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Farming & the land, 1893

266 stories in New England's papers · page 7 of 14

Selling Mortgaged Sheep

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 July 1893 · page 4

HERCULES O'Keeffe, on bail, was charged at the Queanbejan Quarter Sessions with having disposed of certain sheep mortgaged to Andrews and De Lauret, of Goulburn;…

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Farm and Garden

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 28 July 1893 · page 4

A large number of tea plantatations in India are offered for sale, the owners finding that they have not been paying expenses and are not desirable property to hold…

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Rules for the Dairy

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 August 1893 · page 7

1. Cow sheds should receive regular and thorough cleaning every morning. Refuse carried out to the manure heap; stall wellcleaned with a farm hoe, afterwards…

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The Farm. Farm Horses

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 August 1893 · page 7

AT this season of the year the roads are muddy, and many horses have scratches. Here is some timely advice from the agricultural department of the New York…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Association

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 4 August 1893 · page 5

A MEETING of the committee of the P. and A. Society was held in the Town Hall yesterday afternoon. There was a large attendance, the President (Mr. J. F. Utz) being in the chair…

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Short Furrows for Farmers

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 4 August 1893 · page 6

SOME men complain of hard times who sleep themselves into poverty. Don't complain of your wife's extravagance with a cigar in your mouth…

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Farm and Garden

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 4 August 1893 · page 4

The pinching back of the new growth is important. It largely increases the bearing surface, and keeps the bushes low, strong and well formed…

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Warwick Farm Races

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 4 August 1893 · page 5

Hurdles -- Brisbane, Waratah, Helma. Holiday Handicap. -- Rockwall, Confidence, Birimboo. Fairfield Handicap -- Trentola, Sherbrooke,…

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Foot-root in Sheep : a New Remedy

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 August 1893 · page 2

THE following remarks by Mr. S. Wilson, jun., of Lake Cowal, S.A., will prove of more than ordinary interest to sheep breeders in Central New England: -- As we are now…

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Correspondence. a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing. To the Editors of the Armidale Express

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 August 1893 · page 7

GENTLEMEN—Sir George Dibbs has at last shown the cloven hoof by his speech at Penrith. The STAR compliments him for speaking out straight that which was in…

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Ostrich Farming

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 11 August 1893 · page 3

When ostrich farming was in its prime in the Transvaal, some thirty years ago, ostriches, every eight months or so, as feathers matured, as many as could be circumvented,…

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Farm and Garden

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 11 August 1893 · page 4

Get your sprayer and insecticides ready before you need them. If you wait until the last moment to prepare them, you will probably use them too late to be very effective…

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Crossbred and Comeback Sheep

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 August 1893 · page 3

"BRUNT" writes: -- One would think that the breeding of crossbred and comeback sheep was quite a new thing in Australia from the number of flockmasters who are seeking…

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An Ideal Wool Store

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 August 1893 · page 3

IT is satisfactory to note that wool growers generally are likely to reap some indirect advantage from the great depression now existing in property values around Sydney. Taking advantage of the…

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Progress of Factory Dairying

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 August 1893 · page 4

As an instance of the progress which factory dairying has made in Victoria the report of the last half-yearly meeting of the Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory Company, as given…

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The Coming Wool Season

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 18 August 1893 · page 2

THE colonies have now entered upon a new wool season, and one that promises to be equally as satisfactory as any of its immediate predecessors. Seldom has it been possible to…

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A Fearful Tragedy. Murder of a Farm Servant. Melbourne

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 18 August 1893 · page 3

A TERRIBLE tragedy occurred at Jeffcott, about ten miles from Donald, last night. A man named Charles H. Smi[?] [?] employed as a labourer by Mr. Tonkin, a…

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Farm and Garden

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 18 August 1893 · page 3

It may surprise those who see at the entrance of a hive such a formidable array of bees, to learn that a moth can ever run the gauntlet and deposit her eggs within. But…

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Foot-rot in Sheep

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 August 1893 · page 8

THE following remedies are given in the WEEKLY PRESS. H. M'Donaid writes: In my experience of a lifetime amongst sheep,…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Association

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 25 August 1893 · page 5

A SPECIAL meeting of the committee was held in the Council Chambers on Wednesday afternoon last ; the President in the chair. There was a good attendance…

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