Grafton Experimental Farm
The announcement that the Minister for Agriculture has approved of a scheme to extend operations at the Grafton Experimental Farm will be received with…
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Farming & the land, 1909
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A Gamble in Wheat
LONDON, Tuesday.—Mr. Patten, the New York wheat speculator, who lately netted £750,000 in wheat deals, made profits yesterday to the extent of…
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A special meeting of the above was held in the Harwood Water Brigade Hall on Thursday night, the President, Mr. J. P. Maher, being in the chair,…
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At the Sydney Show the awards for butter were as follow: Butter unsalted, manufactured for export—Dalby (Q.), 97pts 1; Kyogle…
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At the Royal Agricultural Society's Show last week, Messrs. Matthews and Young, of the famous Raleigh Estate, secured two first prizes, three…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gambling in Wheat. Speculator Makes £1,000,000
Great excitement has been cansed in America by gambling in wheat. On the Chicago market wheat rose to over 10s per bushel. The 41b…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Dairy. Hints to Dairy Farmers
Mr. F. T. Matthews, a successful dairy farmer, who owns a large estate on the Bellinger River, gives the advice to those who want to go in for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Grade Dairy Cattle
Dairy bull, any age: D. O'Keefe's Monarch, 1; W. Buchanan's Newington, 2; John Nelson's Royal George, 3. Cow, 4yrs old and over, in milk:…
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A cattle expert from Queensland, Mr William Charles, expressed the opinion that "the finest dairy cattle in Australia are in New South Wales. I'll tell…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Pens of Dairy Cattle (Any Breed)
Pen (3 head) cows, in milk: M'Intosh Bros.' Jinnie, Vestre, and Narellan, 1; T. W. Boardman's Olga, Princess, and Florrie, 2; P. H. Morton…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Royal Butter Fa[?]
For cow (any breed) giv[?] butter fat results in thre [?] under Babcock test, and [?] been the property of [?]…
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[?] ox (Durnham), any age: W. [?] 1 and ch.; N.S.W. Mortgage, and Agency Co., Ltd., 2. [?] cow (Durnham), any ago:…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Sheep Exhibits
This year the sheep exhibits numbered about 130, and, being housed in a shed, removed from the influence of the main arteries of traffic, did not…
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The exhibits wre taken from he bulk on the oor of the entrats' agent, two boxes every month [?] June 1, 1908, to March, 1909,…
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There were 37 entries, and all the hibits, with the exception of six cured first-class points in flav[?] Manufacturing, defects, however,…
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Special prize, best box of butter, not less an 56lb., opened on the first day of the show (Tuesday, April 6), but not udged till the fourth day of the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Aboard a Cattle Boat
I shovelled coal on a "Geordie" tramp steamer, and worked as a deck hand on Western ocean liners (writes a correspondent of a contemporary). As stoker and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland Butter. the Value of Grading
The prominence gained by the Queensland butter in the dairy section at the Royal Show has aroused considerable comment amongst dairymen and others interested in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Champion Bag of Wheat
The champion prize for the best bag of wheat exhibited went to a sample of Bobs grown by Mr. W. H. Thibault in the Tamworth distirct. This also…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Milk and Butter [?] New Milk Record by [?]
In the milk and butter [?] frist honors rested again with Mr. [?] lock's cow Success, which [?] last year. Success gave during [?] day,…
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