Dairy and Creamery
When the dairyman has a sufficient number of heifers in milk, all by the same thoroughbred sire, to supplant the original herd of promiscuously selected…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farming & the land, 1906
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The Dairy. Starting a Dairy
One of the first things I would do in starting a dairy would be to get all of the information I could by observing, what others are doing, and by reading…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Green Crops for Humus
It matters not how or where we get the vegetable matter so long as we get the Green crops have been recommended for years and years, but a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm and Field. Selection of Seed Grain
Now that the grain harvest is approaching the time is opportune to suggest to wheat-growers the importance of making a selection of the best…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Handling Farm-yard Manure
All manure, it makes no difference whether it is carted on to the held in the autumn, winter, or spring, should be spread at once. It should never be left…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Business End of Farming
If there is any one occupation at the present time that is in need of business methods it is farming. Grain is grown, harvested, sold; cattle and sheep are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Practical Butter Working
In working butter never slide the [?]ddle over the surface, as such treatment injures the grain. The best method is to remove the milk by using a gentle downward pressure…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Sales
Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., held their last [?] for the year on [?] when they offered a large and attractive catalogue of 4,550 bales, of which they sold 4,844 bales,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wheat Market
Large quantities of wheat (old) have been trucked during the week. The farmer's grain shed is just about clear for the incoming harvest…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stock Rep[?] Stock Moveme[?] Pastoral Times [?]
The following are the stoc[?] 101 cattle, S. Kingston’s, B[?] quin; 180 Shropshire rams, [?] ton’s, Victoria to Deniliqu[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Albury Wool Sales. Record Price for Lambs Wool
W. S. Norman and Co. report their second wool sale of the season on Friday to a large gathering of buyers, many representing home manufacturing firms. The market…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.]
MOST flowers need but little attention as long as showery weather continues in spring, but they require care to produce good results during the hot, dry weather of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farming—Its Humorous Side
"By gosh Farmin is a wonderful game." said the man with the cross eye. "What's that" he jerked out as someone asked what he knew about it…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairying. the Successful Separation of Cream
We extract the following from an interesting article on this subject in the "Australian Farm and Home":— Errors to be Avoided…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →USING MiCROBES to Grow Beans. by Means of Bacteria Barren Land May Be Made to Crow Luxuriant Crops
Nitrogen is one of the most important elements of the food of plants, and this they absorb from the soil principally through their roots…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Punishment of a Baby Farmer
Elizabeth Miller, one of the principal in the baby-farming crimes at Leeds has been sentenced to five years imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Peculiar Deaths in Travelling Sheep
An unfortunate loss occurred to a mob of 3200 mixed sheep, travelling from D Block to Swan Hill, which crossed, at Balranald on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne, December 18
The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., held their last sale before the holidays this (Tuesday) afternoon, when they submitted a very…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Butter Factory
Matters continue to progress very satisfactorily at the local Butter Factory. There are now upwards of 60 suppliers, including a number from Mathoura, who are all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Japanese Goldfish Farms
Although the goldfish occurs in a wild si a to in Japan, it is probable that China, some 100 years ago, furnished tho stock from which tho wonderful varieties of…
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