House and Cattle Brands
A SUPPLEMENT to the Government Gazette, published on Monday last, contains the [?] notification of the fourth quarterly list of horse and cattle brands for 1876, in which appears a…
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Farming & the land, 1877
8 stories in South Coast's papers
The Dairy Cow. Characteristics of Different Breeds
To be able to describe a good milker, so that a novice can, following the description, select such a cow from, a herd, is next to an impossibility. The man who is not…
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A WRITER in the Live Stock Journal says :—I think that I have read nil the letters on the merits of the different breeds of sows which have appeared in your-paper since its first issue…
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[WE reprint the following from an American paper, inasmuch as it can be profitably read by the politicians of Australia and New Zealand.] The April number of…
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The following is from the Stockton (California) Independent:—“We have heard a theory advanced for the origin of rust in wheat by one who has studied it carefully,…
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Professor E. W. Stuart said that, in view of the extent of the dairy interest, it becomes important to consider its effect upon the fertility of the soil. Milk con…
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He is a stalwart, robust man, A monarch of the soil, His brawny arms are large and strong, His bands are hard with toil…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Pacing. the Farmer King
The farmer sat on his old arm chair, Rosy and fair, Contented there. “Kate I declare,”…
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