Farm Work
In the Hunter and Hawkesbury Valleys there are 1,750,000 acres of the richest land in the colony alienated: out of that area only 60,000 acres are cultivated. But that small…
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Farming & the land, 1896
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The Farm & Garden. Local Farming Notes
Farmers in this district have been fairly active of late. The continued wet weather experienced some weeks ago was much against hay making, but we have had more or less…
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Mr Joel Atkin is in receipt of a letter from the Hou. A. J. Gould, in which that gentleman acknowledges receipt of Mr Atkin's communication covering an…
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At the London wool sales last evening bidding was animated, and prices were firm. The following rates were realised:—Murtee, 7¼d; Brookwood 7¼; Polia, 7¾; Canowie, 8d; Barcaldine, 9¼d…
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At the wool sales this evening competition was very brisk at the highest prices of the series…
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AT the wool sales competition was very brisk at the highest prices of the series…
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At the London wool sales competition was keen, and prices were unchanged.—July 15: The woll [?] at last evening's sales consisted chiefly of New Zealand crossbreds. Biddings were brisk,…
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At the London wool sales yesterday competition was again keen, and bigher prices were realised. The series will close on Tuesday.—July 16; The following prices were realised…
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Mr. W. Clemesha writes as follows to the Tamworth Observer:—An old saying has it that a secret is no good unless there is a lot in it, and that the time is near that we are likely to…
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The steamer Clitus left Newcastle on Saturday with 260 Durham bulls and a number of sheep for Wyndham Station, Norther T[?]ritory of Western Australia. The bulls, which ares aid to be a…
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Of the various pests with which the farmer is annoyed not the least destructive is the smut fungus (Ustilago carbo) in wheat. A few heads in a crop arc quite sufficient to taint the sample,…
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The wool sales to-day showed the [?] demand for medium selection, which [?] the highest rates…
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At the London wool sales to-day the market was animated. The prices realised were the firmest of the series on all classes of wool. The following rates were realised:—Combadello 7[?] Listowel…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australian Mutton. a Big Sheep. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
A PITT-STREET butcher to-day has on view the dressed carcase of a sheep, weight, 235lbs The carcase belongs to the Border-Leicester breed, and when…
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AT the wool sales to-day bidding was animated, and the market' was more firm than at any period during the present sales…
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Nearly all the farmers of the district have the land they intend to plant with potatoes already ploughed up and exposed to the air. The sharp frosts which occurred on several…
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The Americans are the most skilful maizegrowers in the world (says a writer in Australasian) and in cultivating this crop they use an implement called a "lister." The…
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Mr Joel Atkin, who has had the matter of Government assistance in seed for farmers in hand, fins had a further communication from the Agricultural Department on the…
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The wools sales closed this evening with prices very firm…
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The following prices were realised:—Momba 6[?]d, Mainwarran 7[?]d. Widandera 7[?]d, Glendon 7[?], Burrawong 8[?]d, Cone Hills 10¼d, Wonnsminta 151/8d, Wingadoe 15½d…
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