A Pigeon Farm
Nowhere in the world, in all probability, can so many tame pigeons be seen in the air as on the pigeon farm or ranch which is to be found near Los Angeles, in Southern…
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Farming & the land, 1906
98 stories in Central Coast's papers · page 2 of 5
Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All, Rights Reserved.] Flavour in Winter Butter
SOME dairy butter is better than average creamery and some is poorer. Creamery is a kind of average of the whole dairy output of its patrons, and because…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Planting and Cultivating Gooseberries
FOR cultivating gooseberries the ground is usually prepared daring the autumn by heavily manuring it with barnyard manure and then ploughing it from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles, [All Rights Reserved.] Pullets Laying During Winter
IN order to make good progress in the production of eggs daring cold weather it is essential that every egg-farmer should build up his own strain of winter-laying…
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When sending butter to market the manner in which it is packed will have a considerable effect on the returns. Butter that is packed carelessly, or in had or…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] a Portable Poultry House
TO those who wish to keep a few fowls with little outlay tot fixtures, the following description will Appeal strongly, This poultry house was devised for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tanning Coat and Sheep Pelts
Angora goat skins require aspecial care as they are difficult to tan right. The yellow colour is hard to obviate. In the first instance, the hair should be thoroughly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Growing Garden Peas
GARDEN peas is a crop which requires a moderately rich soil, although it will grow in almost any kind of soil. Some varieties do very well on even poor soil…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Skelter Por Sheep and Lambs
The question of suitable shelter for sheep at the lambing season is one that comes prominently before flockmasters at this period of the year, and it has been shown…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] the Dairy Cow
DAIRYING during the winter period is more profitable than during summer. The price of dairy products ie almost invariably higher during the cold months…
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Most farmer's consider utility as the important thing to be considered before embarking upon any new enterprise, and inquire, is there a fair profit in raising…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] Raising Hogs
THE feeding of corn to hogs on some kind of leguminous pasture, specially Boy beans, probably returns about the most profit at the least labour. Soy beans…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arable Farm Notes
As regards potato ground, it will be a wise plan to apply a dressing of dung before ploughing, it the weather will permit of hauling it on. Thus the work is got…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [Ail Rights Reserved.] Jersey Cows
THE selection of a bread of cattle to raise is as important to a farmer as is the choice of a career by the business or professional man, and in each case should…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] High Temperature Injures Cheese
THE first effect of a high temperature, and one which is always noticeable, is to make the texture ot the cheese rough and mealy and in extreme cases to show a…
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The winter supply of milk to towns is a subject that might well be more carefully considered by farmers in general. In the winter months we all know that frequently…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Dairy. Original Artioles. [All Rights Reserved,] Breeding Corn
LESS attention has been given to the breeding of corn and the selection of seed than has been given to the cultivation and maintaining of the soil…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Selection and Treatment of Brood Sows
THE first and most important thing to do in thY raising of pace bred hogs is the selection of the brood sow. No other animal en the farm will give its owner such…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Advice to Farmers
At an examination held in the Agricultural College the question was put: 'When is the best time to sow bae[?]?' A sharp country lad promptly replied:…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rural Industries. "The Farmer feedeth all."
Campbell, who has a rattling good billet as Director of Agriculture, and is doubtless a good man for the position, has been telling the "Telegraph"…
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