Fattening Sheep
A correspondent writes us (Home and Farm) as follows : "I send you my idea as to the best age for fattening sheep. I have found after about eight years experience, that sheep will fatten most…
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Farming & the land, 1886
218 stories in New England's papers · page 6 of 11
Preserving Butter for Summer
Perhaps some would like to know a way of preserving butter for summer use. Take four a gallon crock, or larger if you wish, and make a brine very weak. Then when you churn roll your…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Long Journey for Sheep
The following extraordinary journey, reported in the Pastoral Times of the 30 ult., performed by the Messrs. W. and T. C. Dickson, of Yarrawi [?] Station, in bringing their exhibits of sheep to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Renting a Farm. the Landlord's Precautions
In renting a farm be careful in selecting your tenant. Inquire into his previous record. Let the contract be in writing, signed and sealed. Let it be signed in duplicate, so that each…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Farmer & Grazier. Swede Turnip Seed
THE quantity of Swede turnip seed usually sown is about 1½lb. per acre when drilled, or 2¼lb. when sown broadcast, though some farmers sow considerably more to insure against losses from fly or…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cattle Dying at Dnbbo
The Government veterinary surgeon has been sent to Dubbo to enquire into the cause of the death of a large number of cattle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Farmer & Grazier Holding Back the Milk
When a new milch cow has her calf taken from her, she will often hold up the milk, apparently for the purpose of saving it for her offspring. It will require kindness and patience to overcome…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →How to Breed Polled Cattle
AN American writer, experienced in cattle raising, says :—In order to be successful in breeding polled grades the following rules should be observed :— Select a thoroughbred bull, with high…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wool and Produce Trade
MR. JOHN BRIDGE has addressed the following circular letter to the "Woolgrowers and consignors of N.S. Wales and Queensland :- "DEAR SIR,-- In view of the approaching season, 1886-7,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Rise in the Price of Wool
IN a circular issued by M. Em. de Harven, woolbroker, of Antwerp, for the month of June, some interesting facts of the rise in the price of wool in the Antwerp market are given…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer & Grazier. Hard Milking Cow
BEFORE milking, put two or three handfuls of water upon each teat as hot as the hand will bear. After giving the teats a thorough soaking, wipe lightly with a dry cloth or strip with the hand…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Farmer and the Editor
" SEEMS to me you don't have anything to do," said an American farmer, walking into the sanctum of the editor the other day. " Well, I have worked on a farm a good deal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sheep
There is a medium supply of sheep, and the prices are slightly easier. 501b. wethers are worth 16s…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →How to Make Wheat Pay
As an illustration of how to make the best of everything we may instance a case that has come under our observation of a farmer Cranbrook, in Kent, who, being…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Humour. in an Ostrich Farm
"Pa went to Californin, and you'd have dide to see him at the orstridges farm, You know they raise orstridges there the same as we raise them here and pick…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Brain on the Farm
"Some people imagine that farming requires very little outlay of brain power; but this is a great mistake. 'I honestly believe,' said one who is himself a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farm, Field, & GARDEN. Weight or Park Produes
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Continued on Trove, page 7 →Milking Sheep
OUR (New Zealand Agricultural and Pastoral News) Christchurch correspondent calls the attention to the desirability of milking sheep in the colony for the purpose of cheesemaking. If this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Farmer's Fight with an Eagle
THE well-known young farmer, Albert Williams, of Savannah, U.S, had a hand-to-hand combat with an eagle in a field at his farm, the particulars of which have since been the subject…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Farmer & Grazier. Cows Sucking Each Other
BREEDS of cows strongly predisposed to milk production (say the Tribune and Farmer), will sometimes give milk before the heifers have had their first calf. The tendency is increased where…
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