Farm and Garden Herrdity in Breeding
Repertence clearly demonstrates that a [?] of animals which have been bred so long as to [?] a fixed type have a wonderful power of communicating those [?]…
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Farming & the land, 1895
159 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 5 of 8
The Cattle Trade
The largest shipment of cattle sent from Sydney by one vessel for the English market will be taken away by the mammoth steamer Southern Cross. The steamer arrived in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Present Day Gossip. To Test Butter
An excellent way to test if butter is pure is to get a clean piece of white paper, smear it with the suspected butter, then roll it up and set it on fire. If the butter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Butter Supply
The following reprint from the London Daily Telegraph of May 2, will be read with interest:—" A sum of nearly thirty-seven thousand pounds sterling was paid every day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Early Crops
Early crops such as asparagus, strawberries, etc, that can be sold in the spring and early summer, usually pay much better than stuff that is raised for the fall and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farm and Garden Spring Drouths
Spring drouth often retard strawberries and other early crops just at the time when they most need water. A small pump operated by wined, beast or steam will apply…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Leaves from a Dairy (Kept by Rosa)
WHAT a world this is There is always something going on either to distract, to amuse, or to enlighten one. Certainly we are having a little breathing time now…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Baby-Farming Cases
The jury trying the charges of baby-farming against Mrs. Dean, of Invercargill, on Friday returned a verdict of guilty. When asked by the judge if she had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →How to Feed Wheat Without Grinding
Into a kerosene barrel put four bushels of wheat. Bring 20 gallons of water to a boil and pour over the wheat. Cover the barrel with a cloth, let it stand for 24 hours. It…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairy Pointers
Beauty is only skin deep, even in a cow. No cow can keep a sweet temper when her owner has a sour one…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farm and Garden Ventilation and Drainage
Ventilation and drainage are great needs of the modern dairy born, which has been built too close and warm of late years. Nothing is more injurious than the offensive…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairy Produce
The butter for the past season has been in many respects unfavorable to dairying, the dry weather during the last few months checking the rapid increase in the output of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Millgrove Butter Factory a New Industry
Mr. James Withycombe, of Pearcefield, having recently purchased Mr. F. Thrum's well-known property on the banks of the river in South Muswellbrook, determines to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Farm Vegetable Garden
After nearly 30 years' experience, I think I can tell how anyone can make good garden soil. A deep, rich, black loam, containing just enough land to work well, with a light…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farm and Garden Peas and Oats As Stock Feed
I have been feeding two heifers this winter (one a grade Ayrshire, the other common blood) on rye, peas and oats cut the last of June while the grain was in an immature…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The London Wool Sales
The wool market continues firm. Merinos generally have advanced 10 per cent and crossbreds from 10 to 15 per cent from the level of the May series. The following rates…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farm and Garden
A surcingle bucked around a cow behind the fore legs and a halter made for the head, and both of these provided with rings to which a stiff rod of tough wood is fastened…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The New Governor a Dairyman
Mr. A. J. Chappell informs us that our new Governor, Viscount Hampden, and his brother, the Hon. Arthur Brand, ,own one of the largest dairies in England—the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Capabilities of the English Butter Market
Up to six months ago dairy farming was still looked upon as the least unprofitable brancgh of British. agriculture, and do the one section of our many sided industry which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Garden Keeping Up the Milk Supply
Many dairymen have two general methods for keeping up the milk supply. The more common plan in to keep the same set of cows year after year. The cows remain for it…
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