Poisoning of Sheep
Intelligence was received at the Mines Department on Tuesday, to the effect that about 1000 sheep had been poisoned by some unknown…
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Farming & the land, 1887
37 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 2
The Farmer
Once on a time he used to plough, And rise at dawn to milk the cough, And drive with merry song and laugh To pasture Brindle and her caugh…
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There is no abatement in the rage for graytints this season, and Etain, or tin color Martinel, Rergeronnette, a pale olive gray and silver sand are added to the already lengthy…
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FEEDING FOWLS.— No fowls require, at most, more than three meals per day; and as a rule, do far better with two. The first should, or in confinement must, consist of…
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JOHN BROOKS of Vorcester county, Mass., writes to the Rural New Yorker: “I have a small herd of dehorned Jerseys. They are all pedigreed stock, not like the ‘hornless’…
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A CORRESPONDENT of the Frenso Republican makes some interesting observations' on the subject of ploughing, a function generally neglected in the irrigated portions of…
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NEW JERSEY farmers cut their hay by moonlight, in order to avoid the intense heat of the day. A BROUGHT prevails all over Europe and…
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THE Colorado bettle is devastating the potato in Prussian Saxony. THE common ant, it is claimed is an enemy of the scale bug. Orchardists have…
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Tomatoes will not become affected with the rot if the vines be properly trimmed and staked. If they be permitted to fall over and the fruit rest on the ground the result will be…
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Mr. G. DOBBYNS furnishes the Cootamundra Herald with the following recipe for the destruction of aphis in orchards, and declares that he has found it infallible." Take…
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The hive of the honey bee is peopled by three classes of bees. The drones or male bees are charged with worthlessness, and only living to eat what the neater or worker…
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A LETTER addressed by Mr. Gale M.P., to the Municipal Council was accidentally oversighted by the Council Clerk at Thursday night's meeting. In his letter to the…
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Very fat hens cannot stand the heat of summer unless provided with shade. The normal temperature of birds is much higher than of animals, and on very warm days they…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden. Transplanting Trees at Night
It is claimed by some that trees, if transplanted at night, will do better than if reset in the dry time. We know that the sun has an influence upon certain plants are flowers,…
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Here is what a Florida orange-grower has to say of the value of whitewash applied to the trunk of an orange tree: In the spring of 1885 we noticed that considerable moss was…
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JOHN BROOKS of Worcester county, Mass., writes to the Rural New Yorker: " I have a small herd of dehorned Jerseys. They are all pedigreed stock, not like the 'hornless'…
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