Russian Wheat Supplies
The Russian Government is considering the desirability of checking all speculation in wheat in order to prevent the supplies getting into a few hands…
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Farming & the land, 1891
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New Farming Implement
MR E. IOWALD, of Pokolbin, near Branxton, writes to point out to orchardists, vignerons and others the "Straw[?]uiger," machine for distributing…
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FORBES STOCK REPORT.—Friday evening, July 24.—Several showers of rain have fallen during the last few days, but not sufficient to make the roads any worse, and they will improve if we have…
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The usual quarterly meeting of the Committee of the above Society was held in the Morpeth School of Arts, on Friday evening. The President (Mr. J. J Kearney) occupied the chair, and the following members were in attendance: Messrs…
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Careful ploughing and thorough harrowing are a partial substitute for the liberal manuring in rich soil, as they fit the soil for absorbing the nitrogen of the atmosphere and the rainfall, and hasten…
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Too many farmers' wives are wearing out under the strain of mind and body. They say they cannot find time to visit, to read or to write, but if these same women would arrange their plans,…
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NARRABRI STOCK REPORT.—The weather for the past week has been fine, with cold nights, but the days have been warmer than for some time past. On Tuesday night a few showers fell, the local…
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The sales progress with good spirit and remarkable steadiness in the prices. It is hardly possible at least among Australian wools, to point to any change since the opening. As at the outset, so now…
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COONAMBLE STOCK REPORT.—Friday, July 31 Since our last the weather has been changeable and on Tuesday night about 20 points of rain fell The weather is now fine. The following are the…
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Yesterday the usual weekly sales in connection with the above Association were held in the sheds and yards adjoining the Church-street Railway Station. Mr. H. J. Marshall was the auctioneer,…
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The following aphorisms on maple sugar making may be of interest: The early runs make the best sugar. The sap from last year's growth is sweeter…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Assistance for the Farmers. French Labor Legislation. (By CABLE.) London
THE French Minister of the Interior has drafted bills providing for pensions for French workmen and granting Government loans at the rate of 5 per cent, to…
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COONAMBLE STOCK REPORT.—Friday.—During the week the weather has been very changeable, we being treated alternately to it warm, cold, and showery. Some smart showers fell at intervals on…
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This section, though all the pens on the ground were far from being filled, was in most respects a first-class one, and some magnificent sheep were placed…
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Perhaps the most important and indispensable requirements of a farmer or grazier are his horses and cattle; for one assists him beyond the more…
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The farming implements shown were as fine and useful a collection as could be found in the colony. Hodson Bros. Lasseter and Co., M'Lean Bros. and…
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The display in this section was in many respects very praiseworthy. In wheat, what was shown was of a very good class, but the exhibits were not so…
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The third series of public sales of colonial wool for this year, which begun on June 9, closed on July 7. In twenty-five days of sale a total of 333,000 bales has been disposed of. The daily…
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ADELAIDE, Sunday.—A cattle train from the north ran off the line at Blackfellows Creek on Friday night through the axle of one of the trucks…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Experimental Farm in Singleton. Department of Agriculture, Sydney, 13th August, 1891
Sir.—I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 7th instant, and to inform you that as yet the Minister has arrived at no decision with referance to the…
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