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

Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1803

9 stories in Sydney's papers

Extract From the Report of the Society for bettering the Condition, and increasing the Comforts of the Poor. [From an Account of the superior Advantages of dibbling Wheat, or setting it by Hand]

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 March 1803 · page 2

In the year 1789, I prevailed with Mr. Joseph Morland, one of the best farmers in my neighbourhood, to try, on a small scale, the experiment of setting wheat by hand,…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Communication Respecting the Breed of Sheep in the Colony

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 March 1803 · page 3

CAPTAIN M'ARTHUR having requested the GOVERNOR to send Eight Fleeces, shorn, from among his Sheep, to En land, by His Majesty's Ship Buffalo. for the In[?]pect[?]on…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Practical Remarks on the Management of a Dairy. CHOICE of CATTLE for the PURPOSES of the DAIRY

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Sunday 23 October 1803 · page 1

Here a question arises which has never yet that I know of, undergone discussion. In cansequence of the idea having so long prevailed, that all the varieties of cattle were…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Practical Remarks on the Management of a Dairy. (Continued from our last)

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Sunday 30 October 1803 · page 3

I state these facts merely to show that the qualities of milk may vary greatly for certain oeconomical purposes, when that variation is not obviously indicated by its…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Practical Remarks on the Management of a Dairy. (Continued from our last.)

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Sunday 6 November 1803 · page 3

Of this nature I shall briefly bag leave to specify the following diversity that daily occurs among differe[?] varieties of cattle, without being sufficiently adverted to. Some…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Practical Remarks on the Management of a Dairy. (Continued from our last)

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Sunday 13 November 1803 · page 1

Let such person in the first place mature his plan in his own mind, without communicating his secret to any one, this is of the highest importance. His experiments must…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Practical Remarks on the Management of a Dairy. (Continued from our last) Kind of Food and M[?]de of [?]Ding Cows for the Dairy

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Sunday 20 November 1803 · page 2

Grass, such as springss o[?] aneously on found meadow land of a good quality, is in general deemed he best food for cons that are ke[?] for the purposes of the dairy. A meadow of…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Useful Instructions In the Choice of Seed. From "The Complete Farmer,"

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Sunday 27 November 1803 · page 2

"The choice of Sard intended to be sowed is an object of greater importamce of an many Farmer seem to imagine. It is not sufficient that the finest Grains be chosen for this…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Granaries. [From the Complete Farmer.]

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Sunday 18 December 1803 · page 4

"Common Granaries may, with proper care, be rendered far more useful than they at present are. The grand caution necessary to this is, to guard against the too great…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →