Farm and Garden. Pure Olive Oil
Cotton seed oil has become quite important as an article cf food. It is shipped from toe United States in vast quantities to Spain and Italy, whence it returns to America labelled…
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Farming & the land, 1888
280 stories in New England's papers · page 8 of 14
The English Wool Market
THIS market remains quiet but steady. According to a Leicester correspondent, the market there has a fairly cheerful tone, but the discrepancies as to values…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sydney Wool Market. [Mort and Co.]
We held our usual fortnightly Bale of wool yesterday. The catalogue contained no important Hues, being chiefly made up of greasy oddments and small parcels of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Farm. Weight of Farm Produce
THE following ate the weights regulated by law:—Maize, 56lbs. to bushel Oats, 40lbs. to bushel Bran, 20lbs. to bushel…
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In referring to the dairy factories of New South Wales, the Australasian makes the following remarks:--The factories are purely co-operative. The supplier does not receive payment for his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Farmer & Crazier. Horseshoes Should Go
I BELIEVE that, with very few exceptions, horses have no need of shoes, and the evil accruing from constant shoeing will outweigh the gain from those exceptions many times. I have seen no necessity…
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The largest vineyard in the world is that of Senator Stanford in Tehama country-- 3,825 acres, or about 3,060,000 vines. California has also the smallest vineyard in the world, a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Farm. Weight of Farm Produce
The following are the weights regulated by law:—Maize, 56lbs. to bushel Oats, 401bs. to bushel Bran, 20lbs. to bushel…
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GREEN and succulent food is the best for milk cows, but the succulence of food should not be in excess. Food containing more than about 70 per cent of water will…
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The increasing quantity of Australian wool purchased by American manufacturers has drawn the attention of American flockmasters to the fact that their wool does not command the same price in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →How to Dehorn Cattle
To secure the head of a steer before dehorning, I used to use a stanchion, but I now use a chute, and my new ' jewel.' On one side of the chute a plank runs out parallel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer A Grazier. Experiments in Wheat Growing
At the experimental station at Wisconsin, U.S.A., trials extending over several years have been conducted as to the qualities of different kinds of wheat, barley, oats, &c. No less than 35…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden. a Codlin Moth Trap
Come with me, and see how I am getting the best of the codlin moth, said a prominent citizen to a Herald man today. The reporter went. The gentleman referred to has eighty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railways and Farming
Railways have more to do with farming than appears at first eight. In one cense they are more important than soil or water, for crops cannot be profitably crown in certain localities, no matter…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Commercial Intelligence. Sydney Wool Market. (Harbison, Jones, and Devlin.)
We held our usual fortnightly auction sale of wool on Monday, offering a catalogue of 116 bales, comprised for the greater part of fellmongered parcels and…
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THE London wool sales closed on Wednesday, with comparatively slight changes in the market, the business throughout the series having been at about the range…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Commercial Intelligence. Sydney Wool Market. [Mort and Co.]
THE partial restoration or caote communication with England this week has revived the confidence of buyers, who are now operating as freely as the small quantities…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Farm. Weight of Farm Produce
THE following are the weights regulated by law:—Maize, 561bs. to bushel Oats, 401bs. to bushel Bran, 201bs to bushel…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Small Farms
Says the Mildura Cultivator :--The "Mariner of the future " is the title of a carefully thought-out contribution to the Melbourne Argus of Wednesday, 15th inst. The writer handles his subject like…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Farmer & Grazier. Hint On Potato Growing
THE American Cultivator is credited with saying that it is an excellent plan, as soon as potatoes are well up, to go over the piece and throw a handful of a mixture of salt and ashes on each…
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