Washed and Unwashed Butter
THE difference between washed and unwashed butter is analogous to the difference between clarified and unclarified sugar. The former consists of pure…
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Farming & the land, 1884
117 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 6
Farm, Field, & Garden. Grazing Farms
GRAZING forming (says the QUEENSLANDER) is proving itself of immense value everywhere this dry season. Wherever these twin industries are conducted together on…
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From the Scientific Farmer we extract the following remarks upon the above subject:-- Churning cream to make good butter is not so simple a process as some may imagine. It must…
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A correspondent of a Boston jousnal has the following to say of a man at Toftonboro, who paddles his own canoe and lets his neighbours paddle theirs :--This man has a wheelbarrow,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm, Field, & Garden Millet As a Fodder Plant
MILLET is an excellent fodder plant, of which cows are exceedingly fond. It is a warm weather crop, and needs to be grown on a light, sandy soil. By manuring well…
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ABOUTeleven years ago (writes the QUEENSLANDER) when our flocks were being decimated by the "worm disease," Mr. Farrer, who has recently contributed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm, Field, & Garden. Babbit Traps
Farmers and selectors who are worried with bandicoots, kangaroo rats, etc., would probably find the traps mentioned below serviceable in destroying the pests. The…
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IN regard to impoverishing their land by taking of products Such as milk, butter, or cheese, dairy farmers need no longer trouble themselves. As far as this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm, Field, & Garden. Cream Gauges
Professor Sheldon thinks that every dairy farmer should have a set of graduated cream gauges—simple tilings, costing only a few shillings—so that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Harbison, Jones, & Devlin. [Limited]. Wool & Produce Brokers Fat Stock Salesmen. Stock and Station Agents. Offices and STORES -- Circular Quay. Sydney
CHINESE GAMBLERS.--About 9.30 on Thursday, night Sergeant Wells, with Constables Reid, Kelly, and Ballard entered the premises of Tim Kee, in Grey-street, and arrested in all seven Celestials on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm, Field, & Garden. Burn the Grape Leaves
A WRITER in the Country Gentleman calls the attention of its readers to the necessity of burning grape leaves to prevent mildew: "There is a second kind…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Effects of Soils and Grasses on Cattle
THE soils and grasses of various sections of the country unquestionably have widely different effects in the production of cattle. In some regions the tendency of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm, Field, & Garden. Calendar for April
KITCHEN Garden.—This is a busy month, as the excessive heat, having given place to mild, moist, genial weather, ail growth is very vigorous. Sowings should be made…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm, Field, & Garden. Treatment of Diseased Animals
WHENEVER the treatment of disease is undertaken by the farmer or stockraiser, however simple may be the case, it is well to remember certain practical points not…
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It has long been known (says a writer in the Montrel Journal of Agriculture) that if a quantity of cream be wrapped in several folds of cloth, and buried a foot deep in the ground, at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm, Field, & Garden. Bringing Up Calves
A COR. of the American DAIRYMAN says: —"Take the calf from the mother at two or three days old. Learn it to drink milk. Skim milk is best, if not soured…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—4100 sheep have been stolen from Kangaroo station, between Forbes and Cowra. The police as yet have been unable to obtain a clue…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The D[?]man and Crazier. The Art or Butter-making
The Breeders' Gazette (Chicago) contains an [?]cle in which the following sensible remarks i[?]ur:-- [?]here is no special mystery or difficulty in…
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LONDON, Thursday.—There was food demand at the wool sales…
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KITCHEN Garden. —Sow broad beans, radishes, peas, onions, leeks, spinach, and lettuce, and other crops as mentioned last month. Still transplant celery, and on…
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