Fodder Crops
CONSIDERING the large development of the butter and dairying industry in our colony, and the immense capital invested in this great source of national wealth and employment, it is strange that more…
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Farming & the land, 1900
95 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 5 of 5
Farm and Garden Weather Notes
If the dew lies heavily on the grass after a fine day, it is a sign of another to follow; if not, and there is no wind, rain is approaching. A red evening sky is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Government Farms and Agriculturalists
In order to ascertain how far the various Government farms are working in touch with the farmers of the colony, the Minister for Agriculture recently…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Garden. Honey in Jerusalem. Apiary Interests in Palestine
European apiary interests are becoming alarmed at the development of this industry in A[?]m, and especially in Palestine, where for the last 20 years…
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SOME of the finest farms in the world are worked by New York millionaires. From seventeen of these farms the produce annually sold amounts to £100,000. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Garden Weeding Out the Stock
A moat important factor in successful poultry keeping is to avoid overcrowding, In those yards where chickens are reared chiefly for the table they are disposed of…
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Melbourne, Wednesday.—A farmer named Hugh Lavery, a resident of Beulah, was found this morning dead in his bed with his skull fractured in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden. Cage Birds During the Moult
THe canary breeding season should by December have been brought to a clese. The loose feathers to be seen in the cages are a warning that the stock birds ought…
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Seedlings to produce spring Cabbages should be planted out into prepared grounds. It is best to draw shallow drills for the purpose. The proper…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Breeding a Dairy Herd
NOT all farmers are able to buy throughbred [?] In that case(says a writer to an American farming journal) I would advise the careful selection) of the [?] best grade milch cows they have and buy thorough [?] has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. Milk and Disease Germs
One class of bacteria producing human disease passes directly from sick cows into the milk. Tubercuiosis is an example of this class and a tuberculous cow may,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. Points of Good Horses
The heaviest draught horse, even will sell very much better if he has good style and action. Select animals with round body, deep chest, short back, stron l[?]…
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MESSRS. M. A. O'Callaghan (Government Dairy Expert), E. Richards and T. Mitchell, the gentlemen appointed to adjudicate upon the exhibits sent in for the state batter…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Breeding Sheep
Sheep do not require expensive shelter; nevertheless it in essential that they have a dry place and protection from the force of storme. An open shod with a roof…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Protecting Sheep
Judge Hamilton on Tuesday justified the popular view than an owner of sheep has the right to common law to shoot a dog which is worrying them…
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