Farm Field & Garden. Harvesting and Storing Onions
ONIONS ought not to be stored or taken up before they are ripe (says the Adelaide OBSERVER) but as soon as they are ripe they want to be taken away from the bed…
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Farming & the land, 1884
117 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 6
The Deoman and Grazier. The Art of Butter Making
THERE is no special mode of making butter writes Professor Arnold) which is better under all Circumstances than every other. What is best for one may not be best for another. The method…
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ON a large fans money is lying about in all directions. Here lies a trough worth three half-crowns and there is a heap of old iron and other rubbish worth 30s. A…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm Field & Garden. Calendar for January
KITCHEN Garden—This is undoubtedly the dryest and most trying month for the garden. But little can be done in the way of sowing or planting out in the open…
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THE following information, culled from a file of old papers of the first three years in this century, seems worth taking notice of, as giving standards of comparison whereby we may measure what 80…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm, Field, & Garden. the Want of Potash in the Soil
IT is well known in many quarters (says the Adelaide Observer) that potash is a necessity to the fruitfulness and longevity of vines and fruit trees, but it is not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ayrshire Cows for the Dairy
In an article on the value of the Ayrshire cow for general dairy purposes in the Rural New Yorker, Professor IIy. Stewart argues that, when all things are considered, she is the best. The…
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KITCHEN Garden.—Usually light showers characterise this month, and as the ground [?] and growth vigorous. Sow largely of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Deoman and Crazier. A New Method of Washing Butter
A NEW method of washing butter has been patented in Germany. As soon as gathered in the churn in particles about a tenth of an inch in length, it is transferred to a centrifugal…
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A NEW method of washing butter has been patented in Germany. As soon as gathered in the churn in particles about a tenth of an inch in use, it is transferred…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm, Field, & Garden. What Is Farming?
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 →World Renowned Sheep Wash. and Celebrated Vermin Destroyer
THIS Preparation is known throughout the civilised world to be far superior to anything yet discovered for Eradicating Tick, Scab, or Lice on Sheep, Goats, or Cattle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Deoman and Grazier. The Farmer's Horse
[?]deal farmer's horse is a horse of good [?]tion and endurance, of good disposition, [?]alker, and a good roadster, and that [?] purpose horse. Such a horse can be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm, Field, & Garden. Intelligent Farmers
IN times gone by—we hope wholly gone by—it was generally supposed that any blockhead would do for a farmer, and so most of the smart boys left the farm for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Selecting and Fattening Cattle
IN selecting cattle for fattening, choose those which " handle " well. A soft skin and silky coat, not coarse or wiry, are the good indications of fleshing easily. Consider the build of the…
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MR. E. B. LAWRENCE, of Lake River, Tasmania, writing to the Australasian, says :-- Some time since, in answer to an inquiry, "What is the highest price ever obtained in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →How to Become Successful in Farming
IN 1869, we moved from town to a farm; True, the farm was paid for, and the land was in an ordinary state of cultivation, but with very poor fences, no barn, and a poor house. At moving…
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THE following important paragraph from a South Australian paper, the Review, is well worthy of attention, for more reasons than one:—"There appears to be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm, Field, & Garden. Why Do Animals Need Salt?
PROFESSOR James E. Johnson, of Scotland, says:—"Upwards of half the saline matter of blood (fifty-seven per cent.) consists of common salt, and this is partly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Sowing
Season for preparing the land for wheat [?] be approaching, the following shrewd [?]as and remarks from the pen of a prac[?]rican farmer relative to the Bowing of…
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