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  2. DAIRY AND FARM.

    The only exact method of keeping a record of the milk production of a cow is by weighing the milk at every milking. However, it is possible to get a very close estimate of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 556 words
  3. LETTERS FROM FRANCE.

    Mrs. T. Davis, of Coraki, forwards copies of two letters received from her son, Signaller L. Cosgrove. He writes:—"What do you think. Dick (the writer's younger ...

    Article : 830 words
  4. ANGLICAN SYNOD.

    At the concluding sessions of the Anglican Synod at Grafton on Monday Archdeacon Tress moved that this Synod realising the value of the life and work of the Bishop, ...

    Article : 634 words
  5. THE FOLLY OF FIGHTING THE TUBERCULIN TEST.

    The dairy cattle breeders of Wisconsin may congratulate themselves over the very important fact that they have not in times past allowed an ignorant prejudice against the ...

    Article : 264 words
  6. HARD MILKERS.

    Ordinarily a cow may milk hard because the sphincter muscles in the teats contract very [?]ightly. Of course the purpose of these muscles is to close the teat du[?]ts and ...

    Article : 285 words
  7. THE GOOD THAT GRIT DOES.

    In the old days a hen was supposed to pick up grit, broken glass or small pebbles to grind her food, and any rough mechanical substance was good enough for that purpose. We have ...

    Article : 146 words
  8. RAVAGES OF TUBERCULOSIS IN HOGS.

    At a meeting of the International Commission of Control, of Bovin[?] Tuber[?]ulosis in Chicago last December, Mr. Ferguson, a member of the Commission, presented the ...

    Article : 201 words
  9. AGRICULTURAL.

    One of the chief objections urged by farmers against the practice of harrowing young wheat crops is that it destroys so many plants, but that it has its value ...

    Article : 626 words
  10. DAIRYING.

    Extraction is not the whole business of milking. There are those who seem to think that it is so, but that is perhaps one reason why such men rarely make too much ...

    Article : 1,101 words
  11. MORE SENSITIVENESS THAN SENSE.

    A farmer friend writes us ("Hoard's Dairyman") a private letter asking our advice concerning a condition of affairs in his own household. He says his wife and three ...

    Article : 512 words
  12. POULTRY NOTES.

    The sitting hen should have things handy. Whole corn, grit, water and some dust to work in every day, will fill the bill. If the hatching is to be done with an ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 294 words
  13. CONSCRIPTION AT WADGEM FLAT.

    The Cromwells and the Hampdens of the town of Wadgem Flat Held another public meeting t'other night and voted that, ...

    Article : 298 words
  14. TWIN CALVES.

    If the bull calf is a twin to a male calf, this fact will in no way interfere with their breeding powers. If they are sterile it will be due to some other cause. ...

    Article : 73 words
  15. SEX CONTROL EXPERIENCE.

    A writer in "Hoard's Dairyman" says:—I have been much interested in the occasional discussions in the "Dairyman" of the question of sex control in cattle, for if I could ...

    Article : 451 words
  16. GERMANY'S YOUTH DYING.

    In pre-war times the regulation was that no soldier should be sent on foreign service, garrison or field, till he had passed his 20th birthday, but the regulation was relaxed ...

    Article : 246 words
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    Advertising : 64 words
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    Advertising : 289 words
  19. HER FIRST PIE.

    They had not been married long, and it was her first Pie. He helped himself to a second piece, and smiled sweetly into her anxious face. His health was precious to ...

    Article : 221 words
  20. CHICKENS.

    A great many people make the mistake of thinking that shade is unnecessary except they have fancy stock. While the hot sun is injurious to feathers, it is much more so to ...

    Article : 516 words
  21. REVERSING THE TABLES.

    She eyed her husband up and down, Then softly murmured: "Oh, "I really fear, your shirt, my dear, "Is cut a trifle low." ...

    Article : 63 words
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