THE semi-tropical vegetation of our warmer months is now suspended ; but oats kitchen vegetables, &c, do well upon well drained and manured land. Frosts are common in July, and it is a good time for ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 354 wordsTHERE has been a great deal of talk about cotton paying, or not paying, the farmer to cultivate. Being only a small grower myself, and having other branches of industry to attend to, ...
Article : 468 wordsTHE following contribution appears in the Gladstone Observer, and we re-publish it because the writer gives an opinion on the subject of the fencing-in of sheep runs that is opposed ...
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Article : 150 wordsReading in last Saturday's paper that Mr. N. Knight, of Mount Hermitage, is surprised that I advocate drainage for the grape vine, and that I probably may consider low, damp land ...
Article : 478 wordsHUBERS'S consists of 13 frames—like slate frames— made of 1½-inch wood, both thickness and breadth; 14 inches high, and 12 inches broad (outside measure); 9 of them ...
Article : 295 wordsAMONGEST the many works sent us upon irrigation, the teachings of all tend in one direction -they show unmistakably the vast importance of water in perfecting crops during seasons ...
Article : 1,548 wordsSIR : I will be much obliged if through the aid of your journal I obtain such information as will enable me to make "corn flour," the article sold by grocers under that name. Yours, ...
Article : 695 wordsSIR : I am informed that this enemy of the cotton has come out pretty strongly in the neighborhood of Ipswich, and as a remedy is absolutely necessary to stay its ravages, I give ...
Article : 213 wordsWE very willingly give the following remarks upon the cultivation and use of the ground or pea-nut. The writer, "J.W.C.," has had many years' experience with this ...
Article : 684 wordsSIR : In the debate in the Legislative Assembly on the cotton bonus, Mr. Thompson, advocating a continuation of the bonus, said "their (Ipswich Cotton Company) first great ...
Article : 531 wordsI HAVE much more often sought to elicit useful hints upon the above than to give any myself ; bat the longer I live the more l am impressed with the necessity of growing ...
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The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939), Sat 3 Jul 1869, Page 10
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