Wool-balling in Lambs
MR. T. T. GALLIERS, Wistaston, Herefordshire, writes to the Hereford Times:--"As thousands of lambs die every spring from the disease known as 'wool-balling,' I send my own experience, for it…
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Farming & the land, 1890
123 stories in New England's papers · page 5 of 7
Farm and Garden. Planting in the Moon
If there is any one [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer & Crazier. Ensilage and Dry Fodder
FROM experiments with maize extensively carried on at the Missouri experiment station these conclusions are arrived at:-- 1. Maize fodder may he successfully dry stored…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flower Farming in South Australia
SOME results of flower farming in South Australia for scents and essential oils are given by the Observer recently:--"About a year ago an Adelaide capitalist started a Flower Farm Company,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Instantaneous Butter-Maker
THE milking of butter is about to be stiff further simplified by a machine invented by De Laval, of Sweden, whose separators are so well known all over the world. The new machine which is now…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Garden. How Chickens Are Fattened
This is the newest way a chicken or duck is fattened: Thrust into a cylinder, it is kept in darkness for three weeks; three per diem a patent food, composed largely of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer & Crazier. Foot Rot in Sheep
A COMMON [?] for this [?] is to [?] the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden. Poultry
Some farmers ignore profits in keeping hens. They want simply enough to supply their table with eggs and broilers. Others aim for profit as well. Market poultry is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairy Musings
The fast milker has the fullest pail. Cleanliness goes before profit, in the dairy. The man that figures closely never regrets that he began winter feeding early…
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IN [?] many [?] there are farmers [?] and now it is proposed to [?] these i[?] with the view [?] the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pastoral and Agricultural Association
THE annual meeting of the above society was held in the Council-room on Saturday afternoon. Dr. Wrigley presided, and there were 15 members and the acting Secretary present in addition…
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The great sensation amongst French vignerons is the new chemical manure discovered by M. Ville, which he says is not only an almost miraculous renovator of the old vines…
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Those who follow market gardening on a large scale get their plants for their earliest crops of cabbages, cauliflowers, and lettuce by sowing the seeds in the fall, and, when…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm and Garden Vegetable Products. Balsams
Balsams are nearly related to the resins and gam resins; they all contain benzoic acid, and are obtained by incisions made in the bark from which a viscous juice flews,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm and Garden. Market Fruit
There are other ways to market fruit than either green or dried to chips. There is a man in America who has been using his head and finds, as usual, that it pays. Here is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Farmer & Grazier. Instructions for Planting and Cultivating Sugar Beets
THE Chemical Division of the Department of Agriculture of Washington has issued the following instructions, which will be of interest to any of our farmers who may be…
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The best fed fruit tree is the last one attacked by insects. It is cheaper to haul than to drive the fat pigs to the railway station…
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Keep all decayed flowers picked off, and never allow any of them to form seed, cuttings of all kind's of bedding out plants root freely and if struck thus early they…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney Wool Market. [By Wire.] Sydney
MESSRS. HARRISON, JONES AND DEVLIN report: For opening sales to-day we offered a small but fairly representative catalogue of 870 bales. There was a very large muster of buyers, but biddings…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers' Union
THE second half-yearly meeting of the Glen Innes Farmers' Union was held at the Town Hall on Saturday last. There was a moderate attendance of members--Messrs. T. O'Hara (president)…
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