Interesting Wheat Experiments
MR. T. SMITH, of Washaway creek, [?]gonia, has a small model farm on which he conducts experiments for the mere satisfaction of it. He has…
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Farming & the land, 1907
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Commercial. Wool Reports
Messrs. Schute, Boll & Co. report under date January 7:—Every buying house was fully represented in the auction room when we re-opened the weekly series at our sale…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Raising Incubator Chicks
POULTRY breeders generally experience a greater loss in raising incubator hatched chicks than from those hatched and cared for by hens. A larger mortality is…
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The cool weather and showers have been a great help to growing crops, and as the soil is ready for space available large areas of millet,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To Be a Farmer's--wife!
Just think, our new cook gets up at six o'clock without being called.' 'She must be a jewel.' 'Yes; she's going to be married to the…
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The cool weather and showers have been a great help to growing crops, and as the soil is ready for space available large areas of millet…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Dairy. Stripping Cows
It is an article of faith among dairy farmers that cows must at each milking be milked thoroughly clean that is, until not another drop of milk…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Blacksmithing on the Farm
A great deal is written about the necessity of a workshop on the farm. The farm workshop which is usually spoken of, if we may judge by the description…
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Karl Hagenbook, the well-known dealer in wild animals, when the East Africa Soudan began to fail as a source of supply of largo and curious animals and was finally closed…
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The late Mr. Farrer's soft wheat, named by him "Federation," has won golden opinions in Victoria, as it has done here. Experimental plots…
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Winchcombe Carson and Co. Ltd. report:—We sold at auction and privately to-day 5700 bales wool. The market was somewhat easier for superior wools, but medium sorts…
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AT their wool auctions on Tuesday, when they brought forward a catalogue of 6,709 bales, Messrs. John Bridge & Co., Limited, broke the greasy record for the past two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →When to Cut Wheat
The proper time to cut wheat and other cereals is immediately after their grate has been fully matured. When the green color of the straw, Just below the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved. Harvesting Potatoes
If it is intended to market potatoes at the earliest period, then may be harvested as soon as they are ripe, Otherwise, if the weather conditions continue favorable, they…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm and Garden. Calender for Jan[?]
The cool weather [?]wers have been a great help to growing crops, and as the soil is ready for space available large areas of millet,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bacteria for Farmers
For the past hundred years agricultural chemists have boon asking the question whether it were possible to utilise the free nitrogen of the atmosphere as the food of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Field. Care of Harness
Happy is the farmer who has got a careful, handy man in charge of his teams, who has an eye for seeing when a strap is coming off or a buckle needs…
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Dalge'y and Company report under date 18th January:—We submitted five thousand three hundred bales this week to a good attendance of the trade. A firm market was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden. Calender for January
The cool weather and showers have been a great help to growing crops, and as the soil is ready for space available large areas of milles,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Dairy. Choosing the Dairy Cow
In an address on "Building up the Dairy Herd," delivered by Mr J. H. Grisdale, of the Central Experimental Firm, Ottawa, Canada, at a meeting of…
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