The Farm and Dairy. Loose Soils
That a loose soil is protected against ordinary drought has been repeatedly proved. Being a non-conductor of heat, it acts as a mulch, keeps the soil damp, and the roots…
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Farming & the land, 1908
1,362 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 69
Ostrich Farming in Queensland. a Thriving Industry
Several references have recently been made to an ostrich fanning experiment near Jericho, on the Central Railway. Mr. Thomas Behan, who imported the birds referred to,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Saving Labour on the Farm
This is a subject which ought to interest every farmer. In order to make a profit, or at least to receive a fair compensation, it is necessary to study how to produce a crop…
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Schute, Bell and Co. report:-Caution ia still the predominant feature at the current sales. Competition has of late been general aud fairly animated to a point, but no one section of the trade appears…
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Messrs Weaver and Perry announce in this issue that they will hold a sale of choice dairy and store cattle at Newmarket saleyards on Saturday next…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Selecting Dairy Cattle
The British Board of Agriculture have issued a leaflet devoted to directions in the selection of milking dairy cattle. Special points urged to be considered in the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Bananas for Cattle
The use of the banana for any other purpose than that of human food would seem, in these days, when the fruit has become such a popular favorite, to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Store Cattle Sale
Messrs. Pitt, Son, and Badgery, Limited[?]rt:—The sale at Muswellbrook of 678 store an[?]mg bullocks, at an average of £5 3s 8d, on ac[?] of Mr. Braggett, was a very successful sale…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Butter Making on the Farm. Milk Utensils and Their Care
In continuation of the article on butter making on the farm, published last week, the bulletin just issued from the United States Department of Agriculture, from which we quote…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sydney Wool Market
Messrs. Hill. Clark, and Co. report:—We submitted a small catalogue of 1000 bales, of which we cleared 1413. The selection was mainly composed of sound wools, but rather heavy in condition, and…
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The New Zealand Loan and Moreantile[?]ncy Co. report:—At our sale yesterday we of the market unchanged at recent rates for[?]os; crossbreds were dull of sale; scoured woollier…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An English Dairy Farm
Twenty years ago (says a correspondent of the "Live Stock Journal"), farming in Essex, as it had been carried on in the good old days," began to be a synonymous…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Dairy. Dairying and Fertility
Any branch of farming which increases the general fertility of the farm land, while paying a living profit, is worth more than another which steadily…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairying in Russia
Siberia is the country which must sooner or later (writes an exchange) carry all before it as the cheapest butter-producer in the world. It is a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Captain Cook's Last Days. Petty Officer's Dairy
The journal of John Law, potty officer on the Discovery, has recently been presented by one of his descendants, Mr. C. G. Lawrence Law, to the British Museum. It…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farm and Field. News and Notes
There are 28 growers of tobacco specially intended for cigars in Queensland, 3 in Victoria, 3 in Tasmania, but none in New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Ostrich Farming in Queensland
Several reference have recently been and [?] and ostrich farming experiment near [?]ho, on the Central Railway. Mr. Thom[?]s Behan, who imported the birds referred [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Saving Labour on the Farm
This is a subject which ought to interest very farmer. In order to make a profit, or it least to receive a fair compensation, its necessary to study how to produce a crop…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Trees Stripped and Crops Demolished
A heavy thunderstorm was experienced at Kangaroo Valley on Wednesday. For half an hour the wind and hail tore huge branches off trees, demolished…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mosquito Island. Farmers on Haystacks. Newcastle
Early this afternoon the police received information that the farmers and other settlers at Mosquito Island, about five miles up the river, had become so alarmed that they had taken shelter on the…
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