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New England · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1878

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The farmer and Graizen. A New Potato Digger

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 16 October 1878 · page 3

FOR more than 50 years past have people been trying to invent a machine whereby potatoes can be dug from out of the earth without peeling or injuring them, and at the same time do…

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The Farmen and [?]raizen

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 November 1878 · page 3

A FRENCH agricultural journal, called the Basse-Cour, describes the result of some experiments in potato growing retently conducted by scientific men in Germany. The principle…

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The Yeoman. Typical Prize Farm in England. (From the Live Stock Journal.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 November 1878 · page 3

IN adjudging the first prize for farming to Mr. A. J. Steed, of Red House. Midsomer, Norton, Somerset, the Royal Agricultural Society selected for this…

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Does Pastoral Purchase Pay?

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1878 · page 2

The Writer of this note has repeatedly endeavoured to satisfy his own mind, that the eq[?]uatters of this colony are acting as prudent men in purchasing immense quantities of land, for…

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