Birds Drop Dead. Maize Crops Destroyed
ARMIDALE, Monday.—The weather is hot and dry. Yesterday the temperature was 96deg in the shade. Last week was a record for heat in Armidale, and both night and day the…
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A Good Dairy Cow
A good dairy cow will be wedge-shaped horizontally and vertically, have wide hips, big stomach, large udder, be spare, rough and inclined to be thin…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Maize Crops Destroyed. Lismore
The extreme heat has killed a large area of maize crops…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Farmer in London
The other day a farmer went to London town. At Mariborough- street, subsequently, George Phelps, 21, porter, Great White Lionstreet, Seven Dials, and Albert Crowther, 30…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Heat Wave. Phenomenal Temperatures. Heavy Mortality on the Northern Rivers. Fifteen Deaths Recorded. Loss of Crops Feared
"Although the temperatures may scorn high, they are only what can be expected for this time of the year," said Mr. Russell last evening. "The heat on Sunday was very great in the…
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BINGARA, Monday.--A tremendous heat wave has just passed over this district. It commenced on Christmas Day. and has continued every day but one since. The register on Thursday showed…
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The agitation at North Sydney for the discontinuance of the practice of letting the right to dairymen and others to depasture cattle in the public parks of the borough appears to have…
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A series of questions and answers is published in the "Rural New Yorker" in very characteristic style. The writer says that a Connecticut reader has asked the following questions :—…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A Dairy Expert Abroad. Butter-making in Denmark. Dr. Koch's Laboratory
ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--Mr. G. S. Thomson, dairy expert, who returned to Adelaide on Monday, after spending eight months in European countries, interviewed to-day, said that for dairy…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Country News. Agricultural and Pastoral. Corowa
The rain, which is general in the district, will have a beneficial effect on grass, orchards, and [?]yards, COOLAMON, Tuesday. This afternoon a record dust storm was experienced…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Breachley, Published by Arrangement with T. Fisher Unwin. Black Sheep Chapter Xvi—"a Dreadful Muddle."
"Oh, Will, it was dreadful—really dreadful! When they carried you up on the verandah. all smothered in blood, I felt that I must false although I heard some one say…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Inverell Maize Crop
Mr. Jones, M.L.A., who has just returned from a visit to his electorate, Invereli, reports that the maize crop, which was expected to be phenominally heavy, has been materially effected by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairying Methods. Opinions of an Expert
Mr. G. S. Thomson, Government dairy expert, has just returned to the State after nine months absence in Great Britain, Denmark, and Sweden, where he has been inquiring into dairying methods,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Farmer. Increasing Food Supplies
A very practical paper on the subject of increasing the feed on pasture land was read by Mr. Lock, a South Australian farmer, at a branch of the Agricultural Bureau. In some parts…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Visiting Boer Farmers. by Lana. Trip to the Hawkesbury
On the last day of the year 1902 the Agricultural Department invited the Boer delegates to make a trip to the Hawkesbury River. but only Movers. W. L. Jooste and H. T. Rood were able…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →DAIRY. Sorghum Poisoning
Several disastrous cases of poisoning with Kaffir com have led to investigations by scientists in Americs. The symptoms following poisoning with this variety of sorghum are similar to those noted in this…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Anticipations. Warwick Farm Races
Though only five events appear on the Warwick Farm Racing Club's programme for Saturday next, the nominations received for all events have filled well, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sportsmen of the Past. William Forrester. Of Warwick Farm. LXXXIII
The Hawkesbury district of New South Wales has been famous sine the Foundation of the Australia and in nothing more famous than its type of sportsman…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maize Crop. Maclean
It is anticipated that since the heat wave on the Clarence the maize output will met exceed 75,000 bags, or about three- fifths of the normal crop…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sugar Fields Aflame. Farmer Burnt to Death. LISMORE
A destructive fire occurred at Seven Creek yesterday, when 150 acres of sugarcane, belonging to Messrs. Jarrett and Fyfe, were burnt. In some instances the residents had…
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