Value of Hereford Cattle
A WRITER on "Herefords for Export," in the Rural World remarks:--"There has been within the last several years a good demand for Hereford cattle abroad, more…
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Farming & the land, 1901
207 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 6 of 11
Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. How to Grow Early Tomatoes
THE important point in growing early tomatoes is to have the plants strong and as far advanced in growth as possible before transplanting…
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THE Farmers and Settlers' Association, whose annual conference concluded its sittings at Tamworth on Tuesday is probably, of all…
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Unvarying tradition .declares (says an English paper) that there was a herd of white cattle at Gadzow when Robert, the Bruce granted. the place to the Hamiltons,…
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Since 1896 the growth of the Russian export butter trade has been remarkable: Last year ,Russian butter to the value of £1,347,000 was exported, only a third of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. an Anemone-flowered Carnation
THIS extraordinary flower, which has been produced in hybridising carnations, is composed of a single row of broad guard petals that stand out…
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AT Friday night's meeting of the Goulburn Municipal Council the following resolution, moved by Alderman H. O'Brien, was carried--"That in consequence of the…
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ARRANGEMENTS are now being made by the Department of Agriculture for the holding of a big interstate conference, at an early date, to consider the question of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Correspondence. [We do not necessarily, identify ourselves with the opinions expressed by our correspondents] (To, the Editor of the Queanbeyan Observer.) Thunderstorms and Wheat Crops
SIR,--As reminiecences of the early Queanbeyan days find favour with you, at which I am gratified, I venture to send you the following excerpts from a letter of the late…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. the Dwarf Clematises
THIS is a hybrid between clematise integrifolia and some large climbing sort. It assumes and retains the dwarf form of three to four feet high,…
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REQUENTLY early in spring most soils are both too wet and too cold to allow either the most rapid development of plant food or quick…
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During July this Company treated 109,194lb. of milk, producing 4,632lb. of butter, an average production of 1lb. of butter from 23,57lb. of milk. The tests…
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Mr. O’Callaghan, the Government dairy expert, advocates the grading of butter. He points out that although the proposal to grade cream is an estimable one, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Industrial Farms
Among the latest things the irrepressible Minister for Works has taken in hand is the establishment of industrial farms for unemployed in country districts. Six sites have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Pearl Farm
There is only one pearl farm in the world. It is in the Torres Strait, at the northern extremity of Australia, and belongs to James Clark, of Queensland. Mr. Clark, who is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Scientific Farming
Mr A. A. Pittuck, in the American "Texas Farm and Ranch" writes:— "Scientific farming is good farming, though the farmer may not know that…
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OUR pastoralists and sheep farmers are now speculating upon the prospects of the first wool season of the now century, and notwithstanding severe drought's and other…
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HOR use on all heavy sous which have been ploughed in autumn, and on corn and potato ground which is to be seeded with small grain in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Insect Enemy of the San Jose Scale
IT is reported from distant parts that the destruction of the San Jose Scale in some orchards has been principally due to the attacks of a…
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The operations of the Bollinger Butter Co.—which is essentially conducted on co-operative principles—at the Raleigh factory, for the month of July last, disclose marked…
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