The Farmers Market
Mr. Percy Barber, announces that his next Farmers' Market Sale will take place as usual on Saturday April 1st. A MOST WONDERFUL BUILDING up of the…
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Farming & the land, 1899
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Educated Sheep Dogs
IN the Highlands of Scotland it has long been the standard rule with shepherds to keep two dogs, and occasionally a young "reserve." One…
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MET at the office this morning, Mr. F. D. Badgery was appointed chairman and treasurer of the stock board and chairman of the sheep board. No other business was transacted…
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MR. H. R. Carter, wheat broker Sydney and Melbourne reports as follows March 29th.;— Wheat is quite without quotable change viz.2s 9d ex Darling Harbour for standing…
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THE success of the Berry Central Factory in securing three first prizes and the championship of the Royal Agricultural Society's Show for butter is significant of the good…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →FARM & Garden. Original Articles. No. 77. The Birch (continued) -- The Lime General Description -- Varieties - The Com mon Lime -- Great Size -- Street Planting -- Leaves, Flowers, Timber -- Uses -- The Carver's Tree -- The Bark -- Propagation -- Honey Product -- The Horse Chestnut Uses -- Nuts -- The Bark -- As Ornaments -- Buds -- Flowers -- Propagation
The Birch is a native of bleak and in hospitable climates. The common birch is a graceful tree, and sends out a rather strong and very agreeable fragrance. When…
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AT the Royal Agricultural Show now [?] in Sydney there is a very creditable exhibit from the Wagga Experiment Farm, which has been prepared by the manager, Mr. G. M‘Keown…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Advantage of Wool Sorting
MR. WM. HILDER, of Mount Vale, Wee-jasper, has for the past few years been in the habit of sending his wool to market in a rough unsorted state, with the result…
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IT is now more than a year ago since I advocated a poultry farm as a ‘Little Industry’ by which a girl might learn to be independent, and relieve her father of…
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The government's assistance in the way of seed-wheat to distressed farmers is granted only to those in districts which have suffered from the prolonged drought…
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THE Government having decided to grant seed wheat to bona-fide cases of distressed farmers, we have obtained some particulars as to the system pursued in the distribution…
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OWING to the extent and disastrous character of the drought this year, a good deal of seed wheat is being distributed amongst poverty-stricken farmers by the…
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THE annual loss from smut in wheat and oats in this colony is enormous. Smut is a parasitic plant, the spores of which attach itself to the kernals of…
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As showing the capability of the Belalourka wheat to withstand drought, it is stated that a specimen grown by Mr. M. Percival, near Warwick, (Q),…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Board of Sheep Directors
A MEETING of the Board of Sheep Direction, Young, under the Diseases in Sheep Act, was held at the Stock Office, Young, on the 5th April. Present: Messrs…
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The probable value of the bale of wool for the currant season was estimated some time age as £10 17s. 3d ; at least, this was found to be the average of one…
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There is much speculative inquiry for merinos in the wool market, and a few lots have sold at advanced prices in anticipation of a rise at the May sales…
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No. 80. The Weeping Willow-- Appearance -- Uses-- Roots-- Charcoal -- Charcoal for Gunpowder-- Willow Plantations -- Cuttings-- The Mountain Ash-- Bark and…
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WE draw our readers' attention to the sale of sheep by Messrs. Stubbs and Co. which will take place on Saturday next The Good Hope sheep are so well known and so highly bred…
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MR. H. R. CARTER, wheat broker, Sydney and Melbourne, reports as follows April 13th:— Wheat continues steady and in fair demand locally at 2s 9d for good average…
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