The Dairy. Cheese-making Experiments. Some American Results
The thirty-third annual report of the Ontario Agricultural College gives, among other things, a full account of experimental work in cheesemaking…
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Farming & the land, 1908
1,362 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 42 of 69
Farm and Field. News and Notes
The s.s. Everton Grange has arrived at Melbourne with 184 new settlers of whom 28 are for Victoria, and the remainder for New South Wales and Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →"Value of Farm Manuring
The value of manures varies considerably, depending upon, first, the Kind and age of the animals; second, the kind and amount of food consumed; third, the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Wool Sales
At the sales yesterday merinos were very firm, but low crossbreds were occasionally in favour of buyers. Prices realised were :—A when, 7 1/4d ; Otamouri, 7 1/4d ; Boolardy, 8 3/4d ; Tubbo, 10 5/8d ;…
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At the wool sales, crossbreds were weaker, especially faulty lots, while merinos were very firm…
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THE Australian Mortgage Land and Finance Co., Ltd., John Bridge and Co., Ltd., Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., Harrison, Jones and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wool Market
Hill, Clark, and Co. report.—Wool: We brought forward a catalogue of about 900 bales, and made a very effective clearance, reaching up to 11 3/2 for G.B/Garryowen, which was the highest price of…
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At the wool sales yesterday prices for the clips mentioned were:—Octe, 6¼d; Snowden, 6 7/8d; Bredbo, 9½d; Rockwood, 9 7/8d; Narracoorte, 10 1/8d; Bringelong, 10 5/8d…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Commercial. Sydney Wool Market
Schute, Bell, and Co. report:—The auction sales last week passed off very satisfactorily indeed, any parcels showing character and fair length of staple being keenly competed for. In all about…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Wool and Produce Reports
For week ending July 25, 1908:—Wool—The first sales of the new wool year were held on three days of the past week, when catalogues…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairying at Cessnock
At the half-yearly meeting of the Cessnock Co-operative Dairy Company, Mr. J. C. Mayne occupied the chair. The balance-sheet showed a net profit of £75 5s 4d. During, the six months…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tragic Mystery of Appleton Hall. "Hoodoo Farm." a Brave Woman Essays to Lay the Ghost
Miss Estelle Morse, a typical twentieth century business woman, has announced her intention of laying a ghost which has buried beneath a mire of disrepute and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Butter Grading
The Minister of Agriculture has received a communication from the Agent-General, in which he states that he has had a conference with the committee of the Home and Foreign Produce…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Increased Price of Butter
Throughout the winter the price of butter has gradually risen, but in Sydney yesterday the extraordinary advance of 12s per cwt. took place, from 146s to 158s. Thus…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hunter River Cattle in Melbourne
The feature of Wednesday's fat cattle market in Melbourne was the sale of eight extraordinary prime heavyweight bullocks, railed through from Muswellbrook, New South Wales, and sold on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmers' Congress
Although the daily press now gives special prominence to the man on the land, and his needs and interests, the farmers as a class do not often come into public notice,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers and Settlers' Association
The annual conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was opened in Sydney on Tuesday. The report referred to the continued growth and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mortality in Cattle. Dairy Cows Affected
An unknown disease has broken out in several dairy herds in the Allora district, Queensland. The cows affected are seized with staggering, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Moree Cattle Market
F. A. Glennie (in conjunction with Peele & Co., Sydney) report having sold 696 Womblebank bred bullocks and 60 Womblebank bred cows at their yards, Moree, on the 28th instant…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Dairy. Over-run in Butter. an American View
How to obtain the proper over-run in butter is a matter that has been discussed very much of late years. It has claimed the attention of our best…
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