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THE last game of a well-supported and (apart from the natural con sequence of wet weather) successful season was duly contested of Saturday last. The sides were—Mr Itol,isuoix Tenni : Messrs Keili nest, Mr L. Stephen, E. Covell, and W. Robinson (back), and Wembley Park : Messrs

OPIN COMPETITION AT PAM. MAIICITISTER. A open competition for amateurs and professionals was held on the e %Miens coursed the Manchester toil Club In Trafford Park, Manchester, Wednesday. Prises to the amount of £4O were offered for competition •titosig4 the prolessionels, the a

for scoring, but the links were at full medal stretch. First class: E. J. Bruoe (8), 3up ; J. S. Gaunt (7), 2 up; E. A. Sykes (scr.), H. H. Barker (scr.), J. Bairstow (2), T. B. KeiShley (5), and P. Holmes (8). 1 down ; 0. S. Brook (6) and E. N. Longhorn (7), 3 down; A. Moore (6

all. Ido not add any lime because the soils I have to amnia, contain suScient lime, and beak she contains about to 30 per cent. of lime. My method is as indirect one. Pot No. 1 always gives the best yield, and No. 4 the worst. By comparing the yields of Pots 2 and 3 with that of

Tea elaborate investigations that are being carried out under the auspices of the Somerset County Education Committee at. the county experimental fann, Bickenhall, in testing the rt lative richness of the milk of different breeds and the results that accrue from mixing the vario

PI s%- 111 , t.N NaTICUI Aks U .1 ink Nil. BOULTON & PAUL Ltd., Norwich. MUSGRAVE'S PATENT STABLE FITTINGS. COLD MEDAL PARIS EXHIEITION, 1900. CRAVE'SI,2, 1 • By Breda! AptiMidment to Ilia Maim*, &Da Xing. 'he Prince of Balm, the Duke of klaxedlohure. the Emiiren , Frederick of

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GAME FARM (Now the oldest end principal Game harm). Several thousand PHEASANT POULTS ; also ADULT BIRDS Par priors sad full particulars APPLY TO Ma. as above PHEASANT POULTS & ADULTS.