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  2. INTRINSIC VALUE OF MANURE ON THE FARM.

    It is imposible to accurately estimate the full money value or farm manure. Its value as a fertiliser; that is, the money value of the plant food that it ...

    Article : 1,384 words
  3. HOME-CURED BACON.

    Some time ago we referred to a bacon curing demonstration held at Bathurst, under the auspices of the local A., H., and P. Association, the demonstrator ...

    Article : 728 words
  4. COOKED OR UNCOOKED FOOD FOR PIGS.

    The economic value of cooking food for pigs is frequently discussed, and upon the point divergent views expressed. An interesting experiment ...

    Article : 277 words
  5. IN A FRIENDLY SORT OF WAY.

    When a man ain't got a cent and he's feeling kind o' blue, And the clouds hang dark and heavy and won't let the sunshine through, ...

    Article : 157 words
  6. CHERRY WINE.

    A recipe for the manufacture of cherry wine, recommended by the viticultural Expert of New South Wales Mr M. Brunno, reads:—Remove the ...

    Article : 284 words
  7. ENSILAGE—THE FAVORITE FODDER.

    That the feeding of cows is one of the most important matters connected with dairying, no one can gainsay, but of the many foods in general use, I ...

    Article : 1,335 words
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    Advertising : 213 words
  9. ELECTRIC STERILISATION.

    The importance nowadays attached— after age—long neglect—to securing milk in a condition as nearly as possible free from disease germs of every ...

    Article : 162 words
  10. ADVANTAGES OF CLIPPING HORSES.

    First.—The natural process of moulting or shedding the hair is a draft on the vitality of the animals. The appetite is diminished, and with work or ...

    Article : 226 words
  11. CHATS WITH THE COOK.

    To select a ham.—Pierce through the thick part with a meat knife. If the blade draws out clean, the ham is a good one, but if the fatty ...

    Article : 743 words
  12. BARBED WIRE CUTS.

    Farm animals are always more of less liable to injury from wire cuts and it is important to give quick attention to all such injuries. when ...

    Article : 347 words
  13. STORING OF WINTER VEGETABLES.

    The storing of winter vegetables is economical and desirable. In the fall enough vegetables go to waste from the average farm garden to supply the table ...

    Article : 760 words
  14. REMARKABLE FRAUDS.

    Remarkable evidence was given at Bournemouth (England) recently when Bertie Way, a retired butcher, and his wife and daughter, Elizabeth and ...

    Article : 305 words
  15. A SWAMP SOIL.

    Some owners of swamp soil are puzzled by their unproductive character when first cultivated. They reason that soils have been made out of ...

    Article : 261 words
  16. FLY CATECHISM.

    Where is the fly born?—In manure and filth Where does the fly live?—In all kinds of filth and he carries filth on ...

    Article : 192 words
  17. MURDER TRIALS.

    In a latter to the London "Daily Chronicle," Mr. Herbert N. Flewker, of Hucclecote, Gloucestershire, draws attention to the singular likeness ...

    Article : 350 words
  18. GOOD SPIRITS.

    In these days one important ingredient of attractiveness is apt to the overlooked; that is, good spirits. Everyone recognises how much can be ...

    Article : 438 words
  19. IMPORTANCE OF REGULARITY IN MILKING.

    In everything regularity is good practice, but in good dairying it is imperitive. To produce large and rich yields of milk is the sole function of ...

    Article : 515 words
  20. YET ANOTHER CAT STORY.

    To the several highly—interesting cat stories to which you have already accorded the widely extended publicity or your columns, I would like to add ...

    Article : 448 words
  21. DURABILITY OF A HORSE.

    A horse will travel 400 yards in 4½ minutes at a walk, 400 yards in two minutes at a trot, and 400 yards in one minute as a gallop. The usual ...

    Article : 192 words
  22. POTTING BUTTER.

    A practical correspondent, in reply to an enquiry, thus describes the methods he has found successful:—"A vessel intended for keeping butter should be ...

    Article : 335 words
  23. DEEP PLOUGHING FOR OATS.

    On the Iron Mountain railroad demonstration farm at Hope, Ark., oat land ploughed four inches deep yielded but ad bushels to the acre, while the ...

    Article : 108 words
  24. TRULY RURAL.

    Teacher (to scholars)—"Why does scandal circulate so quickly in this village?" Sharp Scholar—"Because potatoes ...

    Article : 157 words
  25. MAKING A STACK COVER.

    In requesting information upon "the best mixture to put on a hessian stack cover to make it waterproof and not to not it," a correspondent explain, that ...

    Article : 279 words
  26. NEW PROCESS FOR PRESERVING MILK.

    To the already known methods of preserving milk another has been added by two Italian physicians. Their method is to preserve milk by means ...

    Article : 189 words
  27. SPECTRES THAT STOLE MONEY.

    The way in which a French family or farmers called on "spirits" to aid them in an attempt to avoid paying the rent is causing some amusement in Paris. ...

    Article : 171 words
  28. PIGS AS BAROMETRS.

    Probably the last thing that one would expect to indicate changes in the weather is a pig's tail. However, according to the skipper of a ...

    Article : 141 words
  29. WALTZING ROUND.

    ''Excuse me," he said to his fair partner, taking a bit of wool from the shoulder of her dress. The wool, however, seemed to be never ending, ...

    Article : 74 words
  30. THE MODERN MACHIAVELLI.

    "But why won't you buy something off my stall" remarked the pretty girl at a charity bazaar. "Oh," answered the man, "I only ...

    Article : 52 words
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