Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Farming & the land, all years

South Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1889

97 stories in South Coast's papers · page 2 of 5

Slaughter of Wild Sheep

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Saturday 23 March 1889 · page 3

THE party of men who have been engaged for several months past killing wild sheep at [?] New Zealand, (the Herald [?] have been…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

FARM & GARDEN. The Quince. Some Valuable Information About a Little-cultivated Fruit

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 23 March 1889 · page 3

W. W. Meech, a well-known horticulturist, has written the first book that has appeared on this subject, and has made of it an excellent practical manual on the propagation and…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

The Farmer of the Future

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Wednesday 27 March 1889 · page 4

[?]…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

FARM & GARDEN. Hints about Horses

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 3

The following, from Medical Classics, should be read and prized by horsemen : It costs more to keep a poor horse than it does to keep a good one…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Washing Butter with Brine

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 3 April 1889 · page 4

MANY believe that washing with pure cold water is injurious to butter, because it takes out the colour and flavour. Any one can easily prove that fresh water will extract the colour…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

The Dutch Belted Cattle

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 3 April 1889 · page 4

I WAS much surprised on looking over the last number of the American Agriculturist to find that they had in the States a breed of cattle for which a special herdbook is kept,…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Dairy Farming

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 3 April 1889 · page 4

THE cream separator, ensilage, and scientific methods of refrigeration are completely revolutionising the dairying industry of the world, and the Australian colonies are sharing in the…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Farmer. Making Unfermented Wine

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1889 · page 2

WE are often asked, about this time of the year, to give a recipe for preserving grape juice in its unfermented state —in other [?] for making non alcoholic wins and…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Farmer of the Future

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 1 May 1889 · page 4

THE successful farmer of the future,' says a writer in Black[?]ood's, 'must be well grounded in the general and technical knowledge of his business. He must look closely…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

[?] The Washing of Sheep

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 May 1889 · page 2

[?]…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Egyptian Wheat

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Saturday 18 May 1889 · page 4

THE proprie[?] of the M’Minnville (Or) Telephone has in his license of the most remarkable specimens of wheat ever known in [?] The…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Farmer. Care of Convalescent Animals [?]

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Saturday 18 May 1889 · page 2

So much has been written and said on the care of domestic animals during sickens and the varied [?] to which they are sub[?] have [?] to ably and frequently discussed,…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Alleged Breach of Contract. RANDALL V. the Kangaroo Valley Dairy Company

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 25 May 1889 · page 1

AT tho District Court held at Nowra on Saturday last before Mr. District court Judge Backhouse the case of Charles Thomas Randall v. Kangaroo Valley Dairy Company was called…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Farm & Garden

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 25 May 1889 · page 3

WELL SEASONED WOOD, — If you cut down a tree in the month of its growth, and cut it right off it the butt and not trim it out any, in a few days that tree will be seasoned. ‘I…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

The Cambewarra Central Butter Factory

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 29 May 1889 · page 2

PURSUANT to advertisement a meeting was held at Tate's Hotel, Cambewarra, on the 22nd instant, re the establishment of a dairy factory on Mr. D. Berry's land near the Moss Vale and…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

A Farmers Woman [?] [?]

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 June 1889 · page 4

[?]…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Dairying : Dirty and Otherwise

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 8 June 1889 · page 1

THE Minister of Agriculture has (says the Australasian) been furnished with the following report upon the subject of dairying in Victoria by Mr. A. Crawford (superintendent of the…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

The Science and Practice of Butter-Making in Australia

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 19 June 1889 · page 2

A VERY useful hand-book to dairy farmers is that now lying before us in which Mr. William Brown, late professor of agriculture at the Ontario Agricultural College, and Commissioner…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Butter

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 3

Professor J. W. Robertson of the Ontario Agricultural College says : 1. See that the cows have an abundant supply of good, wholesome feed. Supplement…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

FARM & GARDEN. Lieorice Raising

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 3

Large quantities of licorice are imported into the United States at a heavy expense of import duties. About a year ago. B. B. Franklin, who lives near Madison, brought…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →