American Farm Implements
In resuming our brief notices of sundry farm implements that came under our observation at the Auburn Trial and State Fairs, we may first advert to Horse Powers…
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Farming & the land, 1867
55 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 3
Hints to Farmers. Bust in Wheat
A cobrespondent writing to the George Advertiser' (a Cape journal) says:—"The enormous losses annually sustained by farmers through mat should induce careful…
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BY the courtesy of Sir. Blythe, C.P.S., we are enabled to give the following general returns for the police district of Armidale under the Cattle and Sheep Diseases Prevention Acts:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hints to Farmers. the Advantages of Planting Early Whole Potatoes
ABOUT twenty-four years ago I planted several rows of the same variety of potatoes, some with small cuts, some with large cuts, and others with small, large, and whole…
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THE adjourned annual general meeting was held, shortly after noon on Saturday last, in the Council Chamber. The largest number of persons present was 13. The proceedings being chiefly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hints to Farmers. Geeen Manubes
THE three rules of good farming are so well known that it is hardly worth while to repeat them:—1. Put the fitting crop into the proper ground. 2. Be always changing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pastoral Statistics. To the Editor of the 'Herald.'
SIR—No wonder yon express doubts as to the accuracy of the pastoral statistics given in the memorial to the Home Government by the Postal Conference, for it is impossible to conceive anything more…
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WITH Victoria and South Australia both looking abroad for markets in which to dispose of their surplus breadstuffs, the question of wheat-growing becomes a very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral Extracts. a Scottish Fair. (By a Correspondent of an American Journal.)
THE village of Melrose is one of the most beautiful that I have ever seen. It is situated on the River Tweed, at the foot of the Eildon Hills. The herdsmen of the South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hints to Farmers. an Incredible Hay Crop
THE 'New England Farmer' is responsible for the report that an acre and a half of poor land in St. Johnsbury, Vt., produced thirteen and a half tons of fine timothy hay…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Foot-rot in Sheep. To the Editor of the 'Herald.'
SIR—Seeing in your valuable paper, a few weeks since, a letter from "Enquire," Mudgee, for information, for the cure of "foot-rot" in sheep, I beg to forward you, in reply, my experience, which has been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hints to Farmers. New Process for Dissolving Bones Used As a Fertiliser
THE importance of phosphates, such as common bones, as fertilisers, especially in grain culture, could hardly be extolled, and it would be presuming upon the intelligence…
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M. DECROM, of Lens, writes to the 'Journal d'Agriculture Pratique':—I had observed that formerly in my part of the country it was the custom to ridge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Summary of European News. Per Overland Mail. London Wool Market
SINCE the close of the sales there has been very little doing; the market remaining very quiet, and with a tendency to depression it is difficult to sell at last sales' rates;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pastoral Extracts. Salting and Curing Meat
TAKEN altogether, it is probable that fully one half of the population of Australia use salted provisions, beef in particular, throughout the year. Where so much of one article…
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123—ABOUT 960 acres, county of Gough, Inverell, forms portion of Byron Run. 124—640 acres, county of Gough, Spencer's Gully, near Inverell, forms portion of Byron Kan…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Reserves From Conditional Purchase Cangelled. Pastoral District of New England
No. 31. Byron Bun. 1 mile wide, commencing on the River M'Intyre, where, it is intersected by the Northern boundary of Inverell Reserve. No. 32. Byron Run. 1 mile wide, bounded on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ms. Thomas Holt on Sheep Farming
Sheep looked exceedingly well. The tenants paid 30s. per acre rent for the land. Mr. Forster, M.P., told me his grandfather used to carry some rib-grass seed in his pocket,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Old Wheat Best for Seed. (To the Editor of the Australasian.')
Sis—Most farmers are fond of new wheat, yet if you ask them why they cannot tell you; they can assign no reason why new wheat is preferable to old, only simply that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hints to Farmers. PRAIRlE GRASS
Of late, frequent enquiries have been made regarding the prairie grass, and for public information I may state that two years ago I procured from Sydney a small quantity of…
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