Vines for Farmers
PERHAPS one farmar in a hundred will accept good advice when it is, offered, and when it appears to him possible to adopt it. When we (GARDEN AND FIELD)…
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Farming & the land, 1891
203 stories in New England's papers · page 8 of 11
Harrowing Growing Crops
IT is a common practice with good farmers in the older countries to harrow the fields after rolling the crops that are growing upon them. They say that "wheat loves…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Farmer & Crazier. Sheep-Classing and Wool-Classing
"MERINO," in the Australasian, writes:--A great many of the flockmasters in New South Wales and Queensland have only found out of late years the importance of classing their sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Editor's Column. (While giving insertion to Correspondents' letters, we do not necessarily endorse their contents.) The Butter Factory System
SIR,--Kindly allow me a small space in your columns to bring under notice what the butter factory system is doing for the farming community in other portions of the colony, and what might also…
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THIS is the age of inventions, and the dairying industry has come in for its due share at the hands of inventors, Recently I had the pleasure of seeing a new butter machine, the invention of Mr. R…
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SATURDAY'S HERALD states that were is no wheat on the market, millers supplying their requirements from the Southern colonies…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Editor's Column. (While giving insertion to Correspondents letters, we do not necessarily endorse their contents.) The Farmers' Union
SIR,--As Mr. De Warre and others have seen fit to leave me alone, I feel dissatisfied with myself, and with various matters connected with the district. The first matter to call my attention is the…
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Do you want a garden patch that is rich and also free from the myriad weeds that infest your old garden ? Change the hen yard to a new site and use the ground where it…
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'No animal that walks on four feet is as big a fool as a sheep,' says a sheep raiser. 'We have to watch item every minute and if vigilance is relaxed for an instant the…
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Two crops of the cabbage or potato kind should succeed each other once in ten yeas, and they can be test produced by the following rotation:--…
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Most persons who undertake beekeeping enter upon the work with some misgiving. While they do not exactly fear the bees yet there is at-first an involuntary hanging…
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A PARAGRAPH has recently been going the rounds of the papers (writes "Agricola" in the OTAGO WITNESS) respecting what is termed the largest farm in the world…
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A SPECIAL committee meeting of the P. and A. Association was convened by advertisement on Saturday afternoon. There were present--Messrs. F. Utz (president), O'Hara, King, Campbell, J…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Black-Wooled Sheep
It has always been a debatable point whether it is possible to breed a flock of black sheep. All sheep-breeders are aware that by a freak of nature a few black lambs are found…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney Wool Sales. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
WE (Harrison, Jones, and Devlin), offered 1100 bales of wool. There was a large attendance, and competition was very spirited. The catalogue contained a good…
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A sunflower in a season will produce 12,000 seeds, while a poppy bears 32,000. In a well-stocked hive there are from 15,000 to 20,000 working bees…
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For any one wanting a white fowl of excellent laying qualities the White Minorca will be sure to please. Like the White Leghorn they have their seperates admirers the and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fat-Tailed Sheep
Herodotus mentions that in Cilicia the sheep had little carts under their tails to help them along. The fat-tailed sheep are now reported to be replacing the finer bread…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney Wool Market. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Night
WE (Harrison, Jones, and Devlin) offered 2000 bales wool to a very large attendance to-day. Biddings were spirited, especially for good wools. No very superior lots…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairy Maxims
FEED at regular intervals twice a day, have pure water and salt always where the cows can help themselves. Cows do not need much exercise…
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