The "New Zealand Farmer ,, for May comes to hand ropleto with solid informa tion upon every branch of rural industry. An article entitled " Li f e on a Small Farm " is full of interest for both tho actual and the intending settler. The observations of the writer are founded upon a very long experience of farming life in New Zaaland. Tho live stock department shows tho pre vailing interest taken in sheep farming at present by tho largo amount, ot space de voted to practical articles on this subject, beginning with one by a practical authority on the management of sheep on small farms, and ending with a contribution entitled "Mutton Cutlets/ There is also tho con tinuation of a series of articles on cross breeding sheep, in which will be found the opinions of such well-known breeders as MessisThrelkeld, of Inglewood, JohnGrigg, of Longbeach, VV, E. Ivey, of the Lincoln School of Agriculture, and several other.--, upon the different crosses and their merits. In tho garden columns appears tho first of a series of illustrated articles on small fruib culture, raspberries being the fruit dealt with this month. All grape growers should read tho remarks of a practical grower on the treatment of vines in autumn. The poultry columns contain some excollent contributions, and a <_'ood engraving of a Langshan hen ot true typo lately imported by a Wanganui breeder. Tho loading article deals with the reported intention of the Government to grunt ex poro bonuses on butter, and another article discusses tho prop: sed codlin moth legislation. Wo have only men tioned a tithe of tho valuable and instruc tive contents of the current number of this popular agricultural journal.
