New South Wales as a Wheat-producing Country
ON examining the tables showing the average quantity of wheat produced per acre, we are surprised to find our colony standing out so well. Here are the figures, viz. :—…
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Farming & the land, 1888
46 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 3
Bathurst Free Press "Magna est veritas et prœvalebit." Saturday, February 11, 1888. Agricultural College and Experimental Farms
IT is remarkably strange that New South Wales of all the Australian colonies should be generally the last to promote the development of natural resources by means of public educational…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australian Sheep Husbandry. Chapter I—australia
AUSTRALIA is essentially a wool-producing country. If we compare the growth of her manufacturing and pastoral pursuits with those of any other country, say America, we find that the former hare by no…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →That "Barren" Country.—Grand Sam of Wheat
NYNGAN.—A grand sample of wheat has just been bro[?] in by Mr. H. V. Hall, of Hermitage Plains, grown of [?] farm in the district of West Bogan. This same district [?] been described in Parliament as barren and worthless…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmers and Protection. Bathurst Farmers' Union.—special Meeting
A SPECIAL meeting of farmers, called by circular and advertisement, was held at Keegan's Hotel, on Saturday afternoon, Mr. Jacob Knights, President of the Farmers' Union, occupying the chair. There…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Largest Farm in the World
In the extreme south-west corner of Louisiana lies the largest producing farm in the world. It runs 100 miles north and south, and many miles east and west, and is owned and operated by a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Worms in Sheep
In addition to the instructions for drenching with arsenic mixture, which we published recently in our columns, the Chief Inspector of Stock has issued the following directions for the guidance of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pastoral Lease Sale
A SALE of pastoral bases of Church and School Lands is announced for Friday, 6th April next, at the Bathurst Lands Office. The following lots will be submitted:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australian Sheep Husbandry. Chapter Ii—varities of Sheep
ALL the wild sheep known are natives either of mountainous regions or of dry and elevated tablelands. They are gregarious, a character which the domestic sheep fully retains. They are generally…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The American Wheat Crop
According to the ALTA CALIFORNIAN, of 14th January, the year 1888 opens with unexampled prospects for the farmer of California. It promises to be one of the best years on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Worms in Sheep
The Chief Inspector of Stock (Mr. A. Bruce) has issued the following circular to the various inspectors of stock:—"You should in a season such as this call the attention of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Experiences with Mexican Wheat
The Victorian Minister of Agriculture some time ago distributed parcels of Mexican wheat among leading farmers, in Victoria, with the object of testing its suitability for growth in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cumnock Pastoral & Agricultural Association
AT the Cumnock A. and P. Society's meeting held to arrange for the holding of the annual show, the attendance was one which does credit to the society and sets an example to the very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden Notes
HOWEVER well a soil may be cultivated, it cannot continue to nourish crops of the same kind in succession without becoming exhausted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New System of Numerical Earmarks for Sheep
THE CARCOAR CHRONICLE says:—At the late C[?]coar show Mr. H. Glass in exhibited a new system of numerical [?] for sheep, which appears worthy of consideration by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australian Sheep Husbandry. Chapter II—(Continued).—VARITIES of Sheep
MERINO SHEEP.—There are now many varieties of the merino, all, however, descended from the old Spanish flocks, which have acquired distinctive appellations, such as the French, Saxon, Silesian,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lecture on Soils, Wheat, and Wool
THE promised lecture, by the instructor in agriculture of the Technical College, Angus Mackay, F.C.S., was given in the School of Arts, on Thursday evening last. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lecture on Soils, Wheat, and Wool
IN last issue we were able to publish but a brief outline of the very interesting and valuable information given in the form of a technical lecture, in the School of Arts, Molong, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Victorian Farmers' Grievances. Protection Their Heavy Burden. They Want Leave to Buy and Sell in the Cheapest Market
The following letter has been addressed to the editor of the Argus :— Sir,—Why cannot the farmers say at once, what is in many of their hearts, it not on their…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Australian Sheep Husbandry. Chapter II—(concluded).—VARITIES of Sheep
THE only weak point of the beat French merino, as a wool-producing animal, is the want of that hardiness which adepts it to our changeable climate. The French sheep has not only been highly kept…
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