Mutton Sheep In West Virginia
The West Virginia station issued a bulletin on this subject. Professor A. D. Hopkins sent out a circular to correspondents all over the state containing…
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Farming & the land, 1899
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Sheep Sale
MR. EDWARD HIGGENS (for Hill, Clark, and Co.) will sell by auction to-day, at 2 p.m., at Frazer's Railway Hotel Yards, 300 sheep. Particulars…
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THE quarterly meeting of the above was hold in the School of Arts on Wednesday afternoon. There were present, Messrs. B. Cowan (President),…
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DOUBTLESS it will be of interest to many of our readers who saw the magnificent trophies of farm produce exhibited at the late Show by Mr. W. R…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Awards for Dairy Products at Sydney Exhibition
The awards of prizes given by the Government Board of Exports for dairy products, at the Sydney Exhibition, were as follows:—Butter for export, best exhibit of five boxes: Berrima District Farm…
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It had been predicted that the policy of this Government would bring destruction to the farmers of the country, said Mr Reid at Belmont on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A "Cattle Queen." Female who Raises Stock. An Adventurous Character Generally
MRS NAT COLLINS, of Monta[?]a, is a great " Cattle Queen," and presents a picturesque figure of the rare and perfect American type which is so fast…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers' Association. Muswellbrook's Co-operative Pro posal. Auctioneers' Gigantic Swindling
At the quarterly meeting of the Muswellbrook Farmers' Association, held last week, the total sale of produce for the three months just ended amounted…
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The total quantity of wool that has arrived for the next series of London wool sales is 255,000 bales, of which 81,000 bales have been forwarded direct to the manufacturers. The quantity…
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THE Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association report for week ending 8th April, 1899, as follows:—Wool.—After four weeks' interval…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Butter, Cheese, and Beef. Chance for Hunter River Producers The Prospects of a Large Trade. 5000 Cavalry Horses Wanted
THE late war at Manila has brought under public notice the Philippine Islands and the possibilities of trade with them under altered circumstances…
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There is much speculative inquiry for merinos in the wool market, and a few lota have been Bold at advanced prices in anticipation of a rise at the May sales…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dressing Wheat for Smut
Mr. F. G. Dyer, of Jerrara writes:— Having read in October number of the plan of dressing wheat and other grain for smut, I give the following simple…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Depth to Plant Wheat
Last season a wheat-grower at Singleton, Mr. J. J. Piper, undertook a series of experiments to determine the most suitable depth to plant wheat in his…
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The worst weed the wheat-growers of this country have to contend with is the " wild oat." This pest is not easily got rid of once it is introduced to an arable farm…
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Mrs A. Macdonald, of Kerrabee, Muswellbrook, recently inquired of the Department as Agriculture, whether cotton-bush is a good food for stock, and whether it will do…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Market News. Wheat
Mr. H. R. Carter, wheal broker, Sydney and Melbourne, reports under date 12th April, as follows:— Wheat continues steady and in fair…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Experimental Farm
SOME months ago considerable agitation took place in reference to the establishment of an experimental farm in this district; but latterly nothing has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farm & Garden. the Poultry Yard
Poultry should be kept from food for 24 hours before being killed, as food sours and turns black soon after death takes place. Animal food of some kind is almost a…
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The elections of members in connection with these two institutions take place next Friday at the various polling places in the district. To exercise' one vote for sheep…
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