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New England · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1891

203 stories in New England's papers · page 10 of 11

Lecture on Dairy-farming

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 November 1891 · page 2

AT the conclusion of the day's practical instruction in dairying at the Government Travelling Dairy on Wednesday afternoon, Mr. M'Cafirey, by special request, delivered an address to a representative…

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Commercial Intelligence. Sydney Wool Sales. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 November 1891 · page 5

WE (Goldsbrongh, Mort, and Co.) offered yesterday a well assorted catalogue of 3700. There was a brisk demand, and nearly all the lot unencumbered with…

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Farm and Garden

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 November 1891 · page 2

Farm lands in the United States, taking the country as a whole, occupy only 289 acres in every 1,000. It is stated that in Sicily pigs are used as…

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The Travelling Dairy

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 November 1891 · page 2

THE visit of the Government Travelling Dairy has not been unproductive of real good to the district, because interest in one of the main factors of its prosperity, dairying, has been awakened. Its…

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The Travelling Dairy

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 November 1891 · page 3

LAST Tuesday afternoon we paid a visit to the Travelling Dairy, under the supervision of Mr. M'Caffrey (whose brother was formerly well known here), assisted…

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Sydney Wool Market

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 December 1891 · page 4

MESSRS. WINCHCOMBE, CARSON & Co., report: We submitted a catalogue of 2061 bales of wool for our seventh sale of the season on Wednesday. There was the usual large attendance of buyers, and…

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Pastoral Co-operation. Our Meat Export.—great Increase in Our Flocks.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 December 1891 · page 2

IT is pretty well known that one of the best evidences we have in this country of the value of co-operation is to be found in the fairly successful effort on the part…

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To-day's Wool Sales. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 December 1891 · page 5

WE (Harrison, Jones, and Devlin) offered a catalogue of 3800 bales of wool to-day. There was splendid competition, especially for superior lots, for which the market…

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Farm and Garden

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 December 1891 · page 3
Also in Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser

FOR any one wanting a white fowl of excellent laying qualities the White Minorca will be sure to please. Like the White Leghorn they have their seaprate…

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Why the Boys leave the Farm

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 December 1891 · page 2

The answer is self-evident--perpetual toil in good weather all through the busy season, and perpetual loneliness in bad weather and most of the winter season. The time when…

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Latest Sydney Wool Sales. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 December 1891 · page 7

WE (Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co.) offered, yesterday, the largest catalogue, so far, submitted in Sydney this season, viz., 5500 bales. The attendance of buyers…

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Sydney Wool Market. [By Telegraph] Sydney, Tuesday evening

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 December 1891 · page 4

MESSRS. Goldbrough, Mort, and Co. report:—We offered 3916 bales wool at our first sale of the week held yesterday. There was as usual a large attendance of…

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Peripatettc Teaching of Butter-Making

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 December 1891 · page 1

We confess that we have great doubts as to the ultimate good to be accomplished by the peripatetic system of teaching. The only argument in its favour is that it takes…

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The London Wool Market. London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 December 1891 · page 4

THE London wool sales continue with a firm demand, bat prices are unchanged…

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Alligator Farms

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 December 1891 · page 2

Within the past ten years the alligators in Louisiana have been nearly exterminated. The demand for alligator leather and oil and the sport in shooting "gaters" have killed…

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The Farmer's Union

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 December 1891 · page 2

WE much regret to say that the Farmer's Union of Glen Innes ceased to exist on Saturday afternoon. A meeting of farmers had been convened for that afternoon, for the…

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Farm and Garden

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 December 1891 · page 1

A load of hay is 35 trusses, each 56 lb. weight; that is 18 cwt. Meadow hay is not generally reckoned so good for horses as rye grass, timothy, clover or 'mixture' hay.'…

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Sowi Wheat

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 December 1891 · page 3

EXPERIMENTS in [?] methods of seeding wheat (says [?] Chicago PRAIRIE FARMER) have been ducted for a series of years at the Of Experiment Station…

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Why the Boys Leave the Farm

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 December 1891 · page 3

THE answer is self-evident—perpetual toil in good weather all through the busy season, and' perpetual loneliness in bad weather and most of the winter season…

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