The farmer. Self-Acting Spring Lex Brace
THE engraving represented a self-acting leg brace which the inventor guarantees will care any knee-sprung or ankle cooked horse in a few weeks…
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Farming & the land, 1885
75 stories in South Coast's papers · page 2 of 4
The farmer Scraps. Milking Records
THE herd of Sir Hussey Vivian, at Park-le-Broos of which the private catalogue has just been issued—presents as interesting an experiment as is anywhere being tried with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The farmer. Educational Tour of a Model Dairy in Scotland
IN 1881, the Irish Agricultural Society, viewing with concern the depression and visible diminution of the butter trade in Ireland, decided, at the suggestion of Canon Bagot, to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. Driving Cattle. to the Editor of the Shoalhaven Telegraph
SIR.—Kindly allow me through your paper to call the attention of the powers that be to a great nuisance of long standing in this township. I refer to cattle being driven through the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer. Take cave of Farm Implements
SOME one once drew a graphic pen picture of a mortal foe of the farmer—one who labored for his destruction by night as well as by day, on Sundays, holidays, and work days alike…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The farmer. Breeding of Horses
The supply of both hunting and carriage horses of a good class has become very scarce in England. It has for years been unequal to the demand, and is year by year becoming…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dishorning Cattle
D[?] by [?] means is a simple operation of [?] practical utility. it is[?] great suffering if [?] after the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The farmer. Ayrshire Cattle in America
IN the course of a paper read before the Washington Institute, Mr. William Fairweather, M'Lane, Pennsylvania, gave some information as to American experience with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Butter-making
Butter is the mature fruit of the full-blown cow. It is the greatest effort of her life. The cow toils not, neither does she spin, yet I say unto you, Solomon in all his glory could not…
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On Monday evening, lib instant, a public [?]ting, which bad been convened [?] police Magistrate, at the instance of [?] [?] of the town, was held at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer. Prizes for Ram Lambs
The Royal Agricultural Society of England contemplate giving prizes for ram lambs, but when considered at a recent meeting it was found that the members present were almost…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →E[?] and Dairy Cattle. [?]
IN a better to the S [?] Mr. E. T. [?] Blad[?] Hill L[?] writes: â âI [?] several times been asked the question whether I considered [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The farmer. Show-yard Judging
THE prevailing system of show-yard judging (says the Live Stock Journal) is not unfrequently the subject of discussion. It is pointed out that there is a want of uniformity…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep's Horn for Horseshoes
A NEW horseshoe has lately been experimented with at Lyons, France. The shoe is made entirely of sheep's horn, and is found particularly adapted to horses employed in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The farmer. Hints on Breeding Hunters
OUR columns, says the Live Stock Journal, recently have shown the great desire that exists for reliable information and advice on the subject of breeding hunters, and no one is more…
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A POTATO digger has been patented by Mr. Reuben R. James, of Rising Sun, Ind. This invention relates to ploughs for turning potatoes out of the ground, curved bars or…
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IF the announcement made by a French contemporary remains true in practice, butter churn-makers will, perhaps, have to turn their attention to the construction of other…
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LORD VERNON has given a fresh proof of his interest in the progress of dairy farming by offering a prize of 100 guineas for dairy cows. The conditions are now under the…
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FRENCH economists are urging upon their countryman the importance of a greater interest in growing well bred cattle but meet with discouraging apathy. Some good, herds…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The farmer. Butter Factories
THE factory system of making butter and cheese has wrought a revolution in American dairying. The change marks a great advance both on the farm and in the market. The…
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