Square Head Wheat
MR. John Strauchon, of Mataura (says a correspondent of the Otago Witness), made a careful experiment this last year with this wheat against white velvet and…
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Farming & the land, 1883
81 stories in New England's papers · page 4 of 5
Field, Farm, & Garden. Potato Culture for Mareet
TIME was, not very many years ago, when the varieties of good marketable potatoes were few indeed. For the early crops the Cambridge and Fluke kidneys, and for…
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HAVING asked this potent question, the GOLDEN RULE proceeds to answer it about as follows:—" It is more than selling hay and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Field, Farm, & Garden. How to Raise Turkeys
TWO to four hens and one gobbler are sufficient, and two or three year old fowls better than younger or older ones. When they begin to lay watch them and find…
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A SINGULAR case was lately tried in an English court. An officer of the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, at Wolverhampton, had a couple of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Field, Farm, & Garden. Large Sires on Small Dams
THERE seems to be quite a general impression among farmers that in breeding horses, large sires on small dams is productive of undesirable results. Some of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Probable Supply of Wheat in the World. (From the Australasian.)
IF last year was "abundance spoiled," this year, over all the earlier districts, must prove to be at least a moderate crop well saved; and this is undoubtedly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Field, Farm, & Garden. a Buyer's Position En Horse Sales
WHEN a horse is sold without a warranty, the buyer has no right of return should the horse prove unsound, or unsatisfactory in any or every respect. To a…
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PROFESSOR SHELDON has contributed an article to the Squire on the butter-yielding capacities of individual cows of the same breed, in which he offers suggestions for the consideration of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Field, Farm, & Garden. Poultry Manure
COTTAGE gardeners everywhere are in the habit of keeping a few head of poultry, and should know—not only how to manage their birds, but also—how to make…
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MR. Dow, who is travelling through America in the interests of the Leader, says:--Mr. Mead showed me the recorded performances of his ram Wrinkly Pony in the way of wool producing, to…
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THE Western Grazier of November 10 says: -- We are obliged to Mr. M. Riley, of Currawinya, for particulars of the losses recently sustained by a flock of 10,000 wethers through eating poison on…
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MESSRS. DALGETY, BLACKWOOD, & Co., of Newcastle, have kindly sent us the following circular : "52 Lombard-street, London, October 3, 1883. Our circular of the 23rd August advised the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Yeoman and Grazier. Patent Wool-washing Machine
ON Tuesday morning last a number of gentlemen interested in wool were present at Messrs. Wright and Edwards' workshops, Little Bourk-street, Melbourne, to witness Scott's patent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Field. Farm. & Garden. Clover and Wheat
WHERE wheat is the leading crop, and where it is raised continuously on the same soil, there is nothing that be used to renovate the soil like clover…
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MR. J. A. Smith, a Western dairyman, writing of the importance of feed and proper treatment of dairy cows, gives some excellent suggestions on this topic…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Field, Farm, & Garden. Culture of Cabbages
THE cabbage is a gross feeder and revels in a rich loamy soil, where neither excessive dryness nor moisture prevails. The soil must he well prepared by good…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Field Farm & Garden Poultry
FROM a paper by P. H. Jacobs, in the American AGRICULTURIST, we quote the following hints:—An acre can produce 600dols. in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Yeoman and Grazier. Australian Cattle for Scotland
MR. B. HEPBURN, the well known cattle salesman, of Ballarat, who was the purchaser of some valuable cattle at the recent sale of Messrs. Robertson. Bros., Colac, intends to ship two of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Potato Crop in England
Has been singularly bountiful and clean, perhaps the best known within the memory of man, and they have been selling very cheap in the London market. But the crop of Regents in Scotland…
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