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Farming & the land, 1898

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The Dairying Industry. From the Agricultural G[?] of N.S.W Part Ii

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 10 August 1898 · page 1

A great advance has been made [?] what may be called the factory system in which the dairy farmers send th[?] cream to one [?] to be converted into…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1898 · page 2

NO. 46, -- THE MULBERRY (CONTINUED)-- SORTS CULTIVATED FOR FRUIT-- MODES OF PROPAGATION-- SOIL AND GROWTH-- THE RED CURRANT-- DIFFERENCES BETWEEN…

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Farm Notes. Handling the Wheat Crop

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 13 August 1898 · page 7

Promoting companies is perhaps outside the range of practical agriculture, but the time has come when the farmers of New South Wales, in…

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Care of Farm Implements

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 13 August 1898 · page 7

A farmer's methods can be pretty fairly estimated fay looking at his, implements. If these are found in the fields,or even in the farmyard,…

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Sheep-branding

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 August 1898 · page 2

The Melbourne Argus says :--One of the exhibits at the A.S.B.A. Show that attracted much attention was Kemp's patent sheep-branding liquid, for which it is claimed that it has no deleterious…

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The Farmer and Grazier. Butter Prizes

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 August 1898 · page 2

A MONTH ago the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Sydney Smith, approved of State prizes being offered to improve the quality of New South Wales butter. It has now been decided that the…

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The Price of Butter. Sydney, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 August 1898 · page 5

THE wholesale houses to-day reduced the price of creamery butter to one shilling per lb…

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Latest Up to Publication. Sydney, Monday, 5.26 p.m. BUTTER

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 August 1898 · page 3

Wholesale houses to-day reduced the price of creamery butter to Is per lb…

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Coming Wheat Harvest

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 20 August 1898 · page 1

It is known that a vastly increased area of land this year is under wheat in N.S, Wales, and a considerable surplus is anticipated, with a…

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Farm Notes. in Ideal Pasture

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 20 August 1898 · page 7

In laying down land to pasture it is a mistake to sow only two or three varieties of seed. Grasses are of a sociable nature; that is, several kinds…

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Progressive Farming

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 20 August 1898 · page 7

There is no question that the standard of farming in New South Wales is gradually being raised. With all the agencies which are now…

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The Wheat Crop

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 August 1898 · page 2

THE area put under wheat crop this year in New South Wales will show an increase of nearly 15 per cent over last season, and providing a good yield is obtained -- of which there is every prospect -- the…

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Butter Market

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 August 1898 · page 3

Butter was further reduced to- day; creamery sold from 10 to 1s, and other grades proportionately…

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The Farmer and Grazier Bran Water for Dairy Cows

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 August 1898 · page 2

A BRITISH dairy farmer strongly advocates bran water as a milk stimulant for dairy cows what he says :-- If yon desire to get a large yield of rich milk, give your cows every day water…

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The Editor's Column. While giving insertion to Correspondents Letters, we do not necessarily endorse their opinions The Wool Boycott

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 26 August 1898 · page 3

SIR.--It is rather difficult just now for woolgrowers who are most interested in the free sale of wool to get a clear understanding of how matters stand in the Sydney wool market. We are told…

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Small Things on the Farm

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 August 1898 · page 2

THE advice has been frequently tendered to farmers to pay attention to what are usually considered the small things on a farm. The hackneyed…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. No. 48. -- the Barberry-- Description-- Leaves-- Acid-- Taste-- Where Native Of-- Banished From England-- Flowers and Berries-- Fruit-- Roots-- Bark-- the Elder Berry-- Naive of England-- Growth-- Wine-- Leaves Flowers-- the Orange-- Description of Trees-- Varieties-- Four Species-- Comparisons and Notes

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 26 August 1898 · page 2

The Barberry is an ornamental a well as useful shrub. When covered wit flowers in spring, or fruit in autumn, it forms a pleasing object. The leaves are of a…

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A Smart Cattle Thief

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 27 August 1898 · page 1

A Victorian journal says: - A new method of cattle stealing baa been practised of late by a roan named Thomas Bunnell, who was arrested on…

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The Wool Market

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 27 August 1898 · page 3

Owing to the wool buyers boycott the Co-operative Co. claim to have secured more customers than they would otherwise have done in two…

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Drought near Narrabri. Sheep to Come to New England

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 27 August 1898 · page 2

A telegram from Narrabri states that shearing has commenced at Dobi--kin, Mallaraway, and Glenroy, and operations are in full swing in the…

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