The Incoming Maize Crop
So far as this district is concerned, the crop of maize that will soon be fit to commence pulling promises to be the best our farmers have had the pleasure of raising for a…
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Farming & the land, 1888
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Clarence Farm Produce
MR. G. CRISPIN, who has been unquestionably the most successful agricultural exhibitor at our local shows, has made a collection of farm produce for the Sydney Centennial Show. In such hands…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Upper Orara Farmers' and Miners' Progress Association. First Annual Meeting
THE first annual meeting of the Association was held at Mr. Eudder's on the 14th; about 30 persons attended. Prior to the general meeting, the committee met to deal with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Migration of Scotch Farmers to England
ACCORDING to the North British Agriculturist, the migration of Scotch farmers to England has become very marked. During the last half-dozen years, there has been a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Vernon Boys and Model Farms
THE experience of some persons in these districts, who have employed boys from the Vernon, does not appear to have been favourable to the system under which they…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Detecting Pleuro in Cattle
THE Chief Inspector of Stock gives the following rules as a guide for detecting pleuro in cattle:—1. Attention is first directed to an animal suffering from pleuro by its…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Clarence and North Coast Farmers' Association. Half-yearly Meeting of Shareholders
THE ninth, half-yearly meeting of shareholders was held in the Theatre Royal on Tuesday. Mr. G. Bailey, J.P. (chairman of the Board) presided, and there were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Angus Mackay's Lecture. Dairy Farming
ON Monday evening Mr. Angus Mackay, F.C.S., Instructor in Agriculture, delivered a lecture on "Dairy Farming," in the School of Arts, to about a dozen persons, including…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Ricamond River Farm
PERHAPS as fairly a representative farm as may be found on the banks of the Richmond River is Riverview, the property and residence of Mr. James M'Aug[?]ey, an old settler…
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MR. KETHEL, M.P., has given notice of his intention to ask the House to approve of the establishment of a central Agricultural College at Rookwood, near Sydney, and the…
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IN a recent article we directed attention to the subject of Test Farms. We find that something of the kind exists in Victoria. There they are called " prize farms." The system under which the prizes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prize Farming in Victoria. The Irrigation Prizes Competition
FOLLOWING up the description of Mr. Anderson's first prize farm, which appeared in our issue of Saturday last, we now give from the Weekly Times the particulars relative to Mr. John West's holding,…
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IN its final report the Water Commission recommend that the Government should establish farms in localities having command of water for irrigation, and have become more…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Prize Farms Competition in Victoria. The First Farm in the Northern District
FOLLOWING up our previous extracted articles from the Weekly Times upon the Government Prize Farm competition in Victoria, we now place before our readers, a further report upon the first prize…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Experimental Farms
OUR Tyndale correspondent writes:—The present aspect of the maize field on the Clarence is certainly cheering to the farmer, after several adverse seasons, and those who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mems for Farmers
IN California land which was previously rented at £1 per acre has, since it has been irrigated, yielded rentals of from £3 to £7 per acre. Orchards are now worth from £150 to £300 per acre…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mix your Farm Cream well
IN commenting upon the mixing and ripening of cream before churning, "Hoard's Dairyman " says:—"Not long since a farmer's wife complained to us that she did…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers Assert Your Rights
SIR.—About the most important matter to be dealt with at the present time (seeing that we have at last very heavy crops of maize which, according to present appearances, will scarcely be worth the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Victorian Prize Farms. The Second-Prize Southern Farm
FOLLOWING up the interesting reports already given of the Victorian prize farms, we now give (from the Weekly Times) a full report on the second-prize Southern farm…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Plain Speaking to Farmers
WE extract the following letter, addressed to the Editor of the Queensland "Planter and Farmer," together with the editorial remarks of the paper named…
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