Clean Wheat
When you Bend dirty wheat to market, wheat that is Any less than as clean as it is possible for you to make it, you deliberately turn over…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1890
61 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers · page 2 of 4
Cure for Worms in Sheep
The following information, issued by the Chief Inspector of Stock to the various inspectors of stock in the colony, has been handed us for publication:—It…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →An English farmer on Ensilage
"BEING an unfortunate landlord, and having a farm thrown on my hands, I had to consider, especially during this inclement season, what course I should…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Farmer
There are a few things out farmers seem to Forget in the raising of pork. One thing is that slop and dirty dish-water are not good enough for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Administration of the Land Act. a Protest by Farmers
COOTAMUNDRA, Saturday.—A large and influential meeting of farmers and others interested in the administration of the Land Act was held…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Good Way to Pull Wool
To pull wool well is an art necessary for any sheep owner to know. Sprinkle the wet skins on the flesh side, with air-slaked lime; lay two…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Farmer. Points in Ploughing
THE points of merit in ploughing are:—I. A straight furrow of uniform width and depth. 2. A clean cut slice. 3. A well laid furrow slice,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Intercolonial Sheep Shaw
THE intercolonial exhibition of sheep, &c, a sort of appendage to the Agricultural Society's Exhibition of three months ago, was continued on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →How Much Butter?
How much milk does it require to make a pound of butter? asks a correspondent. It depends on the milk. Six pounds of some milk will…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Worms in Sheep. Department of Mines, Stock Branch, Sydney, 11th June, 1890
Turpentine and Salt Lick for Worms in Sheep. SIR,—It would seem from cummunications received from…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Farmer. Curing Potato Disease
RECENT experiments in France have served to prove the efficacy of sulphate of copper as a remedy against potato disease. The potato…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Among the Sheep
As an appropriate precursor to rush for lend there was the rush for sheep during the previous week. "To get the cage before we get the bird"…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Farmer. Winter Feeding for Eggs
IF the hen is kept warm and comfortable, the food required to provide her with Animal heat will be correspondingly, lessened. Knowing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shearers and Wool Growers
BY the quietude that lurks around the subject of unionism and non-unionism in this district at the present, it is very hard to say what…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Farmer. Experience with a Cheap Silo
Last year 1 fitted up, inside of a barn, a silo with a capacity of one hundred ton of corn silage. The entire cost was only forty-three…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Farmer. Comfort of Cows
I SUPPOSE (says a correspondent of the Queenslander) at some portion of every dairy former's life he has had on a cold rainy morning at about 3…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Farmer. Death to Fruit Tree [?]
AT the instance of the [?] Agriculture, a visit was recently [?] to Parramatta by Mr. Gulley for [?] purpose of experimenting on [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Farmer. Sore Feet in Sheep
The foot of a sheep has a peculiar secretive gland and a duct through which a viscid secretion escapes between the claws. This is…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Shearing Notes. the Kouba Wool
[?]consignment of 32 bales of[?] neared by non-union hands [?] by train early on Saturday [?] from Konta Station, on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Farmer. Green Bide
If you use green hide or oiled leather strings for mending harness, or sewing together other articles, cut a supply and soak the ends…
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