Cape Wool in France
The Customs authorities in France have removed the embargo which was imposed upon the importation of wool from the Cape of Good Hope on the ground of the prevalence of rinderpest in South…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1896
533 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 24 of 27
AGRICULTURAL. Causes Leading to Mixed Wheat Seed
The raising of wheat has been for a long time one of the greatest and most important of industries, and the number of kinds of wheat has increased to several…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Antwerp Wool Sales. London, Nov. 12
At the Antwerp wool sales yesterday 2800 bales were sold. There is good advance in prices since the close of the last London sales. The wool was chiefly taken for the United States. There is a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Guernsey Breed of Cattle
The impression is so widely prevalent in this country that the Channel Islands cattle —kerseys, Alderneys, and Guernseys —are one and the same breed that the idea needs…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Farmers Association Demonstration at Muswellbrook
The fifth annual demonstration of the Farmers' Association was held on Monday. The weather was delightful. The procession started as usual from North Bridge-street in the following…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Farmer and Company
Mr E. G. Fletcher of Farmer and Company, Sydney, will be in Singleton next Monday and Tuesday, with a good assortment of samples of patterns. Tailoring a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Antwerp Wool Sales
The Antwerp wool sales closed yesterday. Business was less brisk than on the previous days. The rise obtained on River Plate wools at the opening of the sales was maintained. During the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Duckenfield Park Creamery and Butter Factory
Duckenfield Park is one of the oldest, richest, most famous, and, it may also with equal truth be added, the moat fertile estates in New South Wales. On one side it is borderod by the broad…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The World's Wheat Market
The wheat market at Mark Lane is slow, but prices have advanced in per quarter, English white wheat now standing at 38s, and red at 36s per quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Warwick Farm Races
Following are the results of the races which took place at Warwick Farm on Saturday last:— FLYING HANDICAP, 6 furlongs.—Thespian,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Bee Farm. The Working Bee
Working bees at home are the rank and file of the have; the architects, the buiders, the preparers of building materials, the purveyors, the cooks, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Duckenfield Park Creamery and Butter Factory
Duckenfield Pork is one of the oldest, richest, most famous, and, it may also with equal truth be added, the most fertile estates in New South Wales. On one side it is bordered by the broad…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →To-day's Telegrams. Sydney. a Wheat Cargo Arrived
The ship Primrose Hill arrived from california this morning with 2,500 tons of wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Farm & garden. Choosing Dairy Cows
A question frequently asked by dairymen is, How are we going to get a good herd of daily cows? To answer this to the satisfaction of everyone ?will be a difficult task. There…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Hint for Farmers
While at Duckenfield Park the other day we had the pleasure of being shown by the manager, Mr. James Goldie, who is an expert Victorian dairyman and agriculturist, the results of a…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Wheat Market
The American wheat market is weaker, in sympathy with the easier feeling in the European markets…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Record Load of Wool
The other day it was announced (says the Queenslander of Nov. 21) that the heaviest load of wool ever carried to the Southern and Western Railway had been landed at Charleville, the weight being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cheaper Wheat
The wheat market is easier. A full of 1s per quarter has taken place this week…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lots of Room. an Hospitable Bed in a Georgia Farm-house
As I got beyond Rossville, in riding out to the battle-field of Chickamauga, it began to rain, and the way the thunder roared and the flood-gates opened was appalling. A farmer…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Wool Market
The sixth series of wool sales opened to-day. Competition was brisk at an advance of five per cent above the opening rates of the October series…
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