Prevention of Smut in Wheat
THE annual loss from smut in wheat and oats in this colony is enormous. Smut is a parasitic plant, the spores of which attach itself to the kernals of…
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Farming & the land, 1899
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Farmers' Market
Mr. P. J. McCauley has secured those central premises in Cooma-street, next to the Oddfellows' Hall, where he will hold his first sale on Saturday next. Mr. McCauley will…
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MR. H. R. Carter, wheat broker Sydney and Melbourne reports as follows 19th April:— Wheat in unchanged so fur as Sydney is concerned. Business has been quiet. Large sales…
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THE judges have furnished the Minister for Agriculture with their awards in connection with the State butter competition, the prizes for which were £30 first, £12…
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A MEETING of the committee of the Burrangong Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held on Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Mackenzie (president) occupied the…
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IN view of the increasing importance of the wheat industry in New South Wales Mr. Cook, Minister for Agriculture, considered it desirable that trials should be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →FARM & Garden. Original Articles. No. 81. Australian Timber Trees -- General Remarks -- Gum Trees -- Iron Bark -- Other Varieties of the Eucalyptus -- Stringy Bark -- Red Cedar -- Pencil Codar -- White Cedar --Cypress Pine -- She Pine -- Bunya Bunya -- Moreton Bay Pine -- Beech -- Light Yellow Wood -- The River Oak -- Swamp Oak -- Forest Oak -- Silky Oak --. Ae[?]cias -- Box Timber -- Native Orange -- So[?] Plum -- Numerous other trees
Mo[?] the timber trees of Australia are very [?] and many of them, as the Cedars, Pines, Jarrah, Sandalwood and others,are very valuable, and have of late…
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You may tell of your armored cruisers, And your great ships of the line; And swift and slow may steamers go Across the billowy brine…
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IN view of the increasing importance of the wheat industry in New South Wales, the Minister for Agriculture considered it desirable that trials should be made here…
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Farmers may write by letter direct to the department, or they may obtain preliminary forms of application from clerks of petty sessions. The forms must give…
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IN connection with the State butter competition, the prizes for which were £83 first, £12 second, £5 third, and £3 fourth, the Berry Factory has been…
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SEVERAL cases of attempted imposition on the Government in connection with the distribution of seed wheat have come under notice. This is generally the reward of public beneficence. The issue…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bathurst Show. Yass Sheep Take a First Place
ON Wednesday last, Mr. C. C. Hall, of Yeumburrah, Yass, competed with the champions of the colony, and came off with credit to himself and the district. The correspondent…
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IN the Melbourne sheep market last week a very fine draft of 1,000 merino wethers was yarded by Messrs. Edward Treachard and Co. They came from Mr. Polteney…
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THERE is no doubt about it the Yeumburra sheep can hold their own on any show ground in the colony. At the Bathurst show last week Mr. C. C. Hall…
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MESSRS. PITT, SON & BADGERY, LTD., have again made a record price for scoured wool in Sydney market by having sold a…
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MR. H. R. Carter, wheat broker Sydney and Melbourne reports as follows 26th April:— Wheat has improved during the week owing to an advance in London, coupled…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →FARM & Garden. Original Articles. No. 82. Timbers (continued)-- Dogwood-- Description -- Bark -- Leaves-- Flowers-- Berries-- Wood—Thw Alburnum --Uses-- Ink-- Chareoal -- Gunpowder -- Medicinal Qualities -- Lancewood -- Compared with Ash--Hawthorn--Appearance and Uses-- A Remarkable Gardon--Herbs and their Oils -- Peppermint -- White and Black Mint
Sandalwood grows in Bandy country the wood is close-grained and takes a polish. Lignum Vi[?] grows in scrubs the wood is hard and blackish in colour and is used by…
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WE understand that persons desirous of securing seed wheat from the Government may make their applications direct with the Under-Secretary for Mines and…
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The wool sales commenced to-day. The market was very excited. Prices showed an advance of from 15 to 20 per cent. on the closing rates of last series…
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