Farm and Garden. Orchards
Anyone going through the country and observing the condition of the orchards will notice that very few of them are composed of young trees. The great majority of these…
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Farming & the land, 1897
142 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 3 of 8
Smithtown Dairy Produce Co
THE annual meeting of shareholders of the Smithtown Dairy Co was held last Saturday at the registered office, Smithtown. Mr. G. Plummer, Chairman of Directors, in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farm and Garden. Not a Drug
Is beeswax a drug? This question has just been answered by Justices Wright and Grantham in the Queen's Bench. They heard the appeal, Fowle v. Fowle, from a decision…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden. Seasonable Gardening
Spinach, a very rapid maturing crop, demands attention, both as regards present seed sowing, and attention to that which has stood through the winter. Neatly hoe…
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A mob of 400 store bullocks, Mr. D. McKay owner, are en route for the Macleay from the Hunter River, and are expected to arrive early next week…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farm and Garden. the Uses of the Potato
If the virtue of the homely potato were better known it would be held in greater honour. For burns or scalds a poultice of scraped raw potato is very effective, and the…
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Messrs. W. McMillan and Denham paid a visit to the Macleay this week on behalf of the above company, which is an association of several…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Dairying Industry. Messrs. Foley's Central Factory
DURING the past week Mr. W. Foley, representing Messrs. Foley Bros., of Sussex-street, has been in the district for the purpose of selecting a site for…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Police Court. Thursday, June 10--Before Capt. Davies, P.M. Illegal Detention of Cattle
Charles Bowen sued Michael Egan for detaining one spotted poley cow branded with three threes, and one roan heifer, progeny of the above…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farm and Garden. Notes for Bee-keepers
Although the honey harvest be far ahead, every month is important to the bee-keeper. What he has to do is to strengthen his apiary in every possible way, so that when the…
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It is announced that from Monday next, the South Coast dairymen will receive 8d per gallon for their milk…
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The making of butter from goats' milk is a process as yet imperfectly understood, but it is, nevertheless, an important matter to the goat-keeper, who frequently finds…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden. Lemon Plant
There are two periods at which the lemon plant, aloysia citriodora, can be propagated. One is when the plants make new shoots in the spring, then if these, when 3in long, be…
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MESSRS. Foley Bros, have accepted Stanford and Graham's tender for the erection of their central refrigerating butter and bacon factory. The site…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Macleay Farmers' Union
A MEETING of the above union was held at O'Halloran's Hotel on Saturday afternoon last. Despite the extremely, inclement weather, between 20 and 30 members were…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mr. M'millan and Dairying
That humorless person, M'Millan, is touring the country with an expert in the interests of the Australian Dairying Company. When they strike a town,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Cattle in This District. To the Editor
SIR,--It is an undeniable fact that too many people in this district die from that terrible malady, cancer--and the question is, how do they contract it? I think…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Local News. Farmers' Union
On Thursday last, Mr. E. Rudder, President of the Macleay Farmers' Union, accompanied by Mr. McKenzie (secretary) and Mr. A. B. Cochrane,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Agricultural Societies and Dairying
MR. SYDNEY SMITH states that it has been decided to call together a meeting of the representatives of agricultural societies on the 8th July, to be followed on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farm and Garden. a Hatchhing Record
Mrs. Ward writes:--'I Keep a good many Hamburg fowls. They are very prolific layers, and the eggs are generally fertile all the winter. I began setting eggs on…
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