Farm & Garden
It is said that caterpillars and other pests of trees and shrubbery may be destroyed by boiling the stems and leaves of tamato plants and pouring the liquid upon the afflicted…
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Farming & the land, 1889
62 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 1 of 4
Cattle and Sheep
RATES for conveyance of cattle (at per truck) Homebush are as follows:—From Goulburn, £4 4s; Maralan, £3 10s 8d; Moss Vale, £2 12s; Bowral £2 8s; Mittagong, £2 6s; Picton, £1 10s…
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It is a good thing to have cattle without horns, why grow the horns at all? For many years my father never raised a calf that had horns. The operation of removing them…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FARM & GARDEN. Summer pruning
Heavy summer pruning, or looping off leaves and branches after a good growth has been made always checks more or less the vigor of the plant, and if the rubbing off of the…
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RATES for conveyance of cattle (at per truck) Homebush are as follows:—From Goulburn, £4 4s; Marulan, £3 10s 8d; Moss Vale, £2 12s; Bowral £2 8s; Mittagong, £2 6s; Pieton, £1 10s…
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One part coarse salt, two of lime, and two of good wood ashes mixed thoroughly together makes one of the very best mixtures to apply around fruit trees in the…
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RATES for conceyance of catle (at per truck) Homebush are as follows:—From Goulburn,£44s; Marulan,£3 10s 8d; Moss Vale,£2 12s; Bowral £2 8s; Mittagong,£2 6s; picton,£1 10s…
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RATES for conveyance of cattle (at per truck) Homebush are as follows:—From Goulburn, £4 4s; Marulan, £3 10s 8d; Moss Vale, £2 12s; Bowral £2 8s; Mittagong, £2 6s; Pieton, £1 10s…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Supposition. 4 Suthin' in the pastoral line.' Lowell
He had been trying all the winter thorugh To speak the fateful words; and well she knew He had been trying-but what could she do! Most maidenly of little maids was she,…
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The Home and Farm gives the following novel method of making cabbag head; it says that when the plants are about eight inches high and have formed woody stalks, make…
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RATES for conveyance of cuttle (at per truck) Homebush are as follows:—From Goulburn, £4 4s; Marulan, £3 10s, 8d; Moss Vale, £2 12s; Bowral £2 8; Mittagong, £2 6s; Picton, £1 10s…
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RATES for conveyance of cattle (at per truck) Homebush are as follows:—From Goulburn, £4s; Marulan, £3 10s 8d; Moss Vale, £2 12s; Bowral £2 8s; Mittagong, £2 6s; Picton, £1 10s…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →FARM & GARDEN. Experience With Incubators
A correspondent at Niles, Cal., writes as follows: As the season of incubation work is now approaching, I enclose some of the results of the past season's work. In a room…
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RATES for conveyance of cattle (at per truck) Homebush are as follows:—From Goulburn, £4 4s; Marulan, £3 10s 8d; Moss Vale, £2 12s; Bowral £2 8s; Mittagong, £2 6s; Picton, £1 10s…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →FARM & GARDEN. Lameness in Horses
Probably the most frequent cause of lameness in horses is caused by contraction of the hoof or feet, and this is caused by neglect either in shoeing or caring for the feet…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FARM & GARDEN. The Quince. Some Valuable Information About a Little-cultivated Fruit
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 mannual on the propagation and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Gerringong Dairy Company
The first half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Gerringong Dairy Company, Limited, was held in the company's office last Monday. The chairman of the board of directors, Mr. Georage John…
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WE received the following telegram from the South Coast and West Camden Co-operative Company Ltd., on Monday afternoon:—"Butter advanced to one and ninepence,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →FARM & GARDEN. Hints about Horses
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…
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Judges—Messrs. W. Mills and T. P. Galbraith Pen of 4 fat sheep, wethers, Cross-bred. First prize, 20s; second 10s.—Badgery Bros., Sutton Forest, 1; T. Ferguson, Wingelio, 2; 2 entries…
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