Interesting Droving Case. Sheep Branded on the Nose
An interesting droving case was tried at Molong before the police magistrate. A drover named Nelson Rose, travelling with 12,700 sheep…
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Farming & the land, 1906
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Farm and Field. To Test Seeds
To detect adulterations in seeds use the sieve, water, and microscope. Hot water dissolves powder and dirt and washes oft the coloring matter. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tubers at Guyra a Stimulus to Farming
Guyra, in the New England district, is one of the most important potato-growing centres in the State, and, owing to high prices, is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Interesting Droving Case. Sheep Branded on the Nose
AN interesting droving case was tried at Molong before the police magistrate. A drover named Nelson Rose, travelling with 12,700 sheep from Bangheet…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australian Wheat Arrival of 24 Vessels in London
Cable message announces the arrival in London of a fleet of 16 wheat-laden vessels from Australia with cargoes aggregating 374,718 bags. On…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farm and Dairy
The kinking cow is possibly the greatest nuisance on the farm, because she in a great measure is like the kicking horse—never completely broke of the habit of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alleged Cattle Stealing
At the Quirindi Police Court on Saturday last, before Mr. E. Joues, P.M., Robert David Ryan was charged with having on the 31st March, 1906, at Werris…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →American Wheat
The shipments of American wheat to Eu[?] last week from Atlantic ports were [?] quarters. There were none from [?] ports…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grass Growing on Sheep
A telegram from Seymour, Victoria, says that Mr. Storey, Crown lands bailiff, has a sample of wool taken from the backs of four sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sydney Wool Sales
The Associated Woolbrokers report under date and June:-The market remains unchanged., with a strong demand for all descriptions at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wool Market. Dalgety and Co. Report
THE Sydney wool market is quiet owing to the scarcity of stocks. There is good enquiry at firm values, but beyond the usual transactions in local…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Duckenfield Dairy Company
The adjourned half-yearly meeting of the Ducken-field Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited, is announced to be held in the School of Arts, Morpeth, on Thursday afternoon, the 21st instant. After the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pure Butter. the Question in England
Professor James Long writes in the London "Daily Mail" of 19th March: Although a traveller in many countries, I know of none so backward as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Wool Market. Sydney
Messrs. Schute, Bell, and Co. report:—There is no diminution in the eagerness of buyers to secure any available lots, but the scarcity of supplies is still much pronounced. Local business is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Late News by Cable. London, June 8. Butter Adulteration Committee
The manager for Pearks, Limited, grocers, in giving evidence before the select committee of the House of Commons on the Adulteration of Butter Bill, stated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool and Wheat
During tho week 369 bales of wool were received at Darling Harbour, representing an increase of 30 bales on the number received during the same week last year. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Farm and Dairy
It is customary at many of the leading agricultural shows of Australia to have butter tests for dairy cows. As a rule, these are carefully carried out by stewards…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Raymond Terrace Dairy Co
The sixth half-yearly meeting of the Raymond Terrace Co-operative Dairy Company was recently held at Raymond Terrace. The report and balance-sheet showed a balance to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney
Messrs. Sehute, Bell, and Co. report:—Buyers still show , every disposition to do business, this being specially the case with operations on Russian and Japanese accounts…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tariff Revision in Canada. Farmers v. MANUFACTURERS
Australians who have been watching their own Tariff Commission at work will find much to interest them in the proceedings of a Canadian Commission, which has been…
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