Aggicultural &c., Dressing Seed Wheat
Every farmer has some favorite appliance and by which be swears. Lime,bluestone seawater, and common salt and water, in shape of pickle, have all their advocates…
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Farming & the land, 1884
16 stories in Northern Rivers's papers
Farmers' Banks
LOOKING at the present large and increasing demand in this' district for money, for the improvement and clearing of farms, & c., we commend to the attention of our readers,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?] &c. Something Besides Wheat
Land upon which wheat has been raised for twenty-five years in succession, and on Which it was claimed no other profitable crop could be produced, has lately been planted in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Agriculture. Profitable Farming for a Poor Man. How to Become a Successful Fabmer. a " City Farmer's " SUCCESS
IN 1869, we moved from town to a farm. True, the form was paid for, and the land was in an ordinary state of cultivation, but with very poor fences, no barn, and a poor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Sugar Crop, 1883
THE 'Mackay Standard' says:—The sugar season is not considered to have ended until the close of March, but with a view to giving our readers an idea of the result of this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lecture on Sugar Farming
THE 'Macleay Chronicle,' 28th Feb., says,— Yesterday evening the promised lecture on sugar farming was delivered in the Good Templars Hall by Angus Mackay, Esq.,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Original Poetry. the Grateful Farmer
BEFORE me is the waving green, Joy fills me at the sight, Fe[?]ful to think what might have been, Through devastating blight!…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ostrich Farming
It is not a little surprising that ostrich farming which is so profitably carried on in South Africa, is not tried more extensively in New South Wales, where the extent of saltbush…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Agriculture. Hops. In MacIvor's Farmers Annual
THE cultivation of hops in different parts of Australasia has made rapid progress within the last few years, and in time Britain may look to us to supply her with large…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Agriculture. Hops. In MacIvor's Farmers Annual
THE cultivation of hops in different parts of Australasia has made rapid process within the last few years, and in time Britain may look to us to supply her with large…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer. Chicken-Cholera
PUBLIC attention has again been directed to the researches of Professor Pasteur in animal inoculation with the germs of various diseases. It will be remembered that this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Agricultural, & c. Farmers As Poultry-keepers
The following interesting article is taken from the Mark Lane Express:— It is a very difficult thing to persuade farmers and others to adopt a good system of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →How Far a Farmer Walks
Some one has taken the trouble to find out, says the Orange county, Minn., Farmer, how far a farmer must walk to put in and attend to forty acres of corn. The conclusion is as follows:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mauritius. the Weather and the Crops
IT affords us much satisfaction to state that since our last issue we have been favored with exceptional weather, daily rains having prevented a large extent of canes from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Butter Cow of the Future
IT is now pretty well acknowledged that for butter and other dairy purposes, the Alderney cows are unsurpassable. Latterly, several consignments of this breed of cattle have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Open Column. Poor Farmers. To the Editor of the "Nothern Star."
SIR,— Will you kindly give space in your wide spread paper, those few lines on the railway subject. I am not one who wishes to rush into print, but I think for the good of the…
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