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  2. ON THE LAND.

    The Pioneers! How every true born son's heart palpitates when we speak of that splendid band of men and nennen who have blazed the track, and who have ...

    Article : 2,140 words
  3. TRAYING SEED POTATOES.

    Mr. J. M. B. Connor, ex-Agricultural Superintendent in Victoria, writes as follows to the editor of a Southern exchange:— ...

    Article : 426 words
  4. BANANA MANURING EXPERIMENTS AT BUDERIM MOUNTAINS.

    Reviewting the results of his banana manuring experiments on worn out soils, Mr. Brun[?]ich, Chemist attached to the Queensland Department of Agriculture and ...

    Article : 720 words
  5. LIME IN ITS FORMS

    Lime is found in the ashes of all plants, and must therefore be regarded as an essential constituent of their substance, although the lime requirements of ...

    Article : 230 words
  6. SOYA BEANS.

    Experimental plots of Soya beans were sown last season in various parts of Victoria (says the "Australian") under the direction of Mr. J. M. B. Connor, ...

    Article : 255 words
  7. SATISFACTORY POST PULLER.

    An easy and practical method of pulling fence posts by which all digging and hand labour is eliminated, is shown in the accompanying illustration. A V-shaped ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 125 words
  8. PIG BREEDING METHODS CONTRASTED.

    The industry as conducted in Denmark has lessons for the average pig-breeder all along the way. The top place in the bacon trade of England has been the ...

    Article : 435 words
  9. THE GOOD LOOKING HOG.

    Hon. F. D. Coburn in his "Swine in America" says:—The hog is the most plastic of all farm animals. In his will state he is of unflinching gameness, and intrepid ...

    Article : 328 words
  10. DEMOGRAPHY OF THE SHORTHORN CATTLE.

    Readers of the "Queenslander" pastoral columns do not need to be told that during a long period in the history of the Shorthorn breed of cattle the Bates ...

    Article : 592 words
  11. BUTTER FROM DENMARK.

    Denmark has now 1400 creameries and 1,000,000 cows, and the value of the butter export is put at £8,800,000 a year, which shows a high return per ...

    Article : 376 words
  12. TESTING SEED CORN.

    On the subject of testing seed corn, Mr. A. T. Wiancko, of the Pudrue University, New York State, contributes to the "Country Gentleman" the following ...

    Article : 898 words
  13. TREATING ABSCESSES IN FARM ANIMALS.

    An abscess is the result of entrance of micro-organisms into the body. They may have entered through wounds, or into the hair follicles; or abscesses may result ...

    Article : 371 words
  14. SAVING THE LUCERNE LEAF.

    There is a psychological moment, so to say, when lucerne should be cut for hay. It is like the tide in the affairs of men which, when taken at the flood, lead ...

    Article : 525 words
  15. SIMPLE TRAP NEST.

    In the illustration herewith is shown the simplest form of trap nest imaginable. The hen alights on the running board and walks towards the nest. When she ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 105 words
  16. A BLIND ORCHARDIST.

    A writer in the "Producers' Review" (W.A.) refers to a blind orchardist in New South Wales, whose wonderful work of managing his own place surprises all ...

    Article : 367 words
  17. ABOLISH BLINKERS.

    "What the origin of blinkers may [?]ave been we do not know for certain," says the "Animal's Friend." "It has been said that certain leaders of society started ...

    Article : 201 words
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