The Farmer. VARIOUS
In determining what crops to grow in the young orchard it will be found best to secure those that mature early, in order to avoid giving late cultivation,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1890
61 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers · page 1 of 4
Victorian Farmers and Freetrade
GOULBURN, Thursday.—Mr. G. W. J. Thornton, secretary of the Freetrade and Liberal association here, has received a letter from Mr. James M'Lean, some time…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Why I Farm
Why do I farm? For health, pleasure and profit. Health comes from the outdoor life; pleasure from the contact with nature; profit from a good farm and good farm…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer a Business Man
The man who knows only how to turn a good furrow, prepare the soil for the seed, stop the growth of weeds, and promote the growth of plants, has not…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Salt for Dairy Stock
We have never had any doubt of the importance of free access to salt by dairy stock. But we now and then meet with people who think salt an injury to both…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Farmer. Nothing in a Name
When a man doesn't know how to run on engine, he is not called an engineer; when be can't repeat the multiplication table, he is not called a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A Word with the Farmers
IT is not often that we get farmers to leave the quietude of their home to come into the whirl of public controversy, and such a circumstance…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Victorian Farmers and Protection. GOULBURN
MR. S. Young, president of the Numurkah group of the Victorian Farmers' Protection Association, and Mr. J. M'Lean, formerly lecturer of the same,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Farmer. to Check Red Rust
THE Department of Agriculture in Brisbane has prepared the following "suggestions for checking the ravages of red rust in the wheat plant," and these are…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →New South Wales Farmers
THIS is the title of an article reprinted from the Sydney "Star" into our contemporary. It is from the pen of the "Travelling Correspondent" of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Farmer
A run in the sun will do the pigs good. When the pigs are born in the winter the sow should be fed mostly on…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →London Wool Sales. Messrs. Dalgety and Co. report: London, 17th April, 1890
The second aeries of Colonial Wool Sales for this year opened on the 10th instant. In spite of the numerous attendance and a fairly brisk competition, values were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairy, Apiary, and Farm. in a Cold Room
Where the milk is set for the cream to rise in a cold room, warm the milk up to 98 degrees right after straining. The cream should be warmed np to 64…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Farmer. Horse Collars
THE use of the collar is governed by the requirements of each style of harness. Custom has much to do with regulating these styles, though these…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Sheep Show
At a meeting of the Agricultural Society on Friday a long discussion took place as to the terms of competition for sheep shearing contests to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Pastoral Tenants and their Rirhts. Important Decision
IN the Full Court on Friday an important decision was given affecting the rights of pastoral tenants. The points arose out of an action brought by William Francis…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Farmer. Milking Habits in Cows
The time which a cow goes dry before dropping her calf is largely a matter of habit. As the heifer is treated after her first calf, so in the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Way to Purchase Sheep
In November last inst Mr. D. T. Tolly manager of the Dun[?] Estate, purchased 3000 ewes of the Urady flick at 16s. each, and there were critics who…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Farmer
KEENNESS OF SCENT IN HORSES. The horse will leave musty hay untouched in his bin, no matter how hungry he may be. However great…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Sheep Suggestions
Flockmasters have a different expression from the vulgar one, "Shoot the hat." They say it pretty snappishly, too, "Shoot the dog."…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →