Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Winter Care of Ducks
NO farm-bred bird will show the effects of proper care or neglect so quickly as the duck, it should always be kept comfortable during the winter. While its…
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Farming & the land, 1905
94 stories in Central Coast's papers · page 2 of 5
The Horse for the Farmer
The kind of a hone the farmer should breed for his use on the farm and for market cannot be answered in one sweeping statement and made applicable to [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles, the Poultry Yard
THERE are two varieties of Indian Game, the Cornish and tho White, both of about the same shape and weight. Male birds weigh from seven and a half…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Pears and Pear Culture
MANY growers claim that it coats no more to produce a bushel of pears than the same quantity of apples, but while that may be true in some oases it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Secrets Of Success with Poultry
FOWLS should be given a warm, tight, dry house, both in winter and summer, which should be kept thoroughly whitewashed inside and out; also the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. Unceriainty in Buying Cows
CAN the dairy farmer afford to pay the higher prices for the best cows? is a question that sometimes arises. Apparently he will be just as well off to pay a…
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Autumn is a more critical period for a cow fresh in milk than winter. Cold rains and raw winds are fruitful causes of decreasing milk. The first makes inactive…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Renovating Old Orchards by Grafting
UPON almost every farm may be found old trees with sound trunks that are bearing undesirable varieties, which may be grafted, and in a few years produce…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. . the Selection of Feeding Cattle
THE success or failure of the cattle feeder depends perhaps quite as much on 'his ability, to select his cattle as on any other factor It matters little how…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Strong Flavoured Butter
At this time of the year it very often happens that butter of an unpleasant flavour is turned out, which at all other seasons of the year is of a very fair quality…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. Rape Affecting the of Milk
WHEN cows are pastured for Short periods on rye and rape the effect has been to strongly .flavour the milk and cream, which has often proved a great…
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The standard solution known as formalin contains forty percent. of the gas in water, and is very destructive to living cells. When it comes in contact with the living…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stewed Sheep's Tongues
Ingredients : — ½ dozen tongues, 1 pint stock or water; small piece of carrot, turnip and onion; 1 oz butter, 1 thin slice bacon, 1 oz flour: Bait and pepper to taste…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. Pruning Flowering Shrubs
APART from soil, climate, and cultural management, success with flowering shrubs depends upon pruning — indeed, that is generally the one most important…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles, Improvement of Corn
THE scientific study of corn has been in progress for some time past. Among the first problems were the methods of culture. Most of these problems reached…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. Success in Operating an Incubator
OPERATING an incubator successfully is a simple matter when properly attended to. The first thing I do is to olean the machine, lamp and all. Then if…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. Winter Care of Ducks
NO farm-bred bird will show the efforts of proper care or neglect so quickly as the duck. D[?]cke should always be provided with comfortable quarters during the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. Angora Goats
OF late years considerable attention has been given to the raising of angora goats, especially in mountainous districts favourable for those animals,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. Producing Onions From Seed
THIS actual time for planting onion seed cannot be stated, as it greatly depends upon the season and the state of the weather and condition of the soil in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farming for Profit. Some Instructive Manure Tests
AS a very large proportion of the dwellers in the district derive the whole or a part of their living from cultivation of the soil any…
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