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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Farming & the land
83 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 3 of 5
"THIS is, perhaps, the most important point in laying down land. All varieties of grasses and clovers possess affinities for particular soils, and the success or failure of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SAID a member of the Legislature, the other night, at a Banquet held at the opening of a Town Hall in one of the suburbs, "I believe emphatically in the divine right…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?] the Legislative Assembly, [?] William Clarke moved,—"1. That, in [?] opinion of this House, the rate of railway freight on farm produce should not exceed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AFTER MANAGEMENT.—When grass seeds have been sown alone, a roller should be drawn over the field as soon as the young plants are about 3 or 4 inches high, and if any…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ONE of the most extraordinary cases on record of the non-germination of winter wheat is reported to have occurred in Europe. [?] field of this grain, which had been sown the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →C.G.T. of Galesburg, Illinois, sends the fo lowing record to the American Stockman of his cow out of a graded Shorthorn and by a thoroughbred Devon bull; weight 930lb…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AMONG many other sins the "strongest government" have to answer for, is the flooding of the whole country with J.P.'s. Gentlemen so adorned are now so common…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →" THOUSANDS of meadows and upland pastures are producing less than half the quantity of hay and feed which the land is capable of, from a deficiency of plants of those…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"THE practice of allowing grass to run to seed on the land is very mischievous. Many farmers do it under the impression that it improves the pasture, but it has exactly the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SEEING that just now, the farmers of the colony have hosts of friends who are constantly parading the great and manifold difficulties they, as a class, have to contend…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →I tell ye it's nonsense, said Farmer Ben, This farmin' by books and rules, And sendin' the boys to learn that stuff At the agricultural schools…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IN the Rural New Yorker, a correspondent asks a cheap way of converting old, dry cattle bones into manure; and their value in comparison with that of barn manure…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Herald's London correspondent, writing from that city on the 27th July, opens thus: —"The old battle cries of 'Free Trade' and 'Protection,' with the newer watch words of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following return of sheep held by "squatters"—taken from the Government Gazette for Canterbury and Otago, New Zealand—gives an idea of the vast flocks…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"DOCTORING" FARM ANIMALS.—It is a poor practice to be continually dosing animals. When we see a farmer frequently visiting the drug store for medicines for his stock the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IT has been officially announced that a new Terminal station is to be built at Richmond, which in itself is a real good thing. But is it the intention of the Department to stop at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IT is not a general practice with farmers to give salt to pigs, or to mix it in their food. Salt is no more injurious to a pig than to a person. The stomach of a pig and its…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IT has been said that "competition is the life of trade;" and we shall be the last to impugn its accuracy. And while admitting that even a good thing may be overdone, it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →I HAVE perused the letter of Mr. Geo. F. Macarthur under the above heading, in your valuable issue of 22nd inst. The question put, What is to be the ultimate outcome of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It might almost be considered surplusage in a district like this, to write ever so little on this estimable forage plant, seeing how long and how extensively it has been cultivated…
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