The 'Agriculturist and Grazier. On the Farms
FOR the past month farmers have not been actively engaged. The principal occupation has been the ingathering of the late maize, and owing to the large quantity destroyed…
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Farming & the land, 1887
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The Pastoral Holdings of the Clarence. Area and Capabilities of Runs. The Character of Country. Continued From Saturday's Issue
THE following descriptions are compiled from the reports made by Mr. C. R. Blaxland, J.P., the Government Appraiser:- Glenreagh West pastoral holding—F…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Medal Farm for the Clarence
SIR.—A short time back there was a kind of unity of action, by the Progress Associations on the river, to secure pen[?]y postage. Why was the co-operation of the asociations asked for [?] Doubtiess on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Pastoral Holdings of the Clarence. Area and Capabilities of Runs. The Character of Country. Continued From Tuesday's Issue
THE following descriptions are compiled from the reports made by Mr. C. R. Blaxland, J.P., Government Appraiser:- Coldstream pastoral holding—lessee, T…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Name Tour Farm
IN inducing a greater love for their home on the part of farmers' children, in the majority of cases naming the farm has been overlooked. There is this much in a name, that it is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Next Crop
FARMERS are busily engaged preparing for the ensuing crop, and this season are enabled to make an early start, as the last crop, by reason of its diminutive yield, entailed but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The C. and N. C. Farmers' Association
THE usual monthly meeting of the Board of Directors was held yesterday, at which there were present—Messrs. G. Bailey (chairman), A. Bailey, W, Gulliford, and W. Lee…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Model Farm
SIR.—I have on many occasions recently seen in your paper suggestions os to the advisability of endeavouring to obtain a model farm in the vicinity of Grafton, and though the efforts of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Fat Cattle Market
THE whole of the Australian markets, so far as the disposal of fat stock is concerned, are suffering a decline. The immediate cause of this may be attributed to the plentiful…
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The number of applications received for pastoral leases and occupation licenses was respectively 1612 and 1508, absorbing altogether about 4200 runs formerly held as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Last Year's Wheat Crop
A COMPILATION has been made showing the wheat yield of the world for the year 1886. America contributes 523,237,859 bushels, out of which 457,218,000 were raited in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Country School and the Farmer's Boy
PROFESSOR C. [?]. BESSEY, in an article in the American Agriculturist, has the following pertinent remarks on this subject:—Is the country school doing what it should for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Model Farm for the Clarence
SIR.—Seeing that a decided move is started to establish a model farm on the Clarence, permit me to ventilate the subject through your paper. None can for a moment question that every farmer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On the Farms
PLOUGHING is in full swing, as is usual this month, and almost all our farmers have commenced. The rains of the week have delayed operations, and a period of fine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Millet. A Crop that may ba Grown with very Profitable Results
HUNGARIAN grass or millet, if well grown, cut corly, and properly cured, furnishes a quality of hay that compares favorably with any of the grasses ordinarily grown for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Pastoral Lands of the Colony
THE following figures, given on the authority of the Minister for Lands, will give some idea of the area of the pastoral lands of New South Wales still in possession of the Crown. In the Western…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Agricultural and Pastoral
IN a Technical College lecture on Wednesday week on "Land Drainage; what practice does and science explains," the instructor in agriculture, Mr. Mackay, explained that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Grain Feed for Cattle
GRAIN for cattle in this country must consist chiefly of corn in some form. Ground feed is better assimilated, and consequently more economical for feeding than whole…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Clarence and North Coast Farmers' Association. Half-yearly Meeting
THE e[?]ghth half-yearly meeting of the members of the above Association was held yesterday in the Theatre Royal, at which there were present about 50 shareholders. On the platform were the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →On the Farms
THE ploughing season is now fairly in, and the land is in fine order for turning over. Farmen are as busy as they can well be getting their land ploughed before the dry…
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