Getting Up Wool F[?]r the Market
THE question whether who should be washed on the back of the set is,, we perceive, just now attracting att[?]tion among the due Now Zealand sheep-farmers, and the…
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Farming & the land, 1865
58 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 3
On Dairy Farming
ARTIFICIAL summer and early autumn feed is necessary to continue cows in full milk, and in winter, mangolds and carrots are of great value to supplement the meagre growth of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Farm and Garden.—notes on the Month
THE dry weather now prevailing may be supposed to be at length disturbing any calculations which the dairyman might have made with regard to the supply of milk from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To the Farmers
IT is almost premature to say what the position' of the farmer, as affected by the present harvest, is likely to be; but, although it is tolerably well ascertained that nothing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farming Notes on the Month
MANY farmers who, through fear of the rust, neglected to put in their usual crops of wheat, will now see that their fears in a great measure were unfounded. From…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Scab in Sheep
THE return of infected sheep in the colony, at 31st August and 30th November, 1864, ordered by the Legislative Assembly to be printed, 31st January, 1865, contains the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Why Farming Does Not Pay
WITH the very low prices for corn ruling in England, and the only moderate price of meat, after the serious losses of root and other crops from the drought of last summer,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ostrich Farming
The Cape Argus publishes the following statement, taken from a Colesberg paper:—At a meeting of the committee of the Agricultural Society, held…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Farm—notes on the Month
THE want of feed of all kinds for stock is at length becoming a very serious matter. The grass pastures have long ceased to afford anything but a precarious supply to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Profits and Advantages of Sufficient Capital in Farming
IN continuation of our remarks last week on the want of sufficient capital being one of the chief causes of farming being so often an unremunerative pursuit, we may be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Advantages of Small Flocks of Sheep
IT is curious to note how opinions are changing as to the feeding capabilities of the country, and this principally because of the fencing and subdividing so many…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Annual Review of the London Wool Market, 1864
The opening of the year was not marked by any special feature, there were a few contracts made, but to a very moderate extent. Prices kept firm to March, at which sale there was plenty of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pedigree Wheat
A GOOD deal of attention has been attracted in England to the merits of a seed wheat known as Hallett's Pedigree, from which some most extraordinary results have been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Farm
WORK FOR THE SEASON.—The contention between the old and new schools upon the subject of thick or thin seeding does not appear to have yet penetrated to our latitudes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Farm.—notes on the Month
THE notices of this column of the various operations carried forward in the farm, though necessarily brief, are yet intended to convey the best illustrations and rules for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairy Management
JUST at this particular time of the year, and especially after such a season, the advantages of good management in the dairy are most apparent, and the profits are, besides, high…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Farm. -- Notes of the Month
Soils and other Constituents. -- It is now ascertained beyond a doubt that the earthy and saline substances found in plants arc as necessary as any other part of their food; and that if soil is deficient…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →London Wool Report
The Times of March 27th says:—The first series of colonial wool sales of 1865 commenced on the 2nd instant. They comprised 84,352 bales, of which 23,654 bales were…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Farm.—notes on the Month
SOILS AND THEIR CONSTITUENTS.—It is now ascertained beyond a doubt that the earthy and saline substances found in plants are as necessary as any other part of their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairy Management.—cheese
THE quality of cheese does not depend so much on the system which is employed in its manufacture as on the care and trouble exercised in carrying out whatever method…
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