Farm Work by Contract
Mr. T. K. Dow, Victoria, writes: In view of the increasing difficulty in securing a supply of efficient farm labour, it is…
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Farming & the land, 1902
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London Butter Market
A CORRESPONDENT writes on Jan. 17 : The Danes, ever on the alort to check Australasian butter from increasing in favor, lowered their quotation a few weeks ago, to the surprise of everybody in this…
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AT Chicago on Nov. 7. forty-five Shorthorns bought by Mr. W. D. Flatt in England, sold at an average of £224 per head. Forty of these were females, and they realised about £210 each,…
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WHAT is usually known as "eye disease" has been very prevalent amongst cattle during this summer in several districts in New South Wales. The complaint has attacked working bullocks…
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A meeting of the provisional directors of the Orara Co-operative Dairy Co. was held at Coramba on February 26, all the Board being present, and…
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The price of butter has gone up with a run, though the winter has not nearly approached. Consumers have already to pay 1s 5d to 1s 6d per…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Man, the Maid, the Folly, and the Farm. (From the "Stock and Station Journal.")
It was after tea one night on Starvation Gully. "We had duffered out completely, and that long dreamed-of fortune seemed, somehow, to be as far…
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It will interest farmers to know that there is such a thing in the world as a wheat hospital. It exists in Canada, commands…
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FARMERS, and dairymen especially, should thank Mr. J. G. Kempaich for his pluck and enterprise in erecting that costly factory in Meclean. I feel sure he has laid out over £1000 of his cash…
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Mr. Thomas Blunt (says the Muswellbrook Chronicle) finished the ploughing of his 230 acre paddock immediately under the…
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THE official returns of the operations of the Bellinger Butter Co.'s factory at Raleigh for the month of February are of a very satisfactory character. During that period no…
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AT the Lawrence Police Court on Thursday an important oass regarding the sale of diseased cattle was decided. George Parnell was sued by James Hayward for the sum of £4 9s, being the amount…
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A N. ZEALAND farmer who recently returned from a trip to the Old Country saw while there a statement in the press that a farmer in Essex had a return for the year of £38 per cow…
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OUR Bowra correspondent, writes there was not a large attendance at the meeting held there last Saturday with the view of forming a Dairying Co. for the Nambucca River, but…
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A MEETING of the Association was held at Grafton on Tuesday. Present:--Messrs. G. H. Varley (President), D. Beatson, T. Henderson, J. T…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prospects of the Cattle Industry
"Koradji," writing in the "Queenslander" on this subject, says the prosperous times now are causing people to pay more attention to good living, and tend to increase the market for good…
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A meeting of delegates was held on Tuesday. Present—Messrs. G. H. Varley (president), D. Beatson (treasurer), J. T. M'Kittrick (Southampton), T. Henderson (Brushgrove), W…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maize Crops and Prices
Naturally the greatly diminished yield on the rivers will tend to harden prices for maize this season. Contrary to the experience of…
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Our farmers try to improve their dairy herd for milk production, butter fat, etc., and they must admit that the improved breeds of dairy…
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The Dungog branch of the Dairy Farmers' Union has instructed its delegate to urge thc following at the forthcoming conference—1. That the…
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