Mummy Wheat
A repent number of the London Spectator has an article on " Mummy Wheat" discussing the question whether the grains found with mummies in Egypt can be expected to germinate…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1894
430 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 21 of 22
Diseases in Sheep Acts
A proclamation has been gazetted fixing the annual contribution for the Disease in Sheep Acts at 7s per 1000 sheep Fornext year…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Live Cattle Trade with England
On Monday a meeting of the Live Stock Export Association Committee was held in Sydney, at which the draft prospectus was adopted in the following form: — Title is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Right Time for Harvesting Wheat
An Aberdeenshire agriculturist, Mr. A. S. Wilson, has contributed a really valuable item of knowledge concerning the ripening of wheat, and the best time for harvesting…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Dairying Industry
ACKNOWLEDGING a fault is the wise preliminary to attempts at remedy. The meeting of persons interested in the dairying industry and of members of Parliament held in Sydney on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farm & garden. See to the Chickens
As the summer weather advances the breeder is generally troubled by his chickens contracting the various ailments that always moro or less affect young birds. No matter how…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Experimental Farm at Wagga Wagga
In repose to an invitation from the authorities of the Department of Agriculture, a large gathering of farmers and others assembled on Saturday to inspect the progress made at the Wagga experimental…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Port Pirie Cattle
Additional particulars of the result of the shipment of live stock to England by the s.s. Port Pirie have reached the Victorian Agricultural department from Mr. Gordon Campbell, who is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Butter Trade. AUSTRALIAN V. Danish. London, December 8
MR HENRY PATESON, the manager of the New South Wales Fresh Food and Ice Company, has returned to London after a visit to Denmark and Sweden…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melbourne Wool Market
The Australian Mortgage ind Agency Co. report: We offered nearly 3000 bales of wool to-day and sold 3400 bales, and had an excellent sale at last valuations. Good medium dry combing merino…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Wool Market
The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association report that during the past week demand has gradually improved, buyers being anxious to fill s number of their orders before the Christmas…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Value of Cattle and Sheep
Sales of fat stock at the Municipal yards, Campbell's Hill, have been dull for a considerable time past, and instead of the market showing signs of becoming firmer as is generally expected prior to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Cattle Shipments to London
MR ALEN. BRUCE, Chief Inspector of Stock, has forwarded a minute on the subject of the shipment of cattle by the s.s. Port Pirie to London, to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Export Live Cattle Trade
Mr. F. H Relph, the expert who has come to teach us the art of exporting live cattle on rational lines, has supplied (says the Queenslander) the following estimate of the probable cost and profit of working…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Live Cattle for England. Shipment Per the Echuca
Yesterday (says tie Herald) the large steamer Echuca, of Lund's well-known line, was at the Government wharf, Pyrmont, shipping live cattle for the English market. These comprised altogther…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Shipment of Cattle by the Port Pirie. (Argus, Dec. 9.)
Additional particulars of the result of the shipment of live stock to England by the s.s. Port Pirie have reached the Victorian Agricultural department from Mr. Gordon Campbell, who is…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Dairying Industry
Acknowledging a fault is the wise preliminary to attempts at remedy. The meeting of persons interested in the dairying industry and of members of Parliament held in Sydney on…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Baby Farming. a Harried Couple Sentenced
MARGARET JACKSON and Thomas Jackson, an elderly married couple, were sentenced on Thursday at the Central Criminal Courts, in Sydney,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Farmer Again. (To the Editor of the Singelton Argus.)
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Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Wool Sales
IN the Sydney market, last week record prices for the season were raised in two instances, viz., in super greasy merino and lambswool. For the first…
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