Farm Notes. the Kicking Cow
It would be difficult to find a dairyman of any extent who does not occasionally have in his herd a cow that gives much annoyance from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New England · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1898
377 stories in New England's papers · page 8 of 19
Work Out Farms
We often hear of " worn out" farms but in reality there is no such thing. Land can be exbansted temporarily of its fertility, but it can never be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Cattle Plague Psalm
The following is put of a [?] song in [?] church [?]above a century ago it was [?] by the parish clerk on the [?] of the marrain a server distemper…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden Original Articles. No. 36.-- the Apple (continued) -- Time of Transplanting-- Propagating -- CROSSING -- Seed Sowing -- How to Being Quickly to a Bearing State-- Propa Gation by Cuttings-- Grafting and Inoculation -- Kinds of Grafting Stock -- Where the Apple Tree Thrives-- Mode of Bearing -- PRUNING--
Apple trees may be transplanted at various ages; as they bear this process at a greater age than any ethers the time of transplanting may be in any open weather during the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A rotating Parson-Farmer
A country parson who had some difficulty in making both ends meet, utilised a part of the Church ground for cultivation purposes. One…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm Notes. How to Propagate Potatoes
It is matter of surprise that so little attention is given in this colony to the propagation of new varieties of potatoes. There is certainly a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Farmer's Distress
I had often seen him standing in the light of dying day, With his eyes fixed on the glory of the sunset, far away;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Farmer and Grazier. Wool Scouring
IN one of his recent reports, the writer of the Sydney Morning Herald's Yorkshire wool letter makes some highly interesting remarks on this subject, and the opinions expressed are the more…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A City Dairy Cow
MR RICKETT, laborer, of Warrundyte (Victoria), holds an interesting collection of articles discovered to the stomach of a cow. The beast died recently under peculiar circumstances, aud a post-mortem…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm Notes. Desirable Lands for Wheat
Much of the land that has lately been, or about to be, thrown open for selection in New South Wales is doubtless well adapted for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London Wool Sales. Letter No. 75. a Depressing, Yet Satisfactory Start. London, May 6th, 1898
Never, I think, in the history of modern time, have we seen inch radical change come over the European sitnation for wool, as has been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Some Advantages of Dairying
THE following advantages of dairying are detailed in the report of the Kansas (U.S.A.) State Board of Agriculture on " Cow Culture" :-- The first advantage of dairying is that it takes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer and Grazier. New Potato Planter
FARMERS in the Glen Innes district, more especially those who devote much attention to potato growing, will be interested to know that a new potato planter has been devised by an American…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Treatment of "Blown" Cattle
Mr. Matthew Woodbury, of Spring Hill, Iriverell, gives the following treatment for "blown" cattle:—"I have had a lot of trouble with my cattle being…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Wheat King
A telegram from Chicago states that Mr. Armour has bought for cash all the wheat secured by Mr. [?]e ter,s peculator, amounting to 5000,000 bushels. Mr. Lester's loss on his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden Original Articles No. 38.--The Quince--branches, Leaves, Flowers --The Fruit Seeds--quince Pie--mabmalade--varieties -- General Uses of the Quince--soil-- Propagation -- the Medlar -- External Description--properties of the Fruit the Dutch Medlar--fruit and Timber -- the Loquat -- Fruit and Growth--the Amygdalus -- a Mane for a Class--general Features
The quince tree is of low growth, much branched and generally much contorted; the leaves are rounded or ovate, of a dusky green above and white underneath, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Cattle Stealing
John Cox and John Fullerton Gardner were Ch-rged with stealing one ox, the property,of George Kilpatrick, at Walc[?]a, on 3rd April, A…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Allora spring Wheat
Considerable diecu[?]on having taken place as to the value of Allora Spring wheat from a milling point Of view, the Minister for Agriculture…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Importation of Dairy Stock
Fifty-Four head of cattle leave London to-morrow consigned to the New South Wales Government for the purpose of specially improving…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Growing
An attempt is to be made again to grow wheat in the Maclean district. The area under crop this year will be the largest ever sown in the Riverina…
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