The Area Under Wheat in the World
Mr. C. Wood Davis, the well-known Kansas Farmer and statistician, has prepared a new compendium of the world's wheat area and production…
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Farming & the land, 1894
289 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 15
Mountain Cattle Horns
Every one is familiar with the mounted deers' heads and their branching antlers, that form a distinguishing feature in the adornment of rooms in certain houses, but…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Glen Innes Butter Factory
WE are pleased to be able to chronicle the estabment of a butter factory in Glen Innes, thanks to the public spiritedness of a few of our fellow- townsmen, who have had the enterprise to invest…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Wool sales. [By Wire.] Monday Night
The New Zealand Land Association, Ltd., report :--We offeree 3000 bales to-day, and cleared almost the entire catalogue under the keenest competition from local, continental, and Yorkshire buyers.' Greasy crossbred lambs sold to 9¼d, tor DHM over Bulgandramine,. from Dubbo ; greasy merino fleece to 8d, for T over Eyebrow from Jeir ; sconred fleece to 13£d, for J Peacock, over…
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There is one thing that cattle will not do for the pasture field, and that is, destroy the weeds. Sheep will do it better, but if you want the weeds wholly cleared out and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wool sales. [By Wire.] Monday Night
The New Zealand Land Association, Ltd., report :--We offered to-day 3,400 bales," and sold the bulk of the catalogue under very strong competition at prices supporting late rates. Greasy merino…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Sales. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Night
WE (New Zealand Land Association, Limited, Bridge-street,) offered to-day 3400 Bales, and sold the hulk catalogue under very strong competition at prices…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Commercial Column. London Wool Market. London
THE January series of wool sales opened to-day. Charles Balme and Co., and Jacomb and Son offered a catalogue comprising 10,856 bales; there was a large…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Garden
If the grass begins to give out try a few cabbages for the chickens and hens. Refuse cabbages, those that fail to make good heads, can be bought cheaply, and they furnish a…
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An enormous yield of wheat is reported from Werribee. Park Estate, where some farmers are getting over 70 bushels to the acre…
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The New Zealand Land Association, Ltd., report :--We offered 2010 bales of wool to-day. There was a large attendance of buyers, and active competition was fully up to late rates for scoured,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm Taxes in Germany
The methods of taxation in Germany are very different from those in existence in the United States, and are both more complicated and more cumulative. Each of the numerous…
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Hogs have generally short, thin hair, that does not afford much protection against the cold. For this reason they should have some bedding in which to nest, but it should…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Tuesday's Tale. That Blind Fence. the Story of a Cropper. Chapter I.
Do you understand, my sou? (Slap! slap!) I will not have you flying at those blind hedges. What would your mother say some day—some day, when we are…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool Market. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
WE (Australian Land and Agency Company, Limited,) offered 812 bales of wool at auction to-day, and sold 680 bales. Competition was very brisk, and prices were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Housekeeper. Bread From Whole Wheat Flour
Take four pounds of whole wheat flour, one ounce yeast, one ounce pulverized sugar, one ounce lard, one half ounce salt. Mix the salt with the flour and rub in the lard…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Small Farm
H. W. Andrew gives the following plan for utilizing a forty-acre farm to the best advantage: The question is often asked: Can a living…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Berlin Sewage Farms
The city of Berlin is absolutely cholera-proof, writes Mr. Poultney Bigelow in the Cosmopolitan. Beside that, she disposes of all the sewage within her borders at a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Garden. Garden Notes
The proper watering of house plants is the essential point to keeping them in a thriving condition. Too much water is as injurious as not enough. One most study the wants…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Butter Factories In Queensland
THE "butter fever" has extended to Queensland, where efforts are being made to start factories. Speaking recently, Professor Shelton said : Forty years ago in the Eastern parts of…
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