Maize Farming in New South Wales
THE Melbourne 'Leader' is publishing a series of very excellent papers written by a member of the agricultural staff of that journal. This gentleman has been in the…
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Farming & the land, 1879
26 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 2
Agriculture. Scalding Milk for Butter
As great as is the improvement in creamraising, by the use of deep vessels sot in icewater, for large dairies, quite as great, in my judgment, is that of scalding the fresh…
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MR. M'COMBIE, at the meeting of the Leochel-Cushnic Agricultural Association, said: —"As you have been kind enough to allude to the late Paris International [?] I…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agriculture. the Best Cows for the Dairy. (From the Rural New Yorker.)
A PROPER fitness of things ia most important in dairying. Doubtless there is no other branch of rural industry ia which so much is lost by want of the consistent…
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THE Cambrian Prince sailed from London for Melbourne and took out the first protion of the valuable collection of fashionable Bates' Shorthoins which Mr. William McCulloch…
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As Australian is shortly to have polled or hornless cattle added to the stock better known in the country, we are likely to hear considerably more of this breed than has…
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It is a proud day when the average boy gets on his first pair of boots and trudges to school by the side of his older sister. He does not care any longer to lake her han…
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AGRICULTURAL progress is made mainly, through discoveries by experimenting and by scientific researches, and whatever tends to advance the farmers' interests and help them…
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CURIOUS fact is recorded in connection with some experiments lately made by direction of the Paris Acclimatization Society with some grains of wheat received from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maxims for the Farmer
1. Never get in debt when you cannot see your way out again. When you owe, pay its fast as you can and promptly. Never, allow yourself to be dunned for a debt a second…
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THE most profitable farming is that which gives the largest returns far the smallest comparative outlay This statement is based on business principles, but it is not always…
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THE London 'Echo,' speaking of the present distress among agriculturists in England, says:—The real cause of the farmers distress lies here. In the years 1867-8 we…
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Thigher position that polled cattle are taking in Europe have led to several calls for a more particular description of the various families or breeds of the class. The…
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THE following extract from the Marin County Journal will be of interest to farmers. The editor makes a few extracts from Eastern journals in reference to the large quantity of…
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THE following lotter appears in the 'Evening News,' of the 2nd August,— The season for 1809 on this river has now fairly begun, Messrs. Woodford and Co., of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Agriculture. Outlines of Modern Farming. Principles and Practice of Cattle Breeding. (From Weale's Rudimentary Series.)
IT may be taken an axiomatie that "like begets like," and farther, that man has the power or ability to mould, modify, and control the forms, habita, and peculiarities of…
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"ONE of the conclusive argruments that crossing" (says an advocate of pure, or "inand-in" breeding) "with different stock is not necessary to secure size, hardiness, &c.,…
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DR. HITCHMAN gives cartain propositions on-the sunbj-et-of breeding, of which the following resume will be persued with interest —By breeding, man can modify the forms…
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ALMOST all the breeds are now crossed with the short-horn. The Gloucester breed is now in its pure state almost extinct; it is best obtained by crossing an Alderney cow…
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SOME of the most beautiful animals of the horn are so dark in colour that on parts of the body the tawny brown approaches dark brown. The colour of the bulls is darker than that of…
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