The Grazier. Compound for Destroying Burrs in Wool
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 January 1870 · page 10
THIS is a compound patented by William H. Jubb, of Connecticut, United States. It is composed of the following ingredients:—Sulphuric acid, one hundred parts, by weight; refined saltpetre, two parts by,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Dairy Farms of Staffordshire
Sydney Mail · Saturday 29 January 1870 · page 8
DAIRYING, or cheese-farming, is carried on more or less in almost every part of Staffordshire. It is the mainstay of its fuming, except on the small extent of land which is too light for grass, and it is pursued…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Weather and Crops
Sydney Mail · Saturday 29 January 1870 · page 8
THE weather in the metropolitan district has been uninterruptedly fine during the past week, and though the sun has been, powerful there have been fine fresh breezes, which have…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Toe Farm, the City, and the Sea. Chapter V.
Sydney Mail · Saturday 29 January 1870 · page 11
NED SUMMERS was highly elated when his father returned home and gave an account of the interview with Captain Truck, but his mother and sister Polly looked very serious over it, and little Minnie remarked,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Self-help for Farmers and Fruitgrowers
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 January 1870 · page 8
THE precarious condition of the farmers and fruitgrowers in this colony makes some practical step on their part for selfpreservation needful. Exposure to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Business Habits in Farming
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 January 1870 · page 12
THE reason why tho knowledge and business habits of farmers are spoken lightly of is because their management is so slipshod. They do not mend the plough as soon as it is broken, but wait and take the most…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Farmers' Meeting at Orange
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 January 1870 · page 13
The farmers' meeting at Orange seems to have been very influentially attended, the earnestness and determination displayed giving evidence that they are fully alive to tho necessity of securing a better market and remuneration for their…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Facts for Farmers. LIME will destroy sorrel
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 January 1870 · page 21
A GOOD thing to raise: the mortgage from your farm. SELLING lean stock from a farm marks the poor farmer and keeps his farm poor. LOOK to your fences. Defence of the crops is often…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →The Renting of Farms in England and America. (From Bell's Messenger.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 January 1870 · page 6
IT is only necessary to visit the United States of America and witness the system of leasing land on shares, or for a money rental, to be convinced of the vast superiority of the English method; and not only…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pastoral
Sydney Mail · Saturday 5 February 1870 · page 8
IN its weekly stack report, the Dubbo Dispatch of the 28th ultimo has the following :— Since our report of last week, the weather has been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Weather, the Crops, Movements of Stock, Pastoral Matters, &C
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 February 1870 · page 5
The refreshing rains that have fallon copiously in the interior will have the effect of throwiug as cond spring into the exhausted vegetation, and there is, therefore, every prospect that feed will be abundant…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Agriculture. the Farming and Peasantry of the Continent
Sydney Mail · Saturday 5 February 1870 · page 6
[The following is a condensed report of the paper read by Mr. James Howard, M.P., at the meeting of the London Farmers' Club.] FRENCH FARMING…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Farm, the City, and the Sea. Chapter Vi
Sydney Mail · Saturday 5 February 1870 · page 11
ABOUT a week after Ned's departure from home, his father received a letter from Contain Truck, stating that he had spoken to the Captain of the Dashwater, a fine, first-class ship, on the berth for London; and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Facts for Farmers
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 February 1870 · page 16
YOUNG chickens are a protection to young plants in the garden. THE Prairie Farmer says a wash of sour buttermilk will kill lice on animals…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Weather, the Crops, Movements of Stock, Pastoral Matters, &c
Evening News · Monday 7 February 1870 · page 4
The refreshing rains that have fallen copiously in the interior will have the effect of throwing a second spring into the exhausted vegetation, and there is, therefore, every prospect that feed will be abundant…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Catarrh in Sheep
Evening News · Friday 11 February 1870 · page 4
Also in Empire
The following notes from the experience of a Barling Downs sheep-owner on reading Mr. Bruce's pamphlet on the above subject and contributed to the Brisbane Courier have a special interest for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Late Fire at Flood's Wool Stores
Empire · Friday 11 February 1870 · page 3
Also in Evening News
A meeting of persons interested in the wool destroyed by the recent fire at Flood's stores was yesterday held at the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Alexander Campbell was voted to the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Cotton and Tobacco Crop of America
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 February 1870 · page 6
THE Philadelphia correspondent of the Times states —The reports from the Southern cotton shipping perls continue to show that the receipts of cotton this year are much in excess of last year. From…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →