Farmers and Protection. To the Editor
SIR,--With your permission I will point out a few facts to the readers of your valuable paper. I will quote the market reports of produce sales in Melbourne and Sydney…
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Farming & the land, 1897
142 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 5 of 8
Dairying Notes
SUPPLIERS to the East Frederickton factory were paid 5d per gallon for their milk during the month of July. The supply is increasing month by month…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm and Garden. Agriculture in Germany
The next exhibition of the German Agricultural Society is to be held at Hamburg next June. The importance of agriculture in the German Empire may be judged from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Price of Wheat. Sydney
Advices from London state that there has been a decline of a shilling a quarter for wheat in Mark Lane. The market prices touched 5s 1½d per…
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SOME good incomes have been made during the last year from milk supplied to the butter factory in the Yarram district of Victoria. The Australasian reports that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farm and Garden. the Lilac
This is certainly one of the best lilacs grown. Marie Legraye is a pure white lilac, and both in size of the truss of flowers and the individual blossoms, is altogether…
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A meeting was held at Neil's Victoria Hotel on Saturday last for the purpose of forming a Kempsey branch of the Macleay River Farmers'…
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At a special meeting of the Braidwood Butter Factory Co. Ltd., it was decided not to lease or sell the factory. A well-known Sussex-street firm made…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farm and Garden. Tomatoes
Every bit of sunny wall or fence should be planted with tomatoes. Set out sturdy plants, the larger the better, as the season is so short. Train each plant to a single stem…
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A meeting was held at Mr. John Connors residence last week for the purpose of forming a branch of the Farmers' Union at Sherwood. Mr…
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Messrs. Foley Bros. intend establishing a new creamery at Lower Hickeys Creek. The Skillion Flat Creamery has been been removed across the river to Turners…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Farm and Garden. a Hint for Piscatorialists
Of course, it is no uncommon thing for a hen to be set upon eggs other than her own, but apparently Mr. Pigtail can give us a wrinkle or two on the matter of poultry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden. Asters and Stocks
Asters and stocks, when well hardened by exposure, may be planted out when the land is in good condition. To obtain fine blooms of asters and good supplies of stocks for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Macleay Farmers' Union. Smithtown Branch Formed
A MEETING was held at Smithtown on Saturday last, for the purpose of forming a branch of the Macleay River Farmers' Union. There was a fair attendance, and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Dairying Notes
DURING the month of August the Record Reign Creamery, Clybucca, put through 2142 gallons of milk for which suppliers received an average of 4 12d per gallon and…
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Try a brush on your cows at least once a day and see how much more contented they are. The milk of Jersey and Guernsey cows…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farm and Garden. the Guilder Rose
This, although generally termed a rose, is not a plant of that description. It is a deciduous bush that attains a height of eight or ten feet. Its proper name is Viburnum…
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A WELL-ATTENDED meeting was held at Belgrave on Monday, week to form a Branch of the Farmers' Union there. Mr. John Clarke, J.P., was voted to the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farm and Garden. Parsley
Parsley, which is such an important winter crop, should receive attention. Generally, there will exist abundant plants in seed beds previously sown, if not already thinned out…
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A CORRESPONDENT, who adopts the sobriquet of " Rodent," writes us this week, and asks the following question, " Is it the correct thing for an officer, who is paid to…
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