The Farmer and Grazir. Blue Butter
'WHAT was the most striking thing you saw in India?' was asked of a lady who had just returned from a tour round the world. 'Butter,' she replied, 'It seems strange, but it is a fact…
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Farming & the land, 1898
377 stories in New England's papers · page 4 of 19
To Prevent Sheep From Bogging
ACCORDING to a Hamilton (Vic.) paper a useful contrivance for the prevention of sheep getting bogged in waterholes or dams that are drying up is being used in that district. The apparatus con…
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As the Minister for Mines and Agriculture with his Under-Secretary has within the last few days paid a visit to the site of the proposed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Assault or a Farmer. Four to One. the Assailants Arrested
To be set upon by roughs and almost killed after going through nearly 60 years of life without accident to health or limb is one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Garden Original Articles. No. 24.--The Carrot (continued)--CULTIVATION--SEEDS--SEPARATION--HOW TO Sow--SOME Large Carrots--liability to Be Attacked by Insects--canker --Preventive--uses--instances--nutritive Value--experiments
The Carrot is most successfully cultivated in a light mellow soil mixed with sand; the ground should be well dug to some depth and made extremely friable and porous that…
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Some time ago an effort was made to start a local butter factory. Canvassers were appointed and promises of support made. Due promised 20…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Campbell System of Wheat Cultivation
Now that we hear so much of wheat cultivation and the probabilities of grain being shipp[?] away in large quantities, the following may be of…
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A LECTURER of one of the Canadian farmers' institutes recently gave the following ten reasons why farmers should keep sheep:--1. They are profitable. 2. They weaken the soil least and…
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AT a recent meeting of the Murray branch of the Agricultural Bureau (S.A.) a paper was read on the above subject. The following extracts from it will be of interest to our farmers :--Rearing and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Farmer and Grazie. To Prevent a Cow From Kicking
WHILE milking, and also break her of the habit, put a grapple leader in her nose (which can be bought at any hardware merchants for 1s), attach a ½ inch rope, about 10 feet long, to it and have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden Original Articles. No. 25.--The Parsnip--description of Leaves, Flowers, and Roots -- Varie. Ties--home Grown--how Prepared Fro Use--parsnip Wine--as a Cull. Naby Esculent-- Nutritive Mattes-- Celery -- Description of Plant -- Varieties-- the Red --The Turnip Rooted--most Suitable Soil -- Manned of Cultivation
The Parsnip is a British plant and grows wild in calcareous soils by road-sides. The leaves are broader and less divided than those of the carrot; in the wild kind they…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer and Grazier. Wool Classing
RECENTLY Mr. G. Jeffrey, the instructor of wool-acouring at the South Australian School of Mines and Industries, delivered a lecture on the subject, and considering the short notice the attendance…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lung Worms in Sheep
EXPERIMENTS have been conducted by Mr. Arthur Darby of New England, with a view of discovering a means of causing sheep to expel lungworms without recourse to the ordinary…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Model Farm for New England
THE enthusiasm aroused by the recent shows held in this part of the colony ought to act as an incentive to a movement for securing a Model Farm for New England. As is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm Values in Victoria
As an Instance of land values in the Goulburn Valley district a sale took place a few days ago of the intestate estate of the late Mr. Aitken, of Kyabram. His stock of several hundred bags of wheat…
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COMB largely from what he saves or from losses prevented. That the losses on farm machinery amount to millions each year is probable. The farm implements of to day are intricate in construction…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden Original Articles. No. 26.--The Cruolfere--why So Called--qualities-- the Acrid Principle Antiscorbutic and Other Characteristics -- the Turnip -- Process of Growth--great Growths in Rome-- Use of Turnips in Russia--varieties. Maltese Golden Turnip -- the Swedish Turnip--the French Turnip --Its Peculiarities--best Sort of Soil -- Turnip Cultivation in Australia--a Substitute for Flour
The Cruciferae include the Turnip, Mustard, Cabbage, Radish, Cress, &c. The natural family of crucifera contains many plants of considerable importance to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Section 2.—Cattle. Durhhan on SHORTHORN
Hull, 3yrs and over, G and R Crawford; cow, 3yrs and over, A Laurie I, Jas Moore h c; beifer, yearling, Jas Moore,…
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Three fleeces ewes (merino), W Robson; 3 fleeecs hoggete (merino), W Robson…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →London Wool Sales. Very Firm Market
At the London Wool Sales yesterday competition was break amd the market very [?] Medium and interror merious were slightly lover,…
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