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Farming & the land, 1890

3,419 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 171

A Reference to Some Remarks (Pastoral) in the "Sydney Mail." to the Editor of the Sydney Mail

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 March 1890 · page 460

Sir,—In a recent issue you publish an article in which reference is strongly made about the necessity of providing fodder by meant of ensilage during good seasons to assist as through the bad. I gather from your remarks that you bold…

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The Conference on Rust in Wheat. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 March 1890 · page 12

The following delegates will represent the various colonies at the conference on rust in wheat, to be held in Melbourne probably the week after next:—New South Wales,…

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Farm and Garden. Glaced Fruit

Nepean Times · Saturday 1 March 1890 · page 7

The process of preserving fruits in a crystalised form originated in France, says an exchange, and consists in extracting the juice of fruit and substituting sugar syrup…

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Mr. Balfour and the Tenant-farmers of Ulster

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 1 March 1890 · page 6

The proceedings of last Wednesday in MR. Balfour's private chambers in the Lodge (says the Dublin NATION, Jan. 18) will not have the effect of increasing the popularity of that…

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Seasonable Farm Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 March 1890 · page 457

February rains have, in the case of this year, been so heavy that work on the farm was rendered almost impossible. The weeds have obtained great strength, and during the present month…

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Dairy Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 March 1890 · page 460

Mr. Henry Harding, of this colony, has been appointed manager of the South Australian travelling dairy, at a remuneration of £300 per annum. The appointment instead of being for a definite term is…

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The Home, the Farm, and The Orchard. Vegetable Development

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1890 · page 6

MR. CHARLES TUNKS and others interested in the cultivation of fruit are of opinion that the sap of a tree which is taken in by the roots and ascends to the…

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Notes for Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 March 1890 · page 23

PHENOL FOR FOUL BROOD.—S. J. Youngman, in the AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, wrote: I find that in the first stages foul brood may be easily eradicated by the use of absolute phenol, fed with diluted…

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A Farm Railway. (See illustration on this page.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 March 1890 · page 22

At the recent agricultural show in Windsor Park (England) there was exhibited a light railway for farm purposes. It is the invention of Herr Dolberg, of Bohemia, and is much employed in Austria and…

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A Successful Australian Farmer. MR. E. Gibson, of Dapto (N.s.w.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 March 1890 · page 22

Mr. Edward Gibson, of Sunny Bank, Dapto, Illawarra (N.S.W.), emigrated from Irvinstown, Fermanagh (Ireland), thirty-two years ago; he being then 21 years of age. He is the son of a small…

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Dairy Supervision

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 March 1890 · page 32

The Colonial Secretary received on February 21 a deputation representing the City and Suburban Dairymen's Association, which desired to point out certain amendments which were in its…

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Ostrich Farming

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 March 1890 · page 41

ADELAIDE, Monday.—The South Australian Ostrich Company, which has a large farm at Port Augusta, is carrying on its work with great success, and now possesses no fewer than 700 fine…

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Murrumbidgee Wheat Crop

The Australian Star · Monday 3 March 1890 · page 3

WAGGA WAGGA, Saturday.--An area of 63,145 acres under wheat in the Murrumbidgee district yielded 1,049,750 bushels, or 1662 bushels to the acre. The late heavy…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 March 1890 · page 7

At the Wellington lands office on Thursday 200 acres worn [?]olecte[?], 60 acres conditional purchase and, 150 acres conditional lease…

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Stud Sheep

The Australian Star · Monday 3 March 1890 · page 3

BOURKE, Saturday.--Two hundred and fifty-four stud hogget rains have passed through here consigned to Messrs. Hatten and Dean, of Yanda Station, situated some…

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Our Lands: Wheat or Sheep. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 March 1890 · page 5

Sir,—By your leader of to-day we are informed of the abundant wheat harvest. So far so good, and as a public educator you lead the people to be satisfied that after 100 years of occupation of some of the richest…

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Farming and Mining, and Protection. To the Editor

Evening News · Monday 3 March 1890 · page 3

Sir,—As the above are such, important industries in our midst, anything that will help or retard their development is of great importance to the country. As to farming, restrictionists here…

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The Baby Farming in Warsaw

Evening News · Monday 3 March 1890 · page 4

LONDON, March. 1.—The police have discovered that hundreds of infants have been murdered by the Warsaw baby farmers, and that the persons arrested had agents…

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Baby Farming in Warsaw. London, March 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 March 1890 · page 7

Further particulars in reference to the numerous cases of baby farming which have been brought to light in Warsaw show that the nefarious practice was…

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The Victorian Farmers and Protection. a Return to Freetrade Demanded. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 March 1890 · page 7

A meeting of the Farmers Protection Association held at Tallygaroopna on Saturday evening decided upon an entire change of programme. The president, Mr. Samuel Young, spoke for an hour and…

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