Farm, Field, & Garden. How to Feed Wheat
WHEAT will be fed to stock this year very much, more generally man would appear from ordinary observation. It is healthy and productive of good results when fed,…
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Farming & the land, 1885
118 stories in New England's papers · page 3 of 6
A Farmer's Interview with Mr. Gladstone. an Amusing Episode
On the occasion of the recent private visit of Mr. Gladstone to the old house of Panmure, near Carnoustie, once the favourite residence of the Maules of…
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A MOST remarkable claim has been made by a resident of Sydney against a wealthy but eccentric Wellingtonian. The claimant asserts that in the very early days of the colony his uncle lived on the…
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The best extra feed for a brood mare is oats, carrots and bran. A hen has seen her best laying days when she has completed her second year…
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It will be of considerable interest to the pastoral community of both New South Wales and Queensland to learn that preparations continue to be made at Sydney for the expected further development of…
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KITCHEN Garden.—In this department care will be necessary to have coming forward the chief culinary crops in the open ground; and, under protection, a good breadth of young seedlings for planting later on…
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IT is on the farm that men become restive, and are tempted to change to pursuits that are full of hazard. On the other hand, those who have been jostled…
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THE agricultural correspondent of a Suffolk paper makes a curious suggestion, prompted by his experience in feeding his dock during the present season. He…
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LIBERAL feeding is the only true economy in wintering stock. Salad oil and kerosene mixed will remove vermin from dogs and other…
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KITCHEN Garden.—In this department care will be necessary to hare coming forward the chief culinary crops in the open ground; and, under protection, a good breadth of young seedlings for planting later on…
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IN some parts of the grazing districts of Kent flockowners are suffering rather Severe losses among their ewes from an obscure disease which attacks them in a…
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KITCHEN Garden.—In this department care will be necessary to have coming forward the chief culinary crops in the open ground; and under protection, a good breadth of young seedlings for planting later on…
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KITCHEN Garden.—in this department care will be necessary to have coming forward the chief culinary crops in the open ground; sod, under protection, a good breadth of young seedlings for plantinglater on…
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MAKE a note of the following facts:—A sharp, bright hoe is poisonous to weeds. Never spare oil on creaky and rusty axles and hinges. Brains are the cheapest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm, Field, & Garden. Hints in Horse Keeping
TREAT all horses kindly, both in and out of the stable. Give them clean beds at night. Use the curry-comb lightly, otherwise it often is a source of great pain,…
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THE following supplement to the New South Wales Government GAZETTE was published on Saturday week:—It is hereby notified for general…
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UNDER the heading, "How the Best Butter is Made," a Berkshire County (Mass.) farmer writes:—My object has always been to make the best butter—not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm, Field, & Garden. Creaming Milk in Winter
NOW that cold weather is upon us, writes the NATIONAL LIVE STOCK JOURNAL (Chicago), milk from which butter is to be made will need special attention and care…
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AT a meeting of the Minnesota State Dairymen's Association at Faribault, O. C. Gregg said: -- The difference between dairying in New England and here is that there a…
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THE first step of the education of a raw colt is to teach him to lead and run freely in hand; he should be taught to lead on either hand. It constantly happens that…
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