Latest Cable News. the Wool Market
The wool sales opened hesitatingly, crossbreds being 5 per cent. lower, and merinos par to 5 per cent, lower…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1898
969 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 45 of 49
Important Wheat Experiment
A Quiriadi farmer has recently carried out some experiments in the manuring of wheat in drills He secured a quantity of manure mid drilled it in with the seed,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wool Sales
Messrs. Ducroz and Co., Balme and Co., and Jacomb, Son, and Co., submitted catalogues aggregating 12,488 bales, comprising a fair selection, and including 4366 bales of Queensland wool. With…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Contradicting a Dairy Expert
During a resent visit to the Hunter River district Mr O'Callaghan, the dairy expert of the Government Department made certain statments respecting the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wheat Harvest
THE Daily Telegraph publishes in Thursday's issue a forecast of the wheat harvest, showing the area and production as compared with last year…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Wool Sales
THE Sydney Wool-selling Brokers Association report that at their sales on Monday, 6049 bales were sold. The attendance was as good as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat at Different Stages of Maturity
IN each of the five past years, an experiment has been in order to ascertain the effect of cutting wheat at different stages of maturity (says an English…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wheat Crop
WE have before us a sample of Allora Spring wheat, from a crop recently harvested by Mr. H. Cox, of Chiselhurst. The grain is clean,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Footrot in Sheep
An infallible preventive of foot rot, used in one of the best flocks of the Down breeds, is as follows :—In the flock in question foot rot is almost unknown. The feet of the sheep are…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wheat Experiment
Mr. John Perry's latest experiment with wheat is to try the process of drilling it in with manure. We (Quirindi Gazette) will let the result speak for itself. He secured a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London Wool Sales
The sixth series of colonial wool sales Opened in London on Wednesday last, the calalogues submitted aggregating 12,488 bales, comprising a fair selection, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Blandford Wool in Sydney
The Blandford district is establishing a food name for itself as a fine-wool locality. Many Blandford wools have done well in Sydney this season; and this week furnishes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →London WOOL Sale. LONDON
At the Colonial Wool Sales to-day, brisk prices were Well maintained…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Colony's Wheat Harvest Estimated 12,150,000 Bushels. 62,500 Tons Available for Export
THE commencement of another wheat harvest affords the opportunity of again presenting an estimate of the wheat crop, and placing on record the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Co-Operative Movement Amongst the Farmers
AN important meeting of the executive council of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association was held recently at Junee, Mr. G. Plunkett (President)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farm & Garden. MUSHROOMS
In Italy and Switzerland, the mushroom, both in a fresh and dried state, forms one of the food staples of the peasantry; they are sliced and dried for use in summer, and treated…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Biggest Poultry Farm
The Cable, an English journal which devotes considerable space to the poultry and egg industries, refers as follows to what is said to be the biggest poultry farm in the world:—…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Wheat Harvest. the Northern Granary
At this time of the year both producers and public alike are looking forward to see the myriad specks of gold safely garnered. This year newspaper man concerned in compiling wheat returns…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Destructive Pest Iguanas attacking Sheep at Rylstone
FOR some time past sheepowners in the. Rylstone district have suffered heavy losses amongst their lambs, and have been puzzled to know what…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Commercial News. Wool and Produce Reports
The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association report for week ending December 3rd, 1898, as follows:—WOOL.—35,804 bales offered, the sales…
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