FARM and Dairy. Combating San Jose Scale on Fruit-trees
At the present time San Jose scale is being found in many orchards, and although advice as to the best treatment has been given repeatedly in the…
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Farming & the land, 1901
200 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 8 of 10
Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Pruning Fruit Trees
THE principal object of pruning fruit trees is to secure better fruit. Thinning out the head so [?] to lef in sun and [?] and to pursuit…
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Everybody knows that dairying is a solid paying industry, but some still cherish the idea that it is only profitable where the milking is done by the…
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"Killing.—The slaughterman turns the pig on to its back, taking care not to bruise it any way; he then stands over it with one foot on each side of its shoulder. His…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →FARM and Dairy. the Casino Cattle Country. (The Leader)
At Lismore, 73 miles from the Richmond River heads by river and 20 miles by road, is the central town of the extensive area of land taken up by selection for dairying on…
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At the local yards on Saturday last come 600 head of cattle were yarded and sold at highly satisfactory prices. We understand, however, that amongst…
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Mr. D. McFadyen, manager, informs us that the above prize is offered by the directors of the Farmers' Co-operative Co., Ltd., the following being the conditions of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Pruning Fruit Trees. (Continued.)
A SYSTEM of pruning which has received some favour is to cut back the young growth in late spring or early part of summer. In many…
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The Government Statistician. Mr. T. A. Coghlan, has completed his estimate of the area of land under cultivation, as well as the area of land under wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →FARM and Dairy. the Richmond "Big Scrub." The Leader
In visiting this northern river country by steamer from Sydney to Ballina, and thence up the Richmond, the big scrub country is seen first, but the way the writer went it…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →FARM and Dairy. the Milking Shorthorn
It is to be observed that in Great Britain increased attention is being paid to the milking herd of Shorthorn cattle. During the past three years, says a correspondent of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Producing New Varieties of Potatoes by Grafting
IT has been suggested for some years that new varieties of potatoes might be produced by grafting. A cultivator who has studied this matter for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FARM and Dairy. the Boy on the Farm
We often hear farmers complain that they cannot keep their sons on the farm. They drift away to the city or busy centres, attracted, their fathers say, by the chances…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Works in Agricultural and Pastoral District
Mr. O’Sullivan has decided not to carry out at the present time public works, other than railways already sanctioned, in agricultural and pastoral…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FARM and Dairy. Richmond River "Big Scrub." The Leader
Wherever a part of this big scrub country is cleared there is found everywhere, all over the cleared land, around the homesteads and along the roads, plants of the remarkable fodder…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Profit in Greeding Poultry
PROBABLY no breed of fowis attract more attention than the light Brahmas, whether in the poultry yard, or at the large poultry shows,…
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"Mr. Walter Macfarlane, of Kaiwara station, Amuri," a New Zealand correspondent writes, "has been carrying out an interesting gxperiment in sheep breeding, which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →FARM and Dairy. the Blackberry Pest
"At Whangarei we have found it exceedingly difficult to destroy them, and with the high rates of wages ruling, it is expensive. In ploughing them out there is…
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At the list meeting of.the Bowral Council the following letter was received from the Municipal Association :— “In reply to your latter of 30th…
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