Pickling Seed Wheat
Bluestone is generally considered the best pickle, and the following is the approved method of application:—10 gallons of water is put into a 12-gallon tub—or larger if necessary…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Farming & the land, 1898
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Wheat Auction Sales
LAST year a number of leading pastoralists in New South Wales and Queensland, including the M'CAU[?]HBYS and the LESLIES, applied the principle of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Loitering with Travelling Sheep. An Important Case
At the police court, on Monday, before the P.M., Ewen R. Cameron was charged, on the information of A. W. Austin, of C[?]noon station, that on or about the 11th instant, he…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Potato Crop. Fertilisers
The potato crop is rarely grown without a direct application of manure, and where farmyard manure is available in sufficient quantity it forms the almost universal dressing…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Farm and Garden. Work for the Week
KITCHEN GARDEN.—Peas sown at the present time should be allowed abundant space for development, as they attain an extra size before coming into bearing, and, if too thick…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →English Farming
We hear a great deal of the decline of farming in England. It is simply a question of what pays and what does not. Finer crops of wheat can be grown in the Old Country than…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Cattle
There were only three exhibits in this section those being dairy cows from Messrs. Wooldndge, Burke, and G. Leetham, respctivaly The test of superiority was to be by the milking process. All…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Sheep Classes
Although the sheep exhibits were, to a slight extent numerically inferior to those of last year, there was no diminution, in the quality and in this measure the exhibition of high class sheep was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CATTLE.. First prize, £1; second, 10s
Class 29 —Dairy Cow (any breed), with or without calf ; date of calving must be given with entry.. Three entries, viz: Miss Wooldridge, G. Leetham, and J . McMillan Miss Wooldridge, 1; Leetham, 2…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles
NO. 43.—THE STRAWBERRY —FLAVOR CLIMATE— COMPARED WITH THE RASPBERRY WHEREVER THE NAME STRAWBERRY THE WOOD STBARWBERRY THE…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat
Mr. H. R. Carter, wheat broker, of Sydney and Melborune reports as follows on July 21st.--The market is very depressed, with scarcely any business…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hay Pastoral and Agricultural Society. The Show Arrangements
The annual show of the Hay Pastoral and Agricultural Association will be held this week on Thursday and Friday, and as the entries are good it promises to be a most…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Pastoral Show
The Show will open on Thursday at ten o'clock by which time all exhibits are to be on the ground ready for judging. The principal part of the judging will be done…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Berlin Wool Cozies
Very nice cozies are knitted in double Berlin wool with large-sized needles; two strips are made, half of one colour, say green; and the other half pink; to form the lining; then…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool and Stock Reports. Sydney
Messrs. Wilkinson and Lavender telegraph as follows:—8700 sheep were yarded, and the market was a little better on last day's good value 1890 cattle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden Original Articles. No. 42.—The Cherry—liqueurs—varieties—other Classifications — the Morello—grafting and Pruning — Raising From Seed — Soil and Climate Insects—ornamental—uses of Bird Cherry Wood — the Raspberry — VARIETIES — Whence the Name Rasp Berry—flavor—duration of Growth—propagation—details of Cultivation
The Cherry.—Several liqueurs are manufactured from cherries. A large black cherry (Merise Noir) is used in the composition of the ratifia of grenoble, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kiewa Valley Butter Factory
The usual monthly meeting of directors was held on the 16th inst. Present—Mr. M'Leod (in the chair), and Messrs. Arundel, Macdonald, Crosthwaite, Gowling, and…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →About Sheep. Fire Branding
This plan of marking sheep is not now commonly practised, but with some studowners it is still employed. The brand consists of sometimes a letter branded on the side of the face,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Berlin Wool Cozies
Very nice cozies are knitted in double Berlin wool with large-sized needles; two strips are made, half of one colour, say green ; and the other half pink ; to form the lining ; then…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Albury and Border Pastoral and Agricultural Society
A general committee meeting of the above society was held at Carkeek's Hotel on Thursday last. Present—Dr. Andrews (in the chair), Messrs. Chapman,…
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