Memos For the Farmers.
An- American authority advises the cultivation of catnip for be<3s> which he considers the best of food. '-'■' r - ' Do not leave ploughs a t)d small tools but m the rain. After using house theft, as you would an animal. • \ •— : Keep fowls quiet and well fed.if.yau". wish to fatten them, but make^ ifiem. scratch for their living if you desire 'eKjrt. ; The dairyman's profits come from his good cows, and each poor milbe; reduoea ' the profit made on a good one. For bees alsika clover may be sown with timothy. It is good onflow, rich land, is fine pasture and is good, honey food. . , . Sheep are the only animals that will eat beans whole. Ground and mixed with ground corn or Lbatti they aria Valuable for cattle, horses and pigs, A quart of. milk should weigh > tpro, pounds and nearly two and a half ouncep^ 1 \Vei«hing w the best way bf ascertaining the daily or monthly yield 1 ' of mifl6ir6ta:any cow, ■ ; ; ' - • •■• >-■-!-: .-.yai <n>l
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 115, 10 April 1884, Page 2
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167Memos For the Farmers. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 115, 10 April 1884, Page 2
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