Nitrogen for Farm Crops
The cheapest source of nitrogen for farm crops is obtainable from leguminous plants which may be grown in the ordinary way for forage and for seed. Among these the most…
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Farming & the land, 1907
94 stories in Central Coast's papers · page 2 of 5
Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Poultry Keeping
IN order to obtain a supply of eggs during the winter period, it is necessary to embrace opportunities of the preceding summer, particularly by, having pullets…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dehorning Cattle
There is no better way of removing the horns from cattle than by sawing them off, although the process is very much slower, than when the horns are removed with a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Harvesting and Storing Sweet Potatoes
THE tubers should be dug up when the soil is dry, and care should be taken to avoid cutting or braising the tubers, as an injured tuber does not keep well when stored…
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An imported Durham bull "Berilarius" recently arrived from England took the champion prize at the Sydney show…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Crowing Rape
RAPE is undoubtedly ono of the best catch crops, as it will start growing readily at any season of the year, and furnishes a large amount of green feed…
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There seems to be an opinion that pigs intended for bacon must be fed along slowly until they have reached the required weights. This is a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Water Contained in Butter
SOME experiments have been made which show that working the butter immediately after washing slightly increases the water contained is the butter over that…
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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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Approved Methods in Growing Peaches
WHEN starting an orchard, and after the trees bare been set, there are two methods of culture, or what may be termed cropping. The first consists in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mushroom Farming in Paris
In days gone by, before Paris was the collection of magnificent buildings that is to-day, and whilst the capital was in the making, the environs were being dug and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On the Land. "The Farmer Feedeth all," the Cow at Her Best
When is a cow at her best? According to a bulletin issued by the Wisconsin Dairy Station a cow is at her best during her fifth and sixth years,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles (All Rights Reserved.] S[?]king Food in Water for Cattle
VERY rarely is food soaked in water for horses; but sometimes when horses; are worked bard it is found profitable to c[?]ff the hay and grind the grain, and to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers' and Settlers' Meeting. Lecture by Mr John Perry, M.L.A.
Under the auspices of the Wyong Agricultural Association Mr John Perry, M.L.A., delivered an interesting address on the objects of a Farmers'…
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Reports state that the citrus crops are everywhere doing well. Oranges and madarins are now changing their color, and beginning to give to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sheep's Brains
Ingredients:—1 set of brains, 1 very small piece of onion or a eschalot, salt, egg, breadcrumbs, lemon. Method,—Soak the brains for half an hour…
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A meeting of the provisional directors of the above was held in the School of Arts at 2 p.m. on Tuesday (Mr Davy in the chair), at which they…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articled [All Rights Reserved.] Breeding Cereal Grains
THERE is great need for considerable increase in the average yield of ordinary field crops, by means of good cultivation and continued selection of the most…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gosford Court House. Friday, May 17. (Before Mr Love, S.M., and Messrs Pickering and Fagan. Js.P.) Selling Diseased Cattle
Deferred judgment in the case of H. F. Searles v. Joseph Bailey, of Wyong, far selling two cows alleged to be suffering from tuberculosis, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] Growing Cabbages
IT is hardly possible to make the land too rich where cabbages are to be grown, but, it is possible to use fertilisers in such manner that their utility may be greatly…
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