Harvesting Beans on Large Farms
Until quite recently the bean crop was harvested by hand, generally pulled bw boys at a small charge per row of forty rods. This was the most trying time of all for the been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farming & the land, 1894
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The Wet Sheep Question. (To the Editor.)
SIR.—The wet sheep question came under my notice on Thursday last. On Wednesday night we had a shower of rain. I had the shed fall of sheep, which took the two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Poor Farming
We never yet taw a farmer who was 'down units the narrow,' who was handling a poor dairy, just getting out at the end of the year by the 'skin of his teeth…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farm and Garden. Cough Mixture
A simple and effective cough remedy will be found in the following: Slippery elmbark, licorice root, flaxseed, powered ge[?]ain, glauber salts, of each four ounces…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Diseases of Sheep
In dealing with the question of disease of sheep, he proposed to [?] the [?] on the lines of prevention, and [?]. Absolute prevention was an impossibility, for there…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Sydney Wool Sales
At the wool sales on Wednesday the catalogues offered were larger and more representative than those of the previous two days. In many cases also the growers’ valuations…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Farm and Garden. Work for the Week
THE KITCHEN GARDEN —Tender kinds, such as kidney [?]eaus, cucumbers, and other of the [?], tomatoes, egg plant, brach, sugar m[?]z. [?]asil, capsicums, celery, turnips, salading of all…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Girls and Women As Butter Makers
There is no reason why men should have a monopoly of the business of butter making. A woman can do the work in a factory or creamery, and why she is so slow to push…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wet Sheep Question. to the Editor
SIR,—In your last issue I noticed a letter on the wet sheep question from Mr C. Simper, Paradise Plains. I would like to know what Mr Simper calls a shower of rain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →J. L. Corrigan's Wool Scouring Works
THE most important local industry of any magnitude it that carried on by Mr J. L. Corrigan, whose works are situated just below the Red Lion Brewery on the banks…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Parts of a Grain of Wheat
The importance of the wheat harvest adds a timely interest to the description of the structure of the wheat grain by C. E. Bessey, and E. Hyatt. The outer skin or…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stock Reports. Pastoral Times Office, Deniliquin, Friday Evening, October 12 1894
AN extraordinary full of rain look place on Sunday last when nearly two inches of rain were registered at Deniliquin. In some part of the district nearly four and a half inches were recorded, the result being that a very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melbourne Wool Markets (Dalgety and Company Limited), Melbourne, October 10
WOOL—The latest advices from London show no change in prices. The second sale of the season was held In Adelaide on the 8th instant, prices for good lots being on a par with those obtained at the opening sale. but rather Irregular and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The National Wool Company of Australia Limited. Melbourne, 8 b October, 1894
WOOL—The market is unaltered. Prices will be regulated next week, as the sales open on the 17th instant. SHEEPSKINS .—Lamb skins superior 3½d to 4½d; three-quarter woolled, 8d to 4½d per lb; merino skins, 4d to 4½d per lb;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden. Short Furrows
Most people enjoy the music of interest bearing notes. He who is behind with his work must always be driven by it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The District. Hillston. Formation of a Farmers' Association and a Progress Committee
The public meeting called for Tuesday evening last at Finch's Hall was attended by between 70 and 80 persons. Mr. J. M. Fullarton, president of the late…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Whole Wheat Bread
The whole or entire wheat flour requires different treatment from ordinary wheat flour in bread making. [?]et the bread early in the evening as follows: Soak a cake of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm and Garden. Midsummer Dairy Hints
Keep the stable ventilated and cool. Keep hogs and calves out of the cow pasture. A strong fence is the best remedy for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Harvesting Beans on Large Farms
Until quite recently the bean crop was harvested by hand, generally pulled bw boys at a small charge per row of forty rods. This was the most trying time of all for the bean…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Pastoral Association
The committee of the Hay Pastoral Association met on Wednesday, there being present:—Messrs McFarland (president), A. P. Stewart, J. S. Lavender, R. Gibson…
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