The Farmer
WE have heard good deal lately of the heavy fleeces out by the American marine sheep, but the following extract puts a somewhat different complexion upon those…
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Farming & the land, 1884
280 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 14
Pastoral News, Stock Movements and Markets
BREWARRINA WEATHER REPORT.—Friday evening, April 4.—The past week has been mil[?]er than its predecessor, with a few indications of rain, a few drops of which actually fell before daybreak to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Future Wheat Region
THE great wheat region of the future lies partly in Oregon, partly in Washington, and partly in Idaho. It begins to close under the Blue Mountains. includes the Umatilla…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Poetry. Across the Wheat
The wheat was flowing ankle deop Across the field from side to side; And dipping in the emerald waves, The swallows flew in circles wide…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Farmer. Transplanting Trees
A WRITER in Form and Fireside, in his dircetions respecting the treatment of trees before their removal states as follows. "A tree in full leaf may be compared to a…
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NARRABRI STOCK REPORT.—April 11, 1884.— Our weather report for the past week, we are sorry to say, must be again a repetition of those previously penned for the past six months. No rain, nor any…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wool Sales System in London. (Australasian.)
Telegrams have been received from London announcing that the second series of colonial wool sales will open on the 29th inst. The quantity of new arrivals is not limited, and…
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WAGGA STOCK REPORT.—April 11.—The following movements have been reported:—April 8, 1000 ewes (H. Waugh's, Grong Grong), travelling from Marrar to Berembed, P. L. Cummins in charge,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australian and South American Wool. (Australasian, April 12.)
In last week's review we reproduced a table published in Antwerp, in which the quantities of clean scoured wool produced in Australasia, South Africa, and the River Plate were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Feed for Sheep
SHEEP are so fond of succulent food, says Prof. Sanborn in the Michigan Farmer, that they will pick over large fields, in open winter, trying to find it. They Buffer when kept…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wool Market
Messrs. Jacomb, Son, and Co. reported on March 5, 1884:—The colonial wool sales, which opened on Feb. 12, are in progress and will close on the 15th instant. There is a…
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IN addition to Russia, India, and Australasia, the Argentine Republic is likely to prove a formidable rival of ours in the wheat markets of the world, according to the opinion of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Diseases in Sheep Act
Mr. Brunker asked the Minister for Mines in his place in the Assembly on Thursday last the following questions:—(1) The total amount of contributions paid to the Government by stockowners under…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hunter River Farmers' Association
The usual weekly sale of farm produce, the proof members of the Association was held by [?] Brunker and Wolfe yesterday near the [?]-street railway station. There was a good…
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BREWARRINA WEATHER REPORT.—Friday evening April 18.—Further promising indications during the week have resulted in disappointment. On Tuesday night it was generally cloudy and a few…
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WALG[?]TT WEATHER REPORT.—On Friday morning, the sky became cloudy and five points of rain fell about 7 a.m The appearance of rain continued and at five o'clock on Saturday afternoon one of the…
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MANY colonists are apt to think that Australia and New-Zealand are the greatest wool-growing and sheep breeding countries on the face of the earth…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunter River Farmers' Association
The committee of the above Association held their monthly meeting in Mr. A. Tulip's long room, Morpeth, on Friday evening last. Notwithstanding the dark night and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmer John
"If I'd nothing to do," said farmer John, "To fret and bother me— Were I but rid of this mountain of work, What a good man I could be I…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer. Distribution of Fat in the Bodies of Animals. in Three Parts.- Part I.
THERE are two distinet and separate ways of looking at the familiar fact of the deposition of fat in the animal body. We may conceive that the fatty matters centained ready formed…
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