News of Interest to the Farmers
FIRST and foremost is the state of the grain-markets of the old country, or rather was the state at the end of October, for they have doubtless changed…
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Farming & the land, 1868
17 stories in Illawarra's papers
Original Essay. Suggestions As to How Farming May Be Made to Pay in Illawarra
IT has been remarked that the most favourable circumstances for the progressive development of an individual or a community, is when placed in contact…
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PERHAPS the most useful way of attacking this unpleasant subject is simply to trace the actual working of the present system by describing, in the first place,…
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A New Zealand paper tells the following story:—It is related that a visitor to a Taicri farmer the other day, asked, as they looked upon a…
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The returns just published of the quantities of wheat, Hour, and bran, brought to Sydney by railway during the six months ending the 30th June, afford ground for hearty congratulation. The arrival in six…
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WE copy the following letter from the Australasian :— Sir,—It has frequently occurred to me that our dairymen are not, by a long…
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Dairy produce is just now attracting more than usual notice from all classes of consumers. Frequent complaints are being made and not without good reason, of the high prices the public…
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The market experienced a decline, cancelling the advances at the March sales, which were established during the present week for all descriptions; while on some special kinds, such as lambs,…
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The Rev. Dr. Lang, M.L.A., having addressed a letter of congratulation to our respected colonist Thomas Holt, Esq., on his return to the colony and having reminder Mr Holt of what he had…
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After a farmer has chosen the locality in which to establish his dairy, his next aim ought to be to build the most suitable factory. It is no use to have grass lands, superior cows, and a plentiful…
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As was to be expected, after the absorption of so large a quantity as that which recently passed the hammer there is no enquiry for colonial wool in the London market since the close of the May…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Original Correspondence. An Illawarra Crop worth £100 per Acre, and more. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury,"
SIR,—There are several hundreds of your subscribers who, under God's blessing, can realise the above sum next year. I seriously invite attention to the following carefully prepared statement of the…
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THIS is a subject of so much importance to farmers here, that we need no excuse for returning to it again and again. Even in the old country, it is being…
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Mr. Longmore of the Glebe, and one or two other residents of the district, have this year been growing on a small scale a varicty of wheat known…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. a Fair Price for Butter. to the Editor of the Kiama Independent
SIR—As I was one who attended at the Courthouse on Tuesday, 15th instant, to hear what was to be done with our butter. I feel that anything too severe cannot be said against…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Spring Wheat. to the Editor of the Kiama Independent
SIR,—Knowing your readiness at all times to give publicity to anything which might benefit the farmers of our district and the colonists generally. I feel no apology is required…
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IN the notices that have recently appeared in our pages, of farms and crops in the Riddell's Creek and Gisborne districts, have been recorded some rather…
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