Germanton Pastoral and Agricultural Society
The annual show opened on Wednesday Under unusually unfavourable conditions. The weather, which had been promising for a few days previous, suddenly changed, a heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Farming & the land, 1889
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The Farm, Station, and Garden. Common Disorders Affecting Cattle. Diseases of and Injuries to the Eyes
If we except simple ophthalmia and conjunctivitis, the diseases affecting the eye of the [?] are neither numerous or of frequent occurrence. A blemished eye is by no…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Farmer. The Care of Milk
The practical dairyman should know the composition of milk and what he wants to get out of it. In 100 pounds of milk there is about four pounds of butter, 3 1/2 pounds…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disease From Work. Ills That Afflict Farmers, Bakers and Day-Laborers. Maladies of Glass-Blowers, Boiler-Makers, Engineers and Stockers on Railroads—Blacksmiths and Teamsters also Suffer from Serious Afflictions
These persons who are engaged in out-of-door occupations, as a rule, breathe a pure air and have plenty of muscular exercise. They are usually robust and brawny, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dairy Hints
The testimony accumulated that it is better to food milch cows but twice per day, as it is alleged that well-fed cows can put in their time resting and rem[?]eticating their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmers' Stock and the World's Markets
But even regarding the existing surpluses of meat in Australia, have we in Victoria no blame to bear through neglected opportunities? What checked…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmer. [?]eases of Fowls
[?]many diseases incident to [?] impossible to describe the [?] in a brief article. The [?]evalent in the winter and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cleanliness in the Dairy
The cleaning of dairy utensils is a matter nearly always inefficiently performed. The common practice is to clean the outside of the pails after milking, and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Stock Market. Pastoral Times Office, Deniliquin, Friday Evening, September 30, 1889
THE flood water have been rising steadily all the week and [?] traffic has been suspended between North and South Deniliquin since Wednesday last owing to the submergence [?]. There [?] spoken of but the floods here,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melbourne Wool Market. (Dalgety and Company Limited) Melbourne. September 18
WOOL—Accounts from Riverina speak of frequent interruptions to shearing caused by wet weather, while in many cases wool is detained in the sheds pending the subsidence of floods and the restoration of road traffic. Early…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmers Stock and the World's Markets. No. III
And when the Railway department has done its work, will the farmers be ready? There has been much teaching and preaching amongst the farmers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmer. Education Among Farmers. How shall Farmers Retain and Make Practical their School Learning?
No class in the community is more anxious to provide good schools than are our farmers and none so ready to sustain them at great cost, and often at great personal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Horrors of Leprosy. An Explanation of the Hideous Affliction in All Its Farms
Leprosy, which late has attracted such widespread attention, has been broadly discussed by Dr. Joseph Bechtinger. Dr. Bochtinger is at present Burgeon to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pastoral and Agricultural Society
A meeting of the committee of this society was held on Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Grieve occupied the chair, and the other members present were Messrs. Dight, Kernan, J. Day,…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Colonial V. London Wool Sales
Commenting on an article which recently appeared in. the Economist, the Journal de Commerce, of Verviers, a periodical which is published under the direction…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A Headless Ghost. An English Farmer's Cruel Revenge on His False Lady Love
About thirty miles south of London, in one of the prettiest parts of England, is a village called Shalford. Adjoining it is a large common, or public pasture. There are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmer. Destroying Runt Pigs
If nature makes a runt in the litter, it is fair warning that the mother does not furnish food enough to supply the whole number. It is very rarely that a farmer can be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmer. Talks With My Neighbors
" I once observed the roots of an apple tree, as large as my arm, running below the bottom of a gravel pit ten feet deep." "I once had business with a man digging…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farm, Station, and Garden. Cross Breeding for Eggs and Table Fowls
Cross breeding, or the mating of a male bird of one pure breed with hens of another pure breed, or vice versa, is invariably resorted to by those who wish to rear hardy…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Why Farming Does Not Pay
There are two reasons why oar farmers are unable to obtain a profitable return for their capital, time, and labour :—1. Because they have to compete against the surplus produce of other…
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