A Frontier Cattle-run
JACKSON and I arrived at Sandringham Station, near the western border of Queensland, in the middle of a season of drought. On all the cattle runs we…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming & the land, 1891
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Better Ways in Farming
PART of the responsibility for the depression in agricultural prosperity probably rests upon the farmers themselves. It may seem a hard saying to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hay Pastoral Association
A committee of the above association was held yesterday at Messrs Wilkinson and Lavende's office. There were present:—The president (Mr A. M. Farland in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence
THE weather daring the past week has been very changeable. Sunday and Monday were exceptionally cool, while the nights were positively cold, fires being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drenches for Sheep. Arsenic Drench for Worms in Sheep
Arsenic, lib. 6½oz. (avoirdupois), washing soda 31b., water 10 gallons. slowly until thoroughly dissolved. Add water to mixture to make it up to 36…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Commercial Intelligence. Wheat. London, February 21
The English wheat market is strong in tone, but prices are unchanged. The continental markets are tending upward. The American market is firm…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Dairy Dots
Use a little multon tallow or vaseline when there are signs of the cow's teats creaking. The payer of every dairyman should be,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Navvies at Burrumbuttock on the Warpath. Threatening a Farmer. the Farmer Retaliates with a Log of Wood
Wherever a railway line is in course of construction in these colonies it would seem, according to late developments, that the motley collection of men who are generally…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →The Farm, Station, and Garden. Work for the Week
THE KITCHEN GARDEN.—The drought, which prevailed for an unusual length of lime, even for this season, is becoming a serious matter for gardens, the soil being…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Shiftless Tricks for a Farmer
To try to farm without manure. To raise frogs and mosquitoes in the front yard. To bave a pig-wallow in the road near the gate…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Hay Pastoral Association
A MEETING of the committee was held on Thursday at Messrs Wilkinson, Lavender and Chapman's office. There were present—The President (Mr A. Macfarland…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melbourne Wool Market. (Dalgety and Company Limited). Melbourne. February 25
WOOL—Local Sales—We held one thirteenth wool sale on Thursday last. the 19th instant, in the credence of a fall attendance of buyers. At usual at this period of the season, the catalogue was comparatively email, and contained…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Frontier Sheep-walk
CARANDOTTA is situated on the Georgina River, West Queensland. In approaching the station from the south the first object of interest we…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairy Dots
Use a little mutton tallow or vaseline when there are signs of the cow's tents cracking. The prayer of every dairyman should be,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Best Dairy Cattle
Among the best dairy cattle there is the large Holstein that boasts the largest milk record, and produces a fine flavoured and long-keeping butter, and when fattened for…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence
THREE has been no change in the weather during the past week. The days are generally warm, with nice cool nights. The wheat is nearly all in; but the wine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Household Hints. Wheat Puffs
Roll a sheet of good paste into circular shapes by pressing a saucer upon it and passing a sharp knife around the saucer; lay upon the half of each circle of paste a table…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At a Great Wool Sale. Br Telemachus
The great present producing industry of Australia asserts itself massively and peculiarly in every great Australian city. Most prominently of all, perhaps, is Sydney,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Farm Comforts and Luxuries
The Californian Farmer and Dealer writes as follows about the comforts and luxuries which are available at farmers' homes :—“ A farmer’s home ought [?]o have…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Farm, Station, and Garden. Work for the Week
THE KITCHEN GARDEN.—The lengthened drought, which has caused a considerable amount of injury, and against which the terrible bash fires, that have devastated an…
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