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  2. THE farm and Garden. THE FARM AND GARDEN CALENDAR FOR MARCH.

    KITCHEN GARDEN.—Plant cabbages, cauliflowers, celery, &c.; sow vegetables for earlycrops, such as lettuces, radishes, turnips, spinach, carrots, parsnips, mustard and cress, some onions, ...

    Article : 476 words
  3. INSPECTOR VALENTINE'S REPORT.

    The report of the Chief Inspector of Sheep upon the condition of the live stock in the colony during the past year is on the whole favourable. The flocks ...

    Article : 1,488 words
  4. EXHAUSTION OF SOILS.

    Sir—in the Observer of Feb. 15 your contributor "Renovator" criticises a fallow on a small piece of ground which I have at Mount Barker, and points to it as an illustration of his theory as to ...

    Article : 789 words
  5. METEOROLOGICAL.—FEBRUARY 19—25.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 161 words
  6. THE DUNGHEAP.

    Nothing must be allowed to run away in the form of a fluid, or to fly away in the disguise of a smell. So mark out a piece of ground on which the dunghill is to be made, on a good ...

    Article : 389 words
  7. TREATMENT OF EXHAUSTED SOILS.

    At the commencement of this article it may be well to quote a paragraph from "Chemistry and its application to Agriculture, &c.," by the renowned chemist, Dr. Justus Liebi[?], Ph.D., ...

    Article : 1,911 words
  8. WEATHER NOTES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 616 words
  9. THE ONE-THOUSAND-AURE CLAUSE.

    Sir—A good deal of discussion has taken place upon the Surveyor-General's interpretation of the above clause in the new Land Act. Mr. Small, in his letter published in last Saturday's ...

    Article : 436 words
  10. THE LAST SEASON'S CROP.

    Sir—In your leader of to-day you attribute the failure of the wheat crop, if not wholly, partially to the slovenly way in which, farming is conducted in this country. To that ...

    Article : 2,481 words
  11. STRAW AS FOOD FOR STOCK—HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF IT.

    In the newer portions of the West straw is burned to get it out of the way. In the Eastern Statue, where the soil has been cropped for a long time the organic matter is more or ...

    Article : 1,258 words
  12. Farm and Station. THE HARVEST OF 1878-9.

    Through the courtesy of trustworthy correspondents in the various agricultural districts of the colony we are enabled this morning to place before our ...

    Article : 1,374 words
  13. DEEP DRAINAGE AND SEWAGE FARMING.

    Sir—The success or the deep drainage or Calcutta, which was ably carried out by Mr. Clark, is often advanced as a reason for the deep drainage of this city. I ...

    Article : 493 words
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