The Sheep Act
A very practical admonition to those who neglect to comply with the regulations under the Sheep Act was given last week at Wagga by Mr. Baylis, P.M. The charge against the…
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Farming & the land, 1885
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The Farm. Seasonable Notes
Dirty land is unprofitable to raise grain crops upon, but there is never any use in a bare fallow, which does not enrich, but only allows time to dissolve some of the soluble…
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"IF I'd nothing to do," said Farmer John, "To fret and bother me— Were I but rid of this mountain of work, What a good man I could be !…
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THE record contained in the valuable article contributed by Sir John Lawes and Dr. Gilbert to the November number of the Royal Agriculture Society's Journal is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Butter Factories. [The Live Stock Journal.]
The factory system of making butter and cheese has wrought a revolution in American dairying. The change marks a great advance both on the farm and in the market…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Useful Hints to Farmers
As farmers and others are constantly losing valuable horses through their getting at wheat, which causes them to be "blown," the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Select Poetry. Farmer John
"If I'd nothing to do," said Farmer John, "To fret and bother me- Were I but rid of this mountain of work, What a good man I could be!…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Meeting of the Yass Free-selectors' and Farmers' Union
The half-yearly meeting of the members of the yass Plains Free-selectors' and Fanners' Union was held in the Temperance Hall on last Saturday. There were twenty-three members present, and in…
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THE half-yearly meeting of the members of the Yass Plains Free Selectors' and Farmers' Union was held on Saturday afternoon last at the Temperance Hall, Meehan-street. There…
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From an article in yesterday's Herald giving an account of the tour of inspection in the western district now being made by Minister for Mines, we take the following interesting item:—Before…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Advantages of Sheep-farming to Small Settlers
THE annual report on agriculture of Professor Custance, of the recently-established College of Agriculture in South Australia, revives interest in a question which has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Farm Breeding of Horses. [From the Live Stock Journal.]
The supply of both hunting and carriage horses of a good class has become very scarce in England. It has for years been unequal to the demand, and is year by year becoming still…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Cattle Stealing Case
At the Morce Quarter Sessions, before Judge Murray, John Timmins and Laura Timmins, son and daughter of well-to-do selectors in the district, were charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers’ Appetites
A GOOD many jokes have been made at the expense of the farmer’s appetite, and the imm[?]e quantity of viands and liquids which he is supposed to be sable to s’[?]ow away ;…
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In some parts of the grazing districts of Kent flock-owners are suffering rather severe losses among their ewes from an obscure disease, which attacks them in a strange manner. The prominent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest Telegrams. ["Argus" Special Message]. Rust-proof Wheat
Sydney, May 15.—Farmers and others can now obtain samples of a supposed rust-proof wheat, on application to the director of the Botanic Gardens, Sydney…
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This is the busiest month in the year, and every hour should be made the most of. Sowing should be finished as early as possible, because chiefly the early sown crops stand the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sheep from Germany
The exports of sheep from Hamburg and Bremen having been prevented by the English law against receiving animals from infected ports, active preparations are going on to…
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It is evident from indications in some of the Melbourne newspapers (says, the Wagga Advertiser) that there will be a repetition next season of what we may well term the…
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Says the Orange Advocate:—The Careoar Pastures and Stock Board at t recent meeting passed the following resolutions:- "That the Government be asked to levy a…
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