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Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 35, 12 February 1890, Page 6

Public Jfotlce*. t&bH t&sSi u&y &2» fed W £tfr db ■ Fair White Hands, Bright Clear Complexion. Soft Healthful Skin. & A IV 0 Q U JX A - Adelina Patti writes :—" I have found Pears' Soap matchless for the Hands aftd Cfimpleiion." AC T7" "\T TT "D BAKING POWDER. It is the Best. Analytical Laboratory, Auckland, K0v.5,1889. Mb E. J. Thomas— Sir,—l have examined the sample of Baking Powder taken by myself from your stock in bulk, in accordance -with your instructions, and find the sample to be a good one. The ingredients are in due proportion, well mixed, and of good quality. The Powder when used produces a well-raised bread.—l am, yours faithfully, D. E. SHiftitKFE1 Galbraith, F.1.C., F.C.S. Mb E. J. Thomas— ~ Dear sir,—l have made inquiries from the people who have used your Baking Powder, and find that the Ingredients of which it is composed are well liked, and it is found perfectly wholesome and free from any iniurious effects to the system, it having greatly assisted digestion in all cases where it has been used.— Yours truly, C. G. Daley. The ingredients guaranteed pure and free from anything injurious to the system. Ask your grocer for it, and see that you get it. Once used' always used. Sold in 6d, Is, and 2s tins. MANUtfAdTURKO B¥ E. J. THOMAS, PONSONBY ROAD. fJIHE FAMILY FRIEND. AN ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY BUDGET OF ENTERTAINING READING FOR ALL CLASSES. EIGHTY I EIGHTY PRICE 3d. COLUMNS| COLUMNS S<KD EVERYWHERE. ASK YOUR NEWS AGENT FOR IT. ALWAYS CONTAINS SEVERAL CONTINUOUS STORIES COMPLETE NOVELETTES. NOTES ON THE LATEST FASHIONS. HOUSEHOLD RECIPES & REMEDIES. SUNDAY READING. STORIES FOR THE LITTLE ONES PUZZLES, GAMES, Etc. THE "ftTEW r/E ALAND fTURMER FOft FEBRUARY, is NOW PU BLISHED CONTENTS. Page. I THE FARM.—Potatce* in February— ! Cuwper'a Tree and Root-Destroyer— Month of February—Cow-grass Seed — Sisal and Flax—Advantages of the Shearing Machine- Rust and Mildew of Cereals (illustrated)— Cross-bree-ding for Beef .. ..... .- .. 25-27 Tiim Dairy.—Butter -making (continued)—ls Dairy Work Women's Work ? — Brine-cured Bacon — The Lactoorite (illustrated)— Dairy Skimmings .. 28-29 Live Stock.—Breeding of HacksSylvia Park Sale—Large White Yorkshire Pigs (illustrated) 30-31 Notes and Gleanings .. 31 THE GARDEN.-Monthly Reminders —The Compost Heap — Horticultural Clippings 33 The Fruit-Grower.—Orchard NotesHawk c's Bay—Fruit Notes from Whangarei—Drying- Fruit in America —Antipodean Fruit and Vegetables— The Grape Phylloxera (illustrated)— The Best Codlin .Moth RemedyShipping Fruit for Export—Fruit Boxes—Phylloxera Pest — Dressing Wheat for Smut, Rust, etc 34-37 THE POULTRY YARD. - About Turkeys — Brown Leghorns (illustrated)— Treatment of Fowls while Moulting—White Comb in Fowls — Diseased Poultry—Chickens Dying— Poultry Scratching 38-39 ENTOMOLOGY.—United States Bureau of Agriculture — A Plague of Crickets in -Algeria,—Entomological Items—Henops Brunneu3 ... .. 40 EDITORIAL. — Market Prospects and Reports—The Phylloxera Scare .. 41-42 MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES.—The Auckland Fruit Mai-net-Australian Crop Prospects — Iseli'ast Freezing Works — Canterbury — Cheap Wool Press—Utilisation of Surplus Vegetables—Foxes for New Zealand ~ Q2-W SPECIAL INDUSTRIES.-Flax Culture (illustrated)— The Culture of the (irus Famiiy—New Zealand Wine at the Exhibition .. .... . 44-45 EDITOR'S LETTER BOX.-Tree Culture in Wiiiitato—Henops Brunneus or " Headles3 Fly " — Manure in Orchards — A 1; armors' League— Dodder Disappearing (Bumble-foot in Fowls)— Destructive Beetles .. .. 46 Our Inquiry Department.—An Impounding Question—One Horse Implements for Garden and Orchard Work—Clover Dodder—Salt Deposits on Farming Land .. .. „. ~ 47 Reaper and Binder Trial 47 DISTRICT REPORTS. - Rainfall for November—Auckland-Otago — Masterton—Wairoa South—Rangitikei— Wanganui—North and Mid Canterbury—Bay of Plenty — Woodville — Whangarei — Hawke's Bay — South Canterbury 47^ APIARY — Seasonable Hints for February (illustrated) — Alleged Honey Poisoning Case .. ... .. 55 Letters from Beekeepers.—Comb Foundation — Whauriki — Driving, Uniting and Returning Swarms .. 56 HOME AND HOUSEHOLD.—Poetry— Ootober in a Canadian Forest—Every Inch a Man 55 Story-teller.—A Drink for Life or Death — A Cute Customer — WhEit Came of a Conversation 55-56 Ladies.—Two Scenes—Mothers and the Training of Children—Eints on Self-culture for Young Wo«ien-JFire-side Scraps ... .. 56-57 Young Folks.— Swimming as a Part of School Training—Filling our Place —Mara'a Cup— Cb.\iaren's Post Office 57-60 Household.—The Old, Old StoryHoney Beer—Housekeeping HintsKitchen Recipes .... „, .. 63^54 Agriculture and Dairying In Denmark 63 Visit to the Bay of Islands (illustrated) 63 Chemistry in osnnection with Agriculture „. „ „., 64 THE MARKETS. — London Colontti Wool Porta—Phonnium Industry „ 65 Insect ana Fungoid Growths of tiia Bay of Islands .. .. .. „ ,* 65 MjtawUaneouj* « « «. „ w