The Proposed Dairy Factory
A CLOSE observation of the progress of dairy farming in various parts of this and other colonies leads us to believe that no industry could be established in Glen Innes…
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Farming & the land, 1891
203 stories in New England's papers · page 7 of 11
The Farmer & Crazier. " Hot Water for Cows''
Is the maxim of the French dairy farmers in the department of Finisterre. They claim to have proved by experiments that when cows drink hot water they yield one-third more milk than when…
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THE farming industry, Parkes says, is going to the dogs in Protectionist Victoria. The farming industry, Dibbs says, is going to glory in New South Wales. But some people are…
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Put coal oil on the roosts, and air-slaked lime about the building. Fowls that fatten easily should have plenty of exercise, unless being fed for market…
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Do not put up an extensive poultry building because some millionaire sets the example. If the ducks and geese are picked…
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It pays to keep stock comfortable. Exposure, unkindness, and fretting, defeat, in a measure, the ends for which food is given, and result in corresponding loss…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Farmer & Crazier. Staking Fruit Trees
IT may often be noted that people, when planting fruit aud other trees, are perfectly horrified if they break any roots ill the process, and the latter are packed late the soil with the utmost care. As…
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THE committee met at the secretary's office on Thursday afternoon, when the following members were present :--Messrs. J. F. Utz (president), H. C. St. Vincent, J. Healey, P. M'Cormack, G…
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There is no profit in finding out how the best farmers are conducting their work. This can be done by visiting such as are near at hand, and by reading the practical…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Commercial Intelligence. the Wool Sales
London, September 8.—The wool sales opened to-day, when Messrs. Jacomb, Son, and Co. and Messrs. Charles Balme and Co. offered 13.638 bales by auction at…
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It is estimated that 15,000,000 cattle in the United States are now without horas. A great many men, convinced of the advantage of dishorning, hesitate because they do…
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IN one of the northern districts unsatisfactory results are said to have been obtained by the keeping of pure-bred cattle, both of the dairying and beef-prodocing…
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MEN that take up breeding who have been for a series of years engaged in a pursuit where uniformity was an indispensable requisite are likely to wonder…
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IT seems incredible that a country like Australia, possessing over 100,000,000 sheep, ranking as the finest merinos in the world, should not have a flock register. This subject has on more than…
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The cat is always friendly at milking-time. Never inform the calf which way you wish to drive him…
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If you have a crop of weeds, plou[?] under before seeding. One 1b. of sheep's wool is capable of [?]ducing one yard of cloth…
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THE reason why rolling is beneficial to wheat, hay, and other cereal crops is that the clods on the surface are crushed, and as these almost always consist of the…
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FOUR thousand head of cattle in blue spectacles! What a sight! Yet such—according to Dr. Verincourt, of the Department of Agriculture in Russia—is the…
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GOLDSBROUGH, Mort, and Co., Limited, have received the following cablegram, dated London, September 15:—"Wool: Good Australian wool of all sorts is…
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THE wool sales continue, with an active demand for good merinoes and crossbreds, prices being unchanged. Medium to faulty sorts are easier in price and slow of…
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