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  2. ON THE LAND.

    Mr. G. Sutherland Thomson (State dairy instructor), who is now on his way to Queensland after visiting Great Britain, during which he gave special attention to ...

    Article : 272 words
  3. VALUE OF LEGUMES FOR IMPROVING SOILS.

    If the crop producing power of a soil is to be maintained or increased, due regard must be given to cultivation, rotation, and manuring. These are the means whereby ...

    Article : 477 words
  4. MILK TRIALS IN LONDON.

    An elaborate and instructive report on the milking trials at the London Dairy Show has been prepared by Mr. F. J. Lloyd, F.C.S., for the new number of the ...

    Article : 261 words
  5. THE APIARY.

    The entries for the apicultural section at the Exhibition were received too late to make any comments last week, and only the bare facts were mentioned. Since ...

    Article : 622 words
  6. CARE OF FARM HORSES.

    Speaking the other day at a meeting of the Mallala (S.A.) Farmers' Bureau, Mr. A. V. Nairn said that considering the value of horses at the present time ...

    Article : 415 words
  7. CIGAR LEAF AT BOWEN.

    The glowing of cigar leaf at Bowen is likely to develop into an industry of considerable importance. The interest aroused at present has been due to the ...

    Article : 167 words
  8. BANDAGING THE LEGS OF HORSES.

    For a long time it has been the custom to bandage the legs of horses subjected to all kinds of fast work, and this custom is now becoming more general every year ...

    Article : 581 words
  9. POULTRY.

    Correspondence is invited from the poultry fraternity. Questions will be answered through this column only at first opportunity. Use a nom de plume, if necessary. Address, "Poultry ...

    Article : 52 words
  10. COMING SHOWS.

    Toowoomba, August 6 to 9 (Mr. A. A. Roberts, judge). Queensland National, Brisbane, August 13 to 17. ...

    Article : 55 words
  11. DAIRY STOCK FOR QUEENSLAND.

    Some weeks ago Mr. J. Stewart, of the Department of Agriculture, left Queensland for Great Britain to purchase dairy stock and pigs for breeders in ...

    Article : 150 words
  12. SHEEP IN AUSTRALIA.

    Nowhere in the world has sheep-farming been carried on with greater success, or on a larger seale, than in our Australasian colonies, and nowhere has the effect ...

    Article : 209 words
  13. MEDITERRANEAN POULTRY BREEDERS' CLUB.

    The first show of this club will be held on 30th and 31st of this month. Entries will be received up to August 17 with the hon. secretary, Mr. W. D. Dell, ...

    Article : 1,225 words
  14. YORKSHIRE WOOL TRADE.

    There is not a great deal that one can call new in the trade, the bulk of users pursuing a policy of carrying out what contracts they have in hand, leaving the ...

    Article : 2,045 words
  15. FARMYARD MANURE.

    In a ton of ordinary farmyard manure there is as much nitrogen, phosphate, and potash as in twelve or fifteen shillings' worth of artificial manure, and if a ton ...

    Article : 136 words
  16. MULE BREEDING.

    I feel sure (writes Mr. J. L. Burns, V.S., in the West Australian "Journal of Agriculture") that if the mule was more generally known in Australia he ...

    Article : 429 words
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  18. HOW MUCH FOR A SONG?

    How much for a single song? Record has just been broken by the astounding profits made out of the favourite pantomime song of last year "By the Side of ...

    Article : 190 words
  19. TUBERCULOSIS IN CATTLE.

    Dr. D. E. Salmon, late Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, United States Department of Agriculture, has produced a valuable report on "Tuberculosis of ...

    Article : 273 words
  20. THE KENNEL.

    Correspondence is invited from canine fanciers and other interested in this column. Letters will be treated confidentially, and questions will be answered (through the column) at the earliest ...

    Article : 104 words
  21. FOOD FOR THE FOAL

    The question of the proper feeding of the growing foal whilst it is at the dam's foot is one upon which the opinions of experts differ a good deal, some owners ...

    Article : 309 words
  22. COMING SHOWS.

    Toowoomba, August 6 to 9 (judge, Mr. A. A. Roberts). Queensland National Association, August 13 to 17 (judge, Mr. Wright, Melbourne). ...

    Article : 946 words
  23. Advertising

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    Advertising : 84 words
  24. DETERMINING QUALITY OF MEAT.

    Quality in meat is largely dependent on the health and condition of the animals slaughtered, and the best quality of meat is rarely obtained from poorly bred ...

    Article : 158 words
  25. SEASON AND PROSPECTS IN THE COMMONWEALTH.

    Generally speaking, the pastoral conditions during the last month have shown an improvement. A good deal of rain has fallen throughout the Commonwealth, ...

    Article : 231 words
  26. COTTON IN FRENCH COLONIES.

    France bought last year over 80,000,000 dollars worth of raw cotton, chiefly from the United States. Through her Colonial Cotton Association, started three years ...

    Article : 126 words
  27. THE MERINO IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    The merino sheep is now spread pretty well all over South Africa. In Cape Colony it does well everywhere, except on the heavy "sour grass" near the ...

    Article : 151 words
  28. GARDEN NOTES.

    Smother fires of rubbish or other material have often been used in our sugarcane districts as a protection from frost. One difficulty in doing this is the fact that ...

    Article : 1,186 words
  29. VALUE OF MILK RECORDS.

    In an article on the value of milk records, an English exchange suggests that much might be done by agricultural societies in the direction of impressing ...

    Article : 536 words
  30. EFFICACY OF SPRAYING.

    Demonstrations of the efficacy of proper spraying in producing good marketable fruit were recently made by the horticultural pupils at the Iowa Agricultural ...

    Article : 205 words
  31. ZEBRA-HORSE HYBRIDS AND THE TSETSE FLY.

    One of Professor Ewart's objects in experimenting with zehra-horse hybrids was to ascertain whether a crossbred animal could be produced which should ...

    Article : 146 words
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