Large Farming a Precarious Business
THE following figures are given by a San Francisco correspondent of a Philadelphia paper, as evidence that farming on a gigantic scale is profitable neither to the…
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Farming & the land, 1879
53 stories in New England's papers · page 3 of 3
An Old Farmer Prince and His Eccentric Ways
BY the murder of Josef Weyer, Szentes, Hungary, the Emperor of Austria has lost one of his wealthiest and most noteworthy subjects--a peasant who was popularly known at the "peasant millionaire."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Yeoman. Good and Bad Butter
WHY is it impossible to buy undoubted good potted butter either from the grocer or the merchant? As[?]the grocer why he has sent bad butter; he answers that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Why Some Farmers' Wives Become Insane
IN one of the late reports on insane asylums, the statement is made that the largest proportion of female inmates is from farmers' wives and daughters. We…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Farm Forge
THE practical work of the farm is so often delayed by breakages or needed changes which necessitate waiting long enough to take a trip to the blacksmith, that we have…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Purifying Rancid Butter
CALVIN Peck some ten years ago obtained a patent for restoring and preserving butter; his invention relates to a new process for purifying butter, having especial…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Yeoman. Sheep on Farms
LATE experiences in keeping sheep on farms in Victoria must have led many to perceive that the system of depasturing their flocks which they have borrowed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Continuous Cropping Successful
AT a late meeting of Section B. Chemical, Science Committee of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, Dr. Gilbert, F.R.S., read a paper on "Some points…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The World's Cattle Supply
AN English paper says:--If meat is scarce and dear in Western Europe, such is not the case in other parts of the world, as the following statistics relative to America, Australia, and Africa will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Corn and Cob Meal for Dairy Cows
AT the earnest solicitation of several friends I have made the following experiment with feeding corn and cob or crushed corn to one of our milch cows:…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Metropolitan Gossip. Palace Garden--cattle Show
THE attractions of the Garden Palace, have, again been added to by a splendid display of cattle. Pure-bred animals, sleek and handsome, are a sight worth seeing even to those who are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep on Farms
LATE experiences in keeping sheep on farms in Victoria must have led many to perceive that the system of depasturing their flocks which they have borrowed from the former occupants…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Cattle Supply of America
LATER accounts of the resources in. cattle of the United States of America, confirm previous statements regarding the abundance of that class of stock, and the improbability of anything like a…
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