Section X. Farm Produce
To be exhibited by the grower; three-bushel bag full, unless otherwise specified. Best Bag of Milling Wheat (only one entry of each variety). First prize £2, offered by…
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Farming & the land, 1899
951 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 48
The Farm & Garden. Eucalyptus Leaves
A farmer in New South Wales claims to have discovered a new use for eucalyptus leaves. The discovered is certainly a valuable one if it be found as effective in practice as it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victorian Butter
The case against a retailer of Victorian butter at Cardiff, Wales, who was prosecuted for selling Victorian butter containing 12 per cent, of boracic acid, has been dismissed…
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A NEW method of turning rank butter into good was tried lately at Cork. The process is started by till the butler being melted down into an oil…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Commercial News. Wool and Produce Repo
Wool.—A quiet week has been passed in the local market and business has been confined to the dealing with lots passed in at last week's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Where the Wool Ought to Grow
In "Phases of my Life," the Rev. Dr. Pigon does not confine his stories to those of clerical out; here is an amusing one of a certain meeting of the Royal Geographical…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Losses in Stock. Effects of "Planters' Friend" on Cattle
MR. D. L. DYMOCK, one of the best authorities on stock matters on the south coast, has addressed a letter to the chairman of the Kiama Pastures…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Small Farming. a Neglected Industry in this Colony What Might be Done on the Hunter
So long ago as 1803, Mr James Inglis, then President of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce, advocated greater activity in this connection in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Modern Agriculture. Mixed Farming. Lecture by Mr. J. L. Thompson
THERE was a large and representative audience at the Masonic Hall on Wednesday night last to hear Mr..J. L. Thompson, travelling lecturer for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Varieties of Wheat
Out of twenty vnrieties of seed wheat sowe on Bolltrees Inst season, only one (the " Allora Spring ") was deemed fit for thrashing, the balance being cut for hay…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Teamster's Heavy Loss Wheat As Horse Feed
SOME time during Friday night last eight horses of a team of ten, the property of Mr. John Scult, carrier, of Horton River, in the Barraba district,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Invitation to Farmers
With a view to giving rrmors an opportunity of becoming acquainted with the work being carried on at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, Mr Cook (Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat
Mr. H. R. Carter, wheat broker, Sydney and Melbourne, reports under date 28th March, as follows :— Wheat is quite without quotable change…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Store Cattle
MR. EDWD. HIGGENS (for Hill, Clark and Co.) announces a sale of 800 head of store cattle at the municipal yards on Friday next, 7th April…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Agricultural and Pastoral Items
Following are the proportions of in organic ingredients in the principal kinds of grain. This Knowledge, combined with a knowledge of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Varieties of Wheat
WE (Scone Advocate) are informed that out of twenty varieties of seed wheat sown on Belltrees last season, only one, the Allora Spring, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer's Favorite. a Perfect Seed and Fertiliser Drill. The Modern Seed Drill. the Farmer's Favorite
In response to our enquiry as to the success of seed and fertiliser drills, we have a number of very practical replies, some of which we publish in this issue…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Farm & Garden. Something About Roup
Genuine roup is a diptheritic desease, and contagious. There are distempers and influenzas that show similar symptoms, that may not be contagious, but genuine roup,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Inoculation of Cattle
MR Cook has received a very satisfactory report from Mr Stewart, the Government Veterinary Surgeon, respecting the inoculation of cattle in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Sydney Show. Impressions of a Visitor. The Result of the Butter and Cream Competitions
NATURALLY one of the first questions which a visitor to the Show will put to himself is How does this year's exhibition compare with those of…
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