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  2. ON THE LAND. SHARE FARMING.

    The story of the development of share farming in the Grenfell District of New South Wales awaits the historian of a romantic turn of ...

    Article : 866 words
  3. REMOVAL OF WIRE.

    The following is a simple method at putting up a wire so that it can easily be removed:—Two staples are driven into the post about an inch apart, one above and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 162 words
  4. FARM GATE MADE FROM WAGGON AXLE.

    The accompanying illustration shows a gate from an old axle and a couple of hubs. Sink one hub into the ground and fasten the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 106 words
  5. A POSSIBLE FORMIDABLE COMPETITOR IN THE BUTTER TRADE.

    If credence be given to the recent utterances of those taking special interest in the productiveness of the Irish soil, that country at no distant date may prove to ...

    Article : 947 words
  6. PREPARING LAND FOR BROOM CORN.

    Prepare the land for broom corn just as you would for corn (says a farmer in an exchange). If the soil is poor, then it will pay to fertilize with stable manure. ...

    Article : 233 words
  7. WATER IN BUTTER.

    New Zealand, especially, and, in fact, Australasia generally, had obtained air enviable reputation for the sending of butter of low ...

    Article : 798 words
  8. BLACK WART ON POTATOES.

    A most serious disease of the potato has found its way to the Island of New-foundland (says a writer in the New York "Country Gentleman"). ...

    Article : 432 words
  9. PORTABLE CHICKEN COOP.

    The coop illustrated below will be found convenient for providing both grass and earth runs for [?]cks. The left end is placed on grass and the other on freshly ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 130 words
  10. THE WINTER FEEDING OF CALVES.

    A dairyman in the West Moreton District writes to us as follows: "This is my first winter in Queensland, and [?] am getting a bit anxious ...

    Article : 943 words
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    Advertising : 90 words
  12. LAYING OUT THE ORCHARD.

    Difficulty is often experienced in laying-out the orchard in straight rows. When not in proper alignment, the trees are subject to ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 241 words
  13. TO PROTECT CATTLE FROM WITCHCRAFT.

    The following "charm" was recommended in the 16th century "to preserve all cattle from witchcraft:—At Faster you must take certain drops that lie uppermost of ...

    Article : 174 words
  14. SPLICING FENCE WIRE.

    The neatest and strongest splice can be made with this little instrument. It is a strip of iron 1in. wide and [?]in. thick. One end is cut ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 164 words
  15. THE SHIRE CLERK INTERVIEWED.

    I called on Mr. George Cousins (clerk of the Weddin Shire Council, clerk of the Grenfell Municipal Council, secretary of the local Hospital, and of the ...

    Article : 1,206 words
  16. WORTH KNOWING.

    When last year's paint brushes come to be looked up, they will in all probability be in a bad state, and require some fixing up before ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 168 words
  17. SEED TESTING.

    All the fertilising in the world will not produce a good crop if the seed is not good yet many farmers year after year sow bushels of seed without trying to find ...

    Article : 217 words
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