is favourable. Wisns on the Farm.—Guard strictly isatnstwaste. " Gather up the fragments tat nothing be lost." This may be applied ipedally to the making and saving of naiMute, How often we have seen the iMsd Strength of the manure heap pollut es the roadside and smell streams of water ; jflß'bf. oyster shells, bones, old boots, and ftber rnobish, disfiguring the highway; Wb, doapsuds, soot, and other wasto tatoial-BOiniecaUed—adorning the back N. then a little time and labour would ewerls ail into valuable plant food and flMtfy promote both the neatness and Mill of the premises. But most precious to the fragments of time. "Time is *%" and these fragments should not be put out at interest.— Rural

ASiBAW Basd Shea 7 Binder.-The most Kjpal invention of the.year in connection J* agriculture is undoubtedly the straw m harvester of Mr. Walter A. Wood, of Win Street, which is now being shown "Bsimerican Exhibition. The specimen "wane has ent and bound into sheaves the Puce of forty acres, without using wire **nngor any other binding material than •"•-My be designated the natural one of 55/rfte band is made by the harvester ™*fog the band, sheaf by sheaf, as it pWifrom a bunch of previously cut w» carried upon the machine. The to a uniform length of about Pmalooße bundle of some 10 inches sheaves of at J*« -crop. Wheat or other straw can be ■*> fort straw broken by the threshing 2™> " objectionable, and strong rye- which the ears have been cut off ?*«rt of chopping-box is preferred. The "mmchee employed for displaying the ?Pe binder ay the exhibition are 'qWM "tt rye in the neighbourhood of r™> ; ;BO|oe were brought from Dor 2*t where crope were cut at the 3 W trial of reapers. In practice, Sty naif, an acre of rye would supply g»%h for binding about 300 acres of I (fflMley* or oats. It is considered I tefiSr2r titlltionof straw for twino will I p-flfthe the expense of binding. I «K BVEST op the Woßtn.—At the I O of t] >e Vienna Grain and Seed Fair, I M^ ate o{ fche entire harvest of the I k 2' m UBUal * 'pnblished. Assuming I Wrt S?' 10 ° to represent an average 1 i|S th ejield of wheat in 1887 in the Is indicated by the ICSSt n ?ure?:-In Auatria 117, I •2/ii?"Jefvui 140, Switzerland 110, I %I, \h? mt and Ireland, 120, I *2«?I 0 , I ' Antral Russia 118, Northern 1 k Tte'i i davia 90 > Ital y !)0 ' and E syp fc I Nikft ff irt India i» estimated this 15::2fV | W tone, against 7,729,000 tons ll£.«i,ii in the United States k?- els ' offset 457,000,000 last ■ above the aveiajje. ■ NT?™ 1 ? Austria 106, Hungary Hβ, 1S1& Wallachia, 115, Prussia 96, l!'oak^V nd Ir eland 90, and Egypt |CT#Hungary 104, Italy 123, IS i?? 108 ' Ausfcri a 92, Great ■ 2»»ij 8 r n « e ! and Roumania 85, W*m* ' W 7O ' and Bessarabia 70. mWM ? r Indian Co" 1 in America H against 1,665,000,000 I ShJS^. 084 * 1 for Horsk-Bbjsbd- M on the Government ■ nor «e«br»ding, the Norwich

Mercury says: — "At last the Queen's Plate money, amounting to £3,000 a year, is to be made to servo this useful end ; as, in fact, has been the intention of the vote all along. To this sum, other public money is to be added so as to make up a total of £5,000 a year. Now comes in the farmer's part of the business. To benefit him, and really to improve his horse stock, ought to be the one object. But it is much more likely that a few owners of thoroughbred horses will expect to receive the whole grant. Agricultural, coaching, and hackney horses are beneath the atten tion of most of the men, who by ' real good sound bluod put within reach of the tenant farmer' understand only racing blood. The Norfolk, Suffolk, Carabs, Lincoln, East Yorkshire, and Cleveland district peers and members of Parliament should be solicited to work together for the advantage of their farnier constituents, who aro particularly interested in this matter."

Salt.—While Halt ia a nccccssary in gredient of the food of man and animals alike, it is, ways a veterinarian writer, in excess, highly injurious, and even toxic. Its physiological action is that of a restora tive mainly. It is absolutely necessary for the purpose of forming gastric juice, and to some extent the bile ; of digesting albumi noids, and of preserving tho blood in a normal state. If, however, it is given in excess it produces sub-acute inflammation of the bowels, vomiting in certain animals, and skin eruptions, with loss of hair in hairy animals, and of feather 3in the feathered tribes. In one ham and bacon importing and curing establishment, well known to the writer, almost every dog that was pur chased for watching purposes became in due course the subject of chronic disease of the skin, which in every instance was very difficult to cure. In this case the animals received as savoury morsels the ham bones, which were denuded of their fleshy covering in the act of "boning/ . In very large quantities salt is a violent irritant poison, particularly to tho pig, producing intense inflammation of themuoous membrane of tho gaatro-intestinal tract, convulsions, distress ing vomition, and, in the pig, frothing at the mouth, champing of the jaws, and marked abdominal pain. Therapeutically, few of the inorganic preparations have a wider range of use than has common salt; but, like all other good things in this world, it may become a source of evil :injudi ciously employed.

