Distribution of Seed Wheat. Sydney
DURING the past five years seed wheat to the value of £20,334 has been, distributed among farmers, by the Government, of which £6108 has been…
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Farming & the land, 1899
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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. No. 76. The Maple (continued)--The Commen Maple--Its Timbers--Highly-Prized--The Norway Male--Proof against sects--Uses--The Sugar or Rook Maple-- Height -—Appearance -- Wood --Juice-- ' How Converted into Sugar
Sometimes the wood of the maple is of a uniform colour throughout, and in other oases beautifully curled and mottled. In the latter state, as it takes a fine polish and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cattle Afflicted with Opthalmia
A peculiar disease in the shape of an eye affection has attacked a large number of cattle on Cheviot-hills station,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Wool Sales. Prices Well Maintained. London, February 3rd
Before a very full room the sales have again progressed in the most satisfactory manner possible. In fact it is a long time since one witnessed the strong…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farm Notes. Over-heated Pigs
A good many breeders, upon having a pig over-healed or very warm, attempt to reduce the temperature by dashing a bucket of cold water over…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Recommended for Main Crop in Various Districts
At the meeting of Officers of the Department of Agriculture, held at the Wagga Wagga Experimental Farm, on the 11th February, 1899, comprising…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer and Crazier. Ploghing and Subsoiling
FOR a length of time there have been experts who have contended that discing land was the best method of working it; but until two or three years age the disc was not practically applied to this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Cost of Noise in the Dairy
MANY dairymen fail to realise the effect that a noise irritation has on the quantity or quality of the milk his cows give. This is one of the many little things in connection with the dairy,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Notable Butter Yields
WE (Melbourne LEADER) have received some remarkable figures concerning the butter returns from a herd of cows belonging to Mr. C. Cox, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FARM & Garden. Original Articles. No. 77. The Birch (continued)--The Lime General Description--Varidies--The Common Lime--Great Size--S[?]eet Planting-- Lsaves, Flowers, Tim[?]-- Uses--The Carver's Tree--The Barks-Propagation-- Honey Product--The Hrse Chestnut-- Uses--Nuts--The Bark-[?]s Ornaments-- Buds-- Flowers--Propagapn
The Birch is a native bleak and inhospitable climates. The [?]amon birch is a graceful tree, and send out a rather strong and very agreeable fgrance. When…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gare of Dairy Cattle
In addition to shelter from the strong rays of the sun, it is very important that miloh cows be supplied with plenty of good water in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wheat World. the Crop in Queensland
It is said that the official estimate of 600,000 bushels of wheat for this colony, will be confirmed by actual results. In the Darling Downs the total yield bag been 122,000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm Notes. Dairying in Denmark
Denmark has about 1,000,000 cows. The director of the Agricultural School at Dalinn has issued a brochure in which he calls attention to the fact…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Indian Crop
The Statistical Bureau of the Government of India has published the first general memorandum on the wheat crop of the current season. On the whole, for the divisions…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The South Australian Crop
The South Australian Register's' estimate of the late wheat harvest has been published, showing that the acreaze reaped was 1,550,000 acres, producing 9,816,666 bushels,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sheep
The next section to claim attention was that embracing sheep, al ways a strong one at the Inverell Show. The Pavilion was fairly well filled and the quality, as usual all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Testing Butter Cows
A very interesting discussion has been going on lately in the American farm papers with regard to the chemical test as against the churn in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Report
The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Assoelation report as follows:—Auctions were held in Sydney on 14th and 15th inst., an interval of three weeks having taken place…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Depth to Plant Wheat
AN experienced farmer writing on this subject, says :--In sowing wheat many farmers pay but little attention to the depth the seed is deposited in the soil, and, as a matter of fact, where…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer and Crazier. Heavy Cut Crop
There have been several notices this year of very heavy crops in the neighborhood of Mount Gambier, but the following, given by the Border Watch, is, we think, the highest yield that has…
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