The Wool Industry
The big responsibility of imparting instruction, concerning the greatest industry in South Australia has been entrusted to a young man (says the special reporter of the…
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Farming & the land, 1906
1,046 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 23 of 53
Market News. Sydney Wool Market. Sydney
Messrs. Schute, Bell, and Co. report under date 19th June:—The sales this week in the local centre will be held on Wednesday next, when the offerings will be about 3,500 bales…
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Mr. T. A. Cloghian, Agent-General for New South Wales, on behalf of the Agents-General for the Colonies, was the final witness before the Butter Adulteration…
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Tho " Times" says that the underwriters are disturbed at the recent disasters by fire to wool ships, and fear that the high prices ruling for wool are tempting shipments to…
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Twenty-five guineas premium is asked on the barque Sardhana, laden with wool, which sailed from Wellington, New Zealand, on April 19 for London. The price, the…
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WE offered a catalogue, of 454 bales yesterday, the greater portion of which consisted of scoured wools. Including among the offerings was a small parcel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Electricity to Destroy Farm Pests
Since a Monaco engineer's discovery [?]hat an electric current will free the [?]oil from insects, the idea has been held that electricity should aid in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Buckenfield Dairy Company. an Important Step
The adjourned half-yearly meeting of the Duckenfield Co-operative Dairy Company, Ltd., was held at the School of Arts, Morpeth, yesterday afternoon, at the conclusion…
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Messrs. Schute, Bell, and Co. report under date 19th June :—The sales this week in the local centre will be held on Wednesday next, when the offerings will be about 3,500 bales…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cueensland Pine For, Butter Boxes
Before the Tariff Commission at Brisbane, Mr J. C. Brunnich, analytical chemist, Queensland Department of Agriculture, gave evidence of experiments…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm and Field. Farming 100 Years Hence
What will farming be like 100 years hence, when the world belongs to our great grandchildren? The question is a curious one, as it…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Selection and Treatment of Dairy Cows
At a meeting of the Kapunda (S.A.) Farmers' Burean, held recently, Mr. Hothouse read an interesting paper on this subject. Great care and intelligence, he said must be…
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Tell me not in broken measures Modern farming does not pay. For a farm produces chickens. And the hens—do they not lay?…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Farm Horses
When farm horses are engaged in work in wet, sticky soils, cases of greasy heels are of more frequent occurrence than at any other time. In the majority of cases greasy…
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The Minister for Mines, accompanied by Mrs. Moore, returned to Sydney on Monday from a visit to Bingara in connection with the annual hospital demonstration. Mr. Moore also visited the Moree…
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A correspondent writes a long account of the death and burial of the late Miss Maggie Smith, particulars of which appeared in last week’s EXPRESS…
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The arrivals of wool by rail at the three depots—Darling Harbour, Newcastle, and Mor peth—daring last week amounted to 201 bales, a decrease of 86 bales as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stud Sheep Sales
The annual sheep sales were opened this morning in the presence of a large attendance of buyers from all the States. Competition was keen, and high, prices were…
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Some experiments made in the field cultivation of potatoes in England, and carried out under the auspices of the county councils, are recorded in the "Gardeners"…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Diseased Cattle for Sale
At the Water Police Court to-day, Joseph Turner, of Berry, was proceeded against for unlawfully consigning for sale two diseased cows Evidence was given that both animals…
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