BRETT'S HANDY GUIDE TO NEW ZEALAND. ILLUSTRATED By E. ERNEST BILBROUGH. This Indispensable and popular work 13 now published, with Lithographed Map of THE WONDERLAND OF NEW ZEALAND- Or, Tub Best Way to Tuavel thk Coloity. , Tar, contents aia mostinteresting,andlnolurle raoy derfpiions of Uie most important and thrilling events of tho Jubileo poriod through ivhich the colony has passed. The beauties of tho country aro clopictcd—thn Northern and Souchern Lakes, Mount Cook and its Glaciers, the various Waterfalls which liavo oharmod our visitors, tho Northern and West Const Sounds; with Directory of tho towns and Cities and health resorts of Now Zculand. The book should bo found in evory homo ana library. It is published s 6d. and may be had at tha Bookueliere or Star Office, j^i r at c b Tya~o~K; STOCK anp SHARESROKEBS, No. 3, Stock EJCohanRO. und 97, Qu<!sa-*tr«oi Anc:c;»na; iviw at 4l!)au-sti-coi, Tlißmes. ' *k«okY.s«9j-j^wUick>jrw4eifiß.W'pAt?«io A i



IVTEW ZEALAND "SJURMER FOR NOVEMBER Is Now Issued. CONTENTS:— Pagh.; THE FARM. — November Month— Apples, Pumpkins, etc., aR Food for Stock—The Compulsory Clearing of Gorsc and Briars—Manure too Deeply Buried is Wasted—Hay—Ensilage in Silos and in Stacks—Notes and Glean- , ings ••;. 453-435] Live Stock.—Our Live Stock Portraits —Shearing and Dipping—Points tor Ju(l.i;in><- 1 knry Cu.ct.ie—lniyofCatioii Of Shropshire and Hampshire Downs .. 436-437: The Dairy.—Faying for Milk Accord ing to Quality-An English Milking Trial- Testing Milk at Dairy Factories —Dairy Skimmings 433-439 The New Zealand Dairy Association's Pukekohe Butter Factory .. .. 440: THIS GARDEN.—Monthly Reminders. for November—Tomato Items (ilius tratec!)—Modern VarietiesoJ: Begonias —Horticultural Clippings .. .. 441-442■ The Fruitgrower.—Orchard Notes— The liost, ileaiis lor Preventing Injury from the t'uuliii Moth or Apple Worm — Diseases or Vinos and Their Remedies 443-4 M! ENTO M0 L 0 GIC A L .-Notes for Xvovember .. .. ■ - 444 A Welcome Request : 444 THB POULTRY YARD.-Keeping ' Eggs fur Winter Sale and Use— Poultry iii the Orange Grove—Auck land IJiiit' Cochins (illutrated)—Sys tems of Judging poultry— Poultry Seratehings 446-447. The Lifeguardsman's Horse .. .. 447 Applications for New Zealand Patents 447: The Commercial Aspefit o£ Fanning. 44U' EDITOUIAL.-Farming Need not be a Dulland Uninteresting Pursuit—Fruit Exportation in Tasmania—Auckland Agricultural &ho w- Manganese Earth as a Fertiliser .. .. .. 449.450; MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES. - Hay-making (illustrated)—Au Ayr shire Herd 4511 EDITOR'S LETTER BOX. 