Is it a Sin to Rob the Farmer?
TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—In your issue of the 11th inst. I notice a letter signed 'Lewis J Brown,' in answer to one of mine of the 28th ult. In examining my statements, viz, "Doubtless, the…
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Farming & the land, 1894
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Co-Operation Amongst Farmers
To the Editor. Sir,—We wish, to inform you and your readers that, through the instrumentality of your journal, we have met and discussed the question of the co-operation of the Farmers and…
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FROM half-an-aore of ground at Gin-Gin, West Australia, £400 worth of oranges were taken this season. A track load of oranges, 8 tons in all, was sent…
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THE "Grafton Grip" publishes the following letter, handed it by a resident "who received it from a friend at Richmond, on the Hawkesbury River":-…
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At Goulburn potatoes are quoted at 15s to 27s 6d per ton. The champion fat ox at the Queensland Exhibition carne from Tenterfield; weight…
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To the Editor. Sir,—The letter in your issue of the 11th inst re Co-operative markets should be sufficient to induce the producers of the Hawkesbury to take advantage of the services offered by…
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Queensland makes 95,000 tons of sugar this year. Australian honey selling in England at 5d per lb…
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To THE EDITOR. Sir,—Mr Smith, in your issue. 25th August, says in reply to my last letter, that I "tried to establish an analogy between the farm labourer and the commission-agent." This is a…
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Bulletin says: "Tasmanian potatoes can be landed in Sydney, duty-paid, at a little over £1 per ton; spuds grown at Crookwell or Taralga cost 30s per ton to…
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A shipment of Australian cheese to London realised 50s per cwt. Two of the Mudgee butter factories alone treated 64,000 gallons of milk last…
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Coffee can be grown in Queensland. Potatoes in Melbourne, retail, 701b for 1/. The Kiama Poultry Society this year…
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The recent showers have done incalculable good to the farmers' crops in this district. A jam-factory on limited lines is about…
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MESSRS S. REED and F. Onus have taken up a latge extent of country between the Bulga and Singleton, about 13 miles from the latter place, consisting of 2000 acres or more, and intend at an early date to…
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A German took agreat quantity of eggs from Adelaide to Coolgardie, and sold them at 8s per dozen. Coolgardie's only eggs are golden ones…
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There is an average, something like 76 per cent of water in a potato. The apple contains a larger amount of phosphorous, or brain food, than any other…
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Some of the farmers are becoming alarmed about the outlook for the maize crops, having been informed by some of the Windsor buyers that places that used to take truck loads of maize can now…
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The Murrumbidgee Agricultural Association is offering a prize of £100 for the best two bags of wheat grown in the colony…
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Cuzco took 325 tons of butter to London on Saturday. 200 tons of dried fruits will be produced in Victoria this year…
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It is estimatsd that the British wheat crop will be 33 bushels to the acre. Carcases of Devon cattle, by the Port Perie, brought over sd per lb in London…
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The sweet orange was introduced into Europe in 1548 from Southern China by the Portuguese. The 42 live sheep shipped to London…
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