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  2. ROUND THE FARM.

    Within the last thirty years over two million acres have been withdrawn from cereal cultivation in Great Britain. Thirty years ago Great Britain devoted 3,630,300 ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 447 words
  3. BARBED WIRE CUTS ON ANIMALS.

    The necessary articles for relieving animals that are sick or injured are rarely kept on the farm. Many allow an animal to get well as best it can; others call in ...

    Article : 245 words
  4. POTASH AND POTATOES.

    For the last five years, at an agricultural station in Germany, plots have been arranged on which potatoes have always received drawings of farmyard manure, and ...

    Article : 148 words
  5. EASY WAY OF SORTING POTATOES.

    Make a box 12ft. long and 4ft. wide, like the illustration, with three partitions; the back piece should be about four feet high, and the next three feet, and the next ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 96 words
  6. CUTTING SEED POTATOES.

    A box for holding potatoes when cutting for seed.—It is made by taking a common shoe box, or a candle box, and cutting out lower half of one end and putting a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 131 words
  7. A HANDY BAG HOLDER.

    Take a firkin. Take out the bottom; drive three wire nails from the inside, 3in. from the bottom, to hang the bag on. Make a hole 3in. from top large enough ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 67 words
  8. ABUSES IN DAIRYING.

    I believe that an open door of great profit is in front of the farmer who will supply milk as nearly answering the demands of "certified" as possible (says ...

    Article : 266 words
  9. HOME-MADE WIRE STRETCHER.

    Home-made Wire Stretcher.—Take wheel from spring waggon, fasten end of wire to rim of wheel, put one side of hub against post, then turn wheel so that wire will ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 74 words
  10. WATER REQUIRED BY STOCK.

    In times of drought, when the farmer has to cart water long distances in order to keep his horses and dairy cows from perishing, he often speculates as to the ...

    Article : 167 words
  11. A YIELD OF £200 AN ACRE.

    Australian farmers have not yet found it convenient or necessary to adopt the principles of intense cultivation which obtain in some of the older countries of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 998 words
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