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  2. FARM AND STATION. CLERICAL WORK ON THE FARM.

    At a recent meeting of the Gumeracha Bureau (S.A.), Mr. A. Moore read the following interesting paper on "Clerical Work on the Farm":— ...

    Article : 947 words
  3. HOW COWS DRINK.

    If a dairyman wants to treat himself to a genuine surprise, let him keep his herd of milk-giving cows in the stable, and give them water in such a way that the weight ...

    Article : 171 words
  4. SOME AMERICAN MIKERS.

    A large milk-producer in America says that the poorest cow he ever owned gave 1,000 quarts a year, at a cost of over five cents a quart, while auother produced over 7,000 ...

    Article : 295 words
  5. FAT v. EGGS.

    Dissecting a hen recently to ascertain, if possible, why no eggs were forthcoming, says a writer in the Maine Farmer, we took from around the gizzard more than a ...

    Article : 231 words
  6. VERMIN IN STABLES.

    Animals kept in warm stables are less able to protect themselves against vermin that they can easily destroy by rolling in the dust when given free range in summer. ...

    Article : 247 words
  7. THE CLINICAL THERMOMETER ON THE FARM.

    The physician's clinical thermometer is practically the same as the clinical thermometer used by veterinarians, the only difference being in length. The ordinary ...

    Article : 329 words
  8. ANGORA GOATS FOR AUSTRALIA.

    I cannot help thinking that one of the neglected pastoral industries of Australia is the raising of Angora goats, and for these reasons—that we have districts of ...

    Article : 298 words
  9. FOOD REQUIREMENTS OF TOMATOES.

    In trying to determine what constituents the tomato plant and its fruit require from the soil, we must, first of all, know of what they consist. A fully-developed tomato ...

    Article : 716 words
  10. HOW TO RUN A PROFITABLE DAIRY.

    Mr. William Stevenson, an American dairyman, gives the following advice on this important subject:—First in importance is the selection of the herd. Never ...

    Article : 1,016 words
  11. MANURING ORCHARDS.

    To provide vegetable matter and to improve the physical quality of poor soils, apply yard manure once in four years, at the rate of five to ten tons per acre. To ...

    Article : 304 words
  12. SPLINTS IN HORSES.

    Splints are usually curable, or readily removed, if not allowed to run too long before being treated. In the early stage, while the splint is forming, there is often ...

    Article : 218 words
  13. PRESERVING GRAPES.

    A method invented by M. Petit, Professor in the Versailles Horticultural School, for preserving grapes in the natural state by exposing them to the ...

    Article : 288 words
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