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  2. FARM AND STATION. THE ONION.

    The onion enjoys the reputation of being one of the healthiest of vegetables. The principal objection to the promiscuous use of this vegetable is that the odour exhaled ...

    Article : 370 words
  3. THE CULTIVATION OF RAPE.

    Mr. G. M. Barnard recently read the following interesting paper on the cultivation of rape, at the ordinary meeting of the Launceston Branch Board of Agriculture, ...

    Article : 1,846 words
  4. HINTS ON FARROWING.

    Very many pigs are lost through the improper care or the sows. The unnatural habit of the sow trying to destroy her young comes largely from improper diet ...

    Article : 383 words
  5. PRESERVATION OF MILK.

    M. Hignette, an agricultural engineer, advocates the filtering of milk over layers of well washed river gravel and in glass vases preparatory to sterilising it by ...

    Article : 241 words
  6. POTATO DISEASE IN IRELAND.

    Potato disease is described by the Consulting Botanist to the Royal Dublin Society and Dr. McWeeney. The disease has so far been confined to a limited area ...

    Article : 260 words
  7. PRUNING FRUIT TREES.

    All heavy pruning should be done in winter, when the sap is down and the leaves off the trees. Plums are generally ready first, followed by pears, apricots, ...

    Article : 314 words
  8. HOLSTEIN CATTLE AS MILKERS.

    At a recent Farmers' Institute meeting in Canada, Mr. C. D. Tilson reported what his herd of Holstein cows had done the past year. One cow gave 15,000lb. or ...

    Article : 259 words
  9. BRITAIN'S FOOD SUPPLY.

    A wheat reserve to be kept on hand in Great Britain in case of a block in time of war is at present being considered by a Parliamentary committee, which at a ...

    Article : 270 words
  10. A NEW POTATO DIGGER.

    Mr. A. Burgess, a Manawatu settler, has patented, the New Zealand Mail states, a potato-digger, which is simple in construction, consisting of a strong iron frame ...

    Article : 194 words
  11. THE BEST COW.

    The best dairy breed is one of the most frequently discussed questions, and it is notable (says the Leader), that among the experience of the most careful ...

    Article : 548 words
  12. PIG-STIES.

    The best form of pig-sty is the oldfashioned one which contains a sleeping apartment and an open court. Pigs are animals which are best kept warm, but, at ...

    Article : 376 words
  13. BACON CURING.

    Mr. Vecht, of Mero pork and bacon curing fame, has his new process of bacon curing in operation in New South. Wales. It is said to be as follows:—The pig is ...

    Article : 238 words
  14. THE JERSEY COW.

    Where the Jersey cows came from is not known (says "The Hutman" in the Australasian.) They certainly were not imported from Brittany, where the cattle are ...

    Article : 373 words
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