Fodder Crops
Whenever there is a probability of a shortage of fodder for stook in winter, some such crops should be grown. Generally with the western farmer, in growing the…
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Farming & the land, 1893
266 stories in New England's papers · page 8 of 14
Farm and Garden
If you wish to get the largest weight of dry substance possible from a field of corn you must not out until it is ripe. This I have proven and reproven by careful…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A New Sheep-dip
"NOXONA," a new non-poisonous sheep-dip., is advertised in home journals. The dip is alleged to possess remarkable antiseptic properties hitherto unknown to science. It is entirely…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wheat King
IT is alleged by the Agricultura of the Argentine Republic that Mr. J. Guazzone, one of the landowners and farmers of that country, is the largest wheat grower in the world. he has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wool Sales
Messrs. Harrison, Jones and Devlin reported on Tuesday last that the market was quiet and buyers showed an evident indisposition to operate, preferring to await further developments of the market…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm and Garden
It is easier to train a horse than to break it in. In fast the latter practice has become antiquated, and we are glad to say few farmers now follow it. Still it is well enough…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wheat Market as Home
SHOULD the next Australian wheat crop exceed domestic requirements there is a good prospect of the surplus finding a ready market in Europe. The United States correspondent of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairying Experiments
Experiments are to be made at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College to test the effect of certain feed on the milk of cows…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cutting Wheat
There are several advantages in cutting wheat reasonably early. The grain is heavier, and millers claim that it will make whiter and sweeter flour. Early cutting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Baby Farming Case
Mrs. Thwaites, under arrest in connection with the Brunswick baby murders, was to-day removed with her new-born babe in an ambulance waggon to Prince Alfred Hospital, and will be placed under…
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Do not attempt to grow root crops without feeding them well. Without exception they [?] gross feeders, and demand good, rich [?] in order to produce paying yields. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Singular Case of Blight in Wheat
THE Yarrawonga Correspondent of the Melbourne Argus writes:-- A wheat post new to the district if ever previously known, has manifested itself in a 70- acre wheat crop at Mulwala, just across the…
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The police have dug up several other yards of houses occupied by Mrs. Thwaites, but nothing more has been fonnd…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Peeps Around the District. Mr. W. [?]Uming's Farm and Orchard
MR. W. RUMING owns at Stonehenge a property which is undeniably one of the choicest in the district, and it has so greatly been developed and improved by intelligently directed energy that it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sheep-farming
RECENTLY at Auckland a settler of great experience and one well versed in the subject read an interesting paper on sheep-farming. The subject is so APROPOS that we deem it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairy Farming in Switzerland
In common with much of Switzerland the region about Geneva is largely a grassgrowing section, and with the national bias running intuitively in this direction, it…
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Sterilised milk is a very modern device for infants and invalids. It sells as high as fifty cents a quart in America and is sometimes bought quantities to last the individual…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Sales
The quantity of wool available for the current London sales is 220,000 bales, including 30,000 from the Cape…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ploughing for Wheat
In nearly all eases the sooner the ploughing is done for wheat, the easier and better will be the work. Get the stubble and green growth turned under as soon as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wool Sales. London, September 19
THE London wool sales opened to-day, and there was a large attendance of buyers. The amount to be offered includes 8400 bales from Australia and 22,000 from the…
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