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  2. HORTICULTURAL THE ORCHARD.

    The rains of the past week have greatly assisted fruit trees to make their summer growth. The trees should be carefully watched to see that their energies ...

    Article : 1,362 words
  3. KOW TO SELECT A GOOD COW.

    The prima facie evidence of a good cow is found in the churn, or indicated in the testing apparatus, but this evidence must be substantiated (writes C. G. ...

    Article : 833 words
  4. FARM MOTES.

    There ought to be a society for the prevention of cruel and abusive use of Tarming tools and machinery. When we see mowing machines and reapers ...

    Article : 1,020 words
  5. PULVERISING.

    The market gardener who has only, a small space on which to make a living shows by his methods that he realises the importance of pulverising the soil. ...

    Article : 451 words
  6. AGE TO BREED SOWS.

    No uniform rule exists in regard to the age at which a sow should be bred the first time, as more depends on the maturity of the animal than on the number of ...

    Article : 286 words
  7. DO FARMERS HELP THEMSELVES?

    There are some economic laws that seem almost despotic, and when their effect is adverse we cry out in condemnation, and there is no truer code of ...

    Article : 317 words
  8. THE BEEKEEPER. STRAY SWARMS.

    during a spell of excessive near [?]. often difficult to control the swarming propensities of bees It is not difficult to account for this (writes an English ...

    Article : 625 words
  9. ADVANTAGES OF ROOT-PRUNN G

    Where the heads of fruit trees are confined to a limited space, it is obvious that by cutting the shoots back each season the growth made the folowing ...

    Article : 721 words
  10. THE BREEDING SOW.

    In Farmers’ Bulletin No. 100, issued by the United States Department of Agriculture, Prof. S. M. Tracy says:—Many defects of form in the breeding sow may ...

    Article : 287 words
  11. UNSOUND CONDENSED MILK. MILLIONS OF TINS.

    Thomas Daley, of 32 Woodstock road, Poplar, was at Thames. Police Court, summoned for selling to Edward W. Morland, 385 tins of condensed milk, at ...

    Article : 552 words
  12. SOILS AND CROPS.

    So far as making-money-rarming is concerned, the condition of the soil and crop is the farmer's most important charge. Good crops are the result of ...

    Article : 468 words
  13. WHAT BREED OF SHEEP TO KEEP.

    What breed of sheep is best for the average farmer? No one breed, in my opinion, will constitute the best under all circumstances. We have a great ...

    Article : 232 words
  14. APIS DORSATA.

    Apis Dorsata, or the Giant East Indian bee, is again attracting considerable attention, and efforts are being made to import queens and bees of this variety from ...

    Article : 238 words
  15. CULTURE OF FJSCHIAS.

    We have been asked by Ballara subscriber to giver him aew hints on the cultivation of this oncepopular flower It is to be regretted tht these plants ...

    Article : 1,886 words
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