Farm and Poultry. Original Articles. New Device for Runaway Horses
AN invention which is said to give absolute safety in driving a horse is now being tried by road drivers in some parts. It is claimed that…
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Farming & the land, 1901
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Strange Cattle Disease
WHILST travelling in the Rylstone district to the Capertree Valley for grass a disease "broke out in a mob of fat cattle, some dying on the road and others since, reaching…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Orchard. Original Articles. Autumn Work for San Jose Scale
NOW the great development of the San Jose Scale during the summer period, in some districts, necessitates vigorous work on the part of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Farmer's Collapse
Mr William Long, a farmer, pursues his daily toil at Warksworth, near Singleton. He is," says a contemporary, "now of middle age, hale, hearty and vigorous. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Argyle Co-operative Central Dairy Co., Ltd
The unqualified success that has attended the formation of Co-Op., dairying company and the spirited manner in which the dairyman and farmers are subscribing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Strange Disease in Sheep
Cobar, Saturday.—A strange disease has occurred in sheep in this district. It attacks ewes in lamb only and has broken out in two [?] one of travelling sheep and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Important Hints for Wheat Growers
A great deal of valuable work has been done in various ways in endeavouring to improve the method of wheat culture. Some of the results have confirmed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Rye Valuable As a Catch Crop
NITROGEN is the fertilising element most easily lost from manures and soils, also it is the meat expensive. The readiness with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farming for the Unemployed
SOME three years since the Committee of the New York Typographical Union, otherwise known as the "Big Six," started a somewhat novel idea in the way of farming…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Butter Industry
A conference was held on Wednesday at the Royal Agricultural Society’s Grounds to [?] various aspects of the-butter industry and to consider a proposal made by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Strange Disease in Sheep
A strange disease has occured in sheep in the Cobar district. It attacked ewes in lamb only and his broken out in mobs; one of travelling sheep and the other of sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Political Crop
There promises to be a large crop of candidates for the next general elections. There is likely to be some, changes in the southern electorates. For instance, it is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Asparagus--a Good Profitable Crop
With proper care an asparagus plantation can be made to last for years, and it seems strange that people who make any pretension to growing vegetables do not…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Celeriac or Turnip-rooted Celery
HIS plant partakes of the general character of the common celery in flavour, so far as the leaf is concerned, and is simply a variety, with a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Strange Death of Cattle
A mob of 500 mixed cattle, travelling from Now England to Dubbo, arrived at Somerton on Monday and had only been there a short time when 50 of them dropped…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Millet
THERE are at the present time several varieties of millet -- each of them having particular characteristic qualities, suitable for various…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Grapes Packed in Sawdust
THESE keep better in cold storage than packed in any other substance, unless it be cut cork, such as is used by Europan growers, when the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat Culture
Wheat is perhaps the most valuable of all the corealia, as it possesses qualities superior to any of the other species of grain. There are now at the present time…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. the Germination of Seed
AS air is not a simple body, but is formed of oxygen and nitrogen it was for some time a subject of speculation whether both gases or only…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep Directors
The Sheep Directors the met. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed, and Mr. W. F. Rutledge elected chairman for the ensuing year, on…
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