What Lime Does to Soil. From the Prairie Farmer
LIME benefits crops in two ways; one direct, the other indirect. Directly, it is plant food, especially for roots and leguminous plants; indirectly, it makes the…
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Farming & the land, 1883
81 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 5
The Yeoman and Grazier. Raising Seed Wheat
IN an article headed New Wheats for California it is stated in the New York Sun that General Bidwell has this year exhibited sixty-four varieties of wheat grown on his farm. He…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Sheep and Cattle Supply. (From the Shrewsbury Chronicle, Oct. 13, 1882.)
A SHORT time back the times gave publicity to an extensive letter on agricultural decline, from the pen of a good practical farmer, well known and resident…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Scalps Received in the Sheep District of Glen Innes
WE have received the following statement of the number of scalps recorded in the sheep district of Glen hones, during 1882, from Mr. M, J. St. Clair,' Inspector of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wool Shearing
THE proper way is first to clean all the points, the crutch, and the belly wool, and let this first be taken away by itself. Then the neck should be carefully opened until the wool is posted, and there…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Distended Crops in Fowls Eds. Counry Gentleman
I NEVER intended to be understood that digestion in the fowl commences in the crop. The crop is only a receptacle, or first stomach, where food is moistened…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pastoral, Agricultural, and Mining Association of Central New England. Glen Innes
[?] He felt he was addressing intelligent men, and as such they were aware what his Government had done. He had been instrumental in passing several important measures, but had succeeded in doing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Tasmanian Milk Farm
A CORRESPONDENT of the Tasmanian Mail, who visited the Milk Company's farm near Hobart gives the following description of the establishment :--" The premises at New Town a few…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Oyster Farming
READERS who are interested in oysters, or in trying to make money by oysters, will find in the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN of Nov. 18 a very full paper on the subject,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Yeoman. How Fine Butter Is Made. (From the Irish Farmer.)
The process of making butter Is an important one, for the best butter may be spoiled, and poor butter may be improved in the working. When tire butter is…
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READERS who are interested in oysters, or in trying to make money by oysters, will find in the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN of Nov. 18 a very full paper on the subject, "Re…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Polled Cattle
THE DROVER'S JOURNAL (Chicago) gives the following account of the breeding of a herd of polled cattle by General L. F. Ross, of Avon, Illinois, U.S.A. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wheat Culture
THE following interesting extract, from the Melbourne Leader, should be read with interest day our fanning friends, conveying, as it does, a few practical hints in reference to wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Yeoman and Grazier. Cattle for Milk and Beef
WHY should two-thirds of our stockbreeder go in for simply fat stock, leaving the question of milk to be looked after by the dairyman? I hold, rightly or wrongly, that cattle may be bred…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Yeoman. Feeding Dairy Cattle on Roots
IT is commonly known that feeding cows heavily with turnips imparts the flavour of the turnip to the milk, but if given in moderate quantity just after milking, so…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Important Announcement. Grand opportunity for Farmers and Small Capitalists to Invest. 80-acre Selection
Situated on the Eastern slopes of the Mann River, and bounded on the West [?] Mr. E. L[?] chief constable that Farrell had been convicted on no fewer than 45 previous occasions, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Field, Farm, & Garden. Small Farms
A FEW years ago large farms were all the rage in England. Small holdings were scouted, and confident predictions were made that they would share the fate of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Yeoman and Grazier. Will Wheat Continue a Paying Crop
MANY farmers, especially at the West, are now fearful that with the rapid extension of the cultivated area in all the region between the Mississippi and the Rocky Mountains, in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Field, Farm, & Garden. the Cultivation of Native Grasses
THE QUEENSLANDER has lately called attention to a matter which has been surprising to many thinking men—why something has not been done in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Yeoman and Grazier. Tilling Land for Wheat
My idea of perfection in wheat sowing (says T. B. Terry in the Ohio Farmer) would be one kernel of choice selected grain in a place, the same distance apart each way. Eeach plant…
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