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  2. RECIPES.

    To Bottle Green Peas.—Shell and wash the peas, and then boil them for three minutes is slightly-salted water. Then rinse in cold water, and put them ...

    Article : 511 words
  3. THE HAWTHORN HEDGE AS A FENCE.

    Taking into account how valuable a hawthorn hedge is for block shelter in districts where the climatic conditions are not too dry to prevent its proper ...

    Article : 793 words
  4. CATCH CROPS FOR FODDER.

    The value of a mixture of vetches and barley for providing a liberal amount of feeding for milking stock at periods of the year when pastures ...

    Article : 245 words
  5. "SCATTER PLENTY O'ER A SMILING LAND."

    During the last few months there has been much talk of introducing radical land reforms, which, in the exuberant language of prominent ...

    Article : 627 words
  6. SUGGESTIONS FOR THE APPLICATION OF ARTIFICIAL MANURES.

    The basis of all systems of manuring should be farmyard manure; artificial manures should be employed, to supplement it by furnishing to the ...

    Article : 870 words
  7. LIME.

    It is one of the advantages of liming the soil that the lime has a chemical action, disintegrating the mineral constituents in the soil, and thus rendering ...

    Article : 903 words
  8. BULK HANDLING OF WHEAT.

    The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Hutchinson, received a deputation from the Chamber of Agriculture, which discussed the question of the inquiry into ...

    Article : 267 words
  9. WHAT EVERY BEEKEEPER SHOULD KNOW.

    The following condensed statements of what all beekeepers should know and practice are to be found in a publication of the Indiana Experiment ...

    Article : 334 words
  10. THE RICHNESS OF CREAM IN BUTTER-MAKING.

    A question was recently asked in the New York Produce Review" as to what richness of cream creamerymen prefer for buttermaking; also the enquirer ...

    Article : 796 words
  11. TO SUCCEED.

    Are you trying to climb where the chosen are; Where the feet of men are few Do you long for "a job that is worth ...

    Article : 182 words
  12. MILK AND WATER.

    It is generally agreed that cows producing a large amount of milk require more water than cows of the same weight and are light milkers. A test ...

    Article : 694 words
  13. COMMON SENSE IN FARMING.

    The land is like a bank. If you do not put money into it, you cannot draw any out, except as an overdraft, and an overdraft has to be met. If the ...

    Article : 697 words
  14. PROFIT AND LOSS IN THE APLARY.

    Two factors, carefulness and carelessness, make up the greater part of the profit or loss in beekeeping. In many of the suggestions which follow, ...

    Article : 656 words
  15. KEEPING CREAM COOL.

    Must dairy farmers would deliver a better grade of cream if they had a suitable place for keeping it until it is delivered. No one should attempt ...

    Article : 695 words
  16. BEEKEEPING FOR WOMEN.

    A woman writes: "Now beekeeping gives the women of the farm home a reason for being out of doors, and at just the season when the world is most ...

    Article : 648 words
  17. RIPENING THE CREAM.

    The development of a certain degree of sourness in the cream is most desirable. It produces more butter of better quality, which keeps longer. But ...

    Article : 751 words
  18. SEAWEED AS A MANURE FOR POTATOES.

    Fresh seaweed contains about the same quantity of nitrogen as well-rotted farmyard manure, and considerably more potash, while, on the other ...

    Article : 379 words
  19. SLIPCOTE CHEESE.

    One of the simplest of soft cheeses to make is the old-fashion slipcote cheese, which is produced in Rutlandshire (England) and occasionally also ...

    Article : 292 words
  20. LIFE AND NITRIFICATION OF THE SOIL.

    There are two great processes going on continually in the soil which are known to be due to the activeness of bacteria: (a) The conversion of ...

    Article : 372 words
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