Farmer Ben's Theory
"I TELL ye it's nonsense," said farmer Ben, "This farmin" by books and rules, And sendin the boys to learn that stuff At the agricultural schools…
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Farming & the land, 1881
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Farmers' Unions. (From the Maitland Mercury, April 23.)
THERE was at first a certain indefiniteness in the movement in this district to establish a farmers' union. But gradually its purposes have been more distinctly stated. The main…
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THE co-operation of farmers and working as a Union for the purpose of advancing the district to which they belong, or it may be, perhaps, to watch and protect their own interests, is a matter that has not…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farms Notes for May
MAY should be a busy month on all farms, especially on those where wheat is the principal crop. There are many localities in which this cereal should be sown in April, so that rust may be warded off; but…
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MORT AND Co., on May 5, report as follows:— Wool: The business done during the month has been very limited, and the wools offered not of a character to afford much test of the effect of the unfavourable…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hunter River Farmers' Union. Public Meeting at Miller's Forest
A NUMEROUSLy attended and very enthusiastic meeting in connection with the Hunter River Farmers' Union was held in the Church of England schoolroom, Miller's Forest, on the 9th instant. The schoolroom…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Australian Wool Trade
WE are glad to perceive (observes the European Mail) that the enormous wealth of our Antipodean colonies is becoming more and more recognised by Englishmen at home. The…
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THE farmers on the Hunter River have evidently well studied the question of Farmers' Unions, and are much more conscious of the benefits to be derived from such an institution than the agriculturalists on the…
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MR. John Bridge, woolbroker of Sydney, proposes to hold a wool exhibition at his warehouse next March, and generously offers eight substantial cash prizes to be awarded by…
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ON Monday evening a very large, enthusiastic, and infinential meeting of persons interested in the Hunter River Farmers' Union, initiated at Largs, and so enthusiastically taken up in other places; was held in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A New Process of Cheese and Butter Making
THE new year brings us (says the Farmer) news of a departure in cheese and butter making which will, if there be anything in it, cause a greater revolution in the dairy than anything in modern times. It comes…
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THE following report made by a Victorian farmer who experienced the effects of an application of salt on wheat land will no doubt be interesting to many readers. The result was brought about accidentally,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Co-operative Sugar-growing for Farmers
AT a meeting of farmers-held at the Seventeen Mile Rocks, near, Brisbane, on the 8th instant, a paper upon the above subject was read by Mr A. Redcliffe. The lecturer, after giving a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Farmer's Wife
'WHY, Daisy, are you ill?' Fred Murray stood up in the doorway of the farm kitchen looking at the little figure lying, white and still, upon the broad wooden settee…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Clarence Pastoral and Agricultural Society. Annual Report
THE following is the annual report to be presented to the members at the fifteenth annual general meetings to be held in the School of Arts, Grafton, this (Tuesday) afternoon:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Sugar Crop in Queensland
MUCH speculation exists outside the district with regard to the effects of the late frost on the 17th and 18th of last month upon the Maryborough sugar crops of next season. Too much care cannot be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm Rents in England
A STATEMENT respecting, reduction of rent in control and southern. parts of England has been prepared by Mr C. T. Starge, of Birmingham, from facts which, it is stated, have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Bathurst Farmers' Union
WE are glad to find that the above organization is working in real earnest to extend the usefulness of its operations. An active canvass is being made throughout the district to enlist…
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THE entries for the first Horse Show closed on Saturday last. Captivator and Reugney are entered in the imported blood stallion class; Young Whalebone, Orlando, Promise, Mazeppa, Fairy King. Yately,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Improved Dairy Processes
THE " Royal " show at Derby presented few items of interest for Australians (says the Melbourne Australasian.) Probably the most useful part of the implement and machinery…
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