Field, Farm, & Garden. May
CORRESPONDS to November in Great Britain. Kitchen Garden.—Prepare the ground for the early spring crops by thoroughly…
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Farming & the land, 1883
81 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 5
The Yeoman and Grazier. Poultry Keeping by Small Farmers
THIS is a subject of great interest, because we believe the profits to be made from well managed poultry are sufficient to have in many cases turned the scale, and made the difference…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Field, Farm, & Garden. How to Feed Horses
AN American writer says:—Let each horse have three meals a day, consisting of one quart of corn meal and two quarts of wheat bran, mixed with a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Keeping Butter
PROFESSOR SHELDON'S lecture on 'Milk and Butter, and How to Keep Them,' has been made the subject of a communication to the Cultivator and Country Gentleman (Albany, N.Y.) by Z…
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PROFESSOR SHELDON'S lecture on 'Milk and Butter, and How to Keep Them,' has been made the subject of a communication to the Cultivator and Country Gentleman (Albany, N.Y.) by Z…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Field, Farm, & Carden. a Rope From Shee[?]s Entrails
A STRONG and durable article of belting (says the TOWN AND COUNTRY made[?] Oakland, California, out of the atrails[?] sheep. The entrails, which wil avera[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Field, Farm, & Garden. June
CORRESPONDS to December in Great Britain. The rainy season has generally set in by this time, and in some parts of the country operations are considerably…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Field, Farm, & Garden. Little Attentions Required by the Horse
THE following are among some of the attentions required by the horse, drawn attention to by the NATIONAL LIVE STOCK Journal, under the above heading:—…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Field, Farm, & Garden. the Manure Heap
MOST of the products of the farm have been gathered for the year, but the manure heap should now begin a rapid and healthful growth. The manure crop is,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Field Farm & Garden. Culture of Barley
THE best soil to grow wheat is also the best for barley. This is a rich loam both plants requiring compactness and fineness of mould. Light soil whether…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Field, Farm, & Garden. Plants Without Earth
TO cultivate plants without earth has long been the dream of chemists; after years of patient study the gardener of Vascceuil has discovered a means of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →More Enemies to Farm Crops. (European Mail, May 18.)
As if the battalions of these were not numerous enough or sufficiently diversified, another has been added to the lists of the farmers' pests. A brown slug—not…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Field, Farm, & Garden. July
Corresponds to January in Great Britain; it is usually a very wet month. Kitchen Garden.—Keep the hoe at work, as weeds are numerous. If the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Field, Farm, & Garden. Milk Selling
IT may be as well to remind intending milk-sellers that they should at all times be careful that milk of inferior quality is never sent away. Some cows (and they…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Education Needed by Farmers' Boys
PRESIDENT Paul A. Chadbourne, of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, lately addressed the Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture, and made some remarks…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dairy-farming. (To the Editor.)
SIR,--In your issue of the 26th of June my humorsome friend, "Bo-peep," has a paragraph in reference to the high price of dairy produce, and in scathing lines condems both the farmers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Field, Farm, & Garden. Why?
WHY do farmers feel such repugnance to organising and working together when they know that close organisation and harmony and a strong pull altogether may…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Field, Farm, & Garden. the Preservation of Dairy Produce in Hot Weather
ON this important subject a Mr. Saunders Spencer, of Holeywell Manor, St. Ives, writes to the MARK LANE EXPRESS, as follows:—…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Duck Farm
LAST year, says an English contemporary, we visited the premises in Dunstable known as the Duck Farm. Now, however, that the concern is in full swing, and there are nearly 1500 ducklings…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Field, Farm. & Garden. August
CORRESPONDS to February in Great Britain. Kitchen Garden.—Much sowing and planting should he done this month, if the…
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