Dairy Factories for New Zealand
THE rich pastures and the cool climate of New Zealand ought to make it one of the finest dairying countries in the world, but no natural advantages are sufficient to compensate for the…
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Farming & the land, 1888
93 stories in South Coast's papers · page 3 of 5
Dehorning Cattle
Some years ago benevolent-minded people denounced the. dehorning of cattle as a orael. practice, only worthy of barbarians. Lataly, the stock journals of the country have…
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Elwood Cooper, the successful olive-grower of Sanla Barbara county, staled recently at a frail-growers’ meeting, that an olive orchard no more than seven years old from the…
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THE Queenslander says:—In a paragraph in our last issue we called tho attention of our readers to the excellent boxes of [?] wood made in New Zealand, in which the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Butter Factories. Cream Seperator
The cream separator is an important feature of the Now South Wales butter factories. There were factories in America and elsewhere, however, before the separator was invented, and…
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The largest vineyard in the world is world is the that of Sensator - Stanford in Tahoma Country —3,826 sorse, or about 3,060,00 vines. California has also the smallest vineyard in the world, a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden. Pore Olive Oil
Cotton-seed oil has become quite important as an article of food. It is shipped from the United States in vast quantities to Spain, and Italy, whence it returns Io America labelled…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Victorian Farmers
THE breach between the manufacturers and the farmers in Victoria is daily widening. The manufacturer is now treating the farmer with all the contempt possible in the man who thinks…
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A WELL attended meeting of farmers and business men interested in the establishment of a company for the purpose of promoting a butter factory in this locality was held, pursuant to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →How to Dec[?] Cattle
To secure the head of a steer before dehorning, I used to use a stanchion, but I now use a chute, and my new ‘ jewel.’ On one side of the chute a plank runs out parallel…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden. a Codlln Moth Trait
Come with me, and Bee how I am getting best of the codlin moth,’ said’ a prominent citizen to a Herald, man to-day. The reporter went. The gentlemen referred to has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Farmer on Ensilage
A LEADING farmer writes:—“I do not think it necessary to go the great expense of building a silo. My process of filling is as follows Cut the grass (I use second…
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A MEETING of those interested in the above took place in the Agricultural Hall on Wednesday afternoon last, The Mayor. presided and the following gentlemen were present, in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm and Garden. Vegetable Soaps
In widely separated countries there are plants, in some cases herbs, and in other trees which the natives use as a substitute for soap in washing. Whoever has had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Berry Dairy Company (Limited)
The first meeting of shareholders in the above company was held on Wednesday. 1st August, in the [?] Agricultural Hall. there was a good attendance, and Mr. James Wilson, J. S. was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm and Garden. [?] Young Turkeys
It often happens that the season for hatching young turkeys opens unfavorably. Pe[?] the spring is backward;, cold, chilling rains abound, and the practicality of allowing the…
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SOME very interesting particulars as to the number of farmers and farm labourers in the United States and the number and area of farms respect [?] owned and hired by their…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Berry Dairy Company (Limited.)
A MEETING of the shareholders of this company was held in the old Show Building at 3 p.m. on Wednesday last, the 8th instant. There was a aumorous attendance, and Mr. J. Gray,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Inbreeding with Jersey Cattle
No subject his received more attention from stock breeders than that of 'breeding in-and-in.' that is, of continuing to breed from a single family without any admixture of other blood…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The American Wool Trade and the Tariff
THE following extract from the Australasian will be read with interest in connection with the abolition of the Wool Duties in the United States:—…
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