Butter Factories
In some districts there is not the intense satisfaction with the results of c[?]tal [?]shing creameries, and sending the products to butter factories, that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1895
528 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 27
Cattle for England
Inquiries are being made as to frieght for further shipments of cattle by a steamer from Sydney to the English market. What is really wanted, it is said in the Herald, is to engage space at a rate of £6…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Feeding Cows for Butter Yield
In the use of feed for butter making, marked differences occur in the quality of the butter, which is (says Rural Australian) really an agglomeration of some nine distinct kinds of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Economy in Farming
The chief factor in present day farming (says Australian Field) is the cost of production. Increased production does not help the agriculturist unless it can be raised at a profit. In…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Farm & Garden. Dry Feed, or Wet?
We have not indulged to any great extent in experiments in getting best results from feeding corn or other grain (says Rural Australian) and we are indebted for a good deal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Successful Dairywoman
There is a woman in Denmark who may reasonably claim the title of batter and cheese maker to the crowned heads of Europe. Every morning from her dairy a few…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →London Colonial Wool Sales. Opening of the Sixth Series
The sixth series of Colonial wool sales of the present year commenced in London on November 22 with two catalogues composed as follows :—New South Wales, 1,824 bales; Queensland, 1,944;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep Dues at Flemington
Messrs. Russell, Barton, and W. F. Jacques, representing the Pastoral and Finance Association waited on the Mayor of Sydney on Thursday for the purpose of asking that all dues…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →London Sales of Colonial Wool
The sixth serins of Colonial wool sales of the present year commenced in London en November 22 with two catalogues composed as follows:—New South Wales, 1,824 bales; Queensland, 1,944;…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Farm & Garden. Poultry Notes
Scaly leg, so much in evidence of late, is caused by a parasite, similar to the itch in man. If neglected, the legs thicken by the accumulation of scurfy matter all round, more…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Live Cattle Trade with England
An English stock buyer, Mr Brabban, of Messrs Burgle and Brabban, cattle-traders, of Liverpool, visited Muswellbrook last week (says the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Melbourne Wool Market. Tuesday evening
The Australasian Mortgage and Agency Company reports:—We offered today about 3460 bales of wool, and sold 3030. Competition was active, but rather irregular. Prices on the whole were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Poultry Farms
Mrs. Lance Rawson, in the Queenslander, writes of New South Wales Poultry. In an article last Saturday she says: Mr. Harold Cadell, whose name has been identified with certain breeds for many…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Farm & Garden Poultry Notes
Amongst people who keep poultry great diversity of opinion exists as to the most profitable time in a hen's life, some averring that more eggs are produced during her first…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →London Wool Market. Close of the Last Series
The sixth and concluding series of sales for 894, which commenced on November 22, closed on December 6. Of the quantity available, 145,000 bales have been catologued, and of these 15,000 bales have been bought in. About 52 per cent. of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods in the Hunter. Crops Destroyed and Farmers Almost Irretrievably Ruined. Water in High Street
Referring to the floods, the "Mercury" of Wednesday says :—When we went to press last evening, the weather in Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Insanitary Dairying
The serious charge which has just been brought against certain dairy farmers of the Shoalhaven district, and indirectly against the average…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thrifty Farmers
There are some farmers who never want to buy anything from the butcher, baker, green-grocer, and fruitgrower. They…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Useful Butter Test
Mr. F. J. Lloyd, who is one of the best authorities we have on scientific dairying gave much practically useful advice to dairymaids and dairymen in a lecture delivered the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Horse and Cattle Branding
There has been at Brisbane lately a conference of the Chief Inspectors of Stock of the Australian colonies, at which was discussed the question of branding horses and cattle. The Conference held several…
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