Keep on Long Enough and You'll Fetch Butter
After the battle of Long Island, which was fought, August 27, 100 years ago, and after the capture of New York city by the British. General Howe made his…
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Farming & the land, 1877
26 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 2
Farm Work for April
We call the following from the monthly report of Abraham Lincolne, agriculturist, of Melbourne:—Drilling, certainly. ought to be…
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More persons than one have complained to us that several dead cattle are allowed to remain on Porter's Garden beach, causing…
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THE large annual demand for dairy cattle must be supplied from any and all sources that are available. The selections, however, must come mostly from native stock…
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The other day 6700 sheep, the property of Messrs. Love and Murray, of Wagga Wagga district (Chalker in charge) were impounded in the Yass…
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THE annual meeting of the New York State Dairyman's Association was held during the first week of December. Among the topics presented was a showing of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MISCELLANEOUS. Stock for Butter
THE time is rapidly approaching when the quality of Jersey stock, as determined by the butter yield, must be put on record. By the butter, because a large yielder of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Treatment of Seed Wheat
With regard to pickling and liming the Seed wheat to prevent smut, the farmers appear generally to have one plan of making a…
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THE importance of the dairy farming interest, and the wonderful success that has lately attended the dairy farmers in American are largely owing to the unity of…
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At the annual meeting of the Western Dairymen's Association in relation to breeds of cows best for milk, or for dairymen to feed milk, and for general…
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WE clip the following excellent article from the San Francisco Weekly Post:—We have recently seen a paragraph describing the success of a family of six persons in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farming Notes. Dairying and Fertility
Professor E. W. Stewart said that, in view of the extent of the dairy interest, it becomes important to consider its effect upon the fertility of the soil. Milk contains…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Illawarra Farmer in San Francisco
The following extracts from a letter received by a gentleman at Dapto, from an Illawarra dairyman, who recently proceeded to California to settle with some of his friends there, amidst "fresh…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MISCELLANEOUS. An Illawarra Farmer in San Francisco
The following extracts from a letter received by at gentleman at Dapto, from an Illawarra dairyman, who recently proceeded to California to settle with some of his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Sheep Sheering Somnumbulist
A young man who lives on a farm near Bockara, lately went to sleep on a sofa, after a hard day's work, and had been lying there some time, when he got up and went…
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AT the sittings of the Districts Court, Goulburn, on Tuesday last, before his Honor Judge M'Farland, an action, Henderson, Brothers, V. A. G. Finlay, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MISCELLANEOUS. Farming Notes. Treatment of Horses
THE bad condition of the roads and severe winds are very trying to horses. After labour, give them a good rubbing down, and blanket them carefully if exposed to a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Original Correspondence. Dairy Cow. to the Editor of the Kiama Independent
SIR,—As this district is pre-eminently adapted by the nature of its soil, its climate and physical features to dairying pursuits, he selection of dairy cattle—whether by…
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The work in dairies is now mostly performed in America by machinery, and the following particulars are given respecting the machines by the American…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farming Notes. a Ton of Fodder for a Ton of Manure
C. AND I were discussing Prickly Comfrey the other day, when I told him that I thought it quite likely that if he could manure it as he does rhubarb, he would get…
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