Cattle Breeding in Germany
This is the subject of an article in a recent issue of the "Journal of the Board of Agriculture," London. In proportion to area the number of cattle in Germany…
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Farming & the land, 1910
421 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 6 of 22
Drought-Resisting Wheat
The National Agricultural Association of Queensland has received two interesting exhibits of wheat in the ear from Mr A. Hoskins, of Taruida Station, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Wool Sales
WINCHCOMBE, CARSON & CO. LTD., report: We offered our last catalogue of the weekly series of sales on Thursday, and found the market ruling…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Field. a Big Ranch
Mr W. C. Stuart, in the "Country Gentleman." of Albany, U.S.A., gives a very interesting account of the ranch and farm known as "Ranch 101." 87,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Crop-bound Fowls
After feeding on long grass, especially if it is coarse, fowls are apt to become crop-bound., The grass gets over the passage leading to the gizzard, and stops…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Farm Mystery. Three Persons Murdered
The New York correspondent of the London "Daily Mail " wrote from New York on Sunday, 8th October:— An extraordinary tragedy occurred on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Farmers Column. Leguminous Crops As Fertilisers
They are of two classes of crops, jeguminous or nitrogen-gathering, and non-leguminous. Among the latter may be named wheat, oats…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Commercial. Wool Report
Schute Bell & Co., Ltd., report under date 14th March:—The end of this week will see the close of the main selling season, and growers are to be congratulated upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. . All Rights Reserved. (Prof. F. S. Cooley, Experiment Station.) When It Pays to Grind Grain. Grain Can Now Bo Cheaply Cround Very Satisfactory for Work Animals and Young Stock Excellent for Miloh Cows Corn Cob Moal Has
It pays to grind grain for horses hard at work, milch cows in full flow, hogs being fattened, young stock of all kinds, and old animals whose teeth…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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 3 →Scarcity of Butter in Canada
An event occurred in Canadian butter circles last February, the "Canadian Grocer" states, which is without precedent in the history of the Canadian…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Field. The Potato Disease in New Zealand
The potato digging season in New Zealand having commenced, the growers are now able to gauge the full extent of the damage that has been caused by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The American Apple Crop
A correspondent writing in the "Times," London, on 7th September, gave some interesting particulars of an apple census which has been taken in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Farmers Column. Rusty Milk Cans
Rusty cans are a constant menace to the industry, and a source of daily anxiety to the factory and creamery manager, as it also ought…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Seaweed Farms
Did you ever hear of the seaweed farm before? yet this curious branch of agriculture has been in existence for nearly 500 years, for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. (Copyright.) Fertility. Spreader Encourages Fertility
No soil will produce large crops unless it contains humus. Nothing produces more and lasting qualities of humus than barnyard manure if…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmers Column. FERTILIZERS And How to Use Them Intelligently
Nitrogen promotes growth, phosphates promote fruitfulness and early maturity, and potash increases quality, says Professor Hammond…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sheep in Dry Districts. 1
The chairman of the Rhine Vi[?] Branch of the S. Australian Bureau of Agriculture thinks that every farms should keep a few sheep, as they…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Hungarian Gentleman Farmer. Most Contented Individual in the World
Writing on "The Hungarian Gentleman Farmer," in the "Windsor," Baroness Orczy says :- "He is the most contented…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Historic Importance of Wheat
Wheat, since the earliest period to which history reaches, has always been accounted the most valuable grain of the culmiferous tribe, hence all…
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