Macleay Farmers' Union
A MEETING of the Executive Council of the Macleay River Fanners' Union was held in Neil's Victoria Hotel, Kempsey, on Saturday last. Mr. E. Rudder…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mid North Coast · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1898
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Fire at Nabiac. Barn Burnt Down. a Threshing Machine and a Lot of Wheat Burnt
YESTERDAY (Monday), we regret to hear, a fire occurred at Mr. H. Beisler's, at Nabiac, consuming the barn, a lot of wheat, machinery, and Mr. R. Moore's threshing machine, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire on the Wallamba. Barn, Wheat and Machinery Destroyed. Krambach, Monday, 7.40 p.m
MR. H. Beisler's barn at Katrine, containing his wheat crop and machinery, were destroyed by fire to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sale of Taree Estate Farms
ON Saturday morning last the farms advertised by Messrs. Hill, Clark, & Co., at Taree Estate, were submitted to public auction in the Agricultural Hall, Taree, by Mr. Dwyer, of the above firm. There…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden Original Articles
No. 28 — WATERCRESS (continued) — THE INDUSTRY OF CHESS-GROWING IN PARIS—THE NEGLOCT OF THE INDUSTRY IN AUSTRALIA — POSSIBLE GAINS — WHOLE…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CORRESPONDENCE. (We do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by our correspondents) DAIRYING. To the Editor of the Wingham Chronicle
Sir,—I notice a letter in your paper of the 9th instant, signed "Cui Bono," and in this letter the writer trips to slate me, in his little tinpot style, for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Co-Operation Amongst Farmers
FOR some time past there has been a movement among the farmers of the colony to secure co-operation for the regulation and control of sales of fodder…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farm and Garden Original Articles. No. 27. -- Brassica -- the Cabbage Plant -- Origin -- Varieties -- White and Red Cabbages -- Savoys -- Cauliflowers -- Brocoli -- Propagation -- Water Cress -- Description -- Difference Between Water Cress and the Poisonous Water Parsnip -- Cultivated and Uncultivated
The cabbage tribe is perhaps of all culinary vegetables the most ancient as well as the most extensively cultivated. The original plant, being extremely liable to run…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →COOPERNOOK. April 18. The Weather and Crops
THE showery weather for the last two months has materially assisted the grass on the hilly country and helped the very late patches of maize along,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Hunter River Crops
SINGLETON, Sunday.—The orange crop this year promisee to be one of the best on record. Some of the growers at Bulga intend sending consignments to the London market, through the Board of Exports, in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dairying Industry
A meeting of those interested in dairying was held at Unkya on Saturday week, immediately after the Progress Committee's meeting, a fair…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farm and Garden Original Articles. No. 28.--Watercress (continued) -- the Industry of Cress-growing in Paris -- the Neglect of the Industry in Australia -- Possible Gains -- Some Properties of the Cultivated Plant -- LETTUCE -- Probable Derivation -- DESCRIPTION -- Qualities of the Juice -- Juice of the Wild Lettuce -- Used in Pharmaceutic Preparations -- VARIETIES -- Cos and Cabbage -- How Grown
It is said that some years since the estimated annual value of watercress sent to the Paris markets exceeded thirty-seven thousand pounds. It seems very remarkable that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Seizure of Wheat
The ship Shenandoah, with a cargo of wheat on board, was bound for Antwerp when she was captured by the Spaniards, and was not coming to Australia, as was at first…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden Original Articles. No. 29 --Rhubarb-- Species -- the Root First Introduced -- Native Place -- Appearance of the Thus Rhubarb Plant -- the Monk Rhubarb -- Description -- Hybrid Rhubarb -- General Description-- Example of Enormous Growth -- Manner of Cultivation and Comparative Usefulness -- a Group of Valuable Plants -- Likeness and Unlikeness -- Beauty and Uses
Rhubarb embraces several varieties. The stalks have a pleasant acidity, and when peeled and out into pieces, form a good substitute for fruit in spring tarts, to famish a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Price of Butter
BUTTER 13d per lb in the Sydney market, and our farmers have no feed for their cows! The same old story over and over again—sufficient for the time…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Butter Trade
The leading importers and distributors of colonial butter waited in a deputation on the Agents-General of Australia with reference to the use…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden Original Articles. No. 30. -- Leguminous Plants -- the Eatable Varieties -- the Seeds -- Carbonic Acid Gas -- Chief Legumes in Cultivation -- Nutritive Matter in Several Groups -- the Pea and Its Varieties -- SUB-VARIETIES -- Early and Late Garden Peas -- the Field Pea -- Boilers and Non-boilers -- STRAW -- Effect of Peas on After Crops
Leguminous Plants. -- The whole of the eatable legumes, with the exception of some of the species which grow on trees, have papilionaceous flowers. The seeds are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CORRESPONDENCE. (We do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by our correspondents) DAIRYING. To the Editor of the Wingham Chronicle
SIR,—Once more, and only this once, at least on this subject, do I ask a corner of your valuable spice. "Advice" has once more appeared in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crops for Silage
Any vegetation that stock will eat in its natural state will make good ensilage, and it will be much improved by the operation, especially for cattle. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Opposition Boat. Mass Meeting of Farmers
THE largest assemblage of bona fide farmers that has perhaps gathered together in Kempsey, held a meeting at the Theatre Royal on Saturday afternoon last, to…
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