The Farmers' Column. DAIRYING
Speaking at Cootamundra, Mr. McCaffrey, the gentleman in charge of the Travelling Dairy, said it was well known that it was not a subject on which anyone could be very…
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Farming & the land, 1891
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Economy on the Farm
Mrs. Shelton, wife of the Director of Agriculture in Queensland, writes:— To make a small farm pay, the bulk of the living must come from the farm. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Farmers' Column. Equine Notes
Four or five hours' sleep or quiet are sufficient to keep a horse that is not worked very hard, in good health. Don't breed a horse so large and feed him…
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The following circular has been issued by the Diary Farmers' Association of New South Wales :—Sir,—You will be pleased to know that…
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Sydney, Friday.—The travelling dairy visits Tenterfield next week…
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Some of the most prosperous farmers on small holdings are the inhabitants of the island of Jersey. At the dairy conference lately held in Jersey one of the Jersey farmers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queanbeyan Quarter Session. Tuesday, November 10. (Before His Honor Judge Murray). Sheep Stealing
Thomas Woodcroft and James Mackay (committed at Cooma) were charged with having stolen one sheep, at Mittagang, the property of Richard Venables, and with having sold the same knowing…
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The following platform adopted at a meeting of the Victorian Farmers' National Union, Burramine branch, held at Telford, is now distributed for general information:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmers' Column. Subsidising Farmers
The Swiss Government appears to be fully alive to the importance of having its agricultural industry well up to the times. Last year over 21,000, a comparatively large sum…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queanbeyan Quarter Session. Tuesday, November 10. (Before His Honor Judge Murray). Sheep Stealing
The case of joint theft against Mackay and Woodcroft was abandoned. Thomas Woode[?]oft was then charged with having stolen 13 sheep and 2 lambs, the property of Richard Venables…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Queanbeyan Age with Which Is Incorporated The Bungendore Mirror & Captain's Flat Miner. Saturday, November 14, 1891. the Sheep-stealing Cases
THE rapid increase in the crime of sheep-stealing has been noticeable all over the colonies, and has begun to assume alarming dimensions. The cause of this increase is…
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Sydney, Tuesday—32,943 bales of wool were received at Darling Harbour last week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queanbeyan Police Court. Tuesday, November 17. (Before Mr. J. L. King, P.m.) Sheep Stealing
Donald M'Donald, John M'Intyre, and Abigail M'Donald were charged with having stolen 21 sheep, the property of John M'Namara, of London Bridge, on or about the 13th instant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmers' Column. the Feeding of Horses
When it is remembered that the stomach of a horse is really small, in proportion to the size of his body, it will be seen that it requires feeding often—even four times a day. Unlike…
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Almost every stockman knows how to tell the age of a horse by his teeth; but many of our readers may be (that is, those who are not connected with pastoral pursuits), ignorant of…
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A blanket for the horse is a cheap article considering the food it saves and the cold and sickness it avoids. It is indispensible in well regulated stables…
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The following interesting calculation is from the Melbourne Leader:—Cheese removes far more fertilising properties than butter and whey together; milk of course, most of all…
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Sydney, Tuesday.—Four hundred and thirty four thousand two hundred and fifty bales of wool arrived from the country last week…
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There are several reasons why farmers should keep pigeons—the common pigeons— as many as he can get. Usually they may be obtained for little or nothing. Place a little…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Farmers' Column. Tomatoes for Cows
A Canadian dairy man experimented one year with feeding tomatoes to his cow, and they increased the milk flow so much that he determined to plant each year…
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