Sydney Wool Market
Messr. Schute, Bell, and Co. report:—More general competition from the different sections of the buying trade has been in evidence at recent auction sales, but no actual improvement in prices…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1907
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The Wool Sales
At the wool sales the following prices were realised for the clips mentioned:—Mulwala, 10[?]d; Coree, 9[?]d; Talawanta, 11[?]d; Moongulla, 11d; Portallick, 11d; Aangudee, 9d;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Homebush Yards. a Heavy Supply of Cattle
The supply of cattle yarded at the Homebush sales on Thursday, totalling 1000, was the heaviest, yarding for many years past. A feature of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cattle Mortality. (To the Editor of the Chronicle.)
SIR,—Your footnote to our letter in your issue of 11th inst. We fail to see why we should have reported details of the late cattle mortality to "The Press."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Waterworks on the Farm
A new system of furnishing a house with its water supply, as shown in the accompanying illustration, s thus described in a circular issued by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm and Field. Green Manure for Potatoes
Potatoes should be planted in soil which has been brought into a good state of tilth. Above the tubers it should be in a fine porous condition, so…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →G Farmyard Manure
During the recent International Agricultural Congress in Europe, Professor Stoklosa read an Interesting paper on farmyard manure. He gave a brief…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Dairy. Successful Milkers Must Practice Kindness
Every milker thinks he knows how to milk (writes Mrs Anna Sorensen in the "Michigan Farmer") but if the cows could express their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm and Field. News and Notes
The Commonwealth has exported wheat up to date this year to the amount of 35 million bushels. The supposed fruit fly in a recent shipment of South Australian oranges sent to Victoria turned…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Dry Farming
A bulletin recently issued by the United States Department of Agriculture, contains the latest experiments in the principles of dry farming, anh will at present have an…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Farmyard Manure
During the recent International Agricultural Congress (says the "Mark Lane Express') Professor Stockfosa read an interesting paper on the above subject. He gave…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Breeding Dairy Cattle
One thing ought always to be considered when men start out to buy pure-bred cattle, says "Hoard's Dairyman."That is, that the knowledge, skill, and character of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Farm and Dairy. Paying for Cream
The amount of butter fat in milk or cream as determined by the well-known Babcock test has become generally adopted in this country (says a United States bulletin) as a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Of Interest to Dairymen
A case of interest to dairymen working on tho share system was determined in Lismore Court before Acting Judge Dawson. George…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Regulating Wool Prices
Recently, largely through the financial crisis in New York and consequent higher rates of interest, prices of our main staple production, wool, have shown a downward…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wool Market
Messrs. Schute, Bell, and Co. report:—Recent auction sales have served to emphasise the marked disparity in prices between good and superior wools, and those of inferior or only medium quality. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cattle Driving in Ireland. London
FURTHER cattle driving outrages are reported from Ireland. Notwithstanding that the police were yresent, four farms at Tulik,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wool and Produce Reports
FOR week ending December 14, 1907: Wool.—There has been no improvement in the local wool market during the past week, in fact the tendency in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cattle-driving Campaign
Mr, L. Ginnell, M.P., speaking at a United Irish League Meeting at Moyvore, Westmeath, ridiculed the idea that his imprisonment would keep cattle on the ranches quiet. He hoped that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Discoveries in Cream. Our Daily Butter
The Royal Commission appointed in South Australia to consider questions relating to the marketing of produce took some evidence of the highest…
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