Corowa Sheep Board
THE monthly meeting of the directors of the above was held in the Board-room on Wednesday afternoon, the following gentlemen being present:--Messrs. Anderson…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farming & the land, 1896
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Wheat-crowing Maxims
Someone has been at the trouble of condensing a great deal of information about wheatgrowing into very small compass, and somebody else has set it afloat without giving credit…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Wheat-growing at Jerilderie
We (Jerilderie Herald) understand that some of the large landholders around here are also going into agriculture on the halves system, bo that in the course of a…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →A. Picgin and Co.'s Report. Corowa Wool, Hide, Skin, and Produce Sales
Messrs. A. A. PIGGIN and Co. report having held their ordinary monthly sale on Saturday, 13th June, when they catalogued an increased number of sheepskins. The attendance of buyers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agricultural Notes. for Practical Men. Queries upon practical farming or kindred subjects forwarded to the Editor of this journal will in due course be dealt with by Mr. Hennessy in this column
BAD milking, as every thorough going dairyman knows, will ruin the best Lord that was ever got together. Cows which give a large yield during the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden Some [?]Ow Notes
I notice complaints of cows eating [?] and boards. Several years ago, my cows had the same habit, and in the summer, would chew bones. I bought 10 pounds of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wagga Farmers and Settlers' Association. Annual Meeting
The annual public meeting of the Wagga branch of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association was held at the Australian Hotel, Wagga, on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The Farm and Garden. Work for the Week
THE KITCHEN GARDEN.—Broad beans sown now come into bearing at a favorable season. As peas and beans develop nitrates in the soil, if it happens to be fairly fertile, mineral instead…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Breeding Flock on the Farm
On most farms, the time for the selection of the breeding ewes, and placing them with the ram, is now over. If not, the sooner it is done the better. In all permanent flocks this is a…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Open Column. Lung Worm Disease in Sheep. (To the Editor of Pastoral Times.)
SIR,—This disease is, unfortunately, very widely distributed, and extensively destructive. It exists not only in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, but in the United Kingdom,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stains on Wool
Spirits of salt applied with a brush will remove the most troublesome stains on plain wood and earthenware. Care must be exercised when using this strong acid, as it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Naturalist the ‘Tsetse,’ or South African Cattle-fly
This venomous little fly, whose bite is so deadly to domesticated animals in South Africa, was first made known to scientists in 1848, through some specimens procured on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stock Report Pastoral Times Office. Deniliquin, Friday Evening, June 19,1896
THE weather baa been Very cold during the week, but there has been an absence of frosts, the temperature being of a pure, wintry dullness. A few brisk showers of rain fell on Sunday, and on Monday there were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Points in Favor of Dairying
If it could be shown by figures how many hundred tons of butter sat from originally pure milk are annually made into grease, unfit for table or culinary use, many would…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm and Garden Insects on Roses
Our queenly flower; unfortunately, is the prey of a host of insect pests, which make their appearance cm the bushes. Greenfly is a common foe, and easily managed,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hay Pastoral Association
The committee of the Hay Pastoral Association met this morning. There were present:—Messrs. Ronald (president), Dill, McFarland, Chambers, J. Johnston, Grant,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Hasty Marriage. The Farmer and the Cook. An Amusing Story
Just as the Chief Justice was concluding the business of the Melbourne Practice Court on Thursday, an elderly man from the country wandered into…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Garden Single Dahlias
Few flowers are more attractive in summer than single dahlias. The applies to them as seen growing on the plants and also when out as room decorators. They have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rhubarb for the Farm
Farmers are frequently condemned by town and village residents, including editors, because they do not have good vegetable gardens. These people do not see the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rust in Wheat
Mr. Sydney Smith has received a communication through the Agent-General from the Government of India, asking for information to assist them in…
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