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THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAIi, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9. 1887;

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E PORTER AND CO QUEEN AND- HIGH STBEETS, AIj SO 3 isTE"w r Toisr, .ajstid street. M^* PORTER AND CO. wish to draw attention to their large shipments to arrive, which, added td their , aiiteddy SScfcensiV© stock of Hardware, they are in a position to execute any orders placed with them, and at the very LOWEST PRICES, just landed per Zealandia Now landing per s.s. Balcarres Brook from London. To arrive per Ada Stott from To arrive per Canterbury from To arrive per Deutschland from from London. 500 casks Portland Cement ' 1 case Spring Balances, Water New York Via Lvttelton r a a New YOPfc vfai .Wellington 20 tons Fencing \Vive Gauges, Steam Ganges, etc. «6W X OrK Via LyiieiUffl. London, 11OW due. a . > ~ case Plated Ware 2,000 feet Black Tubes I£* Plu-ed Weights ' 50 ° Cases CQronet 150 ° teet> 30 wees Corrugated Iron i 000 caseg Coi . one i Kerosene*, ttO* to* 1 case Leather Belting 2 casks Tube Fittings 1 eLk S™ Locks faucet nozzles ■■ }* Portdowme Self Setting Kanges with faU(jefc nozzled ~ 72 cast Tomb Pillars 100 coils Galvanized Barb Wire 1 cask Powder Flasks, Shot Pouches 2 cases Axe Handles i;J StS 4 case 3 Tnhu i at - Hand Lam P* 1 case Wood Taps, Wood Spoons, etc. 2i ° J Black Hoop Iron and Belts 2 cases Pick Handles 1S Br Lies for 6 CaSeß ? Un Clnm ™J? in bars Yellow Metal 30 bundles Galvanized Hoop Iron 1 cask Box and Till Locks « tt tj h jl casic jjucks ioi iuinges 12 cases Lanterns (74) S bars Copper 100 drums Raw Linseed Oil 1 case TTuck's Engine Packin- ° aSeS X mer andleS ! ? ""■^y^. 6,1 ? 1168 2 cases Cider Mills 1 case Brass Cup Hooks, Screw Rings, ™ drums Boiled Linseed Oil ' 1 case Glass Paper and Etnerjr Cloth 2 cases Broom Handles j S Leather 6 Lille y ßuttet Work »? W 4 t Butts, etc., etc. ° 6 casks Linseed Oil 1 case Furniture Polish and Flour l case Eelucent J !„?., SE vZI 2 cases Incandescent Wicks, 12 casks Horse Shoes Emery 24 Novelty Wrineers r< • wuv t i and Chimneys r-'"** 23 casks Patent Shot 1 ca se KniTe Polish * C Z7c\Z SL 14 ? kegS % mwn ? } Tt 2 cases A PP Ic Peach FftrerS 400 kegs Wire Nails 1 and Berlin Black ? cases Claw Hammers 4 eases Enamelled Jaw Boxes J A LH< Shoyels 20 drSms Colm Oil 16 S Wheels X C&se Lamp EefleCt ° rS CaS6 ?™1 " aCe Bit 9 1 case Calcium Burners JUSt landed per Margaret 5 drums Olive Oil 2 Call Steel Spur Wheels 2 cases Coach Wrenches « Adz * s 1 case Tanite Emery Wheels ■ 5 drums Rangoon Oil 4 Oak Diaphragm Churns 9 cases Champion Scales 4 Axle Arms 2 cases Porcelain Knobs Galbraith from GlaSgOW. 10 " cases Corrugated Iron I case Gauge Glasses 6 cases Euterprise Meat Choppers SO ingots Tin 30 case 9 Shar P' B AxeS * . 5 coils Bolt Eope 9 ingots Patent Bronze 18 cases Glass Fruit Jars • o Srßutt 18 caseß Shar £ B Boya Axe , S - coos har,, Tron ! bale Plo«gn Lines 1 case Italian Whisk Caroet Brooms Tα ? VT l T ~ , casks butt Hinge* 12 cases Axe Pattern Hatchets 9 budlos°Ln 5 cases Galled Flat Sheet Iron ■ 1 boxes Putman Horse Nads 1 geWooj fgyj^ hotter Pins 1 case Broad Axe« / % 61 bundles Sheet Iron 3 bales Chalk Packin S 3 cases Gun Caps 3 eases Cai, » a g e Hardware J ««? a Te?ffin«, 5 cases Kochester Lamps (new designs) 10 bales Oakum 15 casks Minton's Tiles 1 case Gun Wads 1 case Oil Stones 1 cask Rat and Pabbit Trans 2 cases Spade Handles 10 J cas * Garble 1 case Cartridge Cases 2 cases Scythe Handles JundS Mult's Steel P 3 cases Fork Handlee ° CaS M fl^ rapleX Sllenfc SaUSaSO lease Cartridges 6 cases Bush Hooks 1 bundle Copper Tubes JTh^tS 63 Machines 1 case Nail Pullers, Cutting P yers. o « r ,ni , D a - a<uk (j TravniKmr Tm«l-« 1 case Hoe Handles 25 kegs Pencil Point Fencing Staples Punches ° J 3 cases Water Closet Paper 71 6 Heed's Butter Worken NOW landing per WaikatO 40 ke S s Steel Fenci »S Staple I bale Fish Lines 1 case Hose luanuia c 12 Sack Trucks 20 kegs Galvanized Steel Fencing 1 bale Netting Twines 1 case Safety Razors 1 cask Lamp Founts and Collars from London. Staples l r> bundles Gum Spear Steel . 1 case Enamelled Letters l bal< ? Jabber Hose 1 case Asbestos Millboard 39 bundles Black's Spades 50 casC s Turpentine Jncf landed Dβ? S S MariOOSa V * ~ . „ TT „ 1 case Brass and Bronzed Door Fur- 1 case Gum Adzes, Furze Hooks, ,-, ™ i- JU&t idnutu per S.S. JfiaiipObd 40 cases Curtis & Harvey s Sporting niture Hoes etc etc la cases Blacking Powder 4 bales Brown Paper 1 ca3 o Pit and Cross cut Saws ! case Padlocks Irom ban UraflClSCO. ManaDOUP! from Svdn©V B cSnfSlfctricLi.h fc l *r Ma <-f,^f QCS ' 8 Cylinder Churns 5 bottles Quicksilver F6l S.S. Manapouil ttom byflnej „ caaes Carbons foi Electric Light | 5 eases Defnes , Lamps ! caso j o h us t on Harvester Fittings 1 package Wind Mill Fittings 100 ca.es Castor Oil E. PORTER AND CO., FUIR/IfcTIESHIZISra- JLIsTID C- E IST E JR, A. L IK,OI<rjyCO3SrO-EK/S Queen and High Streets, Auckland, also at Newton, Newmarket, and Symonds Street.



