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  2. ON THE LAND. POTATO GROWING.

    With the arrival of the season for potato planting it is expedient to point out that there are certain diseases and injurious insects ...

    Article : 2,337 words
  3. MILKING TRIALS IN ENGLAND.

    Although we keep dairy cows for the purpose of giving milk (says the english correspondent of the New York "Country Gentleman"); it is ...

    Article : 591 words
  4. VARIATION IN THE COMPOSITION OF MILK.

    An inquiry into the variations in the composition of milk by the agricultural department of the Durham College of Science, has been in progress since ...

    Article : 913 words
  5. THE MENDE[?]AN THEORY.

    I have again received several letters on the subject of mendelism, and as explained in my letter of January 5, I lay no claim to any practical knowledge on ...

    Article : 408 words
  6. AUSTRALIAN HORSES IN THE PHILIPPINES.

    The following letter, with appended enclosure, has been received by Mr. George Buckmaster, formerly of the Second United States Dragoons and ...

    Article : 638 words
  7. SUSCEPTIBILITY OF DAIRY COWS.

    The management of a herd of dairy cows so as to derive the maximum yield of produce at the minimum of outlay, and at the ...

    Article : 699 words
  8. CARDBOARD BUTTER BOXES.

    The "New Zealand Times" describes a cardboard butter box which has been invented by a Wellington manufacturer. It is declared ...

    Article : 182 words
  9. CLEAN COWS AND CLEAN MILK.

    The Dairy Commissioner in Connectie[?]t, United State, recently forwarded to every dairy far[?]er in that State, a circular containing instructions for obtaining ...

    Article : 352 words
  10. VEGETABLES AS MEDICINES.

    The farmer's vegetable garden is the medicine, cabinet of the world, and by thorou[?] and well-b[?]ed diet of these there is no reason for one's health ...

    Article : 178 words
  11. SAINFOIN.

    A friend in the old country writes me on the subject of the cultivation of sainfoin as a valuable forage crop for horses, cattle, and sheep, and as he spent several ...

    Article : 710 words
  12. A REMARKABLE RECORD.

    A remarkable official record has been completed by the young Guernsey cow, Dolly Dimple, which, as a two-year-old heifer, made a phenomenal official year's ...

    Article : 141 words
  13. PEDIGREE AND INDIVIDUALITY.

    Pedigree is the recognised record of ancestry; a history of the parents and ancestors (writes Professor F.C.Minkler in the "American Agriculturist"). The ...

    Article : 712 words
  14. A NOTE ON THE WORKING OF SOILS.

    J. S. M'FADZEAN, Victorian Dairy Super[?] visor, in the "Journal of Agriculture." Many soils vary largely in their consistency under different degrees of ...

    Article : 713 words
  15. THE TIMET TO CALVE MILK COWS.

    Some interesting experiments, conducted under the aegis of the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society in Co. Down, are described in the ...

    Article : 367 words
  16. DESICCATED MILK.

    From time to time notices have appeared in the press of a method of concentrating or desiccating milk into the form of a powder. It ...

    Article : 282 words
  17. MAKING HARD MILKERS EASY.

    One of the trials of the dairy herd is the presence of hard milkers, which waste time, weary muscles, and dishea[?]ten beginners. Mr. Jas. Weir, an East [?] ...

    Article : 285 words
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