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  2. OF RURAL INTEREST

    The wheat market nowadays is in a condition that provides pienty of menital exereise for those who attempt to follow its vagaries. Owing to ...

    Article : 1,147 words
  3. DRYIING PEACHES AND APRICOTS.

    Briefly, all that has to be done is to split the fruit in halves, remove the pit, spread the halves on trays, outside uppermost, and, after exposing it to ...

    Article : 373 words
  4. HOW A WOMAN MADE HERSELF BEAUTIFUL.

    Here is a True, if Strange, Story:—A poor school teacher in a country town, pinched by the constraint of pennry, was as worn and faded in her ...

    Article : 291 words
  5. FARMERS AND COLLEGES.

    The training of a young farmer must always be a theme for interesting study. The day is now past when the son followed the footsteps of his ...

    Article : 964 words
  6. THE TACTFUL GIRL.

    The tactful girl is welcomed every where She is usually successful in the home, in society and business, besides being a comforter in trouble and one ...

    Article : 240 words
  7. TURKEY AND THE WAR

    Mr. J. M. Fawaz, B.A., of 1040 Drummond street, Carlton, who writes from in, first-hand knowledge of his subject, contributes some interesting details ...

    Article : 1,086 words
  8. AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.

    Official statistics, recently published, show the great development that is taking place in the United States in the manufacture of chemical manures. ...

    Article : 805 words
  9. TURKEY REARING.

    Turkey hens should be given entire liberty, and allowed to seek their nests at their own will. If barrels partially covered with brush are placed on their ...

    Article : 769 words
  10. THE FUTURE OF THE FARM BOY.

    You just can't help noticing some boys when you visit a farm. It's hard to tell why, too, sometimes. They all look alike at first, until you get close ...

    Article : 632 words
  11. BLACK NOSES IN CATTLE.

    There is a sort of general objection to the existence of black noses among cattle, and even with sheep, and on enquiry, it will be found that this ...

    Article : 406 words
  12. RAISE THE HEIFERS.

    No farmer should fail to raise the heifer from his good cows. The expense of raising n heifer is paid in instalments, and when a cow is ...

    Article : 128 words
  13. LIME WATER FOR CALVES.

    Calves which are being fed from the bucket often benefit considerably by being given some lime water, a useful form of treatment for troubles like ...

    Article : 128 words
  14. THE ART OF BUDDING.

    There are very few amateurs who have not at one time or another tried their luck at the art of budding. Most of us have experienced the more or less ...

    Article : 152 words
  15. PUT THE DAIRY ON A COMMERCIAL BASIS.

    Why should not the dairyman follow the same plan as any other business man and put has dairy upon a commercial basis? That is to say, ...

    Article : 709 words
  16. PEACH PRUNING.

    The Pacific Rural Press says:—Ed. Ames, a successful fruit-grower of placer County, whose fruit is highly, commended by the Newcastle fruit ...

    Article : 636 words
  17. SULPHUR ON POTATOES.

    It has been found that by rolling the tubers in powdered sulphur before planting potatoes infested with scab, the danger of disease is diminished, ...

    Article : 249 words
  18. THE HORSE AND THE HOT POTATOES.

    A stable-boy put a hot potato into a horse's mouth, He was, of course, discharged, and his successor was particularly warned against such pranks. ...

    Article : 277 words
  19. DO IT NOW.

    To-day is the day to get busy. Tomorrow may be too late. The expression "Do it now" may be getting trite, but it is a good motto for a man ...

    Article : 305 words
  20. RAPE.

    Of the two varieties frequently grown, that known as the dwarf Essex is by far the best and most useful. The crop possesses many advantages. ...

    Article : 374 words
  21. SILO DIFFICULTIES.

    The efforts to silo such [?] [?] have however often been unsuccessful because of insufficient pressure in the silo. The wilted fodder will not pack ...

    Article : 330 words
  22. ENSILAGE AND ROOTS.

    It is claimed that when conditions are favourable to the cultivation of suitable crops and the making of onsilage the farmer can make more sure ...

    Article : 300 words
  23. VALUE OF THE SILO.

    The silo enables us to preserve a greater quantity of food nutriment of the original fodder for the feeding of farm animate, than is possible by any ...

    Article : 254 words
  24. DOOKIE COLLEGE.

    An amended curriculum for the Dookie College has been prepared, in which provision is made for a special course in agriculture, horticulture, dairying, ...

    Article : 165 words
  25. DE-HORNING COWS.

    "Thinkitout" writes:—"The trouble of quarrelsome cows in a caufined stockyard is most exasperating, as it is frequently the best milking stock which ...

    Article : 149 words
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