Woman's Place on the Farm
'Agricultural depression' and overproduction often mean nothing but lack of adaptability to existing circumstances and neglect to look out in time for more than one…
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Farming & the land, 1891
203 stories in New England's papers · page 4 of 11
Sketcher. Tea and Tea Farming in Japan
We have a great variety of climates, and the best of the teas of the Far East seem to us grown largely without reference to heat or cold. Splendid teas are found along the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cooling the Dairy
ALTHOUGH the prize offered by the Victorian Government has not brought forward an effective system of cooling the dairy(says the AUSTRALASLN),…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden Sore Mouth in Pigs
Mr. Isaac Patchin, Clinton County, sends the following plan for preventing sore mouth in pigs: Young pigs will often fight for life trying…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Latest Wool Sales. [By Telegraph]. Sydney, Thursday Night
WE (Goldsbrough, Mort, & Co.) offered yesterday 670 bales of wool, for which there was a brisk demand at prices in keeping with current London values, and…
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A CORRESPONDENT of the NATIONAL STOCKMAN writes as follows concerning curing dogs of sheep-worrying: Young dogs can be made so thoroughly afraid of the sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →London Wool Sales
LONDON, April 23.—At the London wool sales to-day, good greasy merinos gold st from 5 to 7½ per cent., and good seconds at from 7½ to 10½ per cent, above the…
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MESSR HARRISON, JONES AND DEVLIN report: -- We held our usual fortnightly sale on Tuesday placing before the buyers a catalogue of 370 bales. Amongst the scoured lots were some very attractive parcels of…
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At this [?] of insect plagues, no fruitgrower can seasonably expect to meet with success without the employment of a complete spraying outfit. It is useless to expect…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Want of Uniformity in Farm Animals
Men that take up breeding who have been for a series of years engaged in a business where uniformity was an indispensable requisite, are likely to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Little Folk. The boy on our Farm
The boy fives an our Farm, he's not Afeard o' horses none! An' he can make 'em lope er trot, Ei rack, er pace, er run !…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Herbage for Sheep
ENOUGH experience has now been gained to justify farmers in the driest of our farming districts in trying a small paddock of rape (says the AUSTRALASIAN). Sheep are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →System in Farming
SYSTEM on the farm can result only from forethought. The general plan of the work to be done should be clearly defined in advance. It may not be possible to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Farm Curiosity. a Cow That Gives Black Milk
RUPERT Hansborough, of the firm of Crowley, Hansborough, and Co., leather dealers, of Chillicothe, Ohio (U.S.A.), is the possessor of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden How Raisins are Made
California is now making extensive experiments in the grape growing districts to ascertain the best methods of drying grapes for raisins. Two methods are now…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Salt in Butter
IT is not uncommon to see batter in rolls or prints of good quality and tolerably fresh with a coating of salt crystals all over the outside. This may be caused in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Wool Sales. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
WE (Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co.) offered 274 bales of wool yesterday, selling at auction and privately 286 bales. There was a good attendance of buyers, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pastoral and Agricultural Association
A COMMITTEE meeting of the above was held in the Town Hall on Thursday afternoon, the President (Mr. G. M. Simpson) in the chair; and Messrs. Hodges, Gore, Carvall, King, Legh, Every,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Worms in Sheep
THE following letter, signed "Glen Innes," appeared in the Australasian of the 2nd instant:-- "After 38 years experience amongst sheep, I have come to the conclusion that lime is a certain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Farmer & Grazier. A New Cure for Apple Blight
WE commend the following to the attention of the fruit growers of tins district: -- Mr. James Gilby, owner of one of 10 orchards close to Cromwell; New South Wales, has successfully treated…
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