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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 61

[introduction]

The New Zealand Farmer, Bee and Poultry Journal.—I have recently been delighted by the specimen copy of the above monthly periodical, and would like to do myself the pleasure of recommending it to every man, woman, and child in New Zealand. The paper is a credit to the colony in every way, and any person who wishes to give home friends an idea of the advanced position of New Zealand journalism could not do better than send them a few copies of the above. The subjects of Farming, Gardening, Beekeeping, the Timber Trade, and the state of the Markets are all admirably discussed. To these are added some first-class "jocularities," a few good stories for grown people and for children, receipts for the ladies how "pies to make," and "bread to bake," and how "to knit the sock," and "mend the frock," etc. There is no better paper of the kind in England to my knowledge. Most astonishing of all, the subscription is only 10s. per annum. The price of a single copy is is. There are some capital selected and original poems in it, of which the following is a slight variation. The lines written in italics are altered just to please the mortgagees:—