Farm, Field, & GARDEN. Calendar for September
KITCHEN Garden.—Continue to sow the crops recommended for last month, and hoe up peas, beans, and potatoes. Beet, onions, salsify, scorzonera, carrots,…
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Farming & the land, 1885
118 stories in New England's papers · page 5 of 6
Intercolonial. Melbourne, Monday. The Wool Trade
A MEETING has been convened for next week, of wool growers and those interested in the wool trade, to discuss the practicability of opening a wool market…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Loss of 2369 Bales of Wool by Shipwreck
WEDNESDAY'S E. News says :--Considerable excitement prevailed in the city on Tuesday evening when news was published in the third edition of this journal respecting the total loss of the fine…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Improved Dairying System
ONE cannot afford being struck by the fact, as disclosed in the reports of all the leading agricultural shows throughout Great Biitain and Ireland, that the "improved system of separating…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The London Wool Market. London
AT the wool sales to-day about 9500 bales were catalogued. The market was steady, but there was not an active demand…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ploughing in Crops for Manure
A LARGE number of farmers are unable to understand how it is possible to better the condition of lands by ploughing in clover, rye, buckwheat, &c., in a green…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm, Field, & GARDEN. Calendar for September
KITCHEN Garden.—Continue to sow the crops recommended for last month, and hoe up peas, beans, and potatoes. Beet, onions, salsify, scorzonera, carrots,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The [?]eoman and Crazier. The Management of Sheep
MR. William M'Kay recently read an interesting paper on this subject at Ngapara, N.Z. We quote from the North Otago Times :-- He was of opinion that the method pursued by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm, Field, & GARDEN. Calendar for October
KITCHEN GARDEN.—All work must be pushed on vigorously. The planting of peas and beans, with the sowing of all crops, should be finished early. Keep…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Churning of Butter
BUTTER should always be churned several degrees colder in summer than in winter. The reason is that the caseinous matter of milk more readily attaches itself to the butter globules in…
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THE late Monckton Synnot's proposal (says the Melbourne Argus) to introduce Australian wool into China is attracting considerable attention among our leading woolgrowers just now. For 10…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Best Poultry Farming
THE best poultry farming is that carried on around the barn-door, where fowls have plenty of room and plenty to eat. No incubator that has yet been made is better than the original old hen,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm, Field, & GARDEN. Calendar for October
KITCHEN GARDEN.—All work must be pushed on vigorously. The planting of peas and beans, with the sowing of all crops, should be finished early. Keep…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Judging Butter at Agricultural Shows
JUDGING butter at agricultural shows is by some people considered an easy matter; but we think that often the decisions arrived at are reverse of popular, and often judges are appointed,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →She Yeoman and Crazier. In Consequence of the Low Price of Wool
IN consequence of the low price of wool ruling in the States daring the two past years, merino sheep have fallen greately in value, flock masters in many instances changing them for mutton…
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IN Melbourne last week, when Sir Patrick Jennings's station properties were offered for sale to clear up the partnership accounts in the estate of the late Mr. Shanahan,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep Breeding in Austria and Hungary
THE future of sheep breeding seems to be causing some anxiety in Austria and Germany. We have it on the authority of Professor Wilckens, who has gone into the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Wool Season. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
WE (Mort & Co.) held our opening wool sale of the season to-day, the catalogue comprising two thousand two hundred bales. The attendance was very large,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Intelligence by [?]. [Through Greville's Company] New South Wales. Sydney, Thursday. [Lodged 11.[?]; received 12.35.] Wool Sales
THE opening wool sale of the season was held yesterday. Prices showed a reduction of 2½d. per lb on the opening day of last sesson…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm, Field, & GARDEN. Calendar for October
KITCHEN GARDEN.—All work must be pushed on vigorously. The planting of peas and beans, with the sowing of all crops, should be finished early. Keep…
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