It will appear to all a singular, and to many an incredible, statement when made, that on the North-West Coast of Tasmania, with harvest operations in full swing, an ...
Article : 3,462 wordsA botanical authority tells how to select good oats. These, he says, are clean, hard, dry, sweet; heavy, plump, full of flour, rather like shot, and have a metallic lustre. ...
Article : 173 wordsThe loner expected and at one time much-desired rain came at last most inopportunely. It was too late for the main crop of potatoes and too soon for the grain, the major portion of ...
Article : 140 wordsThe soft varieties of winter wheat usually make the whitest flour; there are exceptions where the order is reversed; as for instance, Mediterranean, which is hard ...
Article : 283 wordsThe rain, which began on Thursday, Feb. 13, and continued till Saturday morning, although beneficial to the root crops, has caused damage in many places to the crops ...
Article : 112 wordsThe tallow market is declining. Best Australian mutton is quoted at 25s, and beef at 23d 6d per cwt, being, a decline of 6d in each case. ...
Article : 255 wordsIn the Deloraine district the root crops have gone oft sadly, and turnips have been a failure so far. The potatoes are shrivelled by the ...
Article : 90 wordsProfessor Brown, of the Longerenong Agricultural College, in passing through Adelaide last week on his way to Western Australia favoured the Observer with the ...
Article : 1,295 wordsThe exceedingly heavy rains of Friday and Saturday are said to have done considerable damage among the ripe crops, both cut and uncut, in the surrounding districts, and it ...
Article : 72 wordsProfessor J. P. Roberts, of the Connell Experimental Station, United Stakes, writes:—As I have made a careful study of farm manures and their preservation from ...
Article : 721 wordsThreshing has now commenced. Oats are turning out well, but wheat will hardly pay for cutting through the rust. Heavy rain set in on Friday and lasted all night. ...
Article : 36 wordsSince I wrote last we have been blessed with a regular downpour of rain, which has made the hearts of the farmers and of those who have gardens rejoice, but it has done some damage, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,835 wordsCrops are certainly not vary good, but compare very favourably with the rest of Tasmania, the linseed grown by Mr T. Sydes being the finest ever grown in the district. ...
Article : 33 wordsAn interesting case of a soil of almost pure sand is under consideration at the present time in the State of Michigan. A large portion of the lands in the north half ...
Article : 375 wordsHarvest is nearly finished, the wheat crop being almost a total failure. We have had a slight shower, but now the weather is dry as ever. ...
Article : 37 wordsOn Thursday, Feb. 13, about seven o'clock, it commenced raining, and continued until Saturday evening, putting a stop to all farming operations. I expect the grain that is cut will ...
Article : 302 wordsOur travelling reporter writing on Feb. 16 says:—In the Scottsdale district the harvest is in cull swing, but like other places rust has affected the grain to a very great degree. ...
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The Tasmanian (Launceston, Tas. : 1881 - 1895), Sat 22 Feb 1890, Page 10
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