A Plea for the Farmers
THE most serious rock ahead in this colony is the difficulty found in including people to settle on the soil. Every thoughtful politician feels this, and the last twenty-six years of our…
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2,366 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 119
Alleged Murder Of a Farmer at Listowel
London, Feb. 1.-The Tory papers report that a farmer who went into occupation of a farm at Listowel from which the previous tenant had been evicted was murdered yesterday in the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Farm Produce
Stewards: W. Bragg and W. Lovegrove. Judges: W. F Martin, Myles M'Crae, W. C. Robinson, P. R. Larkin Valentine Heaton, Andrew Farnsworth, Jacob Knight, John See, M.L.A., M. Boylson, P…
Continued on Trove, page 233 →Dairy Produce
Stewards: William Elliott, A. L. Kelson, D. Garrord, W. J. Vance; judges: James Kidman, John Melliday, J. E. Vance, B. Foley, W. H. Harding, John See, M.L.A., S. H. Hyam, T. W. Craven. Dairy…
Continued on Trove, page 232 →The Working Dairy
Judges: Professor Ivey, M.R.A.C.; Professor Pudney M.R.A.C.; J. L. Thompson, Professor Lowrie, J. Lindsay, M. Murphy, W. E. Ash. The dairy started in full operation on the 25th ultimo,…
Continued on Trove, page 231 →Clarence and North Coast Farmers' Association. Grafton
The ninth half-yearly meeting of the Clarence and North Coast Farmers' Association was held to-day in the Theatre Royal. Mr. G. Bailey, chairman of the board, presided, and about 70 shareholders were present. The…
Continued on Trove, page 230 →Notes for Farmers
LAND MANURING IN AMERICA— At a meeting of the New York State Agricultural Society the following conclusions as to the best mode of applying manures were adopted as the sense of the meeting:…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Dairying in Denmark and Prussia
As illustrative of the extremely systematic manner in which the Central Dairy factories in Denmark and Prussia are worked, the following particulars of the form of contract entered into between the dairy…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →The Grazier. "Shepherds, flooks, and flow'ry plains."-POPE. Ostriches and Ostrich-farming in Australia
This is the title of a pamphlet published by Mr. Thos. Williams, manager of the South Australian Ostrich Co., limited. Mr. Williams gives a great deal of valuable and interesting information upon…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Sydney. Farm Machinery and Implements
The first prize for dam weather strippers was taken by the "Standard," manufactured by Messrs. James Martin and Co., Limited, Gawler, South Australia, Many points of excellence were apparent in…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Commercial. English Wool Market
We have received the latest published circular of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, which contains an extensive review of the English wool market. The circular (which is dated December 28)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The American Wool Duty
MELBOURNE, This Day.--The AROUS to-day points out the importance to Australia of agitating in the United States for a reduction of die tariff on our great staple…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wool Sales. London
At the woolsales to-day 12,500 bales were offered. The market has a hardening tendency…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Milling Invention. Machine for Extracting Black Oats From Wheat
MR. WALTER J. CAMPBELL has writen to the Minister for Mines, calling attention to a small machine that was on view at the recent Agricultural Show, exhibited…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat and Flour Afloat. (The "Australian Star" is the only dally newspaper in Sydney which receives Reuter's Cables.) LONDON
The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,410,000 quarters, being an increase of 59,000 quarters on the return of last week. For the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Queensland Farmers' Cry
BRISBANE, This Day.--Mr. Kates, member of the Queensland Parliament for one of the Darling Downs constituencies, urges the Allora farmers to make Protection and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Agricultural and Pastoral
Our Molong correspondent wires "Although the harvest baa been a failure for the majority of the farmers in the district, there are one or two exceptions. E. Windus, of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Bourke
A mob of Savannah store cattle are now on the common; 5000 store ewes, purchased by Kennedy, and Irving, are now being lifted on Warramena; 13,000 ewes are travelling up the river to Narrabri, P. Hann owner; 9000 2…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Arrangement of Sewage Farm and Outfall Works
The various volumes requiring to be utilised and purified having been described, the best mode of applying the sewage to the land, alter it has been strained, will consist in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wool Sales
LONDON, Monday night.—At the wool sales to-day 10,800 bales were sold. The market was in favor of the sellers…
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