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New England · Farming & the land
377 stories in New England's papers · page 15 of 19
THE first advantage of dairying (says Mr. J. W. Newton, Stowe, Vt.) is that it takes less fertility from the soil than any other branches of farming, A ton of wheat takes 28s out of the farm, and sells…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE attention of woolgrowers is directed to an advertisement appearing in our business columns over the names of the Australasian Mortgage and Agency Company, Dalgetty and Co, Goldsbrough,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ALFRED CRAMPTON and John Crampton, two youths, and Sarah Crampton, their mother, were charged with killing a steer at Backwater, Oban, the property of the Bank of New South Wales, with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The proper time for gathering olives for the press is the eve of maturity. If delayed too long the next crop is prevented and the tree is productive only in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is proved by statistics that wheat-growing is going out of fashion in England, and more particularly on the stiff clay soils requiring the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →given by an exchange :--Get a common flower-pot aud large saucer, fill the saucer half full of water, and set the dish of butter upon it. Then cover…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ENDEAVOURS are being made to raise an united agitation to protect the butter industry from the competition of the margarine manufacturers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AT the wool market there is good competition, and prices are firm. Petitions from Presbyterian Churches in favour of scripture lessons in State schools…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"BRUNI" (Australasian) refers in the following article to a subject that is of considerable interest to wool-producers :--The weight of wool cut by individual sheep is seldom of much interest to sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →COMFORT and health of animals secured by : Pure air pure water, sufficient exercise, abundance and variety in feed, shade and shelter from extremes of heat and cold, and kind and gentle treatment at all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The recently formed arrangements in the wool trade have been abandoned, and the Wool Brokers Association have fixed the commission at a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The very smallest of all kinds of sheep is the tiny Breton sheep. It takes its name from the particular part of France where it is most raised. It is too small to be very…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →There are seven or eight species of the guava known to botanists-- some natives of Asia and others of tropical America. The white guava is the best and also the most…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It may not be generally known that one gallon of separated milk contains on an average 1lb. of digestible solid food, which is composed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The predominance of weeds is remarkable. So is their pertinacity. Even at this early season there are few districts where the pastures as…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association report as follows for the week ending October 7, '98:—Wool.—At the sales this week 13,437…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ONE of the latest of successful mechanical appliances in the United States is a reaping machine to cut and bind maize, a particularly difficult subject for these operations. For years past maize has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The varieties of a fruit be much esteemed as the mango must be numerous; accordingly fit is reckoned that there are upwards of forty in the island of Java alone,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Joseph Porters, Terence Porters end Frank Lewis, were charged with stealing a bullock the property of Mr. A. Hooke, Tia…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fresh ground is desirable for every kind of stock. When an animal is turned into a piece of grass he takes a surrey of the whole field, for the…
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