Cotton Wool for Foreign Bodies Swallowed
Dr. W. Blair Bell refers to several cases in which he has used cotton wool in order to carry along foreign bodies which had be[?]n swallowed. One child had swallowed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farming & the land, 1906
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The Butter Trade. Lord Camiington's Views. London, Feb. 9
During the course of an interview Mr. J. W. Taverner, Agent-General for Victoria, urged Lord Carrington, President of the Board of Agriculture, to introduco a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Machines Indispensable on the Farm
A MODERN farm in these times is not complete without a good gasoline engine. It should not be too large to prevent it from being easily moved from one…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Boys for Farms
Dr Richard Arthur M.L.A., president of the Immigration League writes:—Since the inception of the Immigration League of Australia an important and growing branch oil…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cowra Experimental Farm
The question was raised some five or six months ago as to the necessity of effecting at the Cowra Experimental Farm certain improvements. The absence of these prevented…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On the Land. Farm and Station. the Motherless Foal
For impertinence and persistence in trespassing on forbidden space pigs and poultry are notorious, and a pet lamb or a "poddy" calf may be relied upon to be in the wrong…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dairying Industry
BATHURST.—The monthly meeting of directors of the Bathurst Co-operative Dairy was hold on Tuesday. The manager reported that during the post month the company…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cowra Experiment Farm. No Curtailment of the Work
The Director of Agriculture, Mr. W. S. Camp- hell, yesterday made an important statement in regard to the experiment work at the Cowra farm, which completely answers the articlo…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A Real Sheep Kino
The sheep king of the world is said to be G. L. Waldron, of Patagonia. Mr. Waldron is the principal owner in a company that has 750,000 sheep, and has annually…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Seed Wheat Selection
The process of selecting wheat for seed may be briefly outlined as follows:—The largest and heaviest heads (ears) are picked from the ripe standing corn, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Perfect Wheat Tear
Interviewing one of the South Australian members, Mr. Cummins, who has been through the wheat districts, the Adelaide "Advertiser" reports:—"We will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Getting the Wool to Market
A remarkably good performance in woolcarting was put up by Mr. George Davish, of Masterton, who received word on Thursday, the 4th inst., from Mr. C…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Strange Apathy in Regard to the Dairy Bull
Nothing is more surprising, a contributor to "The Leader" writes, than the apathy shown among the majority of dairy farmers with regard to the bull. As to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →School Crop Experiments
The president of the Canterbury (N.Z.) Agricultural College, speechmaking the other day, told an interesting story of a Victorian school teacher's experiments,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden
Brisbane "Counter" is urging that Byron Bay butter should be sent to the northern city for shipment. In the eleven months ending with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Phosphate for Dairy Pasture
The good effect of top-dressing dairy pastures is thus commented upon by a "Leader" correspondent, who further suggests that the cause of the frequent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Seed Potatoes and Resulting Crops
Preparing the Sets.—The preparation of the seed begins when the crop of the current year is lifted. Sound tubers of medium size are then taken and set on end—the eyes kept upward. Gradually, during the Winter a shoot as stout as one's little finger appears on the upper end of the tuber; by the end of August it is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral Products
The quantity of wool manifested to arrive at Sydney on Saturday was:--By rail, 476 bales…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Butter-cooler
E. EDKINS, MOSMAN, sends the following as a ready means of making a cheap butter-cooler:--Take a perfect square of single width No. 1 canvas: [?]ick the corners with a sharp penknife…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Spaying Cattle
The spaying of cattle has not become as general as might have been expected. Of course the practice is yearly growing, but with so many advantages from its adoption…
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