Pastoral Extracts. Ayrshire Cattle
For purely dairy purposes, the Ayrshire cows deserve the first place. They may not afford so large a quantity of milk as many other breeds, but for the amount of food…
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Farming & the land, 1866
62 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 4
Washing Sheep
OPPOSITION to this practice is being made by many intelligent sheep farmers. They urge that it is often done very carelessly, and that those who take pains to do it well…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agricultural Extracts. What Ails Some of Our Wheat Land?
Some of our wheat crops are failing—not from the midge or fly, but the crop is deficient—not what it used to be. There are many such cases. These crops are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Value of the Roller in Farming
These is no better pulveriser to follow the plough than the roller. We have evidence enough of this fact. No matter how cloddy the ground lifts, if the roller follows,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miscellaneous Hints for Farmers. Reaping and Mowing Machine
MR. Charles Munn, of Erin township, writes to the 'Canada Farmer' commending to the attention of his brother farmers Ball's Ohio Reaper and Mower combined…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pastoral Extracts. Chinese Sheep
HIS Excellency M. Rouher has just sent to the Acclimatisation Garden a ram and a ewe of the sheep of China, which he had received last year, and the fecundity of which,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pastoral and Agricultural Society of New England
ON Monday the quarterly meeting of the Committee was held, in the Council Chamber, shortly after noon. 12 members were present being Mr. H. A. Thomas President, Mr. C. T. Weaver one of the two Vics…
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A SPECIAL general meeting of members was held yesterday, in the Council Chamber, to receive the report of the sub-committee on the ploughing matches contemplated. Some 21 or 22 persons were present…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London Wool Report. — April 25, 1866
SINCE the close of last sales there has not been much animation in our market. For the first fortnight of this mouth some few parcels changed hands at a fair profit, but the possibility of war has caused dulness…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miscellaneous Hints for Farmers. Profitable Poultry Keeping
WHILE admitting a weakness for fancy and pretty fowls, I must state that they are very dangerous inmates of a poultry yard. Where profit is desired, merely fancy breeds…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miscellaneous Hints for Farmers. Farming with Spade and Hoe
One who signs himself "A Small Farmer on Lake Kashagawigamog" thus writes to the 'Canada Farmer' of Jan. 15, 1866:— In November of last year you thought…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agricultural Extracts. a Productive Farm
To give some idea of the productiveness of land in this vicinity (Drydeu, Thompson County), we might instance the farm of Joseph M'Graw, Esq, lying some mile and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Wool Report, June 26
THE sales which commenced on May 10th closed on June 23rd, the quantities catalogued comprising 24,671 bales Sydney, 72,084 bales Port Phillip, 45732 bales Tasmania, 20,071 bales Adelaide, 2305 bales…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral Extracts. Sheep Farming and Breeding
MR. W. J. Browne has at oar request kindly favoured us with some remarks on his method of sheep-farming on his Moorak Estate at Mount Gambier. We believe…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miscellaneous Hints Tor Farmers. Large Crops of Mangel Wurzel. To the Editor of the 'Canada Farmer.'
SIR—I perceive, in your edition of January the 1st, that Mr. Johnson, of Genesee, has obtained at the rate of thirty-three tons of mangels to the acre, and Considers it a…
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THERE seems too much reason to fear that an organised system of sheep stealing has been established from some stations in New England that border on very rough country, in which it is believed the sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Cattle Stealing Prevention Act
SQYATTERS fail to make use of the present laws to their full extent. It frequently happens that persons are brought before the court for cattle stealing, of whose guilt no one has any moral doubt, but who,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Improvement in Sheep Breeding
THERE is in another column an advertisement from Mr. M'Master, with reference to a varied assortment of ram lambs, which we specially commend to the notice of sheep breeders…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pigeons As Farm Stock
No matter at what time of the year a pigeon's crop may be opened, it will be found to contain at least eight times as much of the seeds of weeds as of wheat, or rye, or corn, or…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pastoral Extracts. Hints to Small Sheep Breeders. (Communicated to the ' Western Post.')
In pointing out the supposed errors of those who have gone before us it is not necessary to exculpate ourselves from blame in the systems we pursue for the improvement of…
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