Farm & Garden. Original Articles
No. 95. The Hyacinth (continued)-- Qualities required-- Propagation-- Seeds -- Manner of Sowing-- Flowering-- Offsets-- Situation-- Compost-- Planting the Roots…
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Farming & the land, 1899
539 stories in New England's papers · page 16 of 27
Extraordinary Sheep
Among the consignment of sheep forward at Messrs. J. N. Brunker atd Son's fat stock sales at the Maitland sale yards on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Benefit of Early Ploughing for Wheat
Mr. J. J. Piper of Taraworth writes: "In the May issue of the 'Agricultural Gazette' Mr. Feilen and Mr. Worboys speak of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farm Notes. Protecting Seed Againlt Birds
I wish to let the farmers know a certain and cheap preventative of the sparrow and cockatoo peat at sowing time" a Bridgewater correspondent…
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THE breeders of Jersey cattle in New South Wales have resolved on the formation of a society, to be called " The Jersey Cattle Society of Australasia." This title will include all the breeders…
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FARMERS are proverbially slow to change their opinions or ractices. Some years ago severe visitation of rust occurred, when growers lost heavily, because the varieties of wheat most…
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THE wool sales closed with an advance of from five to seven and a half per cent, in merinoes and fine crossbreds…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Farmer and Crazier. Trues for a Breakwind
ONE of the highest authorities on the subject of trees-- the late Baron von Mueller-- when asked as to the most suitable trees for a breakwind of shelter, replied as follows :--"I would, advise that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FARM & Garden. Original Articles. No. 96. The Hyscinth (continued)--Narcissus--Daffodil--Varieties--White Narcissus--The Jonquil--Propagation--Seeds--Soil--Chrysanthemums--Chinese and Japanese--Varieties--Propagation
After the bloom is over the dryer the plants are kept the better. As this sheltering, however, has a tendency to weaken the bulbs, it should not be continued more than…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Editor's Column. (While giving insertion to Correspondents Letters, we do not necessarily endorse their opinions). Farmers' Association
SIR, -- I attended the Farmers' and Settlers meeting on the 13th instant, and was struck by the paucity of attendance. It is remarkable how little the farmers of the north care for their own…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tasmanian Sheep
The ram Senator, bred by Mr. W. H. Gibson, of Tasmania, and who took first prize in his class at the recent Sheepbreeders' Show, has been shorn, and cut 32½lb of wool. One…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Wires. (Per Greville's Telegram Company) Sydney. Monday, 12.20 a.m. BUTTER, Butter advanced to 18 this morning. Our Population
It is estimated that the population of the colony on the 30th of June was 1,357,050…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Last Night's News. [By Telegraph.] [Through Our Special Agents.] the Price of Butter. Sydney, Monday Night
THE wholesale price of butter to-day advanced to 1s for best creamery, and other grades were raised proportionately…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Farmer and Crazier. What Can be Done on a Farm
THE following instance of practical farming is recorded by the Gulgong Advertiser:--At Guntawang last year Mr. Rouse planted 200 acres with wheat. In August and September he turned in…
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DON'T keep cream after it is ripe, but churn at once. Don't send it to market wrapped in parts of cast off clothing…
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PROVOST DUN, of Galashiels, Scotland, has been calling the attention of sheep--farmers in the Old Country to the fact that the use of inferior sheep dips have a very prejudicial effect…
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WHEN will people ever learn that the law of kindness is (says a writer in an exchange) the only one that would be applied to the training of a dairy cow?…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FARM & Garden. Original Articles. No. 97. The Camellia--Camellia Japonica Varieties--The Oil-bearing Camellia-- Description--Origin of name Camellia Single Red Camellia--How propagated-- Shoots -- Soil--Inarching--Side-grafting Tongueing--Seeds -- Tea Camellias-- Heat and Cold--The Strawberry Tree Description -- Habitat -- Varieties --The Azalea--Species--Soil--Varieties
The Camellia family includes the tea plant and several species of beautiful flowering shrubs, all natives of China. The Camellia Japonica, as it grows in the woods…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm Notes. Improving Corn for Seed
The following his been recommended by a grower in the States:—A smail plot—say one-twentieth of an acre square, or 66 x 66 feet—was…
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Having heard that Mr. F. Cogan of this town had got two crops of Hungarian mille[?]and a crop of wheat off three acres of land in thirteen…
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