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New England · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1893

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The Wheat Season

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 2 January 1893 · page 2

THE estimate lately issued by the Government Statistician -- Mr. T. A. Coghlan, points to there being reaped in New South Wales this season the largest harvest of wheat that the colony has yet…

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Pastoral aud Agricultural Association

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 2

ON Thursday afternoon the committee of the above held their usual meeting in the Council; A Chambers, the President in the chair, and Messrs. J. Healey, P. M'Cormack, J. A. Boyd; F. J…

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London Colonial Wool Sales

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 7

THE last series of sales of colonial wool for 1892 began on November 25, and will close shortly before Christmas. So far the market is very firm and with a good attendance; competition has been…

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Dairy Farming

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 2

SIR, -- Seeing that something must be done in the interests of the farmers of the Glen Innes district, I think, as one of their number, that the best remedy for the present depression is the starting of dairy…

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A French Potato Crop

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 6

This story comes all the way from France: Some wonderful results with regard to potato culture have been obtained by a gentleman farmer in France. This farmer,…

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Farm and Garden

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 6

Bones make a valuable fertilizer, and may easily he made available for use by burning and crushing them. Do not permit them to lie around, a nuisance and an eye-sore, but…

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Melbourne Wool Market. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1893 · page 4

We (Australian Mortgage and Agency Co.) offered 4000 bales of wool yesterday, and sold 3690. There was a very active sale, and full but unaltered prices…

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Our Commercial Column. Sydney Wool Market. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1893 · page 4

WE (Winchcombe, Carson, and Co.) sold about 4000 bales of wool to-day. The market was very strong, and competition keen. Lambs and best greasy fleece…

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Growing Cattle

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1893 · page 6

If cattle are kept in a good condition during the winter they Will thrive from the time they are first turned out on the grass in the spring. But if they are allowed to…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Association

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1893 · page 2

THE usual meeting of the committee was held at the Town Hall on Thursday afternoon. There were in attendance the President (Mr. J. F. Utz), and Messrs. P. M 'Cormack, J. Noble, G. Carvell, W…

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Farm and Garden

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1893 · page 6

It is usually more trouble to mend a weedy and uneven lawn than to plough it up and begin anew. But if you try to do it, dig up the weedy places thoroughly,…

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DUMARESQ, Wednesday. Butter Factory

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 20 January 1893 · page 4

STEPS are being taken towards the establishment of a butter factory here, and a few interested farmers will meet on Saturday evening at Mr. J. Haynes' to make a…

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The Profits of the Poultry Farm

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 January 1893 · page 4

IN a lecture on poultry farming as a national industry, delivered in London last week by Captain Cole, R.N., it was stated that a farm of 300 acres, consisting of orchards,…

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Farm and Garden

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 January 1893 · page 6

Lands which do not pay a profit for cultivation should be put into grass. If well stooked with good cattle, they will then at least lose you no money…

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Our Commercial Column. the London Wool Sales

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 January 1893 · page 4

LONDON, January 24.—The January sales opened to-day, when Messrs. Charles Balme and Company and Messrs. Jacomb, Son, and Company offered catalogues comprising…

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Acast-lren Cranium. Interview with the Champion " BUTTER " Ok the World

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 January 1893 · page 4

"You can see," said the pin, " that there is no blood on me." It was the ordinary pin of commerce, and I looked at it carefully after David Andrew Hull had extracted it…

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The Dairy Industry

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 January 1893 · page 2

ONE of the most significant signs of a great and vital change that is coming over our farming industry -- a change that will eventually make the farmer an economic entity…

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Farm and Garden

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 January 1893 · page 6

Roses may be layered in pots of good compost sunk in the soil. This affords to the amateur a ready means of increasing his stook…

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How to Make Farm Life Attractive

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 January 1893 · page 4

THIS important subject was discussed the other day at a branch meeting of farmers connected with the South Australian Bureau of Agriculture, The first speaker contended…

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J. H. Geddes & Co., the Pastoral Finance Association, Limited

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1893 · page 3

THE half-yearly meeting of the Directors and district Directors of J. H. Geddes & Co., the Pastoral Finance Association, Limited, was held last week at their…

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