The Farm & Garden. Measuring Hay in the Stack
An American farming journal on this subject very correctly says that measuring is a very crude, unsatisfactory method of estimating the weight of hay. There are times…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1896
533 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 27
London Wool Sales
As compared with the closing rates of the January sales, all medium and inferior merinees show an advance of fully 5 per cent. Lambs, best Geelong, are unchanged; crossbreds are very firm,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wool Market
At the wool sales this evening a good selection was offered, and competition was spirited, but prices were unchanged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairying Notes
The output of the Berry Central Creamery for the past week has been 17 tons. In the early part of the week…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wool Market
At the wool sales to-day the animated prices of yesterday were well maintained…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →London Wool Sales. March 10
The following rates have been realised for the respective clips:—Hughenden, 8½d; Wilgena, 13½d; Mount Abundance, 10½d…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wool Sales
Prices at the wool sales to-day were extremely firm; medium merinos are hardening…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Seed Wheat for Farmers
The Minister for Agriculture has decided to distribute seed wheat among farmers who have been victims to drought, or who have suffered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Food of Farm Stock
Wheaten bran, being rich in flesh-forming substances, is well suited for feeding young stock ; but it is liable to pass in great part through their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steps in Farming
The steps in farming are much like mounting a long stairway to the top story. The stops are leading us one by one to the desired haven of farming, but…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Seed Wheat for Farmers
The Minister of Agriculture (Mr. Sydney Smith) has decided to distribute seed wheat among farmers who have been victims to drought, or who have suffered misfortunes in oter ways…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →London Wool Sales
At the wool sales, prices continue to show a hardening tendency. The sales will close on the 20th instant. The following rates have been realised: Rockwood, 8½d; Rockwood, scoured, 17d;…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wool Market
vAt tho London wool sales to-day bidding was very animated; prices realised were the highest of the series…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Charge of Burning a Wool Shed. [By Telegraph] Brisbane
JACK LOYOLA, engaged in business at Long Reach, was arrested last night and charged with burning the Ayrshire Downs woolshed last July…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Guinea Fowls on the Farm
It is strange (says Rural Australian) that we see so few guinea fowls on the farm ; they are such interesting fowls-peculiar in their habits, the noisiest and yet…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Farm & Garden. Bearing Pigs for Market
In rearing pigs for market we should have a definite object in view. This object should be to produce the pig that will realise the highest price at the least cost for production…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →London Wool Sales. March 15
The wool market is active, and prices are unchanged. The following rates have been obtained for the undermentioned clips: Beltana, 6d; Balaklava, 7d; Warbreccan, 8½; Doondi, 9¼d;…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →London Wool Market
At the wool sales to-day competition was eager for crossbreds at late rates…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cuban Sugar Crop
The Cuban sugar crop shows a decrease of 874,000 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wheat Market
Australian wheat is nominally quoted in the English market at 28s 9d per quarter…
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