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  2. SELECTING AND BREEDING DAIRY COWS.

    1. Select the best cows in your herd, or that you can buy, to keep, and dispose of the unprofitable ones. 2. The best cow for the dairy is the one that ...

    Article : 1,286 words
  3. PLACE BETTING AND THE LAW.

    The police authorities, having reason to believe that, despite the recent decision regarding place betting, it is still carried on in contravention of the law, laid plans whereby a clean sweep might ...

    Article : 294 words
  4. THE AVERAGE COW.

    Mr. J. Gould writes to the "San Francisco Chronicle " about the average cow—" The trouble is that she eats and exists upon a man's farm to do just half what is required of her, and eats as ...

    Article : 430 words
  5. HELL BRIDGE.

    There is a narrow pass between the mountains in the neighbourhood of Bendearg, in the Highlands of Scotland, which, at a little distance, has the appearance of an immense artificial bridge thrown ...

    Article : 722 words
  6. MAIZE ENSILAGE.

    The best results are obtainable from maize ensilage when the crop is chaffed, in which case, of course, a silo is absolutely necessary. If the crop is not chaffed, care should be taken to lay the stalks ...

    Article : 358 words
  7. AGRICULTURIST & GRAZIER.

    The appointment of competent inspectors to inspect cattle under the Dairies Supervision Act, as promised by the Premier, has not yet been made. It will be remembered that the Premier ...

    Article : 266 words
  8. LATE INVENTION—"COACHMANETTE."

    Civilisation's latest invention is the "coachmanette." And he appears to be an up-to-date product of a fast expiring age who will not attain full fruition until the twentieth century is full ...

    Article : 257 words
  9. HORSE STOCK.

    As we forecasted last year, draught stock are improving in value, and there is every probability of the bedrock prices of late years becoming things of the past. There is a better demand for useful ...

    Article : 186 words
  10. REARING HEIFERS FOR THE DAIRY.

    Mr. Freer-Thonger, the well-known European dairy expert, writing in comment on the calf raising experiments at the Iowa (U.S.) station, states as follows: There is one important point, ...

    Article : 279 words
  11. CONDENSED MILK.

    Considering the wide use of condensed milk, the new method of manufacturing it by a freezing, instead of a heating process, as carried out at Cattaraugns, N.Z., is interesting. The first ...

    Article : 531 words
  12. POTATO PLANTING.

    This is the month for planting the summer crop of potatoes, and a considerable area has been put under crop on the Clarence. The acreage would have been much greater could seed have ...

    Article : 169 words
  13. MANKIND UNDER NOTICE TO QUIT.

    According to Mr. John Munro's article in "Cassell's" for May, Lord Kelvin has startled America by an estimate of the speedy end of the human race. We are, he calculates, using up our ...

    Article : 2,620 words
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    Advertising : 774 words
  15. GERMAN METHOD OF PRESERVING EGGS.

    A method of preserving: eggs new to this country, though tried in Germany, is given in the Grocer. The preserving agent is what is known in the market as "water-glass," which is an alkaline ...

    Article : 361 words
  16. THE PREMIER AND THE SUGAR DUTIES.

    Referring to the Premier's promises in regard to the sugar duties, the "Farm and Dairy" states that some politicians are veritable Jump Jim Crowes. They "turn about and wheel about just ...

    Article : 242 words
  17. DAIRYING ON THE HALVES.

    The principle of dairying on the halves is gradually—like growing wheat on the halves—coming into vogue and suiting all parties concerned. It is a means by which a man with good dairy ...

    Article : 477 words
  18. MAIZE SHIPMENTS.

    Since the beginning of the month shipments of maize from the Clarence have shown a marked falling off, and a slight improvement is noticeable in the price. The decrease in consignments is to ...

    Article : 198 words
  19. COUNTERVAILING DUTIES.

    A duty to countervail a bounty is not a duty on sugar, but a duty to countervail a bounty. In Victoria (says "Farm and Dairy") there is a countervailing duty on beet sugar, and the ...

    Article : 320 words
  20. TENDING DAIRY STOCK.

    Says the "Farm and Dairy," Clarence River dairy farmers are tumbling to the fact that housing dairy stock is a necessity of successful dairy farming. They seem to be going through this season ...

    Article : 235 words
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