Motto Farm Pony Races
Following were the results, of these races, which took place on Saturday:— Opening HANDICAP, 4½ furlongs.—Musidora 1, Guelder Rose II 2 Five started…
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Farming & the land, 1892
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Branding Sheep and Bales
SERIOUS damage is done to wool by branding the sheep with print or tar. Lamp black or raddle mixed with oil are recommended in preference. By…
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J. J. DODD reports having sold on Tuesday last:—180lbs butter, 8d to 1s 1d per lb; 117 doz. eggs; 4d to 7 1/2 per doz.; 148lbs bacon, 4 1/2d to 5 1/2d…
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THE Murrurundi Sheep District Pastures and Stock Board held a meeting on Tuesday, 13th inst. Minutes of previous meeting were…
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Every wise farmer whether engaged in dairying or in the production of beef should be familiar with the best methods of rearing calves at the least expense with the best possible results. A woman…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Farm and Garden. Repotting Plants
Plants that have grown vigorously through the winter and are to be kept in pots during the summer will need repotting to larger pots. The shift should be made into a pot only one to two…
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Messrs. J. H. Geddes & Co report that the opening sales of the season will be held on Monday next the 26th inst., when the new woll sale room of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden. the Russian Sunflower
Of the sunflower of Russia a traveller says: There is hardly another plant is the world which serves so many uses, erery part of it being valuable for one parpose or another…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fowls for the Farm
A correspondent, writing to an exchange, says:—There are a number of breeds of fowls that are especially adapted to the farm. As a rule farmers want fowls that combine…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farmer's Story of Manktelow's Conduct
Mr Heath, the owner of the farm on which the man Manktelow was engaged, says he first came to the farm on July 28, to, speak to his two brothers, who were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Prospects of the Wool Season
For the wool season, beginning on Saturday, says the Herald, the prospects are not more than ordinarily bright. The number of sheep shorn will be larger than last year. The official estimate of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Wool Sales
Owing to a large selection of inferior and sccond-class qualities, the London wool sales are slow, and lots are occasionally quitted in the buyer's…
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Messrs. Jacomb, 61, Moorgate-street, report under date of Aug. 24:—Since the close of auctions here on the 14th ultimo this market for colonial wool has borne a very…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Wool Market. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Tuesday morning
Messrs. Goldsbrongh, Mort, and Co. report:— We held the opening auction of the season at the new sale room of the Wool-selling Brokers Association yesterday. There was a large and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →H. R. Farmers Association
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. J. Hi Brunker was the auctioneer,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Opening Wool Sales
THE wool sales of the season were begun on Monday in the new sales[?] of the Sydney Woolselling Brokers' Association. There was a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farm and Garden. Care and Food for Fowls
A writer in the National Stockman says that in keeping fowls in health and profit when confined in yards it is necessary to observe certain methods of treatment…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Sales
J. H. Geddes and Co. (the Pastoral Finance Association Limited) held then opening sale of the season on Thursday, when a fairly representative…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Correspondence. Surplus Stock, and Fall in Wool. (To the Editor of the Scone Advocate.)
SIR.—Now that the wool sales have opened with a fall of fifteen per cent, and store sheep are unsalable the necessity of dealing with our surplus…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Surplus Stock and the Fall in Wool. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—Now that the wool sales have opened with a fall of fifteen per cent, and store sheep are unsaleable, the necessity of dealing with our surplus stock promptly has become imperative if the…
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