Historic Importance of Wheat
Wheat, since the earliest period to which history reaches, has always been accounted the most valuable grain of the culmiferous tribe, hence all…
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Farming & the land, 1906
434 stories in South Coast's papers · page 8 of 22
Milking Shorthorn Cattle Association of N.S.W. Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Milking Shorthorn Cattle Association of New South Wales was held on April 17th at the Koyal Chambers, Hunter-street, Sydney, Mr F. T…
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Stewart and Morton report having yarded nearly 700 head of mixed cattle at their sale in Nowra last Friday Buyers were numerous, and for best…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Berry Agricultural Association. Election of Office-bearers. a Committeeman Going to Europe. South Coast Exhibit. Farmers’ Meetings
A meeting of the committee of the Berry Agricultural Association was held on Friday last. Present: Messrs Morton. (President) in the chair,…
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The Poultry Fanners' Co-operative Society, Limited, held their first sale of table birds in their new premises, Parker-street, Sydney, on the 6th inst…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Field. Breaking-in Farm Horses
Young farm horses and cart horses should be broken in to the collar when they arc about two and a half years older. a little older, and it is the general…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →State of the Sudney Market. From the Farmers' and Settlers' Co-operative Society. Sydney, Thursday, at 12 o'clock
Southern eggs Is 4d; prime maize 2s, 6d, very firm; potatoes £7 15s to £8; Stanleys £8 5s; Chaff 75s to 90s; bran and pollard 111/2d; onions £7 10s;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Field. the Orchard
[?] the fruit crop has not been [?] there has been consider[?] the season upon orchard [?]will now have to be paid…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farm and Field. a Co-Operatire Society and Canadian Wheat
A deputation from the Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society recently visited the United States and Canada to investigate the buying and growing of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farm and Field
When is Land too Good to be Tilled Under the above heading, this problem is answered in an article in the "Journal of the Department of Agriculture,"…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Profitable Poultry Farming
AFTER the proper housing and cleanliness of the poultry comes the question of feeding. To get "gas when prices are high is not…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Grading of Butter
The following correspondent regarding of butter has been handed to us for publication :ââMelbourne, 1st May, 1906.âColonel Pleasents…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm Improvements. a Model Dairy Yard and Bails
Mr Richard Shepherd has just had completed on his recently-acquired property at Bomaderry (known as Shipton'a farm) a new milking yard and hails, which is admitted by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm and Field. Farm Animals in the United States
A return of the numbers of farm animals in the United States on 1st January has been issued by the Department of, Agriculture, at Washington, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Cattle Breeding. Lecture by Mb. P. P. QUIRE [Under the auspices of the Berry Agricultural Association]
The question of breeding up the dairy berd is perhaps the upset vital question in dairying to-day. The question of the milk yield of a cow…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Selling Cattle
A curojus story is told in Blackwoodâs Magazine, which illustrates aptly how legal fictions came to play so important a part in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Jubilee of Butter Adulteration
The following is an extract from the London â'Times,â' published nearly fifty years ago. The article is headed âIrish v. Dutch (?)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Griding of Butter. Meeting of Protest at Lismore. Method Said to Be Valueless
In a special message to the âSunday [?] reported that [?] meeting was bell at Lismore on Saturday, attended by delegates…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Poultry Farmers’ New Premises
The Poultry Farmersâ Co-operative Society, Limited, held their first sale of table birds in their new premises, Parker-street, Sydney, on the 6th inst…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Blending of Butter
In giving evidence before the Butter Commission, Mr. J. W. Taverner (Agent-General for Victoria) advocated the stoppage of…
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