Farm and Garden Some Cow Notes
I notice complaints of cows eating fences and boards. Several years ago, my cows had the same habit, and in the summer, would chew bones. I bought 10 pounds of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New England · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1896
430 stories in New England's papers · page 10 of 22
Silage for Sheep and Horses
While silage is especially used for cattle feeding (writes the Farmers' Advocate) it also answers a good purpose as sheep feed. Old sheep,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat-growing Maxims
SOMEONE has been at the trouble of condensing a great deal of information about wheat growing into a very small compass, and somebody else has set it afloat without giving credit to the author:--…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Government Aid to Farmers
CHEAP money for farmers is a project which the Premier of New South Wales professes to have very much at heart, and under a system of state loans he talks of assisting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crop Reapers' Liability
FROM the case reported in another column it will be apparent that Mr. Risby suffered a severe loss through not getting his crop cut when he wanted it done, and in this behalf…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London. a Baby Farmer Hanged
Annie Dyer, the woman who was convicted of murdering several children in connection with her baby farming operations at Reading, was hanged to day. Accused admitted her…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rhubarb for the Farm
Farmers are frequently condemned by town and village residents, including editors, became they do not have good vegetable gardens. These people do not see the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Garden Single Dahlias
Few flowers are more attractive in summer than single dahlias. This applies to them as seen growing on the plants and also when cut as room decorators. They have been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Wool Sales. LETTER No. 31. a Gingerly Start. London, May 1
Taking the most optimistic view one can of the present and immediate future of wool in its relation to the Colonial product, one feels constrained…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairy Produce
Mr. Charles R. Valentine, of the Colonial Consignment and Distributing Company, Limited, and who was the chief dairy expert for New…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Naturalist the 'Tsetse,' or South Africa Cattle- Fly
This venomous little fly, whose bite is so deadly to domesticated animals in South Africa, was first made known to scientists in 1848, through some specimens procured on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Linseed Meal in the Dairy
As a milk and butter producer, ground linseed cake has no equal. It not only increases the flow of milk, but adds greatly to its richness in cream. With a cow…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden Insects on Roses
Our queenly Rower, unfortunately, is the prey of a host of insect pests, which make their appearance on the hushes. Greenfly is a common foe, and easily managed,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Points in Favor Oe Dairying
If it Could he shown by figures how many hundred tons of butter fat from originally pure milk are annually made into grease, unfit for table or culinary use, many would…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Wool Sales. Letter No. 32. a Steady Week's Work. London, May 7
Whatever may be said of other consuming wool centres, it is certain that London with its gigantic distributing capacity remains pretty well intact,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Farmers' El Dorado
WESTERN Australia is alleged to be a sort of farmers El Dorado. Some of the farmers are making a lot of money, at least so Mr. E. Mitchell, who recently returned from the colony…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Wool Sales. LETTER No. 33. Weak Points Enumerated. Bradford, May 15, 1896
No very material change can be noted in the position of things on this market but the course of events have now practically demonstrated how…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Tick Plague. Ticks on Sheep. Brisbane, June 18
As an instance of the advance made by the investigations of the Department of Stock on the American investigations the following extract from a private letter received…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden Hen Ration Suggested
Give for the morning food, two quarts of potatoes, boiled and mashed, in milk if one has it, if not, the water in which they are cocked. Add two quarts of wheat bran, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Jubilant Farmers
From the North-West Coast of Tasmania there comes news of farm ing content, even of farming jubilation. Potatoes have done wonders…
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