Seed-wheat in Victoria
WE regret that Sir Franics Murphy should have waited for inspiration from the press as to his policy on the subject of the seed-wheat loan to the farmers. His conversion…
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Farming & the land, 1864
55 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 2 of 3
Preservation of Wheat
SOME interesting experiments have been made at Paris on the preservation of wheat in a vacumn, with an apparatus invented by Dr. Louvel. Weevills were completely killed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hallett's Pedigree Wheat
THE introduction of this celebrated seed wheat into the district ought to form a now era in the agricultural annals of Argyle. Some months ago two gentlemen sent to England…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rust in Wheat
THE following paper on the rust in wheat was read at meeting of the Dapto Debating Society on tho 20th March, 1858, by Mr. W. Malbon, and has been handed to us for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →How Cattle Exert Their Whole Strength
The economy of the ox-team is recognised where heavy, steady work is to be done, where rapidity gives place to vigorous hauling and patience in toiling through…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Farm, and Garden. -- Calendar for June
THE FARM. -- The service done to farming by those enquiring minds who have go zealously sot about investigating the cause of rust is not to be passed over lightly. Has any one sufficient…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Pedigree Wheat.—agricultural Gathering at the Manor Farm
A GATHERING took place at Mr. F. F. Hallett's Manor Farm, on Wednesday last, to which that gentleman had invited a number of the leading gentleman of the country, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Failure in the Corn Crops and Its Consequences
IF a couple of old saws could be any make-up for an empty pocket, the farmers of Victoria and New South Wales night console themselves for their present position by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A School for Farmers
THERE has been some talk of founding an agricultural college. It is proposed that a joint stock company be formed, lands purchased buildings erected, and professors…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. Remedy for Cattle-stealing. To the Editor of the Yass Courier
SIR,--I notice in your last issue a letter signed "A Stockholder," in which he proposes a plan for lessening the crime of cattle and horse stealing. It is very certain that even severe punishment has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Storing Wheat in Silo
MR. EALES's experiment at Duckenfield pronounced successful—at all events sc[?] Adelaide wheat is concerned; and t[?] wheat, it will be remembered, formed [?]…
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AT a recent meeting of the Ballarat Agricultural Society, Mr. James Mc Intosh made the following statement with reference to the benefits to be derived from the proper mode…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cheap Cash for Farmers
THE undeniable distress at present prevailing among the great majority of the small, and not a few of the large, farmers of New South Wales and Victoria, makes it a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rules of Crossing Breeds of Sheep
DR. Randall, in his practical Shepherd, closes his chapter upon this subject with the following recapitulation:— 1.That it is wholly inexpedient to cross…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victorian Farming
To take stock at the close of the year and act upon its results, whether favourable or the reverse, is one of the chief marks which distinguished the true man of business from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Staggers" in Sheep. To the Editor of the Yass Courier
SIR, -- In the Yeoman of the 9th inst., I see an extract from the Riverine Herald, calling attention to some sheep in that locality having a bladder of water in their heads, &c., &c. It is not a new…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Farm.—notes on the Month
SALT FOR RUST, GRUR, &c.—It is to be hoped that our farmers will be sufficiently on the alert, so as to perceive the value of salt as a dressing for their corn crops. The Yooman has done good service in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Staggers" in Sheep. To the Editor of the Yass Courier
SIR, -- The disease in sheep called "staggers," appears to be imperfectly Understood by your Cavan correspondent. It is well known to most old Shepherds in this country, arid still better in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Atmospheric Nutrition of Plants.—manurial Value of Green Crops
WHILE the preparation for grain crops and the general improvement of the land upon light soils are effected with comparative case and usually with direct profit by means of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Visit to the Victorian Experimental Farm
IT will be in the recollection of the readers of the Yeoman that some interesting facts are to be met with in an account of a visit to the Experimental Farm recorded in the…
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