The Reduction in Freight. Meeting of Farmers at Euroka
A PUBLIC meeting of farmers, under the auspices of the Euroka branch of the Farmers' Union, was held in the old schoolhouse on Monday evening last…
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Farming & the land, 1898
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Sale of Jersey Cattle
Messrs. Wm. Inglis and Son last week, at their bazaar, held one of the most successful sales of pedigree cattle that has taken place in Sydney for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CORRESPONDENCE. (We do not necessarily endorse the opinion expressed by our correspondents) DAIRYING. To the Editor of the Wingham Chronicle
SIR,—It may be interesting to some of your readers (the dairying portion of them at least) to read the list of butter imported into New South Wales…
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A MONTH ago the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Sydney Smith, approved of the State prizes being offered to improve the quality of New South Wales…
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Bullocks—prime £6; extra £7 7s; weighty £13 to £17 2s; good £4 10s to £5 10s; medium £3 to £8 10s…
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A DEPUTATION consisting of Mr. Kidd and Mr. Perry, Ms.P., and Messrs. Pateson, Armstrong, Pratten, Gordon and Fraser waited on the president of the Board of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers Union. (To the Editor of the Fort Macquarie News.)
Sir,—As it is becoming a noticeable fact that Farmers' Union are coming into existence in various districts throughout the colony, and as other portions of our…
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A special meeting of shareholders and suppliers of the a[?] was held at W[?] on Monday night last. There was a large [?] D. [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farm and Garden Original Articles. No. 44.--The Grape-- Family-- Description-- Varieties-- Weight-- Produce-- Duration of Life-- Age of Some Vines and Vineyards-- Area Covered by Vines-- Size of Stems or Trunks-- Timber -- Antiquity of the Vine -- the Grape Zone in Europe--fer- Mentation-- Currants-- Preparation of Currants in Spain
The grape belongs to the natural family ' viniferœ ' of which it is the principal genus. It is a trailing, hardy shrub with elegantly shaped leaves, producing flowers in the form…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Macleay Farmers' Union. Gladstone Branch
THE usual monthly meeting of the Gladstone branch of the Farmers' Union was held in Frith's Hall on Friday, the 5th inst. The President (Mr. R. J. Frith, J.P.)…
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LAST month a notification appeared to the effect that the Minister for Agriculture had approved of State prizes being offered with a view to improving…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TELEGRAMS. Sydney, Tuesday. Cattle Market
Prime bullocks to £7 10s; extra £8 13s; good £4 10s to £5 10s; medium £3 to £3 10s. Retiring Ministers…
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The well-known radiator, which makes butter directly from Past[?]rised milk, is now brought out by the Anticholaget, of Stockholm, as a hand-power [?] which can…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →COOPERNOOK. The Weather, Crops, &c
THE weather so far is indicative of an early and genial spring. The few light showers of rain that have fallen here during the last few weeks have kept…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden Original Articles. No. 45.--The Grape (continued)--REMARKABLE Age of Vineyards — Classification of Grape Varieties Propagation of Vines--soil--effects of Different Soils--grapes for Eating and for Making Into Wine--fruit of the Black Hamburgh--the Mulberry--description of Leaves and Flowers--fruit--juice--cultivated at an Early Date--scriptural Allusions--propagation--production of Fruit
Although the grape vino bears at three or four years plentifully, it is said that vineyards improve in quality till they are fifty years old. A short time since there were in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Butter King
The Butter King of the world is said to be Obadiah Sands, of Chicago, Illinois Mr. Sands owns 80 creameries,…
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A visit was paid on Tuesday by Mr. [?] Acting-Minister for Mines and Ag[?] accompained by Mr. W. F. Hurley M.P. Mr. Sydney Smith, and several other gentle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coming Wheat Harvest
IT is known that a vastly increased area of land this year is under wheat in N.S. Wales, and a considerable surplus is anticipated, with a consequent prospect of low…
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A LETTER which appeared in the NEWS from Mr. D. Bain expressing the need of a Farmers and Producers Association in the Bastings District only shows how success in…
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An Association has been formed on the Clarence and as shewing its proposed scope we quote the first paragraph of its prospetus…
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