London Wool Sales. Sydney, Wednesday Night
A private cable received in Sydney states that the London wool sales are expected to open at an advance of 5 per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1906
763 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 39
Farm, Field and Dairy. the "Cravings " of Pigs
Every farmer who has kept pigs in confinement has observed their strange craving for seemingly unnatural substances--sand rock, soft brick, mortar,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Duties of a Dairy Inspector
The work of dairy inspectors as designed by the law and desired by the Michigan State Department of Agriculture is (writes E. A. Haven,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Herald" and "Mail" Farm Competition
The proprietors of the "S.M. Harald" and "Sydney Mail" are offering prizes for the best farms throughout the State. The State is divided into five districts, one of which is the North…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dairy Questions Answered. (By Professor Farrington, from "Hoard's Dairyman.") Testing Butter by the Badcock Test
Question—We have endeavoured to determine the amount of moisture contained in butter with a Badcock test, and the results we get are not satisfactory, and we…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Talks with Practical Dairy Farmers. (From the N.Z. "Dairyman.") ABORTION
There seems to be a good dead of this complaint in the Wanganui and Ka[?] Iwi districts. Most farmers are having a good deal of difficulty in getting their cows in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Boys for the Farm
Mr. Editor.—In last Saturday's issue a paragraph appeared under the above heading, stating "the attempt made by the Immigration League to find work for city…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Women Instructing in Dairying
What a New Zealand paper terms "the back-blocks" of that colony must be in a bad way in dairying if the following paragraph on the work of women in dairying…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Phenomenal Maize Crop
It is one of the compensations of agricultural life in Queensland that when the wheat crop is dwarfed by unfavourable weather, the farmer usually obtains a high…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Farmers and Their Fowls. No. V.
Poultry raising can be made p[?] on either a large or small scale, but neither carelessness nor laziness will fit in with it in any shape or form. The birds must at…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Butter Exporters
The Chief Inspector of Weights and Measures has made a serious charge against many of the Sydney exporters of butter. He says that boxes of butter, principally…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Private Grading of Butter
In the report of the N.S. Wales Agent-General dated January 26, the following remarks are made regarding a certain brand of New South Wales butter:—"This butter was marked on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Model Farm
Once upon a time—to wit, in 1881, for this is a true story—a minister of the Gospel came into possession by inheritance of a 15-acre farm a short way from Philadelphia…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairy Produce
Bacon—Pineapple 8½d, Bodalla 7½d. Hams —Pineapple lld. Cheese 5¾d to 6¼d. Honey plentiful and dull, 2d to 3d. Beeswax 1/1 to 1/2…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Butter Box Timbers
Various woods grown in this State have been unsuccessfully tried for butter boxes, but Mr. H. W. Lee, M.H.R., who has had a big experience…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat for Pigs
There are one or two facts in connection with the feeding of pigs which most pig-breeders accept as general rules. First, a young, growing pig…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farm, Field and Dairy. Don't Waste Manure
You need all the manure you can get. No matter how rich you think your farm is, you cannot afford to be get. No marter how rich you think…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Care of Farm Machines
Now that the harvest is over, the present is a most opportune time for saying a word or two about taking proper care of the machines used…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farm Weeds and How to Fight Them
Philosopher's tell as that weeds are only "plants out of place." The husbandman admits it, and finds the work of getting them into their place…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Feeding the Dairy Cow
The actual solution of the question in money as to whether or not extra feeding pays can soon be ascertained by comparing the quantity of milk…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →