Land for Farmers. (To Editor Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—Allow me through your widespread journal to deeply sympathize with the farmers and business men who have lost their all, which has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mid North Coast · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1893
154 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 3 of 8
Milking Cows in the Kempsey Cemetery. Danger to Public Health. Appointment of a Dairy Inspector
At the meeting of the Kempsey Borough Council on Friday evening last, Ald. Smith said he had a matter to bring forward which gravely…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Dairy Sire
To select a dairy sire worthy of a place at the head of a herd his escutcheon should extend well up, broad on the thighs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland Farmers Seeking Land in Ireland
The following letter from Southbrook, Queensland, appears in the Dublin ' Freeman': "Ten Australian farmers, all…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Curing Meat on the Farm
Here are two good ones for curing pork and beef: After your meat is thoroughly cooled and free from animal heat, rub…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Poor [?] British Farmer
Last year, according to figures recently quoted, England paid for imported butter £22,000,000, and nearly…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sunflowers for Dairy Cows
"Sylvanus" in the "Australian Agriculturalist" writes: Now that dairy matters are so prominently before the public…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farm and Garden
Weigh your stock periodically and weigh also the food consumed in each period. Then you may know if you are feeding profitably. If not, the knowledge will set you at work…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden
There is accumulating evidence that a general error in our agricultural practice is that of too close seeding. Less overcrowding of the plants and better cultivation and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →farmer. Warm Water for Cattle
One of the latest subjects brought under the notice of the farmers of Great Britain is that of warming the water given to the cattle in order to increase the flow of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bruises and Wounds upon Cattle and Horses
A simple and excellent remedy for bruises or wounds upon cattle or horses is rich, loamy earth. The earth should be made as dry as possible, after which it…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Damaged by Pigs. Lansdowne Farmers at Court
AT Cundle on Tuesday before Mr Creagh; P.M., and Messrs W. Diamond, A. M‘Lean, G. Saxby, and Cornish, J.’sP., Henry Warren sued Alexander…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Maize Crop. Report of the Department of Agriculture
WE are in receipt of the report compiled by the Department of Agriculture with respect to the maize crop of 1892 in New South Wales. From…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Complaint against Australian Butter
The ill-luck which has attended so many Australian ventures recently appears to extend to consignments of Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Department of Agriculture. Report on Macleay Farms
THE last monthly number of the Agricultural Gazette contains the report of Mr. G. Crispin, who was appointed by the Minister for Agriculture as judge (under…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →What a Farmer Should Know
The Governor of Tasmania, in a recent speech, made the following pertinent remarks: "There is no calling, in my…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farm and Garden. "Horse Dentition."
The practical author (Sydney Galvayne, the Australian horse tamer) of a handy little manual under this title, claims to impart his own ability to tell the exact age of a horse…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Correspondence. the Price of Butter. To the Editor
SIR,--Seeing in your last issue that butter had jumped up, and was selling in Kempsey at 1s 6d per lb., and also reading the same in the Sydney Morning Herald, we…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Hint to Poultry Farmers
It is advisable to set two hens at least each time, so that when the eggs under them are examined after a week's time, if there are many unfertile, all…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soiling Cattle in the United States
For soiling cattle one should have a constant succession of green crops. It should begin with winter rye in the spring as early as the wind waves it, and be followed by clover or…
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