The Successful Farmer
Indeed, he who holds a farm is a king; he is monarch of his own premises. No one dare to a molest or make him afraid, and he can worship a under his own vine and fig tree without fear or…
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Farming & the land, 1890
123 stories in New England's papers · page 3 of 7
Farm and Garden. Rust Disease in Plants. Particularly That in Sugarcane and Wheat. Continued
Nevertheless, there is utter apathy or disregard to fulfil natural requirements. The means are at hand, but some quack nostrum as a specific is more acceptable to the general…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Farmer & Grazier. What Dairymen Should Consider
THAT dairying as an industry does not deplete the soil like grain-raising--butter production, where the waste milk is consumed on the farm, robbing the soil of only a slight amount of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden. Rust Disease in Plants. Particularly That in Sugarcane and Wheat. Continued
Good marketable sugar cannot be made at any period of the year,--the temperature decreases, so the density of the saccharine juice in the canes decreases. Ordinarily there…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm and Garden. Rust Disease in Plants Particularly That Ie Sugarcane and Wheat. Continued
I have never as yet met with Rust Disease in plants on a chalky or limestone formation. There are many patches of land in various parts of the world that are named rust-proof…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Farmer & Grazier. To Keep Hens from Laying
THIS sounds strange. It is, however, sometimes necessary to check laying fowls during moulting and during any unseasonable time for breeding, with a view of reserving their Strength to a more…
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Is separator butter as good as butter made from cream raised in the ordinary way? This is a question which is being much discussed. Persons who have attended the butter market during the past…
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Don't be 'chicken-hearted,' nor too greedy, in weeding out culls. Don't crowd the fowls. Success depends in a great measure, upon this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer & Grazier. A Prize Milker
THE Shorthorn dairy cow Molly belongs to Mr. Evens, of Lincoln. At the London Dairy Show of 1889 she took top prize as the best milker by actual test. During the twelvemonth she had…
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Continued on Trove, page 1 →Our Wool Industry
The last annual review of Messrs. Goldshrough, Mort, and Co. deals exhaustively with the wool industry, and is consequently of great interest to a vast number of people,…
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The last two years have witnessed another development of machinery in California wheat culture. Steam-power, writes a correspondent, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Automatic Process of Butter Making
AN interesting trial has been completed by Mr. Theodore Wright of a new invention he has patented for making butter by automatic process. The machine is constructed to deal with cream,…
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Immediately after the above a meeting of the Stock Board was held, which was attended by Messrs. C. Bloxsome (in the chair), John Fletcher, and the Inspector of Stock. Letters from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Natural Gas Freaks on a Farm
A SINGULAR misfortune has overtaken the family of William Schenk, a farmer living five miles east of Kokomo (Indiana), in consequence of the finding of natural gas. About two…
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E.W. Maslin, of Placer, says that in his first planting of fig trees, he made a great mistake in not pruning young trees. It is his belief that the tree should be trained in…
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Do not try to repair a rail fence by piling rails on top. In this work go to the bottom of things. When the law requires a man to restrain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Utilizing Dairy Waste
In the room on the top floor of 35 William street, A. Wahin lately exhibited a dairy product which merits attention. It is the invention of Professor W. Rehnstrom, Dairy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden. the Nature and Uses of Plants
Vegetables differ from minerals in being organised bodies, possessed of a degree of life, and capable of taking into their system extraneous matters, and converting these by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Feed for Dairy Cows
William Crozier, the well-known dairyman of Long Island, N. Y., says, in the Albany Cultivator, that he does not feed silage; his feed consists of cut corn-fodder…
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