Flock of Sheep Destroyed
A flock of sheep, numbering 4000, with John Forbes in charge, have died from thirst near Normanton, in the Northern Territory…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Mid North Coast · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1897
142 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 8
Farm and Garden. a Few Good Dahlias
When the dahlias are in bloom is toe time to make a selection for next year. The cactus and pompon varieties are the most popular, and they will last a considerable time…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Imported Dairy Stock
In our advertising columns, Mr. J. F. Small announces that on Saturday next he will offer at auction a choice lot of imported South Coast dairy…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Important to Dairymen
All dairies, whether supplying milk or cream to a factory, or making up their own butter or cheese, must be registered under the Public Health…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Pastures and Stock Board. Appointment of Sheep Directors
MR. H. E. PALMER, Inspector of Stock, has handed us the following circular, received from the Chief Inspector, for publication: --…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Farm and Garden. How Mushrooms Are Grown
In the course of an interesting paper in a contemporary on the subject of 'Mushroom Growing in Grass Fields,' ' J. W. R.' contends that mushrooms may be grown in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden. Top-dressing Asparagus Beds
It used to be commonly thought that the top-dressing usually given to asparagus beds was partly for the purpose of protecting the crowns of the plants, but asparagus is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden. a Useful Farm Recipe
The following recipes for a very common, but nevertheless a very useful, farm commodity -- namely, cart grease -- may be of service to many readers: 1. To twenty per…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Butter
One of the best ways to keep up a good colour in butter during the winter and spring is by feeding the cows during the winter and spring months on well-cured hay, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Butter Export. Sydney
A cable states that a quantity of butter forwarded to London by the New Zealand Dairy Farmers' Union realised the same price as the best…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wheat Growing. Sydney
The farmers around Pambula, on the South Coast, are placing large areas of their land under wheat. It is many years since wheat was grown…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Farm and Garden. the Narcissus
This is nothing more than a daffodil. It is an excellent bulb, however, to grow in the window of a cool room and when the flowers are in full beauty they exhale a powerful…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Dairy Industry
Mr. E. Debenham informs us that the quantity of milk treated at the Frederickton and Warneton Factories during January totalled 41,000 gals…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farm and Garden. Hints for Beekeepers
In wintry weather bees leave their hives but very rarely -- in fact, nothing short of two or three hours of bright sunshine will tempt them from their cosy fastnesses…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Export of Butter
Last week Mr. H. P. Oameron-Holmstrom, the well-known dairy expert, visited this district. Mr. Cameron-Holmstrom is one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farmers' and Fruit Growers' Guide
THE above is the title of a text book issued by the Government. Most departmental works are couched in too technical language to be of much…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Smithtown Dairy Factory
It will be seen by our advertisment columns that the refrigerating works at the Smithtown Factory have been completed, and that the company…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farm and Garden. a Useful Flowering Orchid
Orchids are not plants that the majority of amateurs care to cultivate. Amongst them the idea is general that they are expensive to buy, difficult to cultivate, and give poor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Dairying Industry
LAST week 130 boxes of butter, equal to 3½ tons, were shipped to Sydney froth the Smithtown Factory. The directors of the Smithtown Co. now announce they are in a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Farm and Garden. to Dye Fancy Grasses
The dying of fancy grasses is a way in which spare moments may be profitably occupied. In this case, of course, the possession of the grasses is the main…
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