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  2. Australian Economic Plants.

    This tree may be said to be of historical interest, for its timber was called into requisition early in the history of Australian colonisation, and was beginning to get scarce immediately round the ...

    Article : 1,795 words
  3. Trial of Reapers and Binders.

    Our Mudgee correspondent writes on November 15: The field trial announced to take place of reapers and binders, under the auspices of the Mudgee Agricultural Society, came off on Mr. Hugh Caughey's farm, at ...

    Article : 256 words
  4. Agricultural Societies.

    A council meeting of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales was held on the 14th instant. There were present—Hon. R. H. Roberts (in the chair). Messrs. A. Bruce, G. S. Yeo, R. Baldwin, F. B. Kyngdon, ...

    Article : 222 words
  5. Australian Oranges in London.

    Mr. C. B. Cairnes, of Parramatta, has received word in reference to another successful experimental shipment of oranges to London. One case of fruit was sent by the Arcadia, on account of ...

    Article : 87 words
  6. Breeders' Facts.

    Mr. E. D. E. van W[?]nen, the secretary of the National Sheepbreeders' Association, informs us that he has received advice from New York on the shipments for this colony of three choice lots of sheep from the ...

    Article : 142 words
  7. Forestry.

    Mr. Eduie Brown, the Director-General of Forests, has returned from his visit to the Tenterfield district, where he visited the Scrub Forest Reserve, an area of 14,000 acres. The ...

    Article : 459 words
  8. The Apiary.

    "Mel" writes:—"Some apiarists make no provision whatever for their bees, but trust entirely to their finding food in any vagrant way. The bees, therefore, enter into competition with our native birds, insects, and ...

    Article : 849 words
  9. Shearing Notes.

    Our Albury correspondent writes on November 16:—The shearing still drags its slaw length along and, though about over on the stations in the immediate neighbourhood of Albury, will not be finished up the ...

    Article : 439 words
  10. A Good Character for the White Tuscan.

    Of five varieties of wheat received by Mr. G. S. Yeo, of Mulgrave Stud Farm, near Windsor, from the Department of Agriculture last April, the White Tuscan is a long way in front. There were sown ...

    Article : 169 words
  11. Dairy Notes.

    A shipment of chilled and frozen baiter from Melbourne was made by the R.M.S. Orient on Saturday. The shipment consists of 102 tons, and includes 3080 packages of chilled butter, the remainder being frozen. ...

    Article : 524 words
  12. Tobacco Plantations at Tumut.

    The tobacco plantations in the Tumut district were recently inspected, through the courtesy of the Mayor of the town, by the botanist to the Department of Agriculture, Mr. F. Turner, ...

    Article : 405 words
  13. The Privileges of Farm Life.

    Why do the boys leave the farm? is a question much more frequently asked in America than here. There is, however, much of what may be described as farm desertion done in this colony. ...

    Article : 400 words
  14. Preserving Fruit.

    The Victorian expert (Mr. West), in his last report on American farming, says:—"Last season New York imported 140,006 barrels of grapes, weighing 401b. to 451b. net, from Spain. They are invariably of the ...

    Article : 850 words
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