A Sheep Plague
ONE of the blessings claimed for our modern civilisation has been the extraordinary increase to our facilities of inter-communication. But this may prove an evil too, at times. As a…
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Farming & the land, 1880
85 stories in New England's papers · page 3 of 5
New Taxes. Wool Duty
THE duty is to come into operation on the 1st August, 1880, and is to be levied according to the following scale, viz.:—1. Upon Greasy Wool a duty of one…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Yeoman. a French Critic on Australian Sheep
M. DE Savington concludes his examination of the merino sheep shown at the late International Show at Sydney by an enquiry into the weights of the best…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →How the Stock on the Farm May Be Improved
UNQUESTIONABLY the most profitable course for the general farmer to adopt in improving the quality of his live stock is to begin by the purchase of tirat-class…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Yeoman. Foot Rot in Sheep. (Agricultural Gazette.)
WHEN an amateur student with Professor Williams, principal of the now Veterinary College, Edinburgh, I interested myself in diseases which cause loss to stockholders,…
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IN general only dried fruit is used from which to make the butter. They can, and some times do, use the green fruit, but it is not so practicable in the cities…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Yeoman. How They Preserve and Pack Butter in Illinois, United States
IT matters little what package is used (says a writer in the 'Country Gentleman') provided the flavour of the butter can in no way receive harm from anything…
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THE extreme folly of those who deride the idea of meat becoming the staple production of a settled or agricultural population, and not of a squatting one, is made apparent by the events of the last…
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OLEOMARGARINE MANUFACTURE.-- The process carried out in the American factories by which suet is converted into the substance called " oleomargarine' is as follows :—The crued suet, after first…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Yeoman. Poultry in Connection with Farming. (From the Journal of Horticulture.)
To devote land entirely to fowls is not making the best of it, for to keep the important cost of rent down they must be crowded in large numbers upon a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Association
A GENERAL meeting of the members of the above society was held at the Council Chambers on Friday afternoon, for the purpose of receiving the result of the ballot for office-bearers for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Liver Fluke, or "Sheep Rot."
WITHIN the last few months there has been great destruction of life among the sheep of Great Britain, from the "Rot," which is the result of an unusual development of the liver parasite…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Review of the Wool Sales
THE London correspondent of the Melbourne Argus writes :--With the statistics of the series of colonial wool sales which closed on the 8th inst., your readers have been already made…
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THE 'Argus' says:—We published a letter in our issue of Monday, headed "Slaughtering Cattle for the English Market," which is well worth the…
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THE following are the revised rules of the above . Society as recently adopted by the committee appointed for that purpose ;-- I. That the name be "The Pastoral,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →What Is a Grain of Wheat?
PEOPLE handle a large amount of wheat and yet very few know what it really is, and no doubt will be surprised when we tell them that it is a little sack which has…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Exhausting the Soil. (Prairie Farmer.)
THERE are no soils, however rich, that with continuous cropping will not in time wear out. With some soils it is true, great liberties may be taken in the…
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NOT long since Mr. T. L. Hawley, of Syracuse, New York, read a paper before the American Dairymen's Association. From its positions we make up…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Progressive Farmer
THIS is not necessarily only the man who can boast his hundred of acres of waring grain or snowy cotton, his broad meadows or herds of stock, but he is essentially…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Local and Other Notes. Pastoral and Agricultural Association.--
A meeting of the committee was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday afternoon, the President (Mr. Clark) in the chair. The programme for the next show, which is to be held on the 19th and…
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