Farm and Garden Original Articles. No. 37.--The Pear--description of the Tree--where Found Wild--difference Between Cultivated Pear and Apple Tree--antiquity of the Pear --Qualities of Varieties--for the Kitchen--for Perry--the Best Sorts for Cuttings--gardens--propagation Early Products-- Soil and Subsoil-- Pruning-- Perry
Macleay Argus · Saturday 25 June 1898 · page 3
The Pear in its wild state is armed with thorns and has upright branches tending to the pyramidal form-- in which it differs materially from the apple tree. The twigs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Macleay Farmers' Union. Turner's Flat Branch
Macleay Argus · Saturday 25 June 1898 · page 7
A MEETING of the above branch was held at Skillion Flat on Saturday evening last. Mr. W. Ramsay was in the chair and there was a good…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Farmers' Union. To the Editor
Macleay Argus · Saturday 25 June 1898 · page 10
SIR,--I fully concur with the conclusion arrived at in your leading article of last week that the Farmers Union had fully justified its existence. At the same time I…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Dairy Cattle. Importations by the Government
The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 29 June 1898 · page 4
MR. Sydney Smith has received a cablegram from the acting Agent-General stating that 64 bead of dairy cattle of specially selected breed, will be shipped by the steamer Hawkes Bay leaving London about the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →District Dairy Cow Contest
Macleay Argus · Saturday 2 July 1898 · page 13
THE following is an outline of the proposed District Dairy cow contest in convection with next Sydney Show:-- 1. Five milking cows to be entered by…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. No. 38.--The Quince--branches, Leaves, Flowers--the Fruit Seeds--quince Pie--marmalade--varieties-- General Uses Oe the Quince-- Soil--pro Pagation--the Medlar--external Description--properties of the Fruit the Dutch Medlar--fruit and Timber--the Loquat--fruit and Growth--the Amygdalus--a Name for a Class--general Features
Macleay Argus · Saturday 2 July 1898 · page 3
The quince tree is of low growth, much branched and generally much contorted; the leaves are rounded or ovate, of a dusky green above and white underneath, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Macleay Farmers' Union. Kempsey Branch
Macleay Argus · Saturday 2 July 1898 · page 10
A MEETING of the above branch was held in the Victoria Hotel, Kempsey, on Saturday evening last. Mr. A. B. Cochrane was in the chair and there…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Returned Butter
The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 9 July 1898 · page 4
In the manifest of the Orient Company's steamer Ormuz, which arrived at Sydney last week from London, is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Butter Export Trade
The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 9 July 1898 · page 4
THE course of the home market as regards butter during the past season did not favour the Australian product. Consequently, results were not as satisfactory to exporters as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hailstorms in Hungary. Enormous Damage to Crops. London, July 1
The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 9 July 1898 · page 3
REPORTS from Vienna slate that disastrous storms have occurred in Hungary. Cloudbursts deluged the country, and heavy hailstorms inflicted great damage in the vineyards,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lower Manning Dairy Co. Amalgamation with Upper Manning. Croki, Friday, 4.10 p.m
The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 9 July 1898 · page 5
A RESOLUTION in favor of the amalgamation of the two companies (the Lower Manning Co-operativo Dairy W. and the Upper Manning Co-operative Baoon and Butter Co.) was unanimously earned this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A New Grass for Dairymen and Graziers. "Paspalum Dilatatum."
Macleay Argus · Saturday 9 July 1898 · page 7
THIS grass, which has recently been introduced into New South Wales, is quite a new thing, and no one knew anything as to its grazing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Macleay Farmers' Union. Unkya Branch
Macleay Argus · Saturday 9 July 1898 · page 6
THE members of the Unkya branch of the Farmer's Union met at " Wood-vale " on Saturday evening last. There was a fair attendance. Mr. R…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farm and Garden Original Articles No. 39.--The Peach-- External-- De. Scription-- Blossoms-- Fruit-- Place of Origin-- Varieties-- Divisions-- Double -- Blossomed--raising the Peach--budding-- Soil-- Bearing Fruit--times for Pruning--some Useful Hints--pests--peculiar Flavor--difference Between Peach and Almond-- a Horticultural Partment--the China Peach--its Special Characteristics
Macleay Argus · Saturday 9 July 1898 · page 3
The Peach and Nectarine.--The Peach when growing naturally is rather under the middle of trees, with spreading branches, of quick growth and not long lived. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Re-exported Butter
The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 13 July 1898 · page 4
THE London correspondent of the S. M. Herald writes: Arrangements are being made to ship some of the Duke of Argyll's Queensland hotter as well as New Zealand to South Africa and to Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairying Companies. Meeting at Croki. Amalgamation Agreed To
The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 13 July 1898 · page 3
The advertised meeting of shareholders of the Lower Manning Dairy Company, held for consideration of a proposal to amalgamate that Company…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Little Farms In Japan
The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 13 July 1898 · page 4
JAPAN, and not France or Belgium, would appear to be the last of petite culture. According to a recent American bulletin, a couple of sores is considered a large tract for farming purposes. Most of the farms…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lower Manning Co-operative Dairy Company. Very Successful Meeting
The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 13 July 1898 · page 3
AN extraordinary meeting of the shareholders of the Lower Manning Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited, was held at the Croki Hall, Croki, on Friday afternoon, the 8th instant…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tuberculosis in Cattle
The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 16 July 1898 · page 6
THERE appears to be a large number of dairy cattle in this district as in all the parts of the colony —- afficted with that death dealing disease known as tuberculosis; and it is only…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Macleay Farmers' Union. Austral Eden Branch
Macleay Argus · Saturday 16 July 1898 · page 9
A MEETING of the above branch was held on the 8th instant. There was a good attendance of members, Mr. F. Colling occupying the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →