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New England · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1873

40 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 2

Sheep Farming and Land Laws

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1873 · page 8

NEMO writes to the 'Queenslander:— It is presumed that the majority of your readers have heard and read a great deal on the above subjects. The diseases…

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Sheep Shearing and Shearers

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 11 January 1873 · page 8

A SHEARER writes to the 'Queenslander':— I wish to make a few comments on an article that appears in yours of the 30th…

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Wheat Growing in California

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 11 January 1873 · page 8

ONE of the editors of the New York 'Tribune' has lately been over the wheat regions of California, and furnishes that journal with a series of vivid pictures of…

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Mending Farm Tools

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 11 January 1873 · page 8

IN the matter of repairs, we are letting a great deal of money slip through our lingers without any clear cause. We may consider a well-stocked work shop an…

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The Yeoman. Sheep-breeding on Tillage Farms

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1873 · page 8

THE following paper, which was read by Mr. Martin at a late meeting of the Ballarat Farmers' Club, and has been held over for want of space, will be found well…

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Charge of Cattle Stealing Against a Clergyman

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1873 · page 6

THE Rev. Charles Anger pleaded not guilty to having meat in his possession for which he could not account. Mr. C. Hamilton, from the office of Mr…

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Ants—black Spot—wheat

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1873 · page 8

W. S. WRITES to the 'Queenslander':— To get rid of ants lay grass or straw on the nests and keep it wet; they will soon shift. This was told me by a gentleman…

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Wheat Rust and Potato Rot

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1873 · page 8

THE 'Queenslander' says:— Rust and rot are words of serious import to the agriculturist and anything which is reasonably suggestive of a means…

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Practical Butter Making

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 1 March 1873 · page 8

"MRS. (not Sara) BENNETT" writes to the 'Western Rural' from Jones County, Iowa, that such articles as that of " S. O. J.," on page 87, current volume Country…

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Of Wool From the Colonies

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 8 March 1873 · page 7

Glo-Australian in London writes, European Mail':— buyers at the London and Colonial sales held in London, alarmed at the…

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Fluke in Sheep. (To the Editor of the Australasian.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 8 March 1873 · page 8

Sir—You must have had nearly enough about fluke by this time, and I would hesitate before trespassing on your time and space but that I think the cry has…

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Valuable Hints to Farmers and Stock Owners

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 8 March 1873 · page 8

P. R. G. WRITES to the ' Queenslander':— Through the kindness of a friend I have been favoured with a perusal of a paper read before the British Association at…

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The Yeoman. the Prime Farm in the Cardiff District

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 8 March 1873 · page 8

THE custom of giving prizes for the bestmanaged farms, which, has lately been revived in several parts of Great Britain, is of service to farmers at a distance,…

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Farming and Half Farming

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 15 March 1873 · page 8

WE have known people ambitious to make money, who would spare no labours to increase their income, and when they had secured it, would spend it to no purpose…

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The Yeoman. a Model Farm Near Armidale

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 22 March 1873 · page 8

WE have often of late heard the remark that farming does not pay, and the toil, trouble, and losses to which farmers are subject have been matters of sincere…

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The Yeoman. Mr. P. Charlston's Farm

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 17 May 1873 · page 6

HOW many an emigrant whose pursuits either pastoral or agricultural, when roaming over the Australian bush, has set liis heart on a Bpot which he would…

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The Yeoman. Large or Small Farms?

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 24 May 1873 · page 8

THE publication of a statistical paper on British agriculture, prepared by Mr. Jenkins, the secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, has revived the…

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The Yeoman. High Farming

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 7 June 1873 · page 8

SIR—You will recollect an announcement at the late show in Toowoomba, of a prize being offered for the best farm in the district. It was said then, and is believed…

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The Prize Farm for 1872

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 7 June 1873 · page 8

"Mr. Powell, the tenant, adopts the five—course system of cropping, namely:1, roots; 2, wheat or barley; 3, seeds; 4, grass; 5, oata. "When this rule is…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Society for Southern New England. Public Meeting at Uralla

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 14 June 1873 · page 4

ON Wednesday afternoon a public meeting was held, in the Temperance Hatll, for the purpose of taking measures towards the formation of a Pastoral and…

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