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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land
109 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 6
POSSIBLY the following may give a hint as to the treatment of the mange, which is a kind of ringworm—Ringworm is a very common form of skin disease among cattle, and is especially troublesome…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Government Statistician has just published the figures relating to the wheat production, of the colony for the last season. The yield was encouraging, having been nearly 16 bushels per acre on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →IN a lecture at Bairnsdale, Mr. Deakin, Chief Secretary of Victorin, gave some significant facts relative to the benefits of Irrigation. At Bairnsdale the Irrigation Trust would include an area of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →OWING to the excessive rainfall in the whole of the maize growing districts of New South Wales, the yield of maize will fall far below what was expected two months ago. In our district the late crops…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Sydney Mail, under the heading "A Flood of Agricultural Shows," refers to the prevailing opinion that Agricultural Shows are altogether too numerous. In support of this contention, it states…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR.—I see the tenant holding back his produce that he may get the highest price for it. If one dealer will give 1d per dozen for eggs more than another, that is the dealer dealt with. If one…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE waters have receded except from the very lowest localities, and have left in their train a thick coating of mud, which will to some extent compensate farmers for their heavy losses by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR.—In reply to "Landlord," I beg to make a few remarks on this subject. First, his remarks on tendering for farms. Some people make a practice of tendering for farms, never intending to pay the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →REPLYING to a deputation from the Metropolitan Agricultural Society, introduced by Mr. SEE, M.LA., the MINISTER FOR MINES AND AGRICULTURE said: " Victoria and South Australia had experimental…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR—In last Tuesday's Examiner "An ex-Landlord" has scarcely touched the root of the matter in his answer to "A Landlord," He has not shown where the landlord is wrong in getting the most he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A MEETING of the General Committee was held on Wednesday, to consider a recommendation from the Executive Committee to abandon the holding of an Exhibition this year. Present—Messrs. S…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CONSIDERABLE interest is now being taken in the matter of prevention of rust in wheat. Considering the value of the cereal affected, it is a wonder concerted action with scientific research has not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NEVER have the agriculturists of this district had more strikingly demonstrated the necessity of diverting their attention to raising products other than maize or sugar cane, than since the beginning of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Kiama Agricultural Association has taken a new departure by the establishment of a Dairy Herd Book. Any cow that produces 3 ½ lb. butter or 100lb. milk in 48 consecutive hours, is entitled to be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE New Zealand Times says:—"The cause of the drop in the prices of farm produce and flax is believed to be understood here. With regard to the former the demand is the controlling factor,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A MEETING of the General Committee was held on Wednesday. Present—Messrs. S. See, president; S. Hill, treasurer; T. Bawden, A. Egging, S. Kritsch, A. Lipman, G. H. Varley, H. Harding,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE farmer who succeeds is these days of keen competition must be a man of brain power. To be such he must cultivate physical health by shorter hours of toil, and give more time to reading…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A RECENT prize offered by an American horticultural society for the largest money product from a given area of small fruits was awarded, says Harper's Magazine, to a strawberry grower, whose…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE American Agriculturist says:—"Corn is king! The maize crop of the United States aggregated over two billion bushels for 1889—the largest in our history. Even at the low price of 28c. per…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MR. W. J. PATCHELL, was convinced that with proper irrigation the soil would not be impoverished, provided it was allowed to recoup itself by rotation of crops or bare fallows. The following were a few…
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