A Fair Takedown
Shearing was over at Northampton Downs. The last "cobler" had been shorn just before the bell rang for dinner, and the yard behind the shed…
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The Glen Innes-Armidale District Show
A successful meeting of delegates to arrange a schedule for the forthcoming combined District Show was held in the Glen Lones Town Hall on…
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The Government has made provision for m 25,000 feet space at the Earl's Court Exhibition in London…
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Thus Mr. Cecil J. Rhodes, late Premier of Cape Colony : "It has been urged against me, I am told, that I want to get a majority for the towns…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm Aid Garden Original Articles. No. 58.--The Melon--Early Cultivation- Usesein various places--Providing a delicious liquor -- When injurious -- Differences between large and small-- Varieties--The Cantaloupe--Description- Other varieties -- The Persian -- The Cucumbar -Native of the East Indies-- Its cultivation in England--Cucumbers for show--Varieties
The melon is the richest and most highly flavoured of all the fleshy fruits. It is often said to be a native of the central parts of Asia and to have been first brought from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lord Mayor's Show
One of the features of the Lord Mayor's Show in London yesterday was a carshape ship armed with guns and bearing figures symbolical of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →RUST. Some wheat crops in the Mudgee district show signs of rust. Melbourne. Good Sale
Mr. Forrester sold the Grafter, it is said, for two thousand guineas, to Mr. J, G. Clarke, who will take him to England in January…
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