N. S. Wales Pastoral Assets
THE Minister for Justice (Mr. Clarke) in the course of a recent speech at Wilcannia, said the amount of our public debt, of which about £25,000,000 had been spent in…
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Farming & the land, 1887
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"Peg-Away Jobs" on the Farm
WITH all due allowance for recreation, reading, & there come intervals in ordinary work on the farm, half days or more, when farmer and men are idle or unprofitably…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Prosperous Farmer
THE prosperous farmer, like every other business man, is he who takes advantages of circumstances to get the most he honestly can ont of what he has to sell. Not all…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Upper Orar[?] Farmers and Miners Progress Association
A GENERAL MEETING of the Association was held at Mr. Rudder's, Coramba, on Saturday, when over 20 persons attended, and two new members joined. The President (Mr. J. Sweeney) was in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Next Maize Crop
AT this early period it is difficult to forecast what will be the result of the ensuing plant of maize, jet a few remarks thereon will not eren now be premature. In the first place,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Results of High Farming
NEVER, probably, was there a season in which high farming has produced more gigantic results, or when the slovenly or impecunious farmer has been so grievously…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Butter and Buckwheat
A CORRESPONDENT to the Weekly Time (Melbourne) says—:I find that butter made from scalded milk keeps much better than that made from unscalded milk, and I now…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Important Cattle Case
IN the Supreme Court, last week, in a case Robinson T. Tyson, the plaintiff, Benjamin Robinson, of near Forbes, cattle-dealer, sued James Tyson, of Felton, Darling Downs,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Model Farm
LAST week a deputation from the South Coast districts waited'on the Premier with reference to the establishment "of a model farm. Sir H. Parkes, promised that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Appraisement of Pastoral Holdings
—Last issue of the Gazette contains a further list of the runs of the three divisions of the colony, together with their rentals, as determined by the Minister for Lands. Those in this district are as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Cattle Supply
THE short supply of cattle to stock our pastoral areas is due to two causes, viz., inattention to breeding when stores could be purchased fully grown at low rates, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Market for the Produce of the Dairy
THERE are many people still living in Australia who may remember the time when butter formed a regular article of importation to the colonies. Of recent years the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Upper Orara Farmers and Miners Progress Association. [COMMUNICATED.]
A GENERAL MEETING of the above Association was hold at Mr. Rudder's on Saturday. The President and nine of the Committee were present, and a fair attendance of members, besides some gentlemen…
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I PREFER brine for washing butter, but do not considor it absolutely essential; good clear cold water does about as well, but I very much prefer brine to dry salt for sea…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ayrshire Cattle
PROFFESSOR HENRY STEWART, of America, says of the Ayshires:—"Without disparaging any other race or breed, I beg to be allowed to express my preference for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Important to Colonial Wheat Growers
"ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN" in the European Mail says:—My frequent recommendations to Australasian agriculturalists, to take full advantage of the present situation here in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Duties upon Farm Produce. Protection v. Free-trade. Opinions of the Members for Grafton and the Clarence. [Arridged From "Hansard."]
MR. COPELAND, in moving the resolution on the above subject last week, said that during the last few months he had made several extensive journeys into the country…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Upper Orara Farmers' and Miners Progress Association
THE monthly committee meeting of the above Association was held at Mr. Rudder's (Coramba), on Saturday — the President (Mr. James Sweeney) in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On the Farms
As is usual at this time of year, farmers are exceedingly busy planting the late crop of maize, aud the present month is the best of the season for sowing. The late rains have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairy Produce Duties
MESSRS. GARVAN and H. Clarke, M's.L.A. for Eden, waited upon the Colonial Treasurer last week, and presented him with a resolution passed at a meeting in Bega, remonstrating against the pro…
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