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  2. THE LAND. AND WHAT IS DONE WITH IT

    Don't have mud holes and stagnant pools in the pig pasture paddocks. Always provide pure, clean, drinking water. For Burns.—Mix one gill lime water with ...

    Article : 789 words
  3. EFFECT OF FEEDING MINERAL PHOSPHATE DIRECT TO COWS.

    It is well known that a suitable phosphate manure applied to poor pastures greatly improve them, and as a consequences increased production of milk and beef becomes ...

    Article : 246 words
  4. GAS LIME.

    Gas lime is the spent lime from gasworks which has been used in purifying gas. When quite fresh it contains a large proportion of the sulphide of lime which is ...

    Article : 179 words
  5. THE FLOWER GARDEN.

    Hocing, surface cultivation, watering and mulching are the principal necessities for the flower garden this month. One beeing is worth half a dozen waterings. Keeping ...

    Article : 280 words
  6. CORSE FOR CATTLE.

    I understand that gorse cut in its young state is frequently used in Great Britain for deeding cattle. It this is so will you kindly advise me as to how it is cut and ...

    Article : 230 words
  7. WHEAT SEED EXPERIMENTS.

    Mr. F. Coleman, a Saddleworth (South Australian) wheat grower, grows only seed wheat, and grades it so carefully that he commands a large sale in the sister ...

    Article : 370 words
  8. ECONOMIC FARM MANAGEMENT.

    Farm management, based on economic [?]es, requires not the use of farmyard mature alone, because the supply is not sufficient, not use of artificials alone, but ...

    Article : 90 words
  9. VERY PROLIFIC WEEDS.

    This season seems to be one particularly [?]ed to the requirements of cruciferets [?]bbage family) plants, judging by the member and variety of weeds of this class ...

    Article : 279 words
  10. A NEW ROSE DISEASE.

    For some three or four years ro[?] have been troubled with a die-back on the [?]rose bushes. The leaves shrived, turn black, and drop off then the shoot does right ...

    Article : 340 words
  11. EVERY FARM SHOULD HAVE SOME SHEEP.

    "Even the smallest farmer should not neglect to keep a few sheep," writes a well known farmer. "In addition to providing the mutton supply, and returning a ...

    Article : 312 words
  12. CABBAGE SEED BY THE YARD.

    An ingenious American invention for the kitchen garden promises a crop of cabbages from the planting of a few yards of tape. The device is called "seed ...

    Article : 215 words
  13. POINTS IN SILAGKMAEING.

    Many [?]andowners are profiting by the [?] taught by last season, and are co[?] [?]erting as much of the wealth of green [?] available as possible into silage. All ...

    Article : 261 words
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    Advertising : 128 words
  15. POULTRY NOTES.

    Keep the drinking water clean and cool. Keep all mesrs away from the rays of the sun. White Leghorns are known to be ...

    Article : 276 words
  16. APPLE SYRUP—A NEW PRODUCT.

    Following extensive experiments begun last spring, the head of the Fruit and Vegetable Utilisation Laboratory of the Department of Agriculture (United States of America) ...

    Article : 249 words
  17. OVER PRODUCTION OF APPLES?

    In a recent issue the "Orange Judd Farmer," a well-informed American paper, states that commercial orchard interests in the American North-west are becoming ...

    Article : 308 words
  18. TOP-DRESSING PASTURES.

    The example of English farmers in top dressing secondhand pastures with basic slag and potash salts is being followed in the United States with good results. The ...

    Article : 219 words
  19. THE ORCHARD.

    Mr. E. E. Pescott. F.L.S., Principal School of Horticulture, Burnley, writes in the Victorian Journal of Agriculture:—As a preventive against codlin moth, the ...

    Article : 458 words
  20. GETTING A CLEAR COMPLEXION.

    Constipation, disfigures the complexion with pimples and blotches. Poisonous matter which should have been excelled from the system is retained and ...

    Article : 157 words
  21. GREEN MANURING.

    Green man[?]ing is effective on both sandy and heavy clay soils, and, indeed, in all soils deficient in humus. On sandy soils its effect is to consolidate the soil, and in ...

    Article : 149 words
  22. COST OF WHEAT CARTAGE.

    In North Dakota, United States the averages distance of all farms to a railway is seven miles in 1915. while in 1906 it was eleven miles. This is due to the building ...

    Article : 195 words
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    Advertising : 454 words
  24. LOOSES IN HAY AFTER CUTTING.

    Through lack of labor it frequently happens that the hay crop is left too long in the paddock. It is not unusual to see stooks in the open right through the period ...

    Article : 323 words
  25. THE VEGETABLE GARDEN.

    Celery may now be sown for winter crops. French beans should be largely sown. Cucumber melon and pumpkin, and all seeds of this family may now be ...

    Article : 212 words
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