Farmer. Horse-breeding in France. The Haras System
In the first report of the Commission on the Breeding of Horses, the Commissioners refer to the desirability of establishing Haras throughout the kingdom. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mid North Coast · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1888
41 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 2 of 3
How Protection affects Farmers
We quote from President Cleveland’s address to Congress the following remarks on farmers and protection:— “The farmer and the agriculturist who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Household Hints. Wheat Puffs
Roll a sheet of good paste into circular shapes by pressing a saucer upon it and passing a sharp knife around the saucer; lay upon the half of each circle of paste a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farmer. Salt for Live Stock
Salt is a mineral substance which is perhaps unique in its usefulness to animal life. One distinction which is often made between plants and animals, especially those high in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cattle Raising in America
Nine cattle companies, backed with Scotch capital to the extent of nearly £4,000,000, have operated in the far West during the past few years with most unsatisfactory results…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rust or Mildew in Corn Crops
FROM the following interesting record it will be seen that fungi and blight are not new to Australian soils, and the reasons given for those dealt with in the annexed details, may be recognised as in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cultivate the Maize Crop
In all probability much less would be heard of the maize blight if more cultivation was given to the crop. As a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmer. A Great Irrigation Enterprise
On Wednesday, February 1st, the proximate completion of one of the most extensive and expensive irrigation enterprises ever prosecuted in California was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farm and Garden. How Bees Make Cells
In Murray's Magazine we find the following explanation of the geometrical forms which the cells of a honey-comb assume: Recent measurements and observations have…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Coloring Butter
Many people are determinedly opposed to the coloring of butter. They honestly think it is a great fraud. We do not share in this opinion. People prefer, color to their butter,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmer. Practical Dairy Hints
A Kansas city paper gives the experience of W. Z. Hickman, of Kansas, in butter making as follows:-- His experience is that of almost every…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →AGRICULTURAL. Good Dairying Pays
Without doubt, comparatively few farmers fully understand the advantages of dairying as compared with some other lines of farm work. This has been abundantly shown the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jarmer British and American Wheat Growing
The Quarterly Review, in a recent issue, treats at length of Competition in Wheat Growing," and says that "after there years of unremunerative prices, many…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →AGRICULTURE. California Bee Farming
Throughout Southern California, for a distance of 300 miles, the cors[?]range of mountains is spotted with little canyons upon whose sides maybe found a hundred…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AGRICULTURE. English Butter-Making
Skilled labour in any direction is necessary to secure results. Creameries ran by experts are destined to supply the gilt-edged butter commanding the highest price in our markets…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farm and Garden. Farm Cisterns
The surface soil is removed to a depth of eighteen inches to exclude frost in the winter and heat in the summer. The excavation is made in the shape of an egg with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AGRICULTURAL. Creameries or Butter Factories. in New England and the Middle States of America. the Creamery at Glens Falls, N. Y.
The dairymen in the vicinity of Glens Falls, N. Y., were dissatisfied with the returns they were receiving for their milk products. Many were selling to the milk contractors;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AGRICULTURAL. Farming and Poultry
A correspondent of the Journal of Agriculture says: There is no employment better calculated to secure happiness to him who performs his duties well, than the life of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AGRICULTURE. English Butter-Making
Skilled labour in any direction is necessary to secure results. Creameries ran by experts are destined to supply the gilt-edged butter commanding the highest price in our markets…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AGRICULTURAL. What Constitutes Good Farming?
An answer to the above question suggests thought in many directions. A proper attention to every matter concerns the farm whether it be attention to stock, care of…
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