The Farmers Column. the Testing of Cows
A system of testing the milk yield of cows has been in operation in Wisconsin, U.S.A., since 1894 in connection with several…
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Farming & the land, 1910
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Sydney Wool Sales
AT yesterday's sales the market was very strong for all descriptions, and the best rates of the season were obtained. Lambs' wool was in special…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Record Crop
THE Gininderra correspondent of the "Post" says:--Threshing operations are still in full swing. Mr. W. Winter, of Red Hill, who owns a large…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wastes on the Farm
On all farms there is produced a quantity of waste material which should be utilised for fertilsing purposes. The British Board of Agriculture, in a recent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Field. Treatment of "Dry Bible."
Mr Williams, Government Inspector of Stock, South Australia, has been on a visit to Orroroo, for the purpose of inspecting stock suffering from "dry…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Invention of Butter
It is said that Arabs first made butter. They were carrying milk in skins on the backs of camels, and the steady jogging turned the fluid…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Farmers Column. Sharp-pointed Horns
The horns on some cattle are very much sharper pointed than others. and, curiously enough, the possessors of such generally…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Millet Makes More Wheat
In the west it tins been noticed that better crops of wheat can be grown. first, after millet cut for hay: and, second, after millet buried as a green…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Increase in Butter. Largely Due to "Alfa" Separators
So marked has been the advance of dairying in N.S.W. the last ten years that the output of butter has increased from less than 30,000,000 lbs. to over…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Digging Horace's Farm
Professor Pasqui has completed a thorough exploration of the supposed site of Horace's Sabine farm. under the hill now called the Campanile,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. (COPYRIGHT.) (Prof. F. S. Cooley, Experiment Station.) How to Test Seed Corn
I have tried a number of different methods for testing seed corn, but the most convenient and satisfactory that I have found is a shallow box…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ration for Dairy Cows
On the supposition that one has enough of silage to feed, say, 40 pounds per day per cow, the best meal complement, or at least a very suitable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmers Column. the Cow Sheds
Part of the regular work on a diary farm should be the periodical whitewashing of the cow-sheds, bails, milkroom, etc., and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ration for Dairy Cattle
To begin with, we must have a foundation for the ration, and this may consist of hay, corn-fodder, sorghum, or straw. In the case of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Butter and Microbes
A few years ago attempts were made to use for illumination long tubes filled with vapor of mercury and lighted by electricity. Lamps…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local Wool Clips
THE following lots of local and district wool have been sold at the Sydney wool sales during the past few days:—C in tria./Gininderra, 87 1st coin 11¾d, 6 com 12¼d, 16 2nd…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmyard Manure and Its Application
It has been said that tillage is manure," and undoubtedly the fertility of our soils depends very largely upon the cultivation they receive but to obtain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Dairy. Grading Home Separator Cream
What to do to improve the quality of sand separator cream is one of the most perplexing problems with which the butter makers of to-day are confronted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Farmers Column. Sows Harassed by Large Families
A sow, when her pigs are young and small, delights in a large family, and is one of the happiest of animals ; she encourages their suckling…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. All Rights Reserved. Improving From Butter. (Prof. F. S. Cooley, Experiment Station.)
Nearly all butter sold by the ranchman or farmer is of poorer quality than it should be: By more careful handling and better methods there is…
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