Hints to Squatteks and Farmees. Fencing
BEFORE leaving the subject of sheep proof fences, I may be expected to describe the chock-and-log fence. To some it may appear a useless expenditure of time to…
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Farming & the land, 1868
68 stories in New England's papers · page 4 of 4
Necessity for Culling Out Inferior Sheep
WE have frequently pointed out the necessity which exists for getting rid of large quantities of the inferior sheep which are to be found on many stations. The practice…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hints to Squatters and Farmers. Sulphurous Acid As a Food Preserver
DR. DEWAR has pursued his enquiries on the properties of sulphurous acid, and has made another discovery which promises to be of incalculable benefit to mankind. His…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Model Farm in the West
DURING the past few weeks the farmers in the immediate neighbourhood of Bathurst have arrived at the conclusion that the hay harvest will be, on many of the farms, a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Spanish Rams for Fine Wool
FOR many years past it has puzzled me why our sheep-owners and flockmasters import rams from Saxony instead of Spain. That a single ram has been brought from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Peck of Wheat to the Acre
MR. Mechi writes as follows to the 'Mark Lane Express':—The peck of wheat per acre sown the second week in November looked like a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hints to Squatters and Farmers. Portable Apparatus for Sheepwashing
MR. George Cox gives in the 'Mudgee Post* the following particulars of sheep washing which he has adopted:—When I was in England I saw, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Value of a Railroad to the Farmer
AN American journal says on the above subject:—It is proper to bear in mind that the figures here given present only one of the…
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