The Dairy Maid's Fate
Ploughs are now made without handles, and the plough boy has only to sit above a pair of wheels and drive across the field to turn up the earth. The dairy maid will be…
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The farmer. Cooked Food
The loss of succulent food, said Professor Wallace in a lecture delivered at Newcastle, could be met by adopting the system, which has proved most successful…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The English Turnip Crop
For more than a century the turnip has held a leading place in British agriculture, but the margin of profit of late years has been reduced to so small a sum that farmers in the old country are…
Continued on Trove, page 1010 →Drawbacks to Dairying on the Richmond
Our Ballina correspondent writes on the 10th instant:—The dairymen at Alstonville (a settlement about 10 miles from Ballina) held a meeting about a week ago at which statements were made showing how great…
Continued on Trove, page 1011 →Dairy Notes
In general phrases the New York Dairymen's Association have issued a report as a basis upon which to build and elaborate the details of the dairyman's art in butter-making, from which we take the following:—It…
Continued on Trove, page 1011 →Notes for Farmers
BONE MILLS.—A machine with eight rollers will reduce 40 tons per day to ½inch dust, and requires 15horse power, and weighs 12 tons. A machine to reduce 20 tons per day to ½inch and dust requires 8…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Hints for Farmers
Kind treatment is an equivalent of food. The greatest enemy of agriculture is ignorance. If you would have your boys profit by your mistakes, don't repeat them…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →COMMERCIAL. Farm and General Produce
At the Darling Harbor Railway hay sales daring the week the supplies of forage continued good. Prime oaten hay sold well at satisfactory priced. On the wharvea Hunter River lucerne was in fair demand…
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At the Grafton Land Court on Saturday six applications for exemption from fencing where rivers, creeks or dense scrubs were considered as sufficient fence were granted. Ten applications…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pastoral and Agricultural
ALBURY, Saturday.-Stock movements: 384 crossbred fat ewes, from Stony Park to Homebnsh,Mr. H. Turner owner; 4000 mixed sheep, from Roetong, Victoria, to Tirana district. Messrs. Bradford and Bruell…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Albury
Stock movements: 384 crossbred fat ewes, from Stoney Park to Homebush, William Turner owner; 4000 mixed sheep, from Koetong (Vic.) to Urana district, Bradford and Mack; 1100 mixed sheep, from…
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The Mayor of Granville has sent the following letter to Mr. R. A. Ritchie, M.L.A. (one of the hon. members for Central Cumberland):- "Sir-On behalf of the Borough of Granville…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Dairymaid
"Where are you going to, my pretty said ?" "Off to the chemist's sir," she said. "What are yon going for my pretty maid ?" "Clements' CORNBANE, sir," she said…
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The weekly meeting of the council of the Agricultural Society was held at the society's office on Friday last. There were present Mr. F. B. Kyngdon (in the chair), Messrs…
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FORBES. Monday.-Messrs. W. S. Hudson and Co., of Forbes, report: We note an improved demand for store cattle; while local lots of fats are eagerly sought after. We sold this week on account Mr. W…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Seed Wheat Distribution
ALBURY, Monday.--There were only live applications received for seed wheat from this district, and only 300 of tbo 30,000 bushels of wheat the Government have undertaken to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Wagga Wagga
Seven thousand mixed sheep, John Matchett, sen, owner, Gundagai to Myall Creek, near Whitton; 12,500 wethers, just 4-tooth, J. Alston and Sons, owners, crossed yesterday Wagga bridge, travelling to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →That Sewerage Farm
A meeting, convened by the Mayor of Granville, "for the purpose of protesting against the resumption of land in Granville for a sewage farm," was held in the School of Arts, Granville…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Parramatta Sewage Farm. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—In yesterday's issue of your journal there appeared a letter from Mr. R. A. Ritchie, M.L.A., on the above subject. In this communication Mr. Ritchie asks, in reply to what he terms the high-flown…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Our Poor Farmers. and the Furniture Trade
IT would seem that the foreign exporter is determined to make the most of his opportunity whilst the port of New South ' Wales is free to the producer. Of late large…
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