Farm and Garden Original Articles. --The Almond--external Appearance--fruit--kernel--bitter and Sweet Varieties--differences in Shell--how the Almond Is Beared--flowers--oil--essential Oil--dangers of This Oil--large-fruited Almond--how Increased-size Is Produced--the Apricot--description-- Its Abundance in Australia--varieties--methods of Propagation
Macleay Argus · Saturday 16 July 1898 · page 14
The Almond.--The sweet and bitter almond trees are similar in appearance to the peach, and grow to the height of about twenty feet, with spreading branches and…
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Macleay Argus · Saturday 16 July 1898 · page 14
A cow to do well at the pail must be a hearty eater. Make your butter as good and sweet as yon know how…
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Macleay Argus · Saturday 16 July 1898 · page 6
A MEETING of the above branch was held last week, Mr. S. Borger, Chairman, presided. There was a good attendance, several new members being enrolled…
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The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 20 July 1898 · page 2
With a view of improving the quality of butter made in the colony, Mr. Sydney Smith intends to offer a State prize for the industry and he…
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The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 20 July 1898 · page 2
The fine weather experienced here for the past fortnight has been very enjoyable, with warm days and frosty nights, which has enabled our farmers…
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Macleay Argus · Saturday 23 July 1898 · page 2
An authority says, 'Use lukewarm water.' Why not hot water; which is so cleansing? Clothes that can neither be boiled nor scalded need everything else that can possibly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden Original Articles No. 41.--The Plum--diffusion--origin--products--varieties--the Washington--propagation--soil--pruning and Thinning--the Cherry--use and Ornament--cultivated and Wild--remarkable Trees--transplantation and Inferences Deduced--views on the Infancy or Youth of the World
Macleay Argus · Saturday 23 July 1898 · page 3
The Plum appears to be still more widely diffused in its original locality than the apricot and is much more prone to run into varieties. It is a tree of fifteen to twenty…
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Macleay Argus · Saturday 23 July 1898 · page 10
THE first annual meeting of the above Union was held at the Theatre Royal on Saturday last. It was called for 10 o'clock in the morning, but owing to the number…
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Macleay Argus · Saturday 30 July 1898 · page 14
Very nice cozies are knitted in double Berlin wool with large sized needles; two strips are made, half of one colour, say green ; and the other half pink; to form the lining; then…
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The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 30 July 1898 · page 2
ON the 6th April, in the West Maitland Town Hall, Mr. J. W. Boag gave one of a series of readings organised by the committee of the Hunter River…
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The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 30 July 1898 · page 7
Farmer Blake had bought a cast cavalry charger, a fine-looking bay, which bad quite a daubing appearance in the farmer's baggy. And very well pleased was Mr. Blake with his…
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Macleay Argus · Saturday 30 July 1898 · page 8
THE report of the annual meeting of the Macleay Farmers' Union, published in our last issue, has excited much interest throughout the length…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farm and Garden Original Articles No. 42.--The Cherry--liqueurs--varieties--other Classifications--the Morello--grafting and Pruning--raising From Seed--soil and Climate --Insects--ornamental--uses of Bird Cherry Wood--the Raspberry-- Varieties--whence the Name Raspberry--flavor--duration of Growth --Propagation--details of Cultivation
Macleay Argus · Saturday 30 July 1898 · page 2
The Cherry.--Several liqueurs are manufactured from cherries. A large black cherry (Merise Noir) is used in the composition of the ratifia of Grenoble, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Promised Dairy Inspectors
Macleay Argus · Saturday 30 July 1898 · page 9
THE appointment of competent inspectors to inspect cattle under the Dairies Supervision Act, as promised by the Premier, has not yet been…
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The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 3 August 1898 · page 3
THE sixth annual meeting of the shareholders of the Lower Manning Co-operative Dairy Company was held in the Hall, Croki, on Saturday afternoon last. There was an attendance of about 100…
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The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 6 August 1898 · page 2
Bullocks, prime £6 to £7, good £4 10s to £5 10s, medium £3 to £3 10s…
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The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 6 August 1898 · page 2
A great advance has been made iu what may be called the factory system, in which the dairy farmers send their cream to one centre to be converted into…
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The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 6 August 1898 · page 4
THE annual meeting of shareholders of the abovenamed company, held at Croki on Saturday last, and reported at length in our columns on Wednesday, was the best from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Garden Original Articles. No. 43.--The Strawberry--flavor--climate--compared with the Raspberry--whence the Name Strawberry--the Wood Strawberry--the Alpine--the Old Scarlet--the. Old Black--the Old Pine--british Varieties--some Special Features--propagation--situation--how to Make a Strawberry Wall
Macleay Argus · Saturday 6 August 1898 · page 14
The strawberry received the name fragraria from its delightful flavour. No vegetable production of the colder latitudes, or which can be ripened in those latitudes…
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Macleay Argus · Saturday 6 August 1898 · page 13
A MEETING of the Dondingalong branch of the Farmers' Union was held on Friday last week. Mr. W. Wedlock was in the chair, and there was a good attendance of…
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