Butter in Hot Weather
There is always a great deal of trouble in keeping butter firm in hot weather. Leaving butter in water spoils it. The best thing to do when there is no ice is to put…
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Farming & the land, 1902
675 stories in New England's papers · page 8 of 34
The Wheat Harvest
The wheat harvest last season amounted to 14,705,733 bushels, being a decrease of about a million and a half bushels on the previous year…
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The annual conference of dairy farmers opened last night. It was resolved that the system of selling butter by the lb. should be…
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Mr. Thomas Blunt will today (says the "Muswellbrook Chronicle" of Wednesday) finish the ploughing of his 230…
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IN view of the prosecutions which have recently taken place in London of persons charged with adulterating butter by adding water to it, special…
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SOME of the dairy farmers are asking that the price of milk supplied to the Sydney companies should be increased from 8d. to 10d. per gallon, owing to…
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THE statement that the wheat harvest for the past season shows the material decrease of about one million and a half bushels cannot cause much surprise…
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Just now New South Wales is generally in a deplorable condition, owing to the continuance of drought, the occurrence of desolating bush…
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IN reply to a correspondent in the Melbourne LEADER asking for information as to the quantities of bluestone and water, Mr. Charles Cable, of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Modern Potato Cultivation
IF the land is inclined to be heavy it should be carefully cross ploughed and thoroughly harrowed, using, if necessary, a leveiler or fine-tooth…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Commercial Intelligence. the Wool Market
Under date Wednesday, 2nd April Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson and Co. report that in the absence of any auction sales a quiet week has been experienced…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Price of Butter. SYDNEY, Monday Night
It was decided to-day to advance the price of butter to 15d. per pound for best…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Special Weather Forecast. From Wednesday 9th to Monday 14th April, 1902. For Farmers and Gardeners of New South Wales
BETWEEN 9th and 12th.—Heavy clouds, variable rain storms (hail probable) in places over the eastern highlands and southern districts; chiefly pleasant…
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The Farmer' Co-operative Company, Ltd. Sussex street, Sydney, report for week ending April 5:—There has been a good enquiry for all…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Fattening Cattle for Profit
IF cattle have to be purchased for fattening purposes, one should never buy interior stock at any price. but should select cattla that are well…
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Messrs. Winchcombe, Carsen and Co. report under date Wednesday, 2nd April:—In the absence of any auction sales a quiet week has been experienced, many buyers…
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AT yesterday's wool sales, strong best, scoured, and lowest equalities advanced 5 per cent. Other descriptions were unaltered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →For those on the Land Farmer's & Settler's Association. Tenterfield Branch
THE adjourned annual meeting of the F. and S. Association was held at the Town Hall on Saturday last, when there were some 18 members present, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Farmer Robbed. GUILDFORD
WHILE riding between Castlemaine and Guildford, on Monday morning, a farmer was pulled off his horse, throttled, robbed, and left unconscious…
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The following six excellent suggestions have been issued to American wheat farmors by the Indiana Experimental Station:—1. As varieties of wheat vary greatly in…
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