The Farm & Garden. Planing for Cucumbers
Cucumbers (says Rural Australian) require very rich ground. They may be grown as follows:—Mark off spaces in regular squares about 6ft. apart. Dig away some of the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1896
533 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 27
Bowthorne Butter Factory
There is no mistaking the importance of the butter industry to this district, and there can be no two opinions as to the rapid strides made by it during the past fow years. But a comparatively…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Canadian Cattle Trade
Tho House of Commons of the Dominion of Canada has passed a motion protesting against the permanent exclusion of Canadian cattle from England…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sheep Directors
A meeting of Sheep Directors for the Singleton District was held in the Courthouse on Wednesday, at 12 noon. There were present : Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bowthorne Butter Factory
There is no mistaking the importance of the butter industry to this district, and there can be no two opinions as to the rapid strides made by it during the past few years. But a comparatively…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Seed Wheat Distribution
MR SYDNEY SMITH regards the success of his scheme for granting seed wheat and seed potatoes, and so on, to farmers as having been proved to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farm & Garden. a Remedy for Ticks
It opens upon us with fine weather, and then cattle, sheep, horses, dogs, even poultry and human beings suffer from these active little pests. It comes as good reasonable news…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Dairy Notes
In Denmark it has been demonstrated beyond all doubt that rusty tin cans, however carefully scalded and cleaned give a nasty smell and tallowy taste to cream that has…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Proverbs of the Farm
The cat is always friendly at milking time. Never inform the calf which way you wish to drive him. You can draw more milk from a cow than you can…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Dairying Industry. London, April 8
The Times advises the farmers to imitate the example of the farmers in the colonies in connection with the establishment of dairy factories…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Export of Cattle From Canada
The Canadian Government, claiming that Canadian cattle are free from discase, requested the Colonial Office authorities to have an exemption bill introduced into Parliament, and offered to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Sydney Wool Market
Last week no business was done. Deliveries into Sydney from the country are now getting into very small figures, the total having been only 1943 bales. The not shortage in arrivals for the first…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Farm & Garden. Wood Ashes As a Fertiliser
Unleached wood ashes are held in high estimation by the farmers of the United States as a fertiliser, and large quantities are imported from Canada. The report on this subject…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat From America
The Italian ship Salvatore Cyampa arrived from San Francisco this morning with 2000 tons of wheat on board…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Baby-farming in London
A ghastly discovery has been made at Reading, the bodies of six babies having been found in the River Thames. It is believed to be a case of baby-farming, as the children had been murdered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →(S. M. Herald.) London, April 13. Australian Dairy Produce
The London Standard states that the Victorian and New Zealand butters which have reached the English market are superior to the Danish article, while the New Zealand cheese is better than the…
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The ship Braeadale arrived from California to-day with 2500 tons of wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Import of Wheat. Another Arrival. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
The Italian ship Salvatore Ciampa arrived from San Francisco this morning with 2000 tons of wheat. This makes a total of more than 50,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wholesale Baby Farming a Terrible Case. Bodies Found in the Thames
A CASE, which is believed to be baby, farming in its very worst form, and which bids fair to-outrival the celebrated Makin case, is reported from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Canadian Wheat for Australia
A second shipment of 20,000 business of wheat is being despatched from Canada to Australia. The Canadian-Pacific Railway Company has offered to convey the shipment over line to port at…
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