The present favorable weather is giving the farmers an opportunity of proceeding with their harvest work, for it was not until a few days ago that they wore enabled to do anything in ...
Article : 464 wordsThe weather has set in warm in earnest, and most of our farmers have got their crops in stacks, and await the coming of the thresher, while others have got their threshing over, and ...
Article : 574 wordsThe Eastern Province Herald publishes the following account of a visit by one of its staff to Messrs. Hough and Meintjes' ostrich farm at the foot of the mountains:—It is probable ...
Article : 884 wordsThis remarkable animal, which the above engraving gives a correct representation of, said to be one of the finest heifers ever exhibited, was bred by Messrs. Robertson Bros., Colac, ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 470 wordsSIR,—A leading article having appeared in The Age of Wednesday, 12th inst., upon the subject of daily markets, I, as secretary of the Market Gardener's Association, have been ...
Article : 493 wordsSIR,—I noticed in your Parliamentary report of last week that several members of the Assembly were of opinion that the Minister of Lands should exercise his own discretion as to who ...
Article : 252 wordsSIR,—I notice in yours of 1st January that the system of feeding silkworms on the leaves of the Osago Orange has been claimed as a novel discovery by some breeders of this colony. Now, ...
Article : 228 wordsIt is not often that I take the trouble of reporting the action of the police, because they oftentimes make mountains out of mole-hills. But the perseverance of Constable Considine, ...
Article : 447 wordsSIR,—I often notice in your gardening articles repeated recommendations about the virtues of well-rotted stable manure. I have a small garden, and would gladly follow your prescription, but I ...
Article : 207 wordsSIR—When reaping the wheat in this district (Swawater and Sutherland Plains) we came upon large patches of ripe corn ready for the sickle before other portions of the paddocks. ...
Article : 140 wordsThe following report on Mr. Mechi's farm at Tiptree Hall will be road with interest on account of its impartiality, if for no other reason. It was read at a meeting of the Midland Farmers' ...
Article : 629 wordsSIR,—Being an old subscriber, I often see some valuable recipes in The Leader. Can you tell me how to bring colonial (dark) wine that has turned sour to its proper state ? When first I got it it ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 153 wordsSIR,—Every year large quantities of grass seeds are destroyed or partially injured after being harvested and threshed through their "heating," either upon the floor or in the sacks. This, I ...
Article : 250 wordsSIR,—From my experience of the politics and management of The Leader, I am under the impression that you desire to report the truth, I venture to address you on the subject of the ...
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Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918, 1935), Sat 22 Jan 1876, Page 8
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