Seed for Farmers
A deputation, consisting of Mr. Gillies, M.P., the Mayor of West Maitland, and Mr. Chas. Nicholson, waited on Mr. Brunker at his office, High-st., West Maitland, on Saturday, in the interests of the…
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Farming & the land, 1895
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The Farm & Garden. Poultry Notes. (Written Expressly for the Weekly Mercury.)
In order to economise space, or, as is often the case, because they do not care for the extra trouble of making partitions, a great many people keep both fowls and ducks in…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →A Heavy Hailstorm. Damage to Crops
THE most terrific hailstorm on record in the district fell on Wednesday night, and though its duration was short, its effects were sharp and far…
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SIR,—My first experience of putting Australian cattle on board ship is over. I have just returned after seeing the s.s. Gulf of Bothnia, with my first consignment, past Melbourne, and the s.s. Celtic…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Butter Trade of N. S. Wales
A review of the dairying business of 1894 discovers many points of grave concern, as tearing upon the progress and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →McQUIRTER, and the Barrington Farmers. To the Editor
Sir,—That natural inertness or laziness to which in its various forms so many of our fallen humanity are subject and from which your humble…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A German Market for Australian Cattle
While the export of cattle to England ia being built up the extension of the trade to Germany has engaged the attention of Mr. H. W. Henderson, the general manager in Australia of the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Original Correspondence. Live Cattle Exportation. (To the Editor of the Weekly Mercury.)
SIR,—My first experience of putting Australian cattle on board ship is over. I have just returned after seeing the s.s. Gulf of Bothnia, with my first consignment, past Melbourne, and the s.s. Celtic…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To Make the Dairy Pay
Good water, good grass, tested industrious cows, cold milk, thick cream, a skilful butter-maker, and best butter with the highest price, all go together…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Farm & Garden. Poultry Notes
High roosts fire responsible for a great many diseases and deformities among fowls, the greatest sufferers being the heavy breeds such as Asiatics. Even where ladders are…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Rust in Wheat
A resident of Latrobe, Tasmania, a student in chemistry, states as a result of exhaustive experiments, that rust in wheat is due to inoculation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Last Year's Wool Trade. Is the Production Ahead of Requirements ?
In their annual report on wool for 1894 Messrs. Helmuth Schwartze and Co. state :—The value of wool, though starting from about as low a level as had ever been known, has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Burgon Shearing Machines a New Enterprise. A Travelling Portable Sheep-Shearing Machine Plant
lN a very few years farmers and selectors will have their sheep shorn by the shearing-machine instesd of by the present hand-shears, and already…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Melbourne Wool Market. Wednesday afternoon
The Australian Mortgage and Agency Co. (limited) report:—We offered at auction 670 bales of wool, and sold nearly all. The market was very firm, but without an actual advance. Scoured…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Distribution of Seed to Farmers Flooded Out
In accordance with the direction of the Chief Secretary (the Hon. J. N. Brunker) Mr. W. S. Campbell, of the Agricultural Department, attended at the Town Hall, West Maitland, this morning to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Saving Seed Wheat
Change of soil and conditions of growth (says the Rural Australian) will often affect the character and yield of the crop, and for this reason, mainly, the home-grown seed…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Last Year's Wool Trade
In their annual report on wool for 1894 Messrs. Helmuth Schwartze and Co. state:—The value of wool, though starting from about as low a level as had ever been known, has…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Shipment of Cattle by the Echuca
Cablegrams received this week state that the Echuca's cattle have been landed at Deptford. Thirty of the Durhams are in excellent condition, but one is rather wasted. Three of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farm & Garden. Poultry Notes
With fowls and ducks selling at the present time at 1s 6d per pair, poultry farmers require to exercise the greatest economy in order to make any profit whatever, and can…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Another Shipment of Cattle to England
Mr. Relph shipped 100 head of cattle by the Nairnshire on Monday (says the Queenslander of Saturday) for London. The stalls wore erected on the main deck and on a spar deck which, had been…
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