FARM & GARDEN. Raisins in the Foothills
It does not follow that raisin-making will pay here in the foothills on a large scale, as it does in Fresno. There they have perfectly level land. Every bunch of grapes is…
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Farming & the land, 1890
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FARM & GARDEN. Suggestions to Wheat-growers
In a bulletin recently issued by the agricultural experiment station of Indiana we find the following suggestions, winch the bulletin says are based on results of practical…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dist of Old Farmers
In regard to food, the evidence is so uniformly one way that those who advise a simple diet, and those who cry out against meat, must either hold their theories to be above…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden. In the Dorset Apple Orchards
In spring-time, when the apple trees are blossoming, I have said that a walk along the [?] of Dorset--and West Dorset particularly-is indeed a continual feast for the eye, orchard following orchard in…
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The London correspondent of the Northwestern Miller recently gave a statement of the Wheat crop of the world for 1889. The title compares as follows with previous…
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A farmer in China may be hired by the year for from $8 to $14, with food, clothing, head shaving and tobacoo. Those who work by the day receive from 8 cents to 10 cents…
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The poultry business has also entered upon a new line the raising', of broilers for spring. With the invention of artificial methods for batching and raising broods came…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden. Farm Saving
Waldo F. Brown, in the Cu[?]ter and Country Gentleman, strives to impress on every farmhand the importance of saving and safely investing a part of his wages. If he saves…
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Since independence was achieved the United States Government has been the largest owner of arable land on the earth. The total area of the 'public domain,' sold…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Leaks on the Farm
The leaks in the roots of farm buildings are not by any means all the leaks that [?]mers have to contend against. Not a fe[?] farmers buy [?]stly implements, and, when…
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From the returns at present available it can now be definitely asserted that the corn crop of the United States for the present year is the largest ever harvested. It will, in all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden. A Rabbit-Proof Fence
An excellent rabbit-proof fence may be made by placing a 9-inch redwood board four inches below the surface and above that putting three pine boards of the same width,…
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A San Diego man has invented an appliance for the destruction of scale insects. It consists of an apparatus which send[?]blast of sand, either hot or cold, against the tree…
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Analysis has demonstrated that the Muscat grape grown in this vicinity is superior by 8 or 10 per contin raisin-making qualities to the product of any other section of the State…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm and Garden. Rust Disease In Plants. Particularly That in Sugarcane and Wheat
THE subject matter, "Rustin Plants," having had my attention for a series of years, I contributed various articles relating thereto to numerous agricultural and other journals…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm and Garden. Rust Disease Is Plasm. Particularly That in Sugarcane and Wheat. Continued
Moat of us know how much has been done by hybridising or crossing the races of animals. But nut much attention has been gives to this matter as regards cereal crops…
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By deep cultivation the produce of a farm or farm land generally may be largely increased, though the surface remain the same. Twelve inches of tilled soil contain twice as…
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Nevertheless, there is utter apathy or disregard to fulfil natural requirements. The means are at hand, but some quack nostum as a specific is more acceptable to the general…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Why Some Farmers Do Not Succeed
THEY gave no attention to details. They think small things not Important. They take no pleasure in their work. They regard work as a misfortune. They weigh and measure stingily. They…
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An early and always acceptable crop is spring radishes. These may be sown every two or three weeks, and a fine succession obtained. Only a small space need be…
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