Farm and Garden. Original Articles. No. 20.--The Potato (continued)--SOIL-- Mountain Patches-- Argillaceous Soils-- Propagation-- Sets-- Size and Weight-- Single Eyes-- Two or More Eyes-- the Advantage of Large Cuttings-- Keeping Free From Weeds-- Pinching Off Blossoms
Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1898 · page 2
The culture of the potato is now so very extensive that an abundant supply can be obtained in all places throughout the year. Such have been the improvements in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Sheep Stealing
The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 3
Michael O'Brien and Wm. O'Brien father and son, ware charged with stealing two sheep, the property of Thomas Crawford, of Walcha Road,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Farmer and Grazir. The Potato Crop
Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 2
ADVICES from the potato growing districts of Australia point to the yields being light this season. Even in Tasmania the crops are turning out much below the average, and both New South Wales and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming on the Downs
Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 2
A PRACTICAL farmer, who does not want his name at present mentioned, has called at our office (says the Toowoomba Chronicle) and stated that such is his confidence in this district for wheat growing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Maid and the Musician. Robe Farmingham's Great Folly
The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 February 1898 · page 2
There was a little stir, a catching of the breath on the part of all the woman present, a rustling of silks, as the chain mere moved eagerly toward the end of the long…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden Original Articles. No. 21.--The Potato (Continued)--char--acteristics--height and Leaves Petals and Fruit--runners--eyes--value of the Potato--where Genous--the Wild Plant in Chili-- Introduction to England--introduction to Ireland--an Anecdote--subsequent History--necessities of Ireland and Scotland
Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 18 February 1898 · page 2
This valuable plant belongs to the Solan aceous family, almost all the species of which are of a narcotic and poisonous quality, as the Belladonna, Henbane, Tobacco, &e…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Potato Crop
The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 4
Advices from the potato growing districts of Australia point to the yields being light this season. Even in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wool Series of 1897
Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 February 1898 · page 2
DETAILED reports of last year's wool market in London have been issued by various firms connected with the trade. Like almost every other commodity that Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden Original Articles. No. 22.--The Onion -- Description of Leaves, Flowers and Root-- Flavor --Early Cultivation in England-- Varieties Grown in Australia-- Soil and Seed-- the Welsh Onion-- Lions-- the Tree Onion-- the Ground Onion-- the Chive
Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 25 February 1898 · page 2
This is a biennial herbaceous plant, with long tabulated leaves and a swelling pithy stalk, thicker in the middle than at either end. The flowers are in the form of a large…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Women as Farmers
Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 25 February 1898 · page 2
It has been remarked that the discovery of profitable employment for women on land would be one of the supreme triumphs of social science. The Countess of Warwick…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →That Wheat for London
The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 3
In connection with the growers' cooperative scheme to export a cargo of New South Wales wheat to London, it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Commercial Report. Sydney Wool Sales
The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 4
The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association report that the fortnightly sales were resumed on Wednesday and Thursday, last week. The moderate…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Farmers' Heavy Loss. a Whole Crop Destroyed. Incendiabism Suspected
The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 5
A shed containing wheat, the property of Mr. W. Dunn, of Grahem's Valley, new Glen Innes, was dastroyed last night by fire. It in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →London Wool Sales. LETTER No. 68. a Cheering Start. London, Jan. 21
The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 7
Here in England we are supposed to be in the depth of mid-winter, but really in point of temperature it is little legs than the very middle of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wheat for Pigs
Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 March 1898 · page 2
WHEAT farmers all over Australia are rejoicing this year in unusually good prices for their crops. Under certain conditions, however, it is more profitable to feed wheat to pigs than to put it on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer and Grazir. Is Tuberculosis Hereditary?
Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 March 1898 · page 2
"AN Inverell stockowner" writes:--As the Examiner is the only paper published in these districts which appears to take a live interest in pastoral and agricultural matters, I would be obliged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cattle Tick. Sydney, Thursday Afternoon
The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 March 1898 · page 5
A LETTER received by the Queensland Government from the Bacteriologist Institute at Capetown states that the Australian cattle tick is identical with the South…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Dairy Industry
Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 4 March 1898 · page 2
IN a previous issue we had occasion to refer in complimentary terms to the gradual growth of dairying in this district. The farmers have been slow in taking up the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden Original Articles
Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 4 March 1898 · page 2
No. 23.--THE ONION (continued)--NOT SO MUCH CULTIVATED IN ENGLAND AS ON THE CONTINENT-- THE LEEK-- ODOR-- BULBS -- STEMS -- FLOWERS -- SEEDS--…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The World's Largest Orchard. Americans Own a Fruit Farm in Jamaica 41,000 Acres in Extent
The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 5 March 1898 · page 2
The largest fruit plantations in the world are in Jamacia. They are owned and operated by an American company, the…
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