Good Dairy Cows
Lord Rothschild (England) is a great breeder of good dairy cows, and what is more makes them pay. Out of 36 cows, seven gave more than 500…
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Farming & the land, 1907
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The Farmers' Page. Friendly Rivalry
A farmer writes: There is a little friendly rivalry existing at present among the dairy farmers on the eastern side of the Williams up to…
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A cow is at her best during her fifth and sixth years, up to which time the production of milk and butter-fat by cows in normal condition increases…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State Wheat Yield
The harvest returns have been issued by Mr. H. C. L. Anderson, Government Statistician. The reports just received from observers…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →London Wool Imports
Dalgety and Company, Limited, have received a cable message from their London House advising that the principal imports of Australasian and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Commercial. Sydney Wool Market
DALGETY AND CO. REPORT: Wool sales were resumed after the holidays on Monday, 9000 bales being offered to a large attendance of buyers…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Market Reports. Sydney Wool Market. Sydney
Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report : —Since car last report there has been a general demand for all descriptions of the staple and it is generally believed that the consumptive…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Farm and Garden. Dry-land Farming
Within recent years (says "Country Life" in America) the possible of dry-land farming have begun to be realised, not only by the Department of Agriculture, but by the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wool and Wheat
During the past week 12,244 bales of wool were received at Darling Harbour, being an increase of 6854 bales on the receipts of the corresponding week last year. So far…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Danish Butter Shipments
All the Danish vessels, with butter cargoes, arc now fitted with wireless telegraphy, and are thus enabled to notify the time shipments will be landed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Australian Cattle Dog
Very few people in this country, outside butchers and drovers, know what a cattle dog is; but they would have to pay nearly, as much again for their meat if there were none…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Prolific Wheat
The phenomenal crops obtained in one or two districts in Victoria by fencers using the variety of wheat known as "Federation" have led to the analysis of the results obtained from this wheat in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Farm and Dairy
The folding of a small quantity of sulphur to live stock along with Bait is frequently recommended for the health of animals and for the driving away of insect enemies. M. T. D. Bishop, of Clarinda, Lown,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farm Competitions
The spirited enterprise of the "S. M. Herald" proprietary in awarding prizes for the best farms, and especially in providing component judges to inspect the farms entered for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prize North Coast Farm
The £50 prize for the best farm on the North Coast, from the Hawkesbury to the Tweed, in the "S. M. Herald" competition, has fallen to Mr. W. J. Giggins, of "Motto…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wheat Harvest. Some Interesting Figures
On the present showing the probabilities are that the wheat harvest for the Commonwealth will this year be about the same as last year, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Market Reports. Sydney Wool Market. Sydney
Messrs. Hill, clank, and Co. report :—We brought forward a catalogue of 3000 bales comprising some excellent wools from New England and the southern districts, with a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairy Stock for the Tweed
Nineteen head of Jersey and Jersey cross cattle intended for dairying purposes, were shipped from Newcastle yesterday by the steamer Duranbah for M[?]willumbah, on the Tweed River. They are a…
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HARRISON JONES AND DEVLIN REPORT:—Submitted for their opening sale of the New Year an attractive catalogue of 5117 bales; every lot of which was cogerly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney
Messrs. Schute, Bell & Co. report:— Buoyaney characterised yesterday sales, competition continuing [?] throughout the day, Superior wools in fairly light condition again realised satisfactory…
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