In and Around Tinonee. March 11. Weather and Crops
We are getting rather too much rain down here of late, which is interfering with the harvesting of the early maize. The luxuriant growth of sommer grass…
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Farming & the land, 1898
300 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 4 of 15
Dairying on the Upper Manning. a Wonderful Development
A FEW months ago a gentleman representing the Sydney Morning Herald, and described as "Our Special Commissioner," visited the North Coast districts, and wrote a series of articles on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →DAIRYING. To the Editor of the Wingham Chronicle
SIR,—Will you kindly allow me space in your valuable paper to make a few remarks on dairying, and how it is carried out at some homes on the Upper Manning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden Original Articles. No. 23. -- the Onion (Continued) -- Not So Much Cultivated in England As on the Continent -- the Leek -- ODOR -- BULBS -- STEMS -- FLOWERS -- SEEDS -- CULTURE -- the Shallot -- How to Protect From Insects -- USES -- the Carrot -- DESCRIPTION -- the Wild Carrot -- Mode of Growth -- at Least Ten Varieties -- Bark and Wood
The flavour of onions suffers greatly if they be kept after gathering even for a short time, and their produce is small in proportion to the labour of gathering. On these…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Correspondence. Although always willing to ventilate matters of public interest, we do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed. the North Coast Company and the Farmers Union. To the Editor
SIR, -- As several letters have lately appeared in your newspaper supposed to have been written or inspired by me, I now unhesitatingly assert that I know nothing…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Serious Assault on a Farmer. Four to One. the Assailants Arrested
To be set upon by roughs and almost killed after going through nearly 60 years of life without accident to health or limb is one of the hardest experiences we know of. Such…
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THE adjourned meeting of the Executive Council of the Farmers' Union was held at Neil's Victoria Hotel on Saturday last. Mr. James O'Neil,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Dairying on the Upper Manning. To the Editor of the Wingham Chronicle
Dear Sir,—Will yon kindly allow me space in your valuable paper to make a few remarks concerning a paragraph in the "special reporter's correspondence to the…
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A POTATO famine is one of the probabilities of the coming winter (says the Warrnambool Standard), judging from the manner in which the crops in this district are becoming…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden Original Articles. No. 24.--The Carrot (continued)--CULTIVATION--SEEDS--SEPARATION -- How to Sow--some Large Carrots--liability to Be Attacked by Insects--canker -- PREVENTIVE -- USES -- INSTANCES -- Nutritive Value --Experiments
The Carrot is most successfully cultivated in a light mellow soil mixed with sand; the ground should be well dug to some depth and made extremely friable and porous that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden Original Articles. No. 25. -- the Parsnip -- Description of Leaves, Flowers, and Roots -- Varieties -- Home Grown -- How Prepared for Use -- Parsnip Wine -- As a Culinary Esculent -- Nutritive Matter -- Celery -- Description of Plant -- Varieties -- the Red -- the Turniprooted -- Most Suitable Soil -- Manner of Cultivation
The Parsnip is a British plant and grows wild in calcareous soils by road-sides. The leaves are broader and less divided than those of the carrot; in the wild kind they…
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A MEETING of the Kempsey branch of the above was held in Neil's Victoria Hotel on Saturday evening last. Mr. A. B. Cochrane occupied the chair and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Mosquito Plague. Cattle Affected
DAIRYMEN on the Clarence complain of a falling off in the milk supply, owing to their cows being annoyed by mosquitoes. In some places, particularly in swamp country, the unfortunate animals are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Intensive Farming
PROFESSOR Henry Stewart speaks of "intensive fanning" as the farming of the future. He says:— "Think of what has been done in the rearing and feeding of cattle, which now at two years make as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cost of Making Butter in Denmark
MR. Bartram, in 1896, gathered the following data whilst in Denmark and Sweden. Coming from a practical man, the information may be relied upon. The annual rent paid for dairy farms is from 20s to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To Save Cattle Suffering from Hovin
MR. Wm. Elder, of Palmer's Channel (Clarence River), writes as follows to the Clarence Advocate:— "SIR,—I was called a couple of weeks ago to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Essentials of a Dairy Farm
A UNITED States Agricultural Department bulletin makes the following summary of what is essential in the successful operation of a dary farm—…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →DAIRYING. To the Editor of the Wingham Chronicle
SIR,—Will you kindly allow me a corner of your space, I did not at first intend to take notice of "Mr. Advice" but on second thought it would not do…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Noted Dairy Herd
THE noted dairy herd of Messrs. O'Donnell, Bros., Five Islands Estate, has been disposed of by auction at Wollongong. Fourteen cows sold at prices ranging up to £11 5s, the average…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden Original Articles. No. 26. -- the Crucifebæ -- Why So-called -- QUALITIES -- the Acrid Principle -- Antiscorbutic and Other Characteristics -- the Turnip -- Process of Growth -- Great Growths in Rome -- Use of Turnips in Russia -- VARIETIES -- Maltese Golden Turnip -- the Swedish Turnip -- the French Turnip -- Its Peculiarities -- Best Sort of Soil -- Turnip Cultivation in Australia -- a Substitute for Flour
The Cruciferæ include the Turnip, Mustard, Cabbage, Radish, Cress, &c. The natural family of crucifera contains many plants of considerable importance to…
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