[?]Dness to Dairy Cows
WHEN will people ever learn that the law of kindness is the only one that should be applied to the training of a dairy cow?…
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Farming & the land, 1899
551 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 13 of 28
FARM & Garden. Original Articles. No. 88. Sensitive Plants (continued)-- Oxygen and other gases--Interdependence of all forms of Life--The Camphor Tree-- Description--Leaves--Flowers-- production and Treatment of Camphor--The Holly--Species--The Common Holly-- Uses--Growth--Timbar--The Bark
The cause of this motion gave rise to much discussion among botanists some time since, but after a variety of experiments upon the sensitive plant the results seem to be that the…
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Mr. R. S. ARCHER, of Queensland speaking at a recent meeting of the Central Queensland Stockowners’ Association, referring to the opening of the markets…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Yass Farmers' Market. (P. J. McCAULEY AUCTIONEER.)
THE following are the quotations of prices ruling in Yass for the past week. Little change has been evidenced in values, and the beneficial rainfall has been much appreciated on…
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MR. H. R. Carter, wheat broker Sydney and Melbourne reports as follows. June 7th. Wheat has improved to [?] 10d ex-Darling Harbour for good milling parcels. This has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To the Farmers of Argyle and the Workers of Goulburn. (To the Editor of the Penny Post.)
You are called upon on the 20th instant to decide the most momentous question that the people of this colony have ever had under consideration…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →FARM & Garden. Original Articles. No. 89. The Holly (continued) -- The Laughing Plant -- Description -- Pods -- Seeds -- Effects on consumers -- The Ink Plant -- The Umbrella Tree -- Description -- Leaves -- Flowers -- The Dahlia -- Description --Cultivation -- Species -- Varieties-- Character of perfect flowers -- Propagation -- Soil -- Grafting -- Raising from seed -- Aritficial Fecundation
Were it not that the holly grows very slowly when young and cannot be safely transplanted when it has attained a considerable size it would make better…
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APPLICATIONS have been made to the minister for mines to defer the returning of sheep under the Diseases in Sheep Act to a later date than 1st January owing to the lessen…
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Applications were made to the Minister for Mines to defer the returning of sheep under the Diseases in Sheep Act to a later date than 1st January owing to the losses which owners were…
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No. 90. The Dahlia (continued)-- Thoory of Engrafting -- Layers, Slips, Grafts-- Descriptions of each method of propagation-- Limitations-- Grafting by Approach…
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THERE are so many small duties to perform on the farm that go to make up the successful life of a farmer, that it is impossible to enumerate the profitable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stud Sheep Sale
Goldsborough, Mort, and Co. hold their 25th annual Stud Sheep Fair, on Wednesday and Thursday, 5th and 6th of July, at their mammoth warehouses, Circular Quay. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yass District Sheep at Sydney Show
At the Sydney sheep show to-day, Mr. J. D. Hill was awarded Champion prize, two firsts, two seconds, and two thirds for his Romney Marsh sheep. Brave !…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wool Sales. London, June 27
The fourth series of wool sales opened to-day Merinos showed an advance of 5 to 10 per cent, on the closing rates of the last series. Low crossbreds had declined 7½ per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →American Farmers' Trust. London, June 26
Farmers' trusts are being formed in the United States with the object of endeavouring to regulate the prices of fruit…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Sheep Show. Yass Sheep Take Prizes
Mr. J. D. Hill, J.P., of Bogolara, near Yass, was exceptionally lucky at the Sydney Prize Sheep Show yesterday. Mr. Hill took the following prizes: -- The champion prize, two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London Wool Sales Private Advices
The following private advices have been received respecting the London wool sales: -- Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Limited. -- "The fourth series of wool sales commenced…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bacon Curing for Farms
THE following practical paper, describing an excellent system of bacon-curing for firms, was read by Mr, J. Lewis at a recent meeting of the Burn branch of the…
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IN view of the necessity for relying upon our export trade to provide a remunerative market for our rapidly increasing surplus of butter, Mr. Cook, Minister for Agriculture,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Locally-Grown Manitoba Wheat
THE following appeared in the S.M. Herald of 14th instant:—Time is settling in the negative the vexed question of whether Manitoba wheat lose its characteristics on acclimatisation. Mr. William…
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