Thee farmer. Management of Breeding Ewes
I would now draw attention (says "A Practical Farmer" in the Agricultural Gazette) to the important subject of the treatment of breeding ewes during the…
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Farming & the land, 1887
59 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 3 of 3
White Polled Cattle
Acknowledgement is also due to two other correspondents who have taken notice of the remarks made about these. It was an oversight on my part, or I should…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer. The Jersey Dairy Test
The Jersey dairy test excited a great deal of interest, the contest being to some extent a new departure in showyard judging. As several of our readers have asked…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming Notes. (Martin’s Home and Farm)
GREEN CORN TOR PIGS.—Farmers who have pigs should be feeding them a large percentage of green corn. More flesh can be put on hogs fed on an acre of green corn than…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The farmer. Cooked Food
The loss of succulent food, said Professor Wallace in a lecture delivered at Newcastle, could be met by adopting the system, which has proved most successful,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fanning Notes. (Martin’s Home and Farm)
GIVE HORSE—BREEDING THOUGHT.— IN the management and business of breeding horses, there is room for much thought and study, and in fact the business cannot be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →JAM v. BUTTER
AN enthusiastic Liberal grocer in Birmingham had the other day printed in large letters on a board placed over his shop door the following words:--"Mr. Gladstone says,…
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Mr. Hobkirk, speaking at a meeting of the West Tevoitdale Farmers' Club last week, said the lessened imports of beef had no effect in raising the price; we…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmer. Pig Breeding in Denmark
In a recent report of the American Consul at Copenhagen, some particulars on the question of pig breeding are given. In the first place, with regard to the feeding…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming Notes. (Martin’s Home and Farm)
HOUSING FARM IMPLEMENTS.—If not already attended to, see that the cultivating instruments are safely housed. Don’t neglect to or paint them as they need it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miscellaneous. In the Wheat-field
When the lids of the virgin Dawn unclose, When the earth is fair and the heavens are calm, And the early breath of the wakening rose…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming Notes. (Martia’s Home and Farm)
ADVANTAGES OF DEEP PLOUGHING.—Make a soil so deep that water can drop into it to the full extent of the heaviest rain, and there will be no washing. Under this…
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To remove the glossy appearance from coat collars and elbows, rub with a cloth dipped in warm water and borax. If matting, counterpanes, or bedspreads…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Traveller. Duck Farmers in China
One afternoon we went on an interesting expedition up the river, and then turned aside into one of the many creeks to the village of Faa-tee, and thence onward in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmer. Housing Show Cattle
Comfortable and roomy quarters are essential in preparing cattle for show. Stall feeding is not the best system for show animals. Clean well-haired beasts do not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Mystery of a Hansom Cab Chapter VII. -- a Wool King
THE old Greek story of Midas, who turned everything he touched into gold, is truer than most people suppose. Medieval superstition chanced the human being who…
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Apple Blight. -- Mr. Henry Stevenson, Agricultural agent, of Melbourne says: "I recommend the following recipe for keeping off caterpillars and other grubs by destroying…
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Whatever soil is washed up on a shore of the old Missouri River belongs by law to the owner of the shore. Sometimes a whole farm changes hands by crossing the wicked river…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Next Maize Crop
AT this early period it is difficult to forecast (says the C. and R. Examiner) what will be the result of the ensuing plant of maize, yet a few remarks…
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