Farm and Garden
The period of moulting in fowls is a trying one and they should have extra care daring the time. Give them plenty of grain, and two or three times a week, a feed…
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Farming & the land, 1892
225 stories in New England's papers · page 10 of 12
Sheep in a Strawberry Field
IT may seem strange (writes "E.M." of Bishops Waltham, to the JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE) to utilise a flock of sheep for the removal of superfluous foliage and…
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THE American Southdown Association has just issued its list of members for 1892, which now runs up to a very respectable total. The following reasons are given for styling the Southdown sheep…
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Every additional bushel of wheat grown upon a given acre reduces the cost of the whole. An extra harrowing of the field before yon sow it will aid toward this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Traveller. Farm Life in China
The tools of the average Chinese farmer are a basket, a tea-kettle, and faur-tined hoe. This hoe is very heavy, and is used for spading as well as hoeing. He raises it in…
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AN adjourned committee meeting of the above was held at the Town Hall on Thursday afternoon. The President was in the chair, and there were also present 11 members…
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LONDON, November 10.—Bradford tops, 60's, faulty, 19d.; 60's. good, 19½d.; market steady. 60's, 20½d.; 70's 22d.; 80's, 26½d.; market steady…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Macdonaldtown Baby Farm. Cases. SYDNEY
THE inquests on the Macdonaldtown baby farm coses was resumed to-day on the body of No. 2 infant. The Government Analyst was unable to trace any sign of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Blind Farmer. a Texas Girl's Enterprise
THE greatest curio[?]ty of late years, according to the statement of a Texas paper, lives at Oak Hill, a post village. She is a blind girl,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Care of Farm Horses
It is apparent even to an indifferent observer that the general run of farm horses do not have that smooth and well-cared for look that the majority, of the horses of city…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Securing the Corn Crop
Corn should be out for fodder as soon as the kernels begin to glaze on most of the larger ears. At this time if no frosts have occurred the leaves are mostly green, and if…
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It is a hard matter to lose money growing lover, because it has so many good uses. There is no profit in owning a single acre of land more than yon can thoroughly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Silo as an Aid to Dairying
"MY opinion is that the silo has already become a necessary part of the equipment for profitable dairying in this country." The remark was made recently at a meeting of butter makers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Sales. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
WE (F. L. Barker and Co.) offered 1300 bales of wool at our sales, yesterday, and sold 1200. There was a large attendance of buyers present. Glenavon, from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Baby Farming Cases
The Melbourne ARGUS comments upon the discoveries in the following terms:—The reports from Sydney of the finding of the bodies of 15 infants in suburban…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tilbuster Butter Factory
ON Friday afternoon s number of ladies and gentlemen of Armidale paid a visit to Tilbuster, when the ceremony of formally opening Messrs. Nicholas Bros.' newly…
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IT is an encouraging sign as regards the well being of the district to find that the all important subject of the development of our dairying industry has again been brought…
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DURING the hearing of the baby-farming case on Friday Minnie Davis, a domestic servant, gave evidence as to the baby she had given into the custody of the Makins…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairy Factory at Glen Innes
SIR, -- I have so frequently intruded on your space that my again doing so may require some excuse; but the subject is one of so much interest to many of your constituents that perhaps you will…
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THE meeting convened by advertisement at the Royal Hotel on Saturday at 11 a.m. was fairly attended by farmers and others interested in the dairying industry…
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