Victorian Farmers and Freetrade
A letter has been received by the Secretary of the Freetrade and Liberal Association, in reference to the movement in favor of freetrade amongst the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mid North Coast · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1890
91 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 3 of 5
Farming in Canada
Sir Richard Cartright says that after inquiries into the amount of the mortgages on farms in Ontario, he has come to the Conclusion that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Points of a Good Butter Cow
A good butter cow should have a long face, wide between the eyes, the eye alert and expressive, and placed a long way…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Travelling Dairy in Queensland
THE travelling dairy system is proving highly successful in Queensland, and the opportunity thus afforded of obtaining practical information in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Profitable Farming
Professor Shelton delivered a lecture under the auspices of the Eastern Downs Horticultural and Agricultural Association, Queensland,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Protest by the Farmers
A large and influential meeting of farmers and others interested in the administration of the Land Act has been held at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Modern Farmer
"The successful farmer of the future,"? says a writerin "Blackwood," " must be well-grounded in the general and technical knowledge of his business. He must look closely and more…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Agricultural News. Farm and Orchard Work
There are a great many people, who having heard of the marvellous fertility of soil and the unlimited variety of productions, think all they have to do is to go into the country, buy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Farmers' Representatives. SYDNEY
The Hume Farmers' Uunion have passed resolutions to the effect that it is necessary to return more members to Parliament who will study the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sheep on the Farm
The importance of sheep to successful farming cannot be estimated. They will consume a larger number of plants than any other farm stock. They will eradicate briars and weeds…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Water in Butter
Some buyers of very good looking and well- flavoured butter complain that it is too salt, while the maker insists that it has not been over salted. The same buyers say that a slice or…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Swindler Bitten by a Farmer
Out in the country on the left hand side of a village as you face the horizon writes an American Exchange, lives a little red-bearded man who amuses himself with agricultural…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Profits in Farming
The largest profits in farming, as in manufacturing, are made on luxuries, or articles that may be classed as luxuries. For instance the best butter can always be sold at good prices…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Young Folks. the Farmer to His Son
Come, tumble out, John, it is four o'clock, sharp, Get your labouring forces in line, We have full forty millions of people to feed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ensilage for Small Farms
Mr. Baker, of Baker Homestead, New York State, says:--" While so many advocate the silo for the large dairyman, it looks to be more for the small farmer, for if he was to cut his fields…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rents for Pastoral Leases. SYDNEY
The rents of pastoral leases for the Central and Western Divisions of the Colony, received for the present year, are £23,000 in excess of the amount…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Importation of Cattle and Sheep SYDNEY
The Government have absolutely prohibited for two years the importation of cattle and sheep from all foreign countries except Great Britain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Insuring Crops
A citizen of Kazan, in Russia (a Mr. Grass), has conceived an idea of organising a system for the insurance of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →First-class Butter
The first thing necessary for making first-class butter is good pure milk, and in order to get this we must have good, well-fed cows. 2. We must have a good place to set the milk to get…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Shipping Difficulty. The Strike Commenced. The T.S.N. Company Laying up their Boats. the Namoi, Rodondo, Rosedale, and Oonah Receive Notice From the Men. Non-union Wool Not to Be Shipped. Melbourne and Brisbane Join in the Struggle. Sydney
The Seamens' Union and the Cooks' and Stewards' Union have given notice of their intention to go out on strike to-morrow in support of the…
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