Wool and Wheat
During the present week 41,441 bales of wool were received at the depots, as against 27,722 bales received during the same week last year. The receipts for the season are represented by 558,042…
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Farming & the land, 1906
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The Wool Sales
[?]reel sales, which closed on Friday, [?]eles were catalogued. Of these [?] sold to Home buyers 50,000, to [?] 47,000, to the United States…
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A representative meeting of the dairy farmers of the Gresford district was held on Friday last in the Victoria Hall, East Gresford, to consider the conversion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Farm and Dairy. Experiments in Potato Growing
Some little time back, the Melbourne "Argus" sent out circulars to farmers throughout Victoria, asking them to fill in particulars as to planting, cultivating, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rations for Dairy Cows
Professor Eckles, of the Missouri Agricultural College, suggests the following rations for the dairy cow:— First.—Lucerne hay, 20lb; bran, 5lb; corn,…
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Harrison, Jones and Devlin report:—We submitted 5400 bales, a large proportion being high class clips. There was a crowded attendance of buyers, and competition was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Warning to Farmers Exemption "for the Time Being."
Mr Watson let the land tax cat out of the exemption bag at his Redfern meeting recently. "The main object of the tax," he…
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Winchcombe, Carson and Co. Ltd., for week ending 8th December, 1906: Sheepskins.—Maaket showed its full strength, and although buyers…
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Submitted a catalogue of 5369 bales at auction, which comprised a large number of high class clips in excellent order, while the bulk of other lots offered were above the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter Adulteration Bill
[?] Edward Strachey, who represents the [?] Department in the House of [?] has drafted a Butter Adulteration. [?] on the lines of the recommendations…
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SCHUTE, Bell and Co. report under date 11th December as follows:— The market re-opened on Wednesday at its strongest point competition being…
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The Associated Woolbrokers report under date 8th December:— Throughout the past week the wool market has continued strong at the best…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Milling Qualities of Wheat
The milling quality of wheat harvested in the dough stage and wheat harvested when quite ripe is an interesting problem. This was one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local and General. Farmers' Produce Sales
Through an inadvertence last evening. the report of Messrs. J. N. Brunker and Son's farmers' produce sales was given as that of Messrs. Swan and Murray…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Underbank. Farmers' and Settlers' Association
A meeting of the above was held on the 1st inst. Present: Messrs W. Moore (in the chair), J. Rapson, S. Duggan, W. Deards, R.T. Saxby,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Labour for the Farm. The Immigration Movement
A CALL at the Intelligence Department in Sydney, after the arrival of any boat from the old country, finds the immigration officers besieged by an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Dairy. Starting a Dairy Herd
No branch of farming pays bettor than dairying when well conducted, and in no branch is the direct benefit to the soil of greater value in maintaining fertility…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Field Pigs in Ontario
A bulletin dealing with the pig industry of Ontario, Canada, has been issued by the Agricultural Department of the province. It contains much intersting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm House Lodgings
An article in a recent issue of the "Mark Lane Express," London, states that during recent years a new means of income has opened itself to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Supplies of Sheep
The []umber of sheep and lambs offered [?] the Homebush stock markets for the two sales of this week total within a few hundred of 80,000, being…
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