Loans to Farmers
MELBOURNE, Friday.—The Treasurer to-day formally notified the commissioners of the Savings Bank to make small 5 per cent. loans to farmers, £1000 to be the maximum…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farming & the land, 1894
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Our Champion Mixed Farm
THE honour of winning the champion prize of 50 for mixed farms for the whole colony has fallen to Messrs. HayWood Brothers, of Oaklands, near Pambuls. The area of the farm is (says the…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →A Small Farm
THE following plan for utilizing a forty-acre farm to the best advantage is supplied to a contemporary, and will interest our readers in view of "Eleve's" contention in a similar direction in these columns:-…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →A Curious Mushroom Farm
ONE of the most curious farms in the world is the property of Scottish Mushroom Company of Edinburgh. This is a railway tunnel, 3300ft long and 24ft. wide, which has not been used for…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Sale of Farm
Messrs. J. G. Moms cud Co. report having sold, on account of the account, a farm at East Kangaloon containing on area of 40 acres freehold together with all improvement thereon ct £36 12s…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Farm Notes. Hints for Autumn. Pastures
MANY farmers are jubilant,, as they naturally should be, over the abundant rainfall of the last few weeks, and reports are daily to hand of an abundance of pasture and water for stock during…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Loans to Farmers. Melbourne
In pursuance of the decision of the Government to secure to the farmers small loans at a low rate of interest, the Treasurer wrote to-day to the commissioners of the Savings Bank, informing them of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Big Crops of Potatoes. Effect of Spraying and Hilling-up
"After my potatoes had been sprayed," writes an American farmer, "I noticed that they seemed to be greatly benefited by it, in fact they grew so fast as to completely hide the ground with their tops at…
Continued on Trove, page 372 →Race Meetings. Warwick Farm Racing Club. Saturday, February 17
The unsettled state of the weather to-day did not prevent a large gathering of metropolitan sportsmen at Warwick Farm, the special trains being well patronised, while the surrounding districts of…
Continued on Trove, page 400 →Dairy Notes
For month ending January 20 the Brooklet factory treated 22,027 gallons of milk. The total receipts were £266 11s 2d. After paying working expenses— £44 0s 5d, and contributing £18 17s lid to the…
Continued on Trove, page 373 →The Old 'Un's Note-book Newmarket and Cup. Warwick Farm Races. V.A.T.C. MEETING. Rosehill To-day. Latest Selections
Next Saturday the V.R.C. Autumn Meeting commeaces, when the Newmarket Handicap will be run, and betting over this event has been brisk during the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Loans to Farmers. The Victorian Scheme. Final Arrangements. MELBOURNE
The Treasurer, Mr. Carter, to-day sent an intimation to the commissioners of the Savings Banks to the effect that he will concur in the issue of loans of less than…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Parramatta Sewage Farm
IT is satisfactory to know that the Public Works Committee is in favour of the scheme suggested for the sewerage of Parramatta. An inspection of the locality proposed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Proposed Sewerage Farm. An Official Inspection. Public Works Committee in Parramatta. Opinions Differ. Granville on the Alert
On Tuesday afternoon the Parliamentary Works Committee visited Parramatta, for the purpose of making an official inspection of the site of the proposed sewerage farm. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pure Air for Dairy Cows
Dairymen frequently find that in some way the milk has become tainted with odors which injure the butter or cheese made from it, and are at a loss to understand how this occurred. It is quite…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Dairy Records
For the month of January at the Lower Manning Co-operative Dairy Factory the first payment by results gave general satisfaction to suppliers. 33,963½ gal of milk were treated, making 12,6781b of…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Duck Farming
There are several farms where duck breeding by artificial incubation is made a specialty and the principal business of the farm. Ducks are very easily hatched in the incubators, and are more…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Thirty Years' Reminiscences of Sydney—n.s.w. Chapter Vi. Capture and Trial of Frank Gardiner—The Country Recovering from the Protracted Drought—General Signs of Returning Prosperity— First Annual Sale of Thoroughbred Yearlings—sale of Merino Sheep
FRANK GARDNER, alias Christie, alias Clarke, was one of the worst characters the youth of this colony could have ever known. He was held in the same estimation for his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australian Meat and Butter
LONDON, Saturday Night.--The cargo of frozen meat and butter by the steamer Hornby Grange from Sydney has arrived in excellent condition. The factory butter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →How Wool is Classified
A fine wool is of the best class, such as would usually come from merino blood. It is used in braking the finest flannel cloth and dress goods, as cashmeres, coburgs, and delaines, worsted…
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