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  2. TOBACCO CULTURE.

    Sir—In my remarks about tobacco I omitted to mention that before planting it out ducks should be allowed to go over the land and destroy any slugs that may be on it. ...

    Article : 155 words
  3. Sporting.

    On Saturday, February 3, races were held i[?] a paddock adjoining the South-road belonging to Messrs. W. V. Brown and T. H. Jose. The entrance to the scene of the sports was through ...

    Article : 919 words
  4. The Farm and Garden.

    Clear away the stubble from lands intended to be cropped during the next season; after which, as opportunities offer, commence ploughing and scarifying, as preliminary to sowing. ...

    Article : 217 words
  5. SHEEP-FARMING IN SCOTLAND.

    There were m Scotland, on the 20th of June last, 6,700,000 sheep, and of these fully 4,500,000 are on regular mountain sheep-farms, and the remainder are kept on the arable lands. ...

    Article : 1,431 words
  6. THE PREPARATION OF FLAX.

    Sir—Sorry to trouble you, but I believe sometimes you do insert communications tending to increase the industries and develop the resources of the colony. Flax cultivation is now ...

    Article : 699 words
  7. THE GARDEN.—THE PLAINS.

    KITCHEN GARDEN.—Plant out celery in trenches at the end of the month. Sow early cabbages, cauliflowers, lettuces, and radishes in moist localities at the end of the month if there ...

    Article : 300 words
  8. HEADS OF ANIMALS.

    At a dinner-table one evening at the Farmers' Club a discussion incidentally arose as to the chief points to be taken into consideration in judging an animal, when there was a very ...

    Article : 1,492 words
  9. GARDENING OPERATIONS.

    Though more warm weather may he expected, we may hope that the most severe part of the summer is over, and gardeners should lose no time in preparing for the ensuing season. ...

    Article : 529 words
  10. CITY MANURE.

    Sir—It's no use saying anything about the Corporation or Government draining the city, as I believe the introduction of some epidemic will alone carry that needful work out; but I ...

    Article : 431 words
  11. VICTORIAN NOTES.

    We extract the following memoranda from "Augur" in last week's Australasian.: — "A conversation with two or three Adelaide folks during the past week has left me with ...

    Article : 707 words
  12. FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE.

    The stockowners of New South Wales have for some time past been seriously apprehensive of a general outbreak of foot and mouth disease amongst their herds, and from them ...

    Article : 1,355 words
  13. SEED WHEAT.

    Sir—I have always understood that to raise fine healthy plants of any description it was necessary to select the best and soundest seed. For the last two or three seasons, however, ...

    Article : 159 words
  14. PRESERVING WALLABY SKINS.

    Sir—Will some of your subscribers inform me how to preserve wallaby skins for the market. Living 500 miles from town, I find the weevils destroy them ere they can be sent ...

    Article : 195 words
  15. THE CULTIVATION OF THE WATTLE.

    Sir—In your article in last week's paper on improved methods of cultivation you enumerate the olive, mulberry, and almond as desirable to cultivate in lands worn out with wheat-growing; ...

    Article : 173 words
  16. FARM AND STATION MEMORANDA.

    The wheat market during the week has been characterized, by considerable activity, and much more business would have been done had produce come forward more freely. The nominal ...

    Article : 2,036 words
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