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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land
66 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 4
SOME correspondence having appeared in the Queensland Press, for some time past, respecting the scarcity of light labour in that colony to do the unskilled work on a new farm, the Port Denison Times,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A MEETING of the members of the above Association was convened for ten o'clock, on Thursday morning; last, at Mr. Foggo's Hotel, Brushgrove. A sufficient number not having assembled at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE following is taken from the Belfast letter in the 'Hamilton Spectator' of Saturday:--"It has been observed that during the last twelve months a large number of farmers and others engaged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE English Agriculturist says:— From time immemorial the island of Guernsey has been famous for its breed of cattle, and a very just reputation it is, for there are few localities in Europe, and certainly none…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A CIRCULAR, signed by Messrs. Muir, Black, Savage, and Henderson, has been issued on behalf of the Agricultural Society of Southern Quennsland, which reads as follows:—It having been resolved by this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Melbourne Age says,—The profits of superior cattle breeding have been exemplified in the most definite manner by the results of Mr Morton's sale at Skelsmcrg Hall, and more recently on the estate of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MR. H. SPONE, a farmer residing on the Brisbane River, writes to the Queenslander, April 8th, as follows:—"I forward you with this a copy of the Clarence and Richmond Examiner, wherein you will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Melbourne Argus says,—The experiments which Mr Joseph Sullivan has been prosecuting for some weeks past, for testing his specific for the cure of [?]uke in sheep have unfortunately, came to an abrapt close…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IT must be somewhat puzzling for readers to reconcile the various statements that have appeared from time to time in the public Press respecting the advantages and disadvantages of the introduction of insect-eating…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ALTHOUGH our respected parents, Adam and Eve, did eat the forbidden fruit, and were thereby sent forth from the Garden of Edon, it is a great blessing that we poor mortals have been permitted to enjoy the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE California Farmer says,—The economical feeding of cattle continues to be the order of the day in France. M. Niviere has obtained surprising results by the use of chopped hay and straw, moistened with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MR. ROBERT MUIR writes to the Queenslander, June 5th, as follows:—I am sorry to say that the canes I mentioned at the Beenleigh Conference as free from the above disease have all become more or less affected…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A CORRESPONDENT to the World of Science writes:—I am really surprised to find how few of our gardening friends attempt to rear this pretty and savoury tuber. It must be nearly twenty years ago since Mr Fortune…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Field has the following article on the above subject:— "The improvement of grass land is a matter of such grave importance that we should be grateful for hints from any source that may lead to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE following, notes on tobacco, mainly compliled from a little work lately circulated in Melbourne, written by Mr W. H. Otter, a native of Virginia, U.S., and for over thirty years engaged in toboceo…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—Having felt very great inconvenience for some time post arsing from the want of a market for my pioduce at stated times, as in the old country, I beg to suggest the advisability of holding markets at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →DRYING SHED.—The shed should be enclosed all round, with a window or loophole at each end to admit a current of air when required. Beams are placed across at about three feet apart—say one, two,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MR. L. A. BERRAYS, the vice-president of the Queensland Acclimatisation Society, has handed the editor of the Queenslander a pamphlet containing the report of the proceedings of a Fruit Growers' Convention held…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ACCUSTOMED, as many of our fanners and free selectors have been, to the growth of crops and products, and the routine of cultivation suitable to the country in which they were born and reared, no doubt many…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THIS district in its early settlement was stocked almost entirely with sheep, they that time being by far the most profitable animal that the squatter could dovote his attention to. Wool was the staple…
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