The Farmer. Seven Points in Milk Setting
PROFESSOR ARNOLD says, in the Tribune, in answer to an inquirer:—Among the many excellent modes for raising cream, I would not like to say which is best, if…
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Farming & the land, 1881
87 stories in South Coast's papers · page 4 of 5
The Butter Trade
WRITING to the Kiama Independent regarding the Co-operative Butter Company Mr. John Taylor says:—A central cold room is required; and there is not more than time to provide it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Prospects for Wheat
They certainly are not so good as we would like to see at this time of the year, and it is no great wonder that growers, who are fortunate enough to hold portions of last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer. Novel Industries of Australia. No. I.
IT has been a matter of general remark by the numerous persons who have visited Australia during the existence of the late International Exhibition, and who may…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Salt and its Influence on Farm Animals
THE importance of the mixture of salt in the food of animals to promote digestion is now an established fact. Unfortunately, however, both cattle-keepers and men of science…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →For the Farmer. The Horses of the Past and Present
IN the course of a lecture recently delivered beore the Jamberoo Mutual Improvement Society, Mr. James M'Gill, J.P., observed (as reported by the Kiama Independent) that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agriculture. Station, Farm, and Garden. Sugar Cane As an Annual Crop
THE severe effects of frost upon the colonial sugar cane, again opens the question whether the crop could not be cultivated systematically as an annual. It is so…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Braidwood Police Court. Wednesday, September 14, 1881. (Before Robert Maddrell (Chairman), J. W. Bunn, Henry Burne, and C. B. Payne. Esqrs. Js.P.) Cattle Stealing
Mark Piercy and Thomas Orford were charged with having at Norriga on the 24th ultimo, feloniously stolen and taken away one red and white steer branded dM on rump, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →For the Farmer. Oats—Culture and Experiments. PROFESSOR I. P. Roberts Cornell
I AM now enabled to give the results of another yonr's, or what is far more valuable, the average results of five yours' experimenting. It has boon my uniform custom to avoid rich…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agriculture. Station, Farm and Garden. Oil Yielding Plants—castor Oil
ALTHOUGH the manufacture of vegetable oils is already numbered amongst colonial industries, there is abundance of room for extension, and for increasing the trade. It…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →For the Farmer. Carrots
THE carrot is one of those products whose value is not wholly measured by its chemical constituents. Its agreeable flavour, its succullence, its digestibility, and its healthful…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agriculture. Station, Farm and Garden. Oil-bearing Plants and Vegetable Oils
RETURNING to the subject commenced in our paper, upon the growth of the easter oil plant and the treatment of its seed in order to obtain the easter oil of commerce, it was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer Feedeth All
My lord rides through his palace gate, My lady sweeps along in state, The sage thinks long on many a thing, And the maiden muses on marrying…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →For the Farmer. Points of a Good Cow
C. BORDWELL, gives as the result of his experience in buying and handling stock, the following outlines of a good cow:—"In the first place, I will say that I believe in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agriculture. Station, Farmland Garden. Value of Early Experience
It is amongst the serious mistakes made in dealing with colonial farming, to suppose that early training in farm life in the old world is of little, if any, value…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Old Farm Gate. (In Harper's Weekly.)
In gilded saloons, where the fairest of belles Flung around me their subtlest of glamour and spells, I broke through their magic, I mocked at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Agriculture. Station, Farm, and Garden. Harvesting Machinery
THE harvest promises to be memorable for the introduction of harvesting machines, even in excess of those of preceding years—which is saying not a little. In…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?] Rest proof Wheat
THE following letter appears in Mondayâs âEcho. â Iua âNote of the Dayâ in Fridayâs issu- reference is made to the late Secretary of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →For the Farmer. Milk Flavour
THE flavour of milk comes from the feed, as does the milk itself. The main constituents of the feed form the milk, but its aroma also passes into the lacteal fluid, as witness the various…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Does Farming Pay?
WA'AL, brother farmers, these is cur'ous days, T' think o' askin' one of farmin' pays! I ain't no hand to write, but, ez ye please…
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