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  2. ON THE LAND.

    During List week the graders attached to the Department of Agriculture and Stock dealt with 6561 packages of butter and, 168 cases of cheese. The quantity ot ...

    Article : 56 words
  3. SHEEP IN UTAH

    According to the American, "Sheep Breeder," the Mormon interest in sheep is a great one. When the pioneers entered Salt Lake Valley and for many years, so ...

    Article : 356 words
  4. NEW POTATO DIGGER.

    The latest addition to the list of improved potato digging machines, as shown in the accompanying illustration, is the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 160 words
  5. DAIRYING IN AMERICA.

    The Under Secretary for Agricultura has received a letter from Mr. E. F. Youngman, dairy Instructor at Gatton College, who recently obtained six months' leave of ...

    Article : 265 words
  6. MAN'S INFLUENCE ON THE HORSE.

    Major Birch, R.H.A., who was commandant of the Military Riding School at Woolwich, controverting the idea that the horse cannot understand orders given only ...

    Article : 356 words
  7. ART IN STOCK BREEDING.

    One frequently comes across the term "scientific breeding" in connection with farm stock; but it is pertinent to ask in what respect breeding has been reduced to ...

    Article : 564 words
  8. THE CARE OF A REAPER AND BINDER.

    The place of the reaper and binder could not be filled by a score of men with scythes, cradles, and rakes, and if properly managed, it has greater ...

    Article : 431 words
  9. COLLECTION OF CREAM.

    One of the most unsatisfactory features of the Queensland dairying system is in connection with the method of collecting cream. The dairy expert has called ...

    Article : 932 words
  10. BEST FOOD FOR PIGS.

    Pig breeders will be interested to know which is the best food to use At a meeting of the Farmers' Club held in London in January last it was unanimously agreed ...

    Article : 135 words
  11. A TIMBER JIGGER.

    When large trees are felled in dense forests it is not possible to load them straightaway on the trollies which convey them along the roads. Standing trees ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 203 words
  12. LEAF TOBACCO.

    The subjoined paragraphs are taken from an address recently delivered by Mr. W. W. Gamer, of the United States Department of Agriculture, to the ...

    Article : 1,237 words
  13. HOME-MADE FRUIT PICKER.

    This is n device that is hard to beat for reaching fruit at the top of tall trees. After a little practice a man can operate it rapidly, far ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 170 words
  14. INCREASING THE PROFITS FROM FARMS.

    Addressing himself to this subject at a recent meeting of the Port P[?]rie branch of the South Australian Fanners' Bureau, Mr. Monday, as reported in this ...

    Article : 691 words
  15. THE HANURE PROBLEM

    One of the most important problems on the farm is to conserve as much of the fertility as possible and still produce good crops. One of the best ways of doing this ...

    Article : 341 words
  16. A VINE MOTH PARASITE.

    At the office of the dovernment entomologist Mr.French., jun., has a number of vine caterpillars under inspection (says the "Australasian"). A week or more ago ...

    Article : 325 words
  17. Advertising

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    Advertising : 188 words
  18. THE VALUE OF LIME.

    The value and use of lime on the soil should be thoroughly understood by every farmer. Many wrong impressions are current regarding the use of lime. Briefly, ...

    Article : 219 words
  19. SYMPTOMS OF DISEASE IN PLANTS.

    It is highly important that fanmers and hortieulturists should be able to recognise plant diseases Many fail to do this because they do not know the general ...

    Article : 507 words
  20. THE FUNCTIONS OF FERTILISERS.

    Potash (says a Scotch agricultural journal) plays a varied part in plant nutrition. It occurs specially wherever growth is going on, and seems to be connected with ...

    Article : 559 words
  21. HANDY TAMPER FOR FARMER.

    To the farmer who has need of a tamper for concrete floors, sod or dirt, the simple and effective one shown, which is made at slight cost by imbedding a wood handle ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 226 words
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