Fallowing for a Wheat Crop
At a recent meeting of the Kadina Branch Agricultural Bureau Mr. J. Wearne read the following paper on fallowing for a wheat crop:—"The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New England · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1896
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Wool Market Better
In contrast with the recent less favourable situation in wool and textile industrial lines, there comes by a somewhat improving state…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sheep Board
After the above a meeting of the Glen Innes Sheep Board was held, Messrs. C. Bloxsome, Thos. Black, D. Anderson and L. M. C. Seton, being present…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden Bulbs
Union bulbs remaining from last year's crop, ought to be looked over. All that are sprouting treat in one of two ways. If the sprouts are long ands the bulbs attenuated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Butter from Cocoanuts
Some time ago it was reported that butter has been made successfully from cocoanuts, but it was supposed that the cheapness of margarine had…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cattle and Frozen Meat
Amongst the passengers who arrived by the steamship Ophir on Wednesday was the Hon. H. S. Littleton, a Director of the Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Live Cattle and Sea Storms
Under ordinary circumstances the scenes connected with cattle traffic at sea are sometimes painful in the extreme. In a storm the horrors are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Government Seed for Farmers
Recent experiences of the Agricultural Department in regard to refunds for seed supplied to farmers speak well, Mr. Sydney Smith says, for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farm and Garden the Orchard Must Be Fed
Roberts has done a distinct service. He has analyzed the leaves and fruit of an appeal tree 13 years old. Set 35 ft apart each way, or 35 trees per acre, he assumes they will…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Wool Sales. Another Grand Start. Letter No. 29. London, March 6
Capital! The golden-hoofed merinp and the "brass" matting crossbred has scored another point, add taken a new lease of life. Vegetable fibre may…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ringbarking and Bee-farming
At the Bathurst land court an application by a grazier for a permit to ringbark trees was opposed by bee-farmers, who represented that the destruction of the trees would injure…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Baby Farming
Six bodies of infants have been found in the Thatne[?] at Reading. It is beliered to be the work of a baby farmer. Other children are missing,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden. a New Gooseberry
According to the Revue Horticole, the, first spineless gooseberry was obtained in France as a chance seedling,by the late M. Billard, in 1860.This plant fruited first in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Sheep Stealing
Henry Smith was charged with stealing one sheep,the property of Reuben Biddle,at Glen Innes, on March 24, 1896…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Desperate Cattle Stealer
The police in the Moree district are busily engaged in hunting for Jack Timmins, who is wanted there and in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Canadian Wheat For Australia
A second shipment of 20,000 bushels of wheat is being despatched from Canada to Australia. The Canadian-Pacific Railway Company has offered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers and Government Seed Distribution
Mr. Dunnicliff, Inspsetor of Agricnlture, visited Maitland recently, receiving and making arrangements for re-payment for seed distributed to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →To Keep Butter Fresh
A VERY simple method of keeping butter fresh for six months has recently been hit upon in Normandy. The butter having been carefully…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Important Decision under the Lien on Crops Act
A CASE of unusual interest to the legal profession and to persons engaged in agricultural pursuits came on for hearing before Mr. Justice Cohe at the Maitland Assizes during the present circuit It…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bee Farming v Ringbarking
AN interesting case of Protection to native industries was investigated by he local Land Board at Ba[?]burnt last week. But this was not the [?]ort…
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