The Farm and Garden. Farm Notes for the Month
THE unusually favourable season for ploughing and sealing the land that has been experienced throughout the colony has enabled farmers to get well forward with their work…
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Farming & the land, 1871
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Facts for Farmers
A CORRESPONDENT says that the best thing that can be used for sore shoulders, &c., of horses is dry earth, which he has never known to fail. He was told to use it when…
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WHERE land that is encumbered with rocks (especially if they are large, loose boulders) has to be cleared of timber at the same time, the two operations of burning off and…
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Of all the butter made, only a small portion is tolerable, and a much smaller portion is really good. It is worth while to consider why this is so, and…
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A FARMER of many years' experience and much success in wheat-growing gives it as his opinion that many failures in growing that cereal arise from carelessness as to seed…
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THE latest improvement in agricultural implements is a harrow, the teeth of which are made of steel, and elope backwards. It is spoken of in very approving terms by those…
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MUCH has been said and written about which breed of fowl is the most profitable for the farmer to keep. All have their merits and admirers, and not one of the recognised…
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FRUIT and other trees, purchased from nurserymen at a distance, and therefore kept a long time out of the ground, are often shrivelled and apparently worthless when…
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IN the Supreme Court, on Tuesday last, the case Fowler v. Bayliss for breach of promise of marriage, was tried, before Mr. Justice Cheeke and a jury of four. For the plaintiff, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stamp Duties and the Pastoral Community. To the Editor of the S. M. Herald
SIR,—I beg the favour of your giving publicity to the following correspondence, being of general internet to the pastoral community of this colony. The first is an extract from a letter addressed to…
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A very satisfactory trial took place on Friday last, at the rear of the Criterion Hotel, Melbourne, of Allen's process for bleaching wool. In this case the experiment consisted of dipping a live…
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IN planting choice seeds great care and attention are necessary. Never sow while the soil is wet or muddy. It is much better that it be too dry. See that it is perfectly…
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A MEETING of the committee of the above association was held on Wednesday afternoon, at the Court-house. Those present were Messrs. J. Cottrell (in the chair), Rees Jones. J. Grovenor…
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ROTATION of crops may not positively enrich a farm, but it will at least retard and postpone its impoverishment. He who grows wheat after wheat, corn after corn,…
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ONE principal source of the great benefits derived from deep cultivation and under-draining is owing to the fact that while the surface-water that flows off the land passes over…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Crookwell. Weather and Crops
The weather for the last month has been one continuous round of fine days and sharp frosty nights, with one exception. On Wednesday last we were favoured with a very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yass Agricultural and Pastoral Association.—the "Silk" Prize
THE following letter from Mr. C. Brady, of Manly, contains the advice asked for by the Yass Association from tho Central Society :— "Curl Curl, Manly, 18th September, 1871…
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London.—The markets still show a want of animation. Wool sales terminated on 25th July, with a large attendance, and prices showed a material advance over those ruling…
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THERE is a vast difference in the exhaustive powers of crops; onions, parsnips, and carrots are plain livers, and can be raised on the same ground year after year. Onions,…
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IN the case of Weakly or delicate plants that require watering in hot, dry seasons, it has been ascertained that while they can be greatly benefited by warm water, they may…
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