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  2. ON THE LAND. WHICH IS THE BEST COW?

    The question, Which is the best breed of dairy cows? is often asked, and, of course, is variously answered. Many breeders and dairymen ...

    Article : 553 words
  3. 70 YEARS AGO.

    Mr. 'John Burke, writing in 1845 on the "Breeding and Management of Horses," remarks that the increased speed of hounds during the 30 years ...

    Article : 386 words
  4. TO THE UP A HORSE.

    In fastening up a horse or any other animal by a halter or headstall-rope, the advantages of the knot we illustrate are that it can ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 191 words
  5. HANDY WOOD SPLITTER.

    For splitting wood a farmer in Eastern masaachusetts uses a device, shown in the cut. Take a 2in. x 8in. Plank, about 3ft. long, and an upright of the same ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 79 words
  6. BREEDING FOR THE DAIRY.

    If the dairy fanner wishes to obtain the greatest profit in his dairy, he must grade up his herd by one of his purebred bulls of one of the great dairy ...

    Article : 315 words
  7. WATER FOR FOWLS.

    A very simple and inexpensive method of making satisfactory drinking fountains for fowls is illustratted in the accompanying sketches. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 361 words
  8. A FARM ANVIL.

    How to make a serviceable anvil for the farm out of a section of a railway metal is shown in the accompanying illustration. It comes in handy in many ways. The rail is ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 52 words
  9. METHODS IN RETAILING MILK.

    No business will succeed without a man behind it who knows how to manage it, and who takes advantage of the best knowledge and ...

    Article : 563 words
  10. MANAGING THE DAIRY HERD.

    Whether the cows be grades or pure breds, it is of the highest importance in building up a dairy herd to secure a pure-bred sire of ...

    Article : 313 words
  11. RARE PROFITS FROM SOWS.

    Prolificacy of production is a most desirable quality in all utility stock (says the Victorian "Journal of Agriculture'"), and as this trait is largely hereditary it is ...

    Article : 311 words
  12. THE PIG IN DENMARK.

    Pigs in Denmark have been much improved through the agency of the agricultural exhibitions. Up to near the end of the past century the ...

    Article : 341 words
  13. OXEN FOR FARM WORK.

    Mr. James Cowie, of Laurencekirk, N.B., wrote an article in the forties, maintaining his conviction that if properly and economically ...

    Article : 282 words
  14. BLOAT IN DALRY CATTLE.

    Mr. C. D. Strong, one of the dairy supervisors attached to the Department of Agriculture in Victoria, in the course of a lecture at Mildura on the "Common ...

    Article : 347 words
  15. THE NEW DAIEY DEMONOLOGY.

    The 19th century made us well acquainted with the demon Rum. Preacher, sociologist and doctor found a large fraction of all our ...

    Article : 965 words
  16. EFFECT OF FIRE ON SOIL FERTILITY.

    In this State (says the South Australian "Journal of Agriculture") the necessity for burning the scrub on so much of our farm lands, as well as the stubble for ...

    Article : 630 words
  17. Advertising

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    Advertising : 340 words
  18. DOUBLE ALIGHTING BOARD.

    For the production of honey to be sold, either extracted or in sections, the double alighting board shown herewith will be found ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 216 words
  19. WEED OUT THE SMALL YIELDERS.

    Poor cows, very generally, neutralise the profit from the good ones. To illustrate this fact, note the result in a dairy of 45 cows, ...

    Article : 230 words
  20. LANCASHIRE HILL FARMS 60 YEARS AGO.

    Mr. W. J. Garnett, writing in 1849, gave an interesting [?] of the [?] methods then followed inteh hill districts of Lancashire. The people he ...

    Article : 289 words
  21. MILK RECORDS AMONGST AYRSHIRE CATTLE.

    From a register of breeders of Ayshire cattle, issued by the "Ayrehire Post," the following notes are taken descriptive of the advancement of the Ayrehire cow:— ...

    Article : 238 words
  22. THE FLOWER GARDEN.

    The following remarks by our contributor "Coulibar" on the necessary operations in the flower garden during the month of August were inadvertently omitted from ...

    Article : 471 words
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