Testing Farm Seeds
First, to test for purity, select a sample from the bulk seed, taking a little from top, middle, and-bottom of a single bag. Small seed…
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Farming & the land, 1907
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The Departed Dairymaid
The chief feature of the Dairy Show of Islington is the use of machinery for processes formerly carried out by hand. Where is the old-fashioned dairymaid…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Breeding Dairy Cattle
One thing always advisable to consider when men start out buying pure-bred cattle (writes Hoad's Dairyman) is that the knowledge, skill, and character…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Dairy. Siberian Butter
Siberian butter, in the opinion of the "Grocer," London, promises to exercise more influence on the London butter market in the future than in the past…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Dairy. Original Article. [All Rights Reserved.] The Sheep Fly
It is a singular fact that ovines are the only animals of the farm that suffer from fly attacks, i.e., maggots, and if they are not looked to carefully, they…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bylong Cattle Safe
Messrs. Pitt, Son, and Badgery, Ltd.,. report having held a sale of store cattle at Muswellbrook on Friday, 6th inst; yarding 907 bullocks on account of Mr, John Lee,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Weighing Pigs and Sheep
It is often very desirable to weigh pigs or lambs to see whether or not they are making profitable gains. For the farmer who has no platform scale, an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney-Brisbane Wool Sales
Mr. H. C. M’Cullech writes to the “Sydney Morning Herald, December 12, 1907—“Mr. Francis Bacon’s recent letters, and your own sub-leader of the 9th inst.,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Field. Growing Crops Depoult Lim[?]
Recent research has shown that cro[?] in their process of growth leaze behind in the soil a residence of lime. which may account for the fact that average crops…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Cyclone at Woollongong Cattle Blown Into a Lake. Boatshed Carried Away
In connection with Monday's cyclone, reports continue to come in. It was not felt at Dapto, while at the Canterbury-road and its…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Dairy. Municipal Milk Depots
The following are the main provisions of the Bill Introduced into the House of Common by Mr. John Burns, President of the Local Government Board,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farm and Field. Influence of Seed Selection
How necessary it is for a farmer to exercise care in the selection of the seed that he commits to the ground is being increasingly demonstrated — the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Dairy. Original Article [All Rights Reserved.] Age In Cattle
In addition to the teeth as indicators of age in cattle, there are other marks to enable one to judge by, such as every man ought to be thoroughly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wool Market
Owing to the heavy and increasing withdrawals of wools offered at auction during the past few weeks, the Sydney Wool Selling Brokers held a prolonged meeting last Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Crops about Orange!
The crops about Clergate are not more than 2ft., and bear full testimony to the unwonted dryness of the season. The grasshoppers invaded the district last week, and…
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