The Farmers' Column
IT is proposed in this column week by week, as far as possible, to treat upon subjects of immediate interest to farmers from the standpoint of actual observation, and…
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Farming & the land, 1901
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Farmers' and Settlers' Manifesto
A NANIFGSTO has been issued by the Farmers' and Settlers' Association of New South Wiles, pressing the following Platform upon its Branches:—1. Land Settlement to be paramount over…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. Working Butter
Batter when properly made is the granular form needs no working other than that done in the churn. This saves more than half the labor and makes…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Australian Butter and Honey in London
Inquiries recently made have thrown some light (says the London correspondent of the Melbourne Age) upon the mysterious disappearance of…
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Butter.—Supplies have been well maintained. Local sales continue good. We quote:—Prime Creamery, 9d; second 8d, to 8½d; dairy, 7½d…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Farm & Orchard. Original Articles. Plums and Prunes
Horticulturists are now and always have been at variance as to what should be called a prune. In some parts a prune is any plum that can be dried and sold…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →M. R. Co-operative Dairy Co. Opening of the Wingham Bacon Factory
A VERY large number of persons from all parts of the district (some 400), including several ladies, assembled on Saturday afternoon last at the Bacon Factory, recently erected by the M. R. Co-operative…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cause of Fishy Butter
Mr. O'Callaghan, dairy expert to the Agricultural Department, reports having made a discovery which is of great importance to butter-makers, not only…
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Bacteria are friends to the butter-maker through their assistance to him in ripening cream. Ripened cream gives a larger amount of butter than cream not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TELEGRAMS. Sydney, Friday. Cattle Sale
1816 were yarded. The market price has dropped from 5s to 10s. per head. Bullocks £4 to £12 15s; cows, £3 5s. to £8 5s…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dairy on the North Coast
SPEAKING at a picnic at Berry on Tuesday, Mr. Fegan, Minister for Agriculture, in proposing "Prosperity to the district of Illawarra," said he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm & Orchard Original Articles. Plums and Prunes
Horticulturists are now and always have been at variance as to what should be called a prune. In some parts a prune is any plum that can be dried and sold…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Farmers' Union
THE Macleay River Farmers' Union, which started with such promise and which should now be an organisation comprising some 500 or 600 members…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Poultry and Dairy. Original Articles. Minorcas As General Purpose Fowls
MINORCAS received their name from having been originally brought from the Minorca island of Spain, and have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cause of "Fishy" Butter
Mr. O'Callaghan, dairy expert to the Agricultural Department, reports having made a discovery which is of great importance to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bacteria and the Butter-maker
Bacteria are friends to the butter-maker through their assistance to him in ripening cream. Ripened cream gives a larger amount of butter than cream not…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles
LEEKS are usually greatly benefited by the application of lime. In Planting Radish Seed it will pay to sift out and reject the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Poultry and Dairy. Original Articles. Minorcas As General Purpose Fowls
MINORCAS received their name from having been originally brought from the Minorca island of Spain, and have been…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Oxley Island. Notes by Aquilla. Feb. 11. Weather and Crops
The dry weather is seriously affecting crops and pastures in this part of the district. A good deal of maize is ruined, and much labor devolves on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Farmers Column
BROOM MILLET.—The last Frisco mail boat brought 106 bales of millet and 360 bundles of handles, and in consequence the price of millet has gone down from £30 to £23 per…
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