Public Notices V ■° ■ # Af m W ■CT & R. GRAY, The well-known Cheap Cash Draper QUEEN STREET, OPPOSITE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND, Having purchased J. Gilmour's £5,500 Stock of Drapery and Clothing 50 per cent. unde r Wholesale Cost, is now holding a HALF-PRICE SALE. TERMS CASH. NO RESERVE. N.B-As the premises in Newton are comparatively small, and the Stock very heavy, I have decided to place £2,000 worth of ib in my Queen Street premises where there is ample room and accommodation or public inspection, so that the Sale will be carried on in both places, and thus accommodate everybody. By Order Cheep Cash Draper, opposite Bank of New Zealand. v° *° ■



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S/T\ B #i\ \WZ.INDUSTKIAL GAZETTE, j. Aiil ' 3 iA A| B £ Mi.\ \si " The lileiuJing is entirely attetl- HSL 1 COIS B t&l****sik~ % dad to by Mr. Nelson 'himself, * ▼^ T v X W. who is a Taster of great experi ifci -mr B JjMJMtj training in the art." g> \Am f\ B /lr , F'™l\ " This firm deserves the sup w\f f\ p% 1 \1 » # \ «. P°rt °fall purchasers of Tea r\ La* W je as tllc art ' c ' e ic y ?fl er ' s B Ml!* ek superior to anytUinj; we r\ Btt; yßi have seen in thisColeny." \ V.V- a i& nf ?\ % pees s. # /*» >\ %" Mr. Nelson is a pro- /** %fcssional ( Taster and BY 3/- PORE BLEIDED TKAS? AUCKLAND, WELLINGTON, GHRISTGHURGH, DUMEOIM. ■ I AGENTS EYBR^WHERE,



The following are authorised t<3 RECEIVE ADVERTISEMENTS for Star:- PORTER * Co., Ibon'mosoebs, kakangahape eoad- PORTER & Co., Ironmongers. SYMONDS-STREET. PORTER & Co -» Ironmongers NEWMARKET. Mb ROBINSON, Chemist, PARNELL, Mb JONES, IBONMONQBR, PONSONBY. Mb T. J. .HENSHAW, Nbw-stbbet, ONEHUNGA. Mb HLLEWxVLL, Gbocbb, *c«» J3EJONPORT.